
From its splendid baroque cities to the clifftop scenes — as immortalised by photographer Slim Aarons — and the largely unexplored timewarp areas beyond its sun-bleached coastline, Sicily is alluringly diverse in its landscape.
Centuries of invasion from various civilisations have bestowed the island with a mosaic-like cultural identity — you’ll find couscous and sweet puddings introduced by the Arabs, Norman architecture interwoven with Moorish domes, and cold-pressed chocolate pinched by the Spanish from the Aztecs.