ИталияPiazza Vigliana38°7’4” N 13°21’38” E
2 октября 2019 г., Италия ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C
Had a fun day in Palermo - explored the vast food market, pommegranite and orange juice shops, walked to the port and the pedestrian streets round the quatro canti fountains.
Met the tour group forЧитать далее
ИталияChiesa del Purgatorio38°2’19” N 14°1’16” E
3 октября 2019 г., Италия ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C
Palermo peak hour traffic was busy. The Monreale gold mosaics were gorgeous and it was a charming town also. Returned to town and into the Palermo cathedral which was built 1131 and has the sun dialЧитать далее
ИталияBrugnano38°3’54” N 13°4’54” E
4 октября 2019 г., Италия ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C
After breakfast, a 7:30 departure to the beautiful medievel hill top town of Erice, first passing marble quarries and the usual vineards and olive groves. The drive uphill to Erice was amazing, asЧитать далее
ИталияContrada Talà37°10’2” N 15°9’37” E
5 октября 2019 г., Италия ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
The Temple of Concordia with it’s sandstone doric columns was magnificent and has never been destroyed.
Nearby is Gela where the greeks first landed BC and ironically so did the US in 1943.
LunchЧитать далее
ИталияPalmeri - Ferrante37°13’36” N 15°8’44” E
6 октября 2019 г., Италия ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
Today’s tour was to Siracusa. First stop in the Archaeologic Park was the Ear of Dionysis with amazing acoustics which was named by Caravaggio when he stayed there 1608.
Then the pristine 5thЧитать далее
ИталияCoste I37°44’13” N 15°10’26” E
7 октября 2019 г., Италия ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
Mount Etna had been smoking since we arrived in this area and today we visited it but unfortunately not enough time to explore via the chairlift and climb higher.
The worst eruption was in 1669 whichЧитать далее
ИталияStazione Palermo Centrale38°6’29” N 13°22’7” E
8 октября 2019 г., Италия ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C
Incredibly intact and vast is the only way to describe the mosaics at Casa Romana located just outside the town of Piazza Armerina. The standout mosaics were the 10 bikini girls, a cyclops scene,Читать далее
ИталияStazione Palermo Centrale38°6’31” N 13°22’6” E
9 октября 2019 г., Италия ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
First day of freedom from the tour group today so I finally had the time to find a good espresso macchiato for breakfast from a bar rather than the tour group hotel machine.
The Intercity trainЧитать далее
ИталияArdore38°11’34” N 16°9’54” E
10 октября 2019 г., Италия ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
It was drizzling this morning so we walked round the own and into the church where Mr and Mrs Cev were married. Then after a typical italian breakfast of macchiato and sweet biscuits, Frank took us toЧитать далее
ИталияDelianuova38°9’6” N 15°56’44” E
11 октября 2019 г., Италия ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
Frank was going to the doctor so left us in a shopping mall at Sidero which was past Locri where we managed to book the train tickets to Reggio that we told him we already had. Then for reasonsЧитать далее
