I love the historical places more than anything else, so I would never compare such place with a modern city for sure - and when the Mediterranean is included, too, it's like a heaven to me.
I went to Sicily last summer - a place way too hot throughout the summer, and never so cold in winters. The worst thing about my journey, it was so hot that I hated sun for the first time in my life! The best thing, I've seen a beach like Mondello - and an environment more than sincere we could call it.
People in Sicily are strange - even more than that.
As a Turkish, living in a very strange culture with strange people, who yell at each other all the time, who love speaking loud as most of the Italians, and with more low class people than the high class people living in the country, I wasn't expecting to see something different in Sicily anyway.
Well I sure did.


Sicilians are hard to handle - driving like a crazy on the roads, no respect for any rules at all, caring about sleep more than worrying about work, and no sense of fashion. I'm sorry for mixing all these up, but I do believe there are more to tell about them - just loved the way they are.
They have a special kind of cultural uniqueness for sure.

I had no chance to shop to be honest, because whenever I went to the shops, all the stores were closed up! In the noon, afternoon, in the evening... They work a few hours in a day, and I was definitely unable to catch these hours anyway. I - very later - figured out that they are open right when I have my dinner, so some evenings I tried to leave my dinner before I finish and went to the stores. After a while, I started choosing the bags and shoes I want to buy in the mornings, and went to the stores after my dinner to buy all these bags and shoes. It never worked out, because I've never been able to find the same places I checked before.

Anyway, this is more than a text about where to go in Sicily... Sicily is a lovely place - but I need to warn you about the taxi drivers in the cities. They don't have a standard  payment rule or something. They just say whatever price they have in their minds for you. From my hotel to the city centre (in Palermo), it normally costs less than 5 euros. Well I had to pay 10 euros once, and 20 pounds the other times. Even some asked for 40 euros as we were 4 people in the car! We used two taxis to go back to the hotel, and our friends paid 10 euros more than us! The same road, the same time of the day!
So keep all these in your mind, and enjoy the lovely country as much as you can!
I will be filling you with the details of 3 cities I've been to in Sicily! Catania, Palermo and Syracuse... In Palermo, my favourites are Cattedrale di Palermo, Palazzi dei Normanni and Mondello Beach, but surely I will write about more places you can see in Palermo.

Where to go in Sicily, the most popular cities in Sicily, Sicilian food, transportation in Sicily, the must-sees in Sicily, and many more - these are going to be the next posts I will publish here.