Italia: Costa Amalfi

On our way to Costa Amalfi from Messina by car. On the Ferry at the Stretto di Messina.


Landscape from the very south of Italy.

Entering Amalfi



























Sorento



Costa






Sorento

Sicilia: Olivieri, Tindari - Messina

Lagoon of Tindari. Local legend tells that the lagoon was created after a pilgrim who came to see the Madonna refused to pray to the Madonna because she was black. The woman accidentally dropped her baby into the ocean and the Madonna made the land rise to save the baby. The sands of Marinello have taken shape of the profile of the Madonna.

The Sanctuary of Tindari





Greek amphitheater










Greek colony of Tyndaris, founded by the tyrant of Syracuse Dionysius in 396 BC, to accommodate refugees from Sparta at the end of the Peloponnese War.





Olivieri Beach. Our last day at a beach. At least we found bars at this beach thanks to my cousin Enzo's tip.

Enjoying nice cold ice beer at the beach for only 1.20 euro . Unbeatable price. The cheapest we ever paid in Europe and most of it all with the best view possible.

Sicilia: Etna, Catania, Aci Castello, Golla dell'Acantara Catania the city of gods, Cyclops, seamen and artists.

Aci Trezza the cyclopes islands. Lots of Greek mythology originated from this region.



Aci Castello was built in 1076 by the Normans.



This city started to grow after an eruption of Mt. Etna in 1169, which made the towns around it uninhabitable.






Catania: Katane, which was originally born in 729 BC, was a Greek colony later taken over by the Romans.

It's a pretty big city full of parks and green everywhere.

The ancient Greeks believed that Vulcan, the god of fire, lived in Etna, as did the monster Cyclops.
Mt. Etna. It's freezing cold up there.
Unfortunately, everything you want to see in Sicily in the middle of nature needs to paid for.
A real pity for the tourists who don't like excursions like us.

Hadn't seen this mountain since I was 6 year old. It was only a print in my memory.

Parco Fluviale dell'Alcantara

grotta del alcantara: lava formation

The water is soooo cold your bones seriously start to ache after a minute or two!