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Day 1 Amsterdam - Maastricht (train, two hours) Maastricht - Airport (bus 59 Road, next to the train station, 25 minutes) arrived in the port city of Trapani in western Sicily Trapani hotel breakfast buffet Airport (relatively far from the city, the airport hotel breakfast buffet shabby, no duty-free shops, no hotels, no other place overnight bus at the latest to 0:30 am, every hour from the urban area, walk 45 minutes, a taxi during the day and about 30 in Europe, night about 40 euro, 25 minutes); Day 2: Trapani-Agrigento Agrigento (train, 4.5 hours, you need to change trains in Palermo, Palermo, hotel breakfast buffet Trapani to Palermo's small train, may be canceled, in particular On weekends, once canceled may use alternative bus, the bus will pull you to Alcamo hotel breakfast buffet train) Day 3: Agrigento train station -Valley of Temples Valley of the Temples (bus, in the train station door car, tobacco shop inside the train station buy a ticket, probably a group, about 6 minutes to every 30 minutes) Valley of Temples-Scala dei Turchi beach (Taxi, you can tuck in the Valley of the Temples in front of the boss called the car, 16 km, there are buses, but trips rarely, and not to the beach, you need to walk); Scala dei Turchi-Realmonte urban areas (walking + ride, about four kilometers, about half the road is climbing, more tired, no car can take, we are lucky, ask for directions met a Sicilian who drove us all the way to take); Realmonte urban -Trapani urban (Lumia bus company, the company's virtual monopoly on the Sicilian bus business, at least in western Sicily, only to see their home full 180 km. , 200 minutes, the car actually scheduled 13:40 to 14:00, the need for a car in this place Sciacca. Visitors hotel breakfast buffet can Realmonte back from Agrigento and Trapani, but flights are few and time than earlier, Agrigento hotel breakfast buffet and There are also buses between Realmonte, but trips rarely, about two hours intervals); Trapani urban -Favignana Island (ferry, pay attention to catch the last boat, crossing sign is written in 19:30, but 18:30 that day we went over, we are a one minute early to catch the last boat) Day 4: Favignana Island tour around the island (bikes, this island has 16 square kilometers, but can ride about 1 hour perimeter) Favignana Island - Trapani Airport (ferry, but also optimistic about the same time) Trapani urban -Trapani Airport (bus stop crossing the edge of the stage there are airport hotel breakfast buffet bus, one hour intervals) Trapani Airport - Masterton Richter. . . . . . Slightly
Former Non EU / EEA passengers to check-in to confirm you want to knock on the boarding pass chapter; airport side comparison, the cost from the big city to the airport where you may not be low, even if unfortunately Taxi, then your ticket money saved not enough Cover; severe late, we scheduled departure time is 20:25 in Maastricht, but we line up to 19:55 when boarding the plane was told to take off to be delayed hotel breakfast buffet two hours, the result is 11:00 just fly, no appease period; the display font is very small airport, leaving large areas show Ryanair's Logo; Ryanair itself Logo main colors are blue + yellow, but the plane's seat also adds black, estimated to be dirt But people see uncomfortable; the passenger boarding only one serial number, just sit after boarding the plane, the people hotel breakfast buffet are not suited for this reason may also cause a bit of scrambling to boarding; seating arrangements on the plane too more front and rear space is very narrow, and the angle is too straight chairs, sitting very tired, or at least the most tired I sat seat; seat on the plane is relatively old, the aircraft also slightly older, this can be from takeoff, landing sound turbine listen to them, anyway, the noise is relatively large, and back and forth are met with children, the children are crying all the way, really crash.
Sicily two transportation hubs, the capital of the island in the northwest corner of Palermo Palermo, and the east coast in the middle of Catania Catania, the majority of international flights are taking these two cities, the ferry can go to the Italian mainland, North Africa, Tunisia, Malta and other places, near the main port in Palermo Trapani Trapani. Trapani is a new port city, or at least the most modern cities of the west, the city itself nothing to see, but because there are airports, we came to this place, there is a beach barely passable. Sicily overall hotel breakfast buffet economic backwardness, most of the island is mountainous, and are bald mountains, Sicily, surrounded by the sea, but did not see the river, so the large hills are barren; Agrigento is the place where the rule of the early Greeks, temple Valley site is very NB, waterfront built on the hill back. Get off the bus on both sides of the road are actually Valley of the Temples, there are two kiosks in the temple hotel breakfast buffet over there, but the damage is serious, so nobody tickets, visitors hotel breakfast buffet can freely access, where there Zeus Temple, but only damaged pedestal hotel breakfast buffet and column bases, no pillars still standing, when it is said that the original design, hotel breakfast buffet it should be all the nearby temple, the largest hotel breakfast buffet of 112 meters by 56 meters. There are only four pillars of a temple consisting corner, now a landmark attractions here. The other side there are three temples, do not go outside, hotel breakfast buffet you can see one (in the street, but look incomplete, is the Temple of Hercules 赫拉克里士, today has been very difficult to see the original look, archaeologists believe, This is among the five oldest temple, hotel breakfast buffet and soon there after about the sixth century BC, the city built the original temple is rectangular, 38 large cylinder, 1924 archaeologists with the collapse of the original stone, re erected eight pillars.), tickets are 10 euro (adult ticket, we are going in May, open from 9:00 am to 19:00), after the door to go east, and soon you can see the Temple hotel breakfast buffet of Concord, preserved, said that this temple was built in the 5th century BC, the golden age of Greece, Temple hotel breakfast buffet of Concord, Concord is not God's name, but later did not know it is what worship of God, in archeology, when the corner stone temple last found Concord (Concord) lettering, then chief engineer abbot repair work on its own, called it "Concord Temple" was. Go inside, in the east of the temple of the temple there is a relatively good save. Outside the park gates, there is a Archaeological Museum, displaying artifacts excavated from here, this time we did not see, it is said the general. According to my observation, from the temple, east and south (sea side) himself hotel breakfast buffet climbing into the Valley of the Temples, so you can put 10 euro tickets province, it is estimated to climb a five minutes it can be had. Scala dei Turchi beach, lying on the white limestone blue sky overhead, Grossly azure Mediterranean (sea from far and near, followed by blue, blue, light blue, white) is very enjoyable. Also nearby hotel breakfast buffet Lido Rossello Beach (Lido Beach meaning is in Italian) is said to have good time, we did not go. Favignana Island, nothing to see, only one of about 45 meters beach, some of the other known as the "Angle" and consequently is not absolute pit father, the only one worth mentioning is still open boats back and forth very quickly.
Accommodation Italy hotels are more expensive, in Sicily is no exception, but if the non-peak season to go, do not recommend booking in advance, give yourself more space to come and find exactly. We just interchange in Palermo, the Sicilian Mafia so do not feel lair, but the overall security of Sicily is good, the people are relatively simple, but also ask, answer, and even enthusiastically guiding you . Italian dinner is usually divided into three, the first is the staple food, in fact, noodles, but not the same spices, fish, meat, vegetables, and this road is basically a tube "eat"; the second Road is a seafood or meat, do more sophisticated, less volume, you're basically the Road tube "eat"; and the third is a Salad or directly on Glate (that is, ice cream). Packages are generally noon, the price will be cheaper than dinner. Sicilian been relatively slow pace, noon break three hours or so, the store will be closed, the city suddenly quiet; most stores accept credit cards or debit cards; Taxi and so can bargain; flight delays to consider to, and leave the budget risk response;
Malta is located in the heart of the Mediterranean, consists of five islands, the main island of Malta and Gozo, which are more than 200 square kilometers and more than 60 square kilometers. An area equivalent to 1/66 of Beijing. Valletta. Many major cities along the coast and built, called the city so much, as it is called a zone, the journey time between the city and some just a few minutes. The best way is to take a local tour bus tours, hotel breakfast buffet points south and northern routes as well as day trips to the island of Gozo, 30 Euro per day / two people, not the season you can bargain, we are only spent 25 euro / two day . You can get off at any stop, sightseeing and then finished on another vehicle, unlimited number of times. A total of three days can be roughly the cities and villages of Malta go. The coastal side of the city, there are many ancient buildings, beautiful blue sky in the lining reflected. The central island town has a unique hotel breakfast buffet rustic atmosphere. Yacht enthusiasts from around the world are like their yacht docked in Malta.
And Sicilian origin, so that the number of Maltese heritage of the Southern Italian cuisine Delicate, seafood mussels hotel breakfast buffet face is one of the great love that face, according to the different widths, hotel breakfast buffet which may be the narrowest spaghetti, slightly wider than some of linguine, and wide surface Fettuccine. I love Linguine, moderate width, chewy, seafood flavor permeate the meantime, how a delicious amazing! Entry-level mussels face only mussels, an upgraded hotel breakfast buffet version hotel breakfast buffet could find octopus, clams, fish fillets, such a disk, the price was 10 euro to succeed, very affordable, point to eat in front of a small cup of seafood soup, baby squid (baby octopus) hotel breakfast buffet and tomato crisp flesh, full of soup, appetite immediately come up.
Look carefully, this four facades of the sculpture are all symmetrical, have to pay attention: each facade was divided into three layers, the top is a Christian saint saint, the four corners of each is different, bless the city. This layer is all Corinthian columns, stigma mosaic decoration. Four middle stood the King of Spain, because it was the Spanish Habsburgs ruled Sicily, Ionian columns are rolled stigma column. hotel breakfast buffet Street This layer is the goddess of Greek and Roman legends, hotel breakfast buffet as well as fountains, is austere Doric column type. In this central point, there are three fun place. One is called the Fontana Pretoria fountain. It was built in 1554, multi-fountain, the scale and extent of the exquisite sculptures are quite wonderful. But there was one problem: the year of the designers from Tuscany in central Italy, where much of the avant-garde art, do not forget the central city of Florence in Tuscany, is the birthplace of the Renaissance, but the Sicilian conservative ah locals frown on nude sculpture fountain so much, I feel this is simply immoral, give this fountain a nickname, called "Shame Fountain" Fountain of Shame, then, until today, hotel breakfast buffet the real name of the nickname than scream every ring. Shame fountain next to a square, the square two churches distant relative. One is St. Catherine's Church Santa Caterina, built in the 17th century, the height of the Baroque style in, which is kind of a typical church in the city of Rome: the outside looks ordinary Baroque facade, but inside into surprise, decoration and frescoes magnificent, dizzying. Go visit this church to spend 2 tickets. Under normal circumstances, I do not want to spend money into the church, that the church should be free. But this time looked into. Believe me, it was definitely worth it to spend 2 euros. St. Catherine's Church on too, across hotel breakfast buffet the plaza, is a San Cataldo San Cataldo. hotel breakfast buffet It Aspect hotel breakfast buffet externally, specifically in the top sub on. Look at these three juxtaposed tall narrow dome, is not quite like the kind of baroque churches large dome? Yes, the higher the top sub, but narrower. Do you remember when to go to the Mosque hotel breakfast buffet of Cordoba in Spain, or Grenada Alhambra Palace Samarkand Ah, we said, Arab-style dome is Gaogong, often over a semicircle? By the way, this is the Arab-style dome.
Sicily is located in the middle of the whole Mediterranean world, has always hotel breakfast buffet been the Mediterranean world and the major European powers contested, a bit like our Central Plains, it was said that the history of Europe conquered the highest number of places. The ancient Greeks first immigrants here, we see Thucydides's "History of the Peloponnesian War", Athens hotel breakfast buffet and Sparta hegemony, the decisive battle is not the Greek mainland, hotel breakfast buffet and in Sicily. Athenian expeditionary force in Sicily annihilated, hotel breakfast buffet the results of Athens in the Greek world hegemony fading here. After ancient Greece, North Africa, Sicily, Carthaginians and Romans to compete, so the first Punic war broke out, after three Punic War, Rome finally destroyed Carthage, laid hegemony throughout the Mediterranean world. The decline hotel breakfast buffet of the Roman Empire in the 5th century, the Germanic barbarians Vandals conquered North Africa, incidentally, also conquered Sicily, the Byzantine Empire, the Eastern Roman counterattack soon, but back in Sicily and North Africa. But not a few decades, it has been the rise of the Arab Empire, the Arabs occupied Sicily, which also gave Sicily injection Arab architectural style, such as the top of this Arab dome.
To the 9th century, the Vikings suddenly regressed to a no, these Vikings, not only conquered Britain, Russia prairie, northern France, has also been scored the Mediterranean, from the hands of the Arabs took Sicily. Because the Vikings from the north, known as "Norman" is "northerners" (Normandy, France, is the "Norman place"), hotel breakfast buffet thus creating a Sicilian Norman dynasty. Still later, is the middle of the Middle Ages, the so-called High Middle Age, the European hotel breakfast buffet Christian countries counterattack Crusader period in the Islamic world, Sicily changed hands throughout the Middle Ages in which several European powers, the Holy Roman Emperor Germany had been king of Sicily (we see Dante "Divine Comedy", also referred to two Sicilies hotel breakfast buffet coup), King of Spain also ruled Sicily. To modern times, the unification of Italy, Sicily, Italy attribution. Recent and final conquest, was World War II, 1943 Montgomery and Patton commanded the Allied landing in Sicily, Sicily Barton swept that battle. Then go north from the center of wandering, north distal large theater, the distance to the middle of the Grand Theatre
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