Blue Guide Sicily

by Alta MacAdam and Sicily Macadam

This guidebook to Sicily's art, architecture, and archaeology has been expanded and updated for this new edition, which includes coverage of the new archaeological museum in Syracuse. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393319350
• ISBN13: 9780393319354
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 4.9" x 7.7"

Customer Reviews

Paradise on Earth: SICILY seen by Ellen Grady

And wonderfully described and brought forward in an uncanny, friendly and witty manner. Nothing is left to question, only see, explore and enjoy for yourself! Wonderful Hotel, B & B, Restaurant, Beach listing!! Siteseeing tour needs no other guide book!!

Earthly paradise

This new edition of the classic Blue Guide Sicily is packed with information, not only about cities and places to see, how to get there and so on, but also lots of hotels, B & Bs, farm accommodation, and the best places to eat! (Which doesn't mean the most expensive). Sicily is so different compared with any other place in the world that it can seem intimidating at first; everybody seems to shout instead of talk, traffic whizzes around, yet Ellen Grady takes you by the hand and helps you relax and enjoy, appreciating all the wonderful things about Sicily that make this island unique, a true earthly paradise. I love Sicily thanks to her, and I just can't wait for her next book!

Perfect book for the traveler that likes detail and history.

Comprehensive and detailed book that covers it all. Drawings of the greek temples of Agrigento, Selinute and Segesta. Maps of what the sites would have looked like. Explanations of the dozens of layers of history and conquest that is Sicily's legacy. 319 pages of well layed out information in a region by region basis. Good overview of transporation options and how to get to the more remote sites. Minimal hotel information. Good color map section in the back. Did not need to buy the local english guides with this one along on the trip.

Perfect book for the in-depth traveler!

Comprehensive and detailed this 319 page book covers it all. Sicily is a gold mine of history and with this book you can follow along at the most involved historic site. We used it during all 14 days we spent in Sicily and found that we did not need to buy the english site guides while there. A lot of drawings that show how the greek sites would have been layed out and the structure of the temples. Of great use in Segesta, Selinute and Agrigento historic sites. Highly recommend for the traveler that likes detail!