Avoiding the madness…
Marzamemi Original Roman mosaic insitu Noto Town Hall Noto theatre Ancient caves where stone for Amphitheatres mined, Syracuse Syracuse Greek Amphitheatre Syracuse Cathedral Aperitivo… ???? From Pozzallo we headed to the south east corner of Sicily and had some of the nicest cycling we’ve had, lots of quiet roads interspersed with the usual poop you pants moments, but all in all very nice. Our northward leg from here took in the Roman Villa Tellari with some wonderful mosaic floors where we had our picnic lunch – cheddar cheese (from Malta) rolls! One of these mosaics was...
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Farewell Malta.. Plenty of full greenhouses bursting at the seams… Lemons line the back roads everywhere… Countries often become associated with objects, so a beret or baguette and you think French, bowler hat – British, Bicycle and cheese – Dutch, enormous gun toting, pickup truck driving religious evangelical nutter and you think American… Well, I’m now going to associate Sicilians with light switches….. They just love them! In fact they love them so much that you can often turn the hall light off whilst sitting on the loo! In our apartment last...
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Sciacca Ceramics Sciacca Town Hall Sciacca…. Valley of the Temples Birthday Bubbles… ???? Great start to a day…. Our washed away cycle route boardwalk.. Next stop… Malta This trip we’re being extra careful with Linda’s knee and trying to make cycles shorter and have more days off for rest. The trouble is when we plan a day off it’s usually accompanied by a walking tour of the city and 24,000 steps, which I’m not sure constitutes a day off! So we planned to stop in Sciacca as there’s not a lot to see, we’d found a nice hotel and just...
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When the Greeks colonised Sicily they obviously has us in mind when planning the locations of their towns. They always seem to be about 40km apart which is a nice cycle, means you don’t have to get up ealry and gets you to your destination mid afternoon so you can have a brief look around. It’s also great for getting our fitness back and protecting Linda’s knee early on. So we’ve town hopped nicely down the coast. We’ve avoided the main roads as far as possible, cycled on a few dedicated cycle paths which in true Italian style, were new a few years ago and have...
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Stunning views along the coast A regular sight… Terrasini art Segasta Amphitheatre Segesta Temple Proper cycle path! Trapani salt pans Central Trapini Trapini Once away from the Palermo suburbs the roads quietened down and the villages became sleepy and generally closed up for the winter. Our first stop was at Terrasini at the Bakery BnB where the owner made us some fabulous breakfast muffins which which were able to have on the rooftop terrace. The town itself was chalk and cheese to Palermo. The cars parked properly, the roads weren’t lined with rubbish and the town centre had...
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After we had managed to find a restaurant for our first Sicilian supper, which turned out to be delicious, things didn’t start well on day 2 when I managed to lock us out of our bedroom when we went to breakfast, leaving the key in the door inside the room. In my defence, I’m an idiot. Anyway, the hotel were used to it and took the handle off the door so quickly it made you wonder what the point of the lock was! But after 24 hours here we think we’ve sussed the drivers. The people we’ve met are nice, kind, enthusiastic about us and just how we find most people in most...
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