HOSTEL IN ITALY: Sicily
Capital: Palermo
People: 5.0 million
On this island you can admire the famous volcano Etna and enjoy highly regarded landscapes as far as the eye can see. The largest island in Mediterranean Sea is an autonomous region of Italy. The culture is unique, espcially when it comes to cuisine, architecture, and arts. It has got a lot of influences from Greek and oriental cultures, in addition to Italian. There are several UNESCO World Heritage Sites in the island: arheologival park Valle dei Templi og Agrigento; Villa Romana del Casale of Piazza Armerina; the Aeolian Islands; Late Baroque Towns of the Val di Noto; Syracuse and the Rocky Necropolis of Pantalica - all highly recommendable. The island of Sicily is like another world compared to the rest of Italy. "Having visited Italy without seeing Sicily is like not having seen Italy at all, for Sicily is the key to everything". (Goethe)
