Europe : Sicily

Positioned at the toe of Italy's boot, Sicily is the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea and one of the world's richest arrays of great cultures. Along its golden shores, powerful civilizations converged and flourished, leaving a legacy of grand cities, charming medieval villages, and monumental ancient sites. Its five million modern inhabitants are descended from Greeks, mainland Italians, Phoenicians, Arabs, and early indigenous tribes known as Sicans. Early colonists and conquerors left behind a wealth of Greek temples, Roman ruins, Norman churches and castles, and Arab and Byzantine domes. From Agrigento's dramatic Valley of the Temples to the crooked peak of Mt. Etna—the tallest volcano in Europe and one of the most active in the world—the island offers a wide range of intriguing sites and a distinctive, autonomous regional culture.

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