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Three Week Itinerary - Fire Away!

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Here’s a very tentative plan for three weeks in late March/early April with my wife. What am I missing? What is unnecessary? Bonus: tell me great places to eat anywhere!

Arrive in Palermo for 4 nights. Bus and train to visit Monreale on Day 3, and Cefalú on Day 4

Pick up car Day 5 and drive to Trapani. Day 6 visit Erice. Day 7 Favignana tour, or perhaps rest up in Trapani
Day 8 Segesta, and return to Trapani. Day 9 on to Agrigento, spend the night. Day 10 leave midday for Ragusa. 3 nights in Ragusa. Day 13 to Ortigia/Siracusa for 3 nights. Day 15 to Taormina for 3 nights, one day touring Etna if possible. Turn in car and spend 2 Nights in Catania where we depart.

I have a general idea of what to do in each of the cities listed – recommendations welcome. Does this sound like too much? Too many days in any of these places? I’m just beginning to make arrangements, so nothing is set in stone.

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I think it's a great trip. Maybe stop off at the Roman Villa del Casale on the way to Ragusa. Maybe you're underestimating the time you'll need for Valley of the Temples.

You could add 2 nights and I'd like it even more... +1 Palermo +1 Agrigento.

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Our first trip to Sicily was in December 2012, before Rick Steves ever had a guidebook for Sicily, so we relied on Lonely Planet. Rick had produced a TV episode with his prior production company, which pointed us in the direction of Segesta and also an agriturismo (Il Vecchio Frantoio), where we spent Christmas Eve and Day.

Bonus for food: in Erice, be sure to visit La Pasticceria di Maria Grammatico. Lonely Planet went on and on about her sweets way back in 2012, and Rick has subsequently recommended her shop, and has even been invited to her home for a meal on his more recent TV episode. There was another shop just down the street from Maria’s, and I felt bad for not at least going there, too, and giving it some business, but Maria’s famous, and for good reason!

If you’re a devotee of Chocolate (and who isn’t?), be sure to visit Modica from Ragusa. The chocolate there is closer to an original Mexican recipe, and not the milk chocolate that was developed later in Europe. They’re serious about their chocolate, and it’s worth the visit. Modica also has a wonderful upper and lower town, and would be good for a more extended time than just a quickie chocolate stop.

As you’ll have a car, are you planning on including the Villa Romana del Casale, at Piazza Armarina? It’s an ancient roman villa, with incredible mosaics.

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