I take a trip every spring but this year I am having a problem committing. Although I'd love to go back to Tuscany and just drive down every back road I could find, I figured I need to see something new, go to somewhere new. If I follow the next logical trip it is the east side of Sicily. I did the west and middle ( which I LOVED!) but I wanted something a little different, so here is what I am planning. ( come of this is also dependent on flights. I am a bit limited)..
so, I fly into Palermo, jump into a rental car and drive south to Agrigento. Then I follow the shore line all the way up to Catania and drop one car. From there I can take a train to the mainland, Reggio di Calabria, pick up another car and drive north to Naples where I would fly out. The distance is about 650 miles...but, if I just did the round trip back to Palermo, it would be about the same mileage. ( you can see Agrigento due south of Palermo. )
On this trip I can soak in the Greek Archeological sites...amazing beaches and landscapes...Snorkelling! my favorite...( I found a day trip just above Siracusa)...see Mt Etna and Savoca, the town where they filmed Michaels Wedding in Godfather with Apollina...( I am a huge Godfather fan).., so many things on the mainland...museums, archeological sites, beaches, grottos, I found white water rafting...gorgeous beaches and at the end, I can go to Paestum again ( Greek)
https://museopaestum.cultura.gov.it/il-parco-archeologico/?lang=en
and before leaving Naples I can do one last thing....Pompeii again? Naples arch museum...or? I'd like to find something different.
It will be less expensive, I think...I am holding a b&b for the first 2 nites so far...in Agrigento...
https://www.booking.com/Share-8p2ejwP
2 nights right on the sea...$80 a nite...I will try to stay at farms, agriturismos when I get to the mainland...so much more interesting...lots to figure out...
Who wants to come with me?
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