Sicily Italy Complete Guide 2026: Palermo, Mount Etna, Syracuse, Taormina, Agrigento and the Aeolian Islands
Browse more guides: Italy travel | Europe destinations Sicily Italy Complete Guide 2026: Palermo, Mount Etna, Syracuse, Taormina, Agrigento and the Aeolian Islands TL;DR Sicily is the largest island in the Mediterranean and, for my money, the most layered place I have walked in Europe. Greek temples at Agrigento sit a short drive from Arab-Norman cathedrals in Palermo. Mount Etna, the tallest active volcano in Europe at roughly 3,357 metres (the exact summit moves with each eruption), smokes above Baroque Catania. Ortigia in Syracuse still uses Greek temple columns inside a working Catholic cathedral. Taormina, made famous all over again by The White Lotus Season 2 in 2022, looks down on the same coast Goethe wrote about in 1787. I focused this guide on the seven UNESCO inscriptions on or close to the island, the practical logistics for getting between them, and what I would actually plan in 2026. Highlights I cover in depth: the Arab-Norman Palermo, Cefalù and Monreale ensemble ...