Italy (Sicily & Aeolian Islands): our 2-week itinerary in South-Western Sicily by car and the Aeolian Islands by sailing boat
In Southern Sicily and the Aeolian islands there are unmissable art, history and food attractions that you can enjoy in any season, though Paolo and I took the following two-week tour in June as we decided to make the most of the early summer mild temperature, no crowds, lower prices and wider choice of accomodation available. A word about the current travel restrictions and bans to travel in Italy and in Sicily: clearly the Sicilian trip described was taken in pre-Covid times. As I write it is impossible to know exactly Italy's and Sicily's travel scenarios for the next summer months. However, based on the vaccinantion speed, on the improvement of the weather and on keeping to the strict safety measures (masks and social distancing), let's hope that we can go back to travelling to Sicily soon. It is true that possibly the declining air travel has already affected the way we travel and that will push towards less-known and less popular places, in Sicily too. However, res