P5a.JPG=Syracuse -  "Old Town", baroque palaces around the Piazza del Duomo (panorama)
DSC02127.JPG=Taormina one of many shops selling very expensive ceramics
DSC02204.JPG=Above the Greek Theatre, what seem to be "dwellings" (but later found to be prison cells), carved in solid rock and they also include carved seating and beds
StreetScenes15.jpg=Syracuse -  "Old Town", streets near Piazza Archimede
DSC02249.JPG=Syracuse - morning market in the "Old Town" on the Isola di Ortigia
DSC02132.JPG=Chiesa Saint Catherine of Alexandria with unsually ornate plastered columns
DSC02237.JPG=2nd century AD Roman Amphitheatre
P5.JPG=Taormina; the 3rd century BC Greek "Teatro" (panorama)
DSC02328.JPG=Museo Archeologico Paolo Orsi. One has to marvel at the skill needed to repair these urns
DSC02099.JPG=Taormina, Basilica Cattedrale San Nicolo di Bari
DSC02078.JPG=Castelmola street scene
DSC02193.JPG=Rock carved seating around the Greek Theatre
DSC02163.JPG=Taormina; Ruins of Byzantine tombs on the roadside
DSC02087.JPG=Views while walking the track between Castelmola and Taormina
DSC02238.JPG=2nd century AD Roman Amphitheatre
Panorama 2.JPG=Mainland from the ferry
DSC02068.JPG=Taormina view from Castelmola
DSC02136.JPG=Taormina; the entrance to the Greek "Teatro".
DSC02253.JPG=Syracuse - morning market in the "Old Town" on the Isola di Ortigia
P1.JPG=View from the mountain top village of Castelmola (panorama)
DSC02135.JPG=Taormina street scenes
DSC02088.JPG=Views while walking the track between Castelmola and Taormina
DSC01996.JPG=Driving from Palmi to Villa San Giovanni -  3 tunnels can be seen straight after each other with only a small gap between
DSC02330.JPG=Museo Archeologico Paolo Orsi. Showing how the building pediment would have looked when it was built
DSC02225.JPG=In the same area, another carved grotto. Grotta dei Cordari
DSC02282.JPG=Syracuse -  Cathedral on the Piazza del Duomo, where on the side walls can still be seen the columns of the Greek Temple of Athena
StreetScenes4.jpg=Taormina street scenes with ceramic tiles
DSC02245.JPG=Syracuse - the Umbertine bridge leads to the "Old Town" on the Isola di Ortigia
DSC02138.JPG=Taormina; the 3rd century BC Greek "Teatro". Although the original was Greek, these ruins are of the Roman Theatre built over the same site.
DSC02239.JPG=Then Dave's turn at being silly
DSC02179.JPG=Then the next evening's sunset created a colourful display with steam still rising from the crater
DSC02050.JPG=Sicily, Giardini-Naxos waterfront
DSC02169.JPG=Mt Etna in the late evening showing clear signs of her eruption of two weeks ago (9th of February)
DSC02015.JPG=Villa San Giovanni ferry terminal
P7.JPG=Syracuse -  "Old Town", Piazza Archimede (panorama)
DSC02243.JPG=Syracuse old telephone exchange building on the Isola di Ortigia
StreetScenes2.jpg=Taormina street scenes
DSC02107.JPG=Taormina street scenes with a clever Centaur topiary
StreetScenes3.jpg=Taormina street scenes - lovely 2metre high gold and coloured mosaic in a sidewalk alcove
DSC02241.JPG=Back  in Syracuse town central, the very impressive - "Sanctuary of the Madonna of Tears"
DSC02195.JPG=Rock carved centre stage of the Greek Theatre
DSC02211.JPG=Above the Greek Theatre, what seem to be "dwellings", carved in solid rock and they also include carved seating and beds
StreetScenes1.jpg=Taormina street scenes
DSC02013.JPG=Villa San Giovanni ferry terminal
Panorama 1.JPG=Ferry leaving for Sicily
DSC02053.JPG=Sicily, Giardini-Naxos waterfront - volcanic rocks
DSC02322.JPG=Syracuse - Huge array of Greek and Roman artifacts at the Museo Archeologico Paolo Orsi. Many of these are from before the 4th century BC
StreetScenes11.jpg=Syracuse -  "Old Town", streets near Piazza del Duomo
DSC02316.JPG=Syracuse - Spire of the  "Sanctuary of the Madonna of Tears"
Phones.jpg=Sicily. Phone booths inside and near the entry to the Syracuse Archeological Park
DSC02331.JPG=Museo Archeologico Paolo Orsi. Some of the large lion head water drains from the ruins of a temple roof
SyracuseP1 (8).JPG=In this area, the Orecchio di Dionisio. An ear shaped carved grotto used by Dionysius. Hard to visualise from the picture, but inside would be more than 50metres high with a niche carved at least 20metres high (panorama)
DSC02069.JPG=View from the mountain top village of Castelmola
DSC02125.JPG=Taormina street scenes
Panorama 4.JPG=Sicilian coastline
DSC02085.JPG=Castle and terraces view from Castelmola
DSC02250.JPG=Syracuse - morning market in the "Old Town" on the Isola di Ortigia. Joy finally found some pumpkin.
