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Corfu & Sicily
... of the hotel was just as beautiful as our room, there was two pools which we enjoyed relaxing by, and a lovely sea view restaurant. While we were eating dinner at the restaurant one night we noticed that everyone around us was over 60 and British, we felt like we were in a retirement home. The people on the table next to us were talking about the two penthouse suites upstairs and how luxurious they must be because they get a whole floor to themselves. Little did they know that ...
Roman mosaics and a quaint medieval fishing town
... detour to visit central Sicily's biggest attraction, Villa Romana del Casale in a town called Piazza Armerina and we were certainly glad we made the effort.The villa dates back to 286AD and was covered by a landslide in the 12th century. It was not until the 1950s that serious excavation work began. It revealed magnificent mosaics covering almost the entire floor of the villa. These mosaics told a ...
Day trips to Syracuse and Castelmola
We set off on two day trips for our last fling in Taormina. Firstly we joined a tour which took us to one of the most beautiful cities in Sicily. Syracuse has been in existence since 734BC and showcases ancient Greek ruins, baroque architecture and medieval lanes. We toured the archaeological sites and were particularly taken with the aqueducts built in the ancient Greek times that still move water to this ...
Hanging with the Mafia!
... something to behold! With tentacles and beak still attached Raelene nearly had a moment…but what a delicious meal! All finished we hopped on the bikes and headed to the ferry terminal, pushed to the front of the car line and got on the ferry called La Superba! The awesome thing was that we were to sail at 2300 but they let us board at 2100! So we headed for our cabin and promptly hit the sack!
31/10/12
Being an inside cabin we didn’t have any idea of ...
Taormina
October 18 Taormina (7 A.M.) Wow! Wow! Medieval town nestled on high cliffs overlooking the Mediterranean. Lots of photo ops here! We have a short orientation tour then we're on our own. Planning to dip our toes in the sea, we will have to take a cable car to the bottom. Last night we went by bus to a local Sicilian restaurant, ...
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