Holidays at B&B Villa Maria in September, 7 tips for experiencing a less crowded Sicily, but always surprising. 7 places to go Taormina, Acireale, the volcano Etna, Catania, Riposto with its marina, the canteen, the Alcantara river.

Holidays at B&B Villa Maria in September, 7 tips for experiencing a less crowded Sicily, but always surprising. 7 places to know Taormina, Acireale, the volcano Etna, Catania, Riposto with its marina, the canteen, the gorges of the Alcantara river.

Holidays in Sicily in September, the amazing holiday, where to go.

Sicily in September is less crowded, but able to amaze the traveler in many ways. The B&B Villa Maria it is the ideal base for exploring the eastern part of the island. Its location is ideal for visiting Acireale, Taormina, Catania, Riposto with its marina, take an excursion to the volcano #Etna or along the banks of the river #Alcantara e, why not, take a food and wine tour of the Etnean #wineries.

Sicily in September, the amazing holiday, where to go.

Sicily is a surprising island, this statement will not surprise you since I am frankly in love with my land.

Sicily in September welcomes you with a more bearable temperature and there are fewer vacationers.

But what is extraordinary is the light, less dazzling, more enveloping able to define and sculpt the objects it illuminates.

September is a good time to take a holiday in Sicily and homeholidayvillamaria today called B&B VILLA MARIA is located in an ideal position for daily excursions both by car and by train.

Here 7 places to go during a vacation 7 days:

1. Acireale

I recommend that you visit it in the afternoon, after having spent the morning bathing in one of the seaside villages that are located along the coast. A peculiarity: the acese coast is lava and there are no sandy beaches, but only beaches with large pebbles or lava rock cliffs, for this reason I recommend you to visit the beach of port of Pozzillo or, even more characteristic, to use the steps on palafitte

(the links I have inserted are of commercial activities that I do not know, but they are useful because near these activities there are the places I have described).

Acireale in the afternoon.

In the afternoon, after a nap at the B&B Villa Maria, I recommend you visit the Belvedere villa, the Collegiate Basilica of San Sebastiano e Cathedral, onas well simply stroll in the alleys between the Collegiate and the cathedral, along Corso Umberto. In the evening spaghetti with hedgehogs a Capomulini

2. Taormina, where to go

Before visiting Taormina whether you arrive by train or by car, enter in the train station of Giardini / Taormina will leave you amazed. Then spend the morning by the sea, you can go to Isola Bella ( the parking area closer is here) or in the beach of Mazzarò, in the afternoon visit Taormina, (parked at one of the parking lots out of the center) and then visit the Greek theatre, the municipal villa and walks around the course.

3. Catania where to go

in the morning, as usual, you will dedicate yourself to the sea, I recommend you to discover the islands of the Cyclops, are the stacks that stand out in front of the port of Acitrezza. If you arrive early you can leave the car near this kiosk, then rent a canoe or a pedal boat. In this way you can explore the islets and enjoy the richness of the seabed. Usually those who rent the canoe also keep their personal effects there. After, rest on one of the solariums that you have spotted during your navigation, some even allow you to have lunch. In the afternoon you move to Catania. The city offers many elements of interest, but in half a day what I recommend is to enjoy the good living room of the city.

Catania in the afternoon.

Coming from Acitrezza use the state road this will give you the opportunity to appreciate the Catania seafront, leave the car in quest’area,

cross the gardens Pacini

 

 

 

 

 

 

and head towards the symbol of Catania, the elephant fountain,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

to get to the square you have to go through Porta Uzeda and the ancient city walls, now incorporated into buildings, on your right there will be the diocesan museum, getting on its roof is an emotion,

continuing to walk on the right you will see the cathedral of Catania.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here you are now in piazza del duomo, if you place yourself in front of the cathedral on your right you can see the sea while on your left, at the end of via Etnea, you can see the volcano Etna.

