Sicily Marco Polo Pocket Guide

Let Marco Polo Pocket Guide Sicily guide you around this beautiful island.Explore Sicily with this handy, pocket-sized, authoritative guide, packed with Insider Tips. Discover boutique hotels, authentic restaurants, the island’s trendiest places, and get tips on shopping and what to do on a limited budget. There are plenty of ideas for travel with kids, and a summary of all the festivals and events that take place. Let Marco Polo show you all this wonderful island has to offer. People have been arriving on Sicily’s shores for millennia, merging their cultures and lifestyles together - Greeks, Romans, Arabs, North Africans, Spaniards and others. The sea is never very far away, you can see it from almost every mountain. This practical pocket-sized guide provides a close-up look at lemon-scented gardens, rugged volcanic landscapes and lively piazzas, all of it set amidst the ancient and the modern against a backdrop of glorious scenery. Marco Polo Sicily Pocket Guide includes:

• Insider Tips - we show you the hidden gems and little-known secrets that offer a real insight into this beautiful island. Discover where the Mafia had their hideouts and where you can watch flamingos up close
• Best of - find the best things to do if you’re traveling on a budget, the best things to do with the kids, the best things to do if it rains and the best things to do if you’re looking for an authentic Sicily experience
• Sightseeing - all the top sights are organized by area, so you can easily plan your trip
• Discovery Tours - specially tailored tours that will get you to the heart of Sicily. Here are inspirational itineraries that will help you enjoy Sicily from the most beautiful stretches of coast, through the melancholic capital Palermo, into bastions of the Baroque and on the trail of the ancients
• Sicily in full-color - Marco Polo Pocket Guide Sicily includes full-color photos throughout the guide bringing the island to life offering you a real taste of what you can see and enjoy on your trip
• Get in the holiday mood - before even leaving home, get in to the holiday mood with Marco Polo’s spotify playlist featuring songs related to the travel destination along with the best apps, blogs, film and book recommendations
• Pull-out map - we’ve included a handy, pull-out map so you can pop the guide in your bag for a full-on sightseeing day or head out with just the map to enjoy your Discovery Tour

Trust Marco Polo Pocket Guide Sicily to show you this amazing island. The comprehensive coverage and unique insights will ensure you experience everything that Sicily has to offer and more. The special tips, personal insights and unusual experiences will help you make the most of your trip - just arrive and enjoy.

Marco Polo was the original, trailblazing ’tourist’. Born around 1254 into a wealthy Venetian merchant family, at the age of 17 he embarked on an epic journey to Asia and was one of the first westerners to visit China. When he returned he recorded his extensive travels by publishing a book which introduced Europeans to Central Asia and China, possibly the first ’travel guide’ ever published! Marco Polo’s travels have since inspired countless adventurers to set off and see the world. It is reputed that Christopher Columbus set off across the Atlantic with a copy of Marco Polo’s original book. It is this pioneering spirit that drives us at Marco Polo Travel Publishing to provide the best guides, maps, atlases, and phrasebooks to help you explore the world. We hope our guides and maps will inspire you to set off on your own adventures.