title: Explore Sicily: The best routes around the island
author:  Insight Guides 
description: Italy is the 5th most visited country in the world: 46.4 million tourists visited the country in 2012, a 0.5% increase on 2011. (Source: Skift March 2013). The brand-new Explore Sicily coincides with the islands rise in popularity as a tourist destination  given a boost by improved transport links and a new airport in the south of the island, along with new luxury spa and golf resorts.
zlib_text: Sicily
  
  Contents
  
  PLAN YOUR TRIP
  Welcome to Sicily
  Sicily’s Top 14
  Need to Know
  First Time Sicily
  Getting Around Sicily
  If You Like…
  Month by Month
  Itineraries
  Eat & Drink Like a Local
  Activities
  Family Travel
  Regions at a Glance
  
  ON THE ROAD
  PALERMO
  Palermo
  Sights
  Tours
  Festivals & Events
  Eating
  Drinking & Nightlife
  Entertainment
  Shopping
  Palermo Region
  Mondello
  Monreale
  Corleone
  Ustica
  SICILIAN ARCHITECTURE
  Baroque Cathedrals
  Classical Masterpieces
  Inspiring Mosaics
  Captivating Castles
  WESTERN SICILY
  Golfo di Castellammare
  Scopello
  San Vito Lo Capo
  Riserva Naturale dello Zingaro
  
  Castellammare del Golfo
  Segesta
  Trapani
  Around Trapani
  Erice
  Saline di Trapani
  Road Trip > Best of The West
  Egadi Islands
  Favignana
  Levanzo
  Marettimo
  Marsala
  Mazara del Vallo
  Selinunte
  Pantelleria
  TYRRHENIAN COAