We spent 6 days in Sicily, from which only 4 were completely used, and we used the other 2 in logistics: landing, renting the car, having dinner and having breakfast, returning the car and leaving the country.

Sicily is a small island and it can take you up to 4-5 hours to cross it with a car. Even though we rented a car in order to follow our path and not depending on public transportation (which apparently isn’t very reliable), we read it is possible to go to the main villages in the island and it can be less stressful too. Driving in Sicily feels like getting another driving’s license, you must learn how to be more aggressive and flow with the traffic.

Day 1:

Landed in Palermo at 18:00 and got our rented car. It took us an hour to drive to Palermo city and there we had dinner at the Ciurma restaurant, in the main street, Via Vittorio Emanuele, where there are plenty of restaurants and the bartenders will happily invite you to seat. We had an Octopus and a squid burger, which were really nice. Later we noticed that in Sicily the seafood and fish are treated just like our average “land butchery”.

Day 2:

We drove to Cefalù, which took us about 2 hours and had breakfast in the main square, just where the big cathedral is. Cefalù is really photogenic and any corner is beautiful. even though it was April, many people were taking a swim in the crystal waters that surround its coast. On our way to Catania, we stopped at Enna, a village on top of a mountain, which is located in the geographical center of the island. We stayed in Catania for the next 3 days and used it as a base camp. We have to say that it wasn’t difficult at all to park our car at nights for free at the street.

Day 3:

We drove to Siracusa and went to the ruins, after that, we took a nice walk in the market and had lunch at Salumeira, a shop specialised in cold cuts and octopus sandwich. Then, we drove to Ragusa, another village on top of a mountain and, we have to say it was the most beautiful one we have ever seen. We managed to have our first granite at the main square.

Day 4:

We drove to Etna in order to hike up to 3.000 meters. We finally had arancine, rice balls with any kind of filling (from bolognese sauce to spinach). After this, we went to the most beautiful city: Taormina, where it was quite difficult to park, so we ended up parking in a paid and expensive parking lot. We had chocolate and nutella granite at Bam Bar and managed to get into the Taormina Theater (it says that it closes at 18:30, but we understood that’s the last entrance). That night, we had dinner from a local pizza place in Catania.

Day 5:

We drove to Agrigento, where we saw a couple of religious marches as it was the Holy Week and later we went to the main attraction: Valle dei Templi. From there, we drove to Palermo and that was our last evening there. We had dinner in Timilla, near Quattro Canti and managed to see the city in full light and walked across the whole city for a couple of hours.

Day 6:

We drove to the airport and stopped to drop the car in Cinisi, where we had a breakfast in a nice panificio, which are quite a discovery. As a last tip for those who fear driving: it is quite madness, roads aren’t the best, but parking for free isn’t as hard as it seems.