DSC02174.JPG=Sicily, Giardini-Naxos waterfront - volcanic rocks
DSC02166.JPG=Taormina; Ruins of Byzantine tombs on the roadside
DSC02086.JPG=A tiny little chapel on the track between Castelmola and Taormina
DSC02230.JPG=Joy being silly
DSC02205.JPG=A natural water fall inside a carved "grotto"
StreetScenes5.jpg=Taormina street scenes - Telecom Italia booth, and icecream shop ceramic tile "sign"
DSC02341.JPG=Museo Archeologico Paolo Orsi. One of the remarkable urns, shows on one side, a Greek warrior fighting an Amazon
DSC02159.JPG=Agip - Azienda Generale Italiana Petroli. The Dog is said to represent the Roman Wolf whose extra two legs stylise Romulus and Remus feeding.
DSC02340.JPG=Museo Archeologico Paolo Orsi.
DSC02030.JPG=Messina, Sicily
DSC02111.JPG=Taormina, Nice restaurant with great views and a Jonica salad
DSC02156.JPG=Taormina street scene
DSC02076.JPG=The winding road to  Castelmola
DSC01998.JPG=Our first glimpse of Sicily across the Ionian Sea, on the drive from Palmi to Villa San Giovanni
DSC02173.JPG=Sicily, Giardini-Naxos waterfront - volcanic rocks
MapEast.jpg=Sicily map showing our general travel area. Also with the "Trinacria", said to represent the triangular form of the island of Sicily
DSC02054.JPG=Sicily, Giardini-Naxos waterfront - manhandling a boat up the beach
DSC02266.JPG=Syracuse -  "Old Town". The so called Fontana Aretusa. A natural fresh water spring beside the sea
DSC02018.JPG=Our ferry arriving at Villa San Giovanni ferry terminal
DSC02194.JPG=Rock carved seating around the Greek Theatre
DSC02293.JPG=Syracuse -  Cathedral on the Piazza del Duomo, where on the side walls can still be seen the columns of the Greek Temple of Athena
DSC02052.JPG=Sicily, Giardini-Naxos waterfront
DSC02147.JPG=Mt Etna changed her look in the afternoon
DSC02120.JPG=Taormina street scenes with ceramic tiles
DSC02296.JPG=Syracuse -  "Old Town", Piazza Archimede
DSC02315.JPG=Syracuse - "Sanctuary of the Madonna of Tears"
DSC02226.JPG=In the same area, a carved passageway
DSC02308.JPG=Syracuse - looking up inside the spire of the "Sanctuary of the Madonna of Tears"
P9.JPG=Syracuse - "Sanctuary of the Madonna of Tears" inside is huge, and there is also another chapel on the next level below. (panorama)
SyracuseP1 (5).JPG=Looking out over the wide but largely inaccesible area containg large grottos. (panorama)
DSC02094.JPG=Then we walked down the track between Castelmola and Taormina
DSC02300.JPG=Syracuse -  "Old Town", streets near Piazza Archimede
DSC02093.JPG=Views while walking the track between Castelmola and Taormina. The motorway comes out of a tunnel below, then over one of the high viaducts and into another tunnel. Very challenging roads to build
DSC02324.JPG=Syracuse - Most of the artifacts at the Museo Archeologico Paolo Orsi were recovered from tombs and broken into many pieces and subsequently re-assembled and repaired
DSC02083.JPG=Ceramic "bedside" table with real legs for the legs
DSC02000.JPG=One of the huge viaducts  on the drive from Palmi to Villa San Giovanni
SyracuseP1 (3).JPG=From the top of the Greek Theatre and backdrop of Syracuse harbour (panorama)
DSC02314.JPG=Syracuse - One of the small alters with a replica of the "Shroud of Turin" in the "Sanctuary of the Madonna of Tears"
DSC02097.JPG=Taormina, Basilica Cattedrale San Nicolo di Bari
DSC02291.JPG=Syracuse - Inside the Cathedral on the Piazza del Duomo - original Greek columns on the left of picture
DSC02207.JPG=A natural water fall inside a carved "grotto"
DSC02114.JPG=Chiesa di Sant'Agostino
SyracuseP1 (6).JPG=2nd century AD Roman Amphitheatre (panorama)
DSC02290.JPG=Syracuse - Inside the Cathedral on the Piazza del Duomo
DSC02161.JPG=Clear waters of the Ionian Sea, Taormina
EtnaSunset1.JPG=Next evening's sunset created a colourful display with steam still rising from the crater (panorama)
DSC02295.JPG=Syracuse -  "Old Town", Piazza Archimede
DSC02165.JPG=Taormina; Ruins of Byzantine tombs on the roadside
DSC02158.JPG=The view of the coast north from Taormina and cable cars in the foreground
DSC02077.JPG=Taormina view from Castelmola
DSC02074.JPG=Mt Etna seen from Castelmola
TaorminaBasilica1.jpg=Taormina, Basilica Cattedrale San Nicolo di Bari - marble alters
DSC02339.JPG=Museo Archeologico Paolo Orsi.
DSC02151.JPG=The view of the coast north from Taormina
DSC02319.JPG=The very sharp spiky bark
P2.JPG=Views while walking the track between Castelmola and Taormina (panorama)
DSC02342.JPG=Museo Archeologico Paolo Orsi. One of the remarkable urns, and on the other side, a man talking to two ladies.
SyracuseP1 (1).JPG=Sicily, Syracuse. Inside the Neapolis Parco Archeologico. The sparkling white, 5th century BC Greek Theatre. Entirely hewn out of solid rock  (panorama)
DSC02333.JPG=Museo Archeologico Paolo Orsi.
DSC02227.JPG=In the same area, a carved column (about 80metres high) with what looks like a small temple built on the very top
DSC02318.JPG=Unusual looking bottle tree? with very sharp spiky bark,  In the garden of the "Sanctuary of the Madonna of Tears"
StreetScenes12.jpg=Syracuse -  "Old Town", Piazza del Duomo
DSC02231.JPG=Still inside the Neopolis Parco Archeologica. Tombs at the entry to the 2nd century AD Roman Amphitheatre
StreetScenes14.jpg=Syracuse -  Ornate front of the Cathedral on the Piazza del Duomo
DSC02089.JPG=Cactus in flower
Panorama 7.JPG=Sicily, Giardini-Naxos harbour (panorama)
DSC02131.JPG=Chiesa Saint Catherine of Alexandria
DSC02274.JPG=Syracuse -  Ornate front of the Cathedral on the Piazza del Duomo
DSC02317.JPG=In the garden of the "Sanctuary of the Madonna of Tears"
DSC02184.JPG=Sicily, farther South to Syracuse. Inside the Neapolis Parco Archeologico - Ara di Ierone II (3rd century BC)
Panorama 3.JPG=Sicilian coastline
DSC02208.JPG=Above the Greek Theatre, what seem to be "dwellings", carved in solid rock and they also include carved seating and beds. Makes it difficult for the folk who might want to rearrange the furniture
Panorama 6.JPG=Sicily, Giardini-Naxos harbour.
DSC02100.JPG=Taormina, Basilica Cattedrale San Nicolo di Bari - marble alter and baptismal font
DSC02229.JPG=In the same area, the top of the carved column and small "temple" We thought it looked like Scooby Doo's  "Shaggy"
p10.JPG=View from the mountain top village of Castelmola
DSC02067.JPG=View from the mountain top village of Castelmola
DSC02051.JPG=Sicily, Giardini-Naxos waterfront
Panorama 5.JPG=Sicily from the mainland
DSC02059.JPG=Mt Etna across Giardini-Naxos waterfront - the Golfo di Naxos
DSC02258.JPG=Syracuse -  "Old Town"
DSC02337.JPG=Museo Archeologico Paolo Orsi.
DSC02329.JPG=Museo Archeologico Paolo Orsi
DSC02146.JPG=Taormina; castle
Names.jpg=Our day trip shown in the next pictures was to the two high villages of Castelmola and Taormina
DSC02121.JPG=Views while walking the track between Castelmola and Taormina
P4.JPG=Taormina Piazza 9 Aprile (panorama)
DSC02177.JPG=Sicily, Giardini-Naxos - a more modern apartment building but still different
DSC02201.JPG=Above the Greek Theatre, what seem to be "dwellings" (but later found to be prison cells), carved in solid rock and they also include carved seating and beds
DSC02171.JPG=Mt Etna in the late evening showing clear signs of her eruption of two weeks ago (9th of February)
DSC02280.JPG=Syracuse -  Ornate front of the Cathedral on the Piazza del Duomo
SyracuseP1 (2).JPG=Sicily, Syracuse. Inside the Neapolis Parco Archeologico. The sparkling white, 5th century BC Greek Theatre. Entirely hewn out of solid rock (panorama)
DSC02168.JPG=Mt Etna in the late evening showing clear signs of her eruption of two weeks ago (9th of February)
DSC02145.JPG=Taormina; the 3rd century BC Greek "Teatro"
DSC02203.JPG=Above the Greek Theatre, what seem to be "dwellings" (but later found to be prison cells), carved in solid rock and they also include carved seating and beds
DSC02196cropped.jpg=From the top of the Greek Theatre and backdrop of Syracuse harbour
DSC02019.JPG=Crossing to Messina in Sicily
P6.JPG=Syracuse - Inside the Cathedral on the Piazza del Duomo
P2a.JPG=Syracuse -  "Old Town" (panorama)
DSC02048.JPG=Sicily, Giardini-Naxos waterfront
TaorminaBasilica.jpg=Taormina, Basilica Cattedrale San Nicolo di Bari - marble alters
DSC02305.JPG=Syracuse - the open ocean side of the island, Isola di Ortigia
StreetScenes13.jpg=Syracuse -  Ornate front of the Cathedral on the Piazza del Duomo
