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We are going to Sicily in late July - we are staying at an Airbnb south of Palermo near Scopello. We are flying in from Milan and plan to first go to Cefalu and either spend a night there or head back to Palermo and spend the night there. We are picking friends up around 1 pm at the Palermo airport.

We are planning to visit Trapani, Erice, Agrigento and looking for other suggestions as we probably will not want to drive all the way over to the other side.

We are two couples (70 years old in good health). We have never been to Sicily and we do know that it is high season.

Thank you in advance for your suggestions.

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You'll love Sicily!

Quick question - how long do you plan to be in Sicily? What do you want to most see/do/experience while you're there? Will you have a car (sounds like it if you're picking up friends at the airport) to go from point A to point B?

These kinds of things will help people give you better answers.

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The Villa Romana del Casale ancient Roman palace at Piazza Armerina is an essential sight, with amazing mosaic floors and walls. We were there in December? With only a handful of cars in the parking lot, and a walkway up to the entrance lined with shuttered souvenir stalls. They must all be open in high season. On your way east to Erice, be sure to stop at the Ancient Greek temple of Segesta. The remains of an ancient theatre are just uphill from the temple.

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Sicily is a great place to visit. Be aware it gets very hot In summer. Hopefully your lodging has ac.
Cafes have shade as do church visits but there are a lot of highlights outside to plan for.
When in Palermo see the Palace for sure.

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Scopello, Trapani, is west of Palermo, not south (unless there is more than one Scopello). I don’t understand driving an hour East to visit Cefalu just to turn around the next day and drive 2 hours to get back to the airport. The salt farms at Marsala are nice for a short visit. There is the cathedral at Monreale that is very much worth visiting. The cathedral at Cefalu is in the same style, just a smaller version. If you like castles, on the way to Cefalu is Caccamo castle. It’s easy to get to, but there is limited parking. Since you’ll be visiting Agrigento, I won’t suggest Selinunte or Segesta as they are pretty much more of the same. If driving, bring a GPS since the rural roads are poorly marked. I’ll also suggest you look up public parking lots in the towns you plan on visiting and save them to the GPS. That will save you time looking for them. Speed limit signs can sometimes be hard to find, so drive slower than the last one you saw. Of course, beware of the ZTL, no driving zones. They are in every town. While I found them easy to spot, some people don’t, so do a Google search on ZTL signs so you’re familiar with what they look like. I’ll assume you’re not visiting Agrigento as a day trip. It will take a minimum of 3 hours to visit to temples. If you decide to stay in Cefalu, we stayed at Hotel Alberi del Paradiso. It had a very nice included buffet breakfast, and free parking. The road to it is narrow. I looked it up ahead of time so knew what to expect. It also has free shuttle service into the town and back. That worked out well since parking in town in limited. If you decide to spend a night in Agrigento, we stayed at B&B Villa San Marco. It could be hard to find, but we looked it up and knew what to expect, since it’s down a dirt road. The room was nice and breakfast was adequate. It did offer a dinner special to we took advantage of so we didn’t need to drive around at night. From the B&B, we walked to the temples via a path through the olive grove.

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Thank you Cyn and JS,

We will have air conditioning and a pool, yay! We will be in Sicily for one week and yes, we will have a car.

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thank you aquamarinesteph,

We will be in Sicily for a week with a car. We love to visit small towns and enjoy the architecture, the churches and the history. We want to go to a market and experience that. We have been to Greece but we still want to see all of the roman and greek remains that are there. We may want to go to a beach one day although it looks like they will be packed with tourists. We love exploring and often times, turn off from our schedule to see something interesting. I hope this all makes sense.