If you move a little from that point you can see the Amenano fountain, that you will overcome while you go to visit the intended space at the fish market, in the afternoon it is closed, but it always gives the idea of ​​a very lived-in place. At this point you can go up via Etnea until you arrive to the Villa Bellini, along the way you will see Palace of the Elephants seat of the municipality, arrived at university square, if they are open, enter to see the cloister of both buildings facing each other, continuing to walk you will come across piazza dei quattro canti, on your left is via di San Giuliano, that, during the feast of Sant'Agata, it is ascended by the faithful carrying the fercolo. Continuing, along the road you will meet Piazza Stesicoro where you can see part of the ancient Roman amphitheater buried today, and on the opposite side ihe monument to Bellini. The reward for your walk awaits you in front of the entrance to the villa Bellini choose one of the two bars and treat yourself to an arancino with sauce.

4.Rested where to go

Riposto is very close to B&B Villa Maria, in the morning before going to the beach, make a stop at the fish market, it is characteristic. Then decide what kind of sea you want to enjoy. You can choose between the beach by Fondachello it is several kilometers long, very deep and sandy with a seabed that slopes down almost immediately, the beach of Riposto small, very clean, but made up of large pebbles, or the Torre Archirafi seafront substantially consisting of lava rock. In the latter case, I recommend the airport opposite the town of Torre Archirafi, (there is a shower). In the afternoon go and see

l’Horticultural park Pure root and end the evening in one of the clubs in Riposto.

5. Etna where to go

you cannot come to Sicily without seeing Etna, I propose two itineraries that can be both alternative and consecutive:

• the first, for those who love to walk. MONTI SARTORIUS. The one shown is the entry point of a simple path, but engaging, that of the Sartorius mountains. I recommend that you arrive early in the morning in order to take the walk before the temperature rises. The ideal is to be at the starting point at 08:30. Follow the marked path and walk to the top of those that look like hills from below, ma, once you get to the top, they will turn out to be volcanic cones. The excursion on the Sartorius allows you to see all the parts that make up a volcano up close.

What to do after seeing the Sartorius Mountains

once the walk is over you have three choices:

• • 1) get back in your car and continue along the road until you reach the Citelli refuge (is away 1 km). The refuge is built on top of an extinct volcano, here you can have a coffee, have lunch and wait for the sunset
  • 2) get back into your car and head towards Provenzana floor (Away 7 km traveled in 10 minutes) where you can have lunch.
  • 3) get back into the car and head towards Sapienza Refuge ( is away 38 km that are covered in 1 Now) from the side of Nicolosi and from there, by means of the cable car before and off-road after, you will come up to 3000 m.

The plateau of Etna sud, in addition to the possibility of reaching the top of the volcano, it offers the possibility to carry out beautiful walks that allow you to closely observe the morphology of an extinct volcano.

You will arrive at the plateau by car and access it, at the end of a climb showing a beautiful view of the coast on the left side, while on the right it shows the side of an extinct volcano. At the end of the climb on the left you will find a parking lot and there they are the Silvestri craters.

This is a very simple walk, on the other side of the road there are the upper Silvestri craters, if you decide to take this walk, more challenging, once you reach the top, follow the path that will take you to see the first Calcarazzi mountains and then the eruptive fracture of the 1669, going back you will pass from the Modigliani crater.

At the end of it all, have an aperitif on the terrace and enjoy the sunset, if you want you can also dine at altitude 2000.

6. Alcantara where to go

The Alcantara river is one of the few rivers whose shore is lava, it is suitable for swimming.

The most famous site is that of the Alcantara gorges this is the free municipal entrance with stairs, from these stairs you can first reach the shore and then up to the first waterfall.

The gurne of Alcantara it also offers natural pools where you can swim.

Once you leave the car under the bridge, go up the river, you will see unexpected scenarios.

You can then either go up the river and let yourself be guided by the navigator in walking mode, (alternatively, go back and go by car) get to one Byzantine church (unfortunately in a state of neglect, but always beautiful).

in the afternoon you can visit Randazzo.

7. Cantine dell’ Etna

Now there is only the embarrassment of choice, the native vines of Etna have been admirably declined and their tasting, alone, deserves a trip.

In the structure we are able to advise you and book, but we advise you to request the reservation in time so that we can confirm the availability of the chosen structure.