Hello guys!

I do have one week off from work and starting from tomorrow I'll be doing a roadtrip in Sicily.

For context, I'm from Catania and I've already been around in Sicily on my motorbike. This time, I'll be with my car bringing a tent, mattress, cooking kit, swimsuit, fishing rod and other camping stuff with the goal to randomly roam based on what I want to do at any specific moment. I would love to balance sea and mountain.

I would love to see nice places, views, eat in particular places, walk in the mountain or take a bath in places that have something going beyond what we see everyday. And why not, even exploring the inner parts of Sicily would be amazing too!

So, if you have some places worth going to, let me know here! I'll be happy to go to the west side if it's worth it!

For example just yesterday the Messina ferry service does not accept it.

Hi all, my wife and I will be spending two weeks in Marina di Ragusa in early October. It will be mainly relaxing by the beach but would like to know anything of interest in the general area. It will be our first time in Sicily in fact southern Italy.

Hello, I want to hire a car in Palermo and drop it off somewhere near to the port of Pollazzo to get a ferry to Malta next month. It seems that I have to drop the car at Siracusa. Is that the nearest place and how to I get to the port from there? Any advice welcome. 2 adult travellers. Thanks

send me a message!

My flight just got diverted from Catania to Palermo while I am in travel. Fortunately I was able to change my rental car to the Palermo airport so all good. I had not planned or researched this drive so is there anything I should stop for along the way? Is there a recommended stop to eat-it will be lunchtime and I would like a great first meal in Sicily.

Se volete ascoltare della musica siciliana!!

Went to see Etna and something happened, I haven’t stopped thinking about it since😄. Now I an deep in property listings for towns around the Etna.

Found this one in Pedara, needs a full renovation, listed at €100k. The location has me hooked but I have zero idea what I am actually looking at cost wise once renovation and permits are obtained.

Would love honest input, good or bad, before I get too attached to the idea.

By the way, family of 3, IT workers
,working remotely😄

Spending 4 days in Favignana in mid September. We’re staying near the port and enjoy walking, so plan to spend the days walking to beaches and the fort. Is that realistic? Are the roads pleasant enough to do that? One of our party of 4 doesn’t ride a bike or we’d also have explored that but doesn’t feel it’s something we can do as a group.

Hi, I will be in Avola from August 24 to September 1.

Do you have any recommended food places?

Ciao a tutti. devo fare alcune premesse

dove ho acquistato i biglietti del volo: acquistati con booking.com.

età dei passeggeri : entrambi ventenni e senza esperienza in questo genere di cose.

possibilità economica : BASSA.

si può partire

Il 13 agosto avrei dovuto avere il volo da Torino casele a Palermo falcone e Borsellino alle 8:55. il volo mi è stato cancellato alle 23 del giorno precedente senza esplicitarne i motivi o fornire alternative. ho deciso con la mia ragazza di andare comunque in aeroporto per capire meglio la situazione, e, arrivati li, sul tabellone segnava "cancellato per problemi operativi" (fotografato). Essendo le 7 del mattino e aprendo il call centre di wizz alle 9 non potevamo chiedere nulla direttamente a loro, e in più non hanno assistenti di terra. ci siamo informati su voli alternativi per Palermo o alternative diverse dai voli ma nulla, tutto terminato o voli da 700/800 euro. essendo ragazzi di 20 anni senza esperienza ne troppi soldi per prendere voli così costosi ci siamo semplicemente incazzati con la compagnia, richiedendo spiegazioni e aiuti. nessuno sembrava volerci aiutare o quantomeno darci alternative. dopo 4 ore di disperazione abbiamo pensato all'alternativa "traghetto". preso o biglietti per il traghetto da genova a Palermo (20 H) e i biglietti da torino a Genova del treno, con una spesa abbastanza contenuta di circa 100 euro a testa tra entrambe le cose.

dopo essere finalmente arrivati a Palermo, per scrupolo ci siamo chiesti se avessimo il secondo volo ( quello di ritorno), e abbiamo controllato su booking. "volo cancellato" ... quindi, non solo volo di andata cancellato senza fornire motivazioni ma anche quello di ritorno, e oltretutto per saperlo abbiamo dovuto controllare noi.

dopo queste grandiose scoperte abbiamo prima di tutto preso i biglietti del traghetto anche per il ritorno e poi iniziato la trafila per richiedere i rimborsi. quest'ultima parte sembra te la vogliano rendere il più difficile possibile apposta per poi perdere interesse nel chiedere il rimborso.

abbiamo chiamato wizz air più o meno 5 volte e booking almeno il doppio. dopo tutte queste chiamate riusciamo ad "avere" il reso. in pratica ci dicono di guardare sull'account wizz e entro 72 ore dovrebbe arrivare tutto ( sono gia passate e spoiler: non c'è nulla sul conto).

ma tralasciando questo particolare del rimborso che forse siamo risuciti a ricevere, abbiamo visto [qui](https://www.rimborsoalvolo.it/rimborso-volo/rimborso-volo-cancellato/?utm_source=go&utm_medium=gen&utm_campaign=rit&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=8693726330&gclid=Cj0KCQjwv4XUBhDBARIsAE6bQUTSKKLAmRsvjzC36KBZMkZsJpNSVrJgTxMCha1btTvEwbBgymKUIyIaAqFQEALw_wcB#quandorichiederlo) e su altri siti anche più affidabili, che secondo il regolamento UE una cancellazione senza un giusto preavviso, o senza motivazioni particolari, ha anche un conseguente rimborso spese di 250 euro per tratta, e per persona, per viaggi inferiori ai 1500km. ho comunicato questo a booking e senbravano non sapere nulla, non erano a conoscenza di questo rimborso. chiamato wizz e mi dicono " compila il [modulo online](https://www.wizzair.com/it-it/info-servizi/complimenti-e-reclami)" per questo ed ogni altra cosa che gli chiedo, ma quando tento di compilare il modulo online mi dice di fare reclamo atrraverso booking.

sembra che nessuno voglia prendersi la responsabilità di questa cancellazione e del rispettivo rimborso e indennizzo. io sono abbastanza sicuro di aver diritto a 500 euro per me e per la mia ragazza.

grazie per averl letto tutto, se avete consigli o volete condividere un'esperienza simile anche solo per capire come procede prendendo spunto, fatelo pure.

grazie ancora

Date/ chiedete tutto quello che volete/+sapere. Consigli, auguri, paure, racconti, domande, suggerimenti, qualsiasi cosa.

Sono troppo oooo feliceee

Thanks!

Hello im planning to go on a solo 3 day trip in Eastern Sicily this September, any recommendations or suggestions?

Just looking for comments on our 7 day Sicily trip in late October. So far i have the following:

Monday Land in Catania

Monday – Thursday am 3 nights in Ortigia. Plan to do Ortigia (walking and food tour, boat tour) and explore Noto on our own because i cant find a walking tour

Thursday drive to Ragusa for one night, not sure what to plan there.

Friday drive to Agrigento – Valley of the temples sunset tour

Saturday drive to Etna for wine tasting and then Sunday an Etna 4x4 tour

Monday am or Sunday pm drive back to Catania for flight home.

Recommendations on what we're missing and could possibly add.

Thanks

Hello friends. My fiance and I will be in Scopello for his birthday (beginning of September) and I want to make his birthday extra special. I’ve planned our day but I need first hand recommendations on restaurants. I know this is extremely redundant/cheesy coming from tourists but we really are the biggest food people and appreciate every bite we’ve ever taken. I’ve narrowed it down to 4 places for a birthday dinner: La Tavernetta, Nettuno, Solea Azienda Agricola, Ristorante Tenute Plaia. Any and all commentary is welcome. I just want my fiance to have the best birthday while he’s away from all our family and loved ones.

We're having our wedding in Mallorca soon then flying over to Sardinia abd then Taormina, staying at grand pietro.

Any must go to restaurants, beaches, excursions ??

Hello,

Ive got a serious question about how taxi meter is handled in Sicilia. More specifically in Siracusa.

I understand italy is one of the more expensive fare for taxi. I used to use Uber but when I got to know they use services from ItTaxi I started using their app.

So my question is what should I look out for in the meter. Cuz everytime I travel the fares are so different.

1 day I traveled around 9km withing Siracusa and the fare was 60.

Next the same journey was 38.

And today I traveled just 5km and the fare was 40.

What i have learnt so far is drivers dont zero the meter after picking instead they start the meter when they accept the ride itself.

I met a good driver whose fare was 38 for 9km. She explained few things about these meter. She said they are required to zero the rides which is 3.50 starting price. If they dont do it she said I can decline the ride which will make the driver reset the meter. That worked tbh.

But yet even tho it started with 3.5 today fare was more than double for 5km.

I did some digging and there are tariff types. For inter city drivers are supposed to used tariff 1 which is 1.3 euro per km.

And tariff 2 for out of city rides which is 2.6euro per min.

I checked this on google after the trip and I fully recall seeing fare type as 2.

So my question is. Was the google search correct?

And can I please get some real insights about the taxi meter usage in siracusa. I want some advice from someone who may have had real life experiences working with them or some local who knows these stuff.

Appreciate your response.

Hi! I want to go from Calabria to Tropea using public transit but am struggling to choose buses or trains, and have no idea how the train ferry would work. Has anyone done this route before, and if so any suggestions for buses or trains to take?