Welcome to Sicily
We stopped in Sicily for the day on a NCL cruise through the Mediterranean. We did a full day excursion where in the first part we went to Taormina, a seaside village, and then on to Mount Etna. It was good excursion and we enjoyed it.
- Population of 5 million
- Largest Island in the Mediterranean Sea
- Region of Italy
- History back to 12,000 BC
- Became part of Italy in 1860
- Became autonomous region in 1946
- Still very closely tied though
- Separated from Italy by the strait of Messina
- Highest Point is 10,922 ft