Sicily Italy Travel Guide: Palermo Arab-Norman UNESCO 2015, Mount Etna UNESCO 2013, Taormina, Syracuse Ortigia UNESCO 2005, Agrigento Valley of Temples UNESCO 1997, Catania Val di Noto UNESCO 2002, Villa Romana del Casale UNESCO 1997, and Aeolian Islands UNESCO 2000 Deep Heritage Tour
Browse more guides: Italy travel | Europe destinations Sicily Italy Travel Guide: Palermo Arab-Norman UNESCO 2015, Mount Etna UNESCO 2013, Taormina, Syracuse Ortigia UNESCO 2005, Agrigento Valley of Temples UNESCO 1997, Catania Val di Noto UNESCO 2002, Villa Romana del Casale UNESCO 1997, and Aeolian Islands UNESCO 2000 Deep Heritage Tour TL;DR Sicily is the biggest island in the Mediterranean at 25,711 square kilometres, with roughly five million Sicilians, and it carries seven UNESCO World Heritage inscriptions inside that one football-shaped landmass. The list reads like a survey of European civilisation: the Arab-Norman cathedrals of Palermo, Monreale, and Cefalù added in 2015; Mount Etna, Europe's tallest active volcano at 3,329 metres, added in 2013; Late Baroque towns of the Val di Noto including Catania, Noto, Modica, and Ragusa added in 2002; the Greek and Roman city of Syracuse with the rock necropolis of Pantalica added in 2005; the Valley of the Temples at Agrigent...