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Book: Tour Of Sicily by Daniel Peter Buckley

categories: Book, Travel, History, Culture, Cities, Greeks, Normans, Timoleon, Plato, Dionysuis, Empedocles, Pirandello, Sicily

Daniel Peter Buckley

about this book: Travel and discovery are a part of who we are as people.

Sicily was known as the burning isles and isles of the blessed in ancient times and it attracted settlers and visitors from around the world due to its location on the sea trade routes from East to West.

With a rich cultural heritage forged by the successive settlers from the Sicans, Sicels to Minoans, Myceneans and Carthaginians the Greeks, Romans, Normans and Spanish all have left their lasting influences upon the Sicilian way of life seen today in the diverse settlements they established on Sicily.

This guide is penned by a visitor for visitors and it looks towards the history of the island and its people.

Drawing on the author's visits and Tours of Sicily taking in trips to PALERMO- CATANIA TRAPANI- AGRIGENTO -ENNA- SYRACUSE- TAORMINA- GIARDINI NAXOS - CASTELVATRANO - MOUNT ETNA all covered in Tour Of Sicily.

What keeps you returning to the isles of the blessed are the people the beauty of the island and for me the History Great sights and sites along with the fantastic food, wine and weather a given on a TOUR OF SICILY.

Thanks for reading.