VALLE DEI TEMPLI
Valley of Temples It is said that the best way to arrive at the Valley is by sea. From that side you see the Valley and the town of Agrigento rising up on the lush green hills. But we arrived by car. Which is also quite impressive. At some [...]
SCALA DEI TURCHI
SCALA DEI TURCHI - TURKISH STEPS This is for sure a spectacular stretch of coast. Unlike any other part of coastline it has become an icon of Sicilian seaside tourism. The white cliff is located along the stretch of sea between Realmonte and Porto Empedocle in the Province of Agrigento. [...]
LICATA CEMETRY
The Cimitero in Licata will remain in your memory forever. It has something different from all the rest: the way it looks towards the south, over the sea, where the more you feel an end, you feel a beginning. The cemetery is built upon a hill. When you start walking from [...]
SICILY! LICATA.
Good morning Sicily! After almost 7 days of sailing, we arrived at Licata at 01.30 in the morning of December 17! Happy to have Mark and Marijke on board from Cat Greatcircle. They were already in the marina with their Lagoon 52 and they knew the local situation in the marina! [...]
CAGLIARI, SARDINIA
Cagliari This morning we left first to get diesel. Between our anchorage and the marina of Cagliari, there was only one small marina with a diesel station so we went there: Marina di Perd'e Sali (www.marinadicapitana.it). A very good but also a very bad idea: good because we really [...]
ITALY! SARDINIA
First part of the trip - Barcelona to Sardinia On Tuesday morning the 11th of December, we left Barcelona around 09.00 in the morning. The weather was good and we were excited we would finally go to Sicily! And also we were very happy that Marijke and Mark of [...]