All reachable in a day trip: from the volcano to the baroque riviera, by way of gorges and hill towns.
Aci Trezza, Aci Castello and the Cyclops Riviera
The fishing village facing the Sea Stacks, and the lava castle on the headland.
Nicolosi and the villages around Etna
Cable car or jeep excursions up the volcano.
The Alcantara Gorges
A basalt-rock canyon carved by the Alcantara river.
Giardini Naxos, Isola Bella, Taormina
One of eastern Sicily's most photographed coastlines.
Ortigia, Noto and Marzamemi
Syracusan baroque and an old tuna-fishing village.
Militello in Val di Catania and Vizzini
Militello, voted Italy's “Borgo dei Borghi” 2025, and Vizzini, one of the settings of Giovanni Verga's “Cavalleria Rusticana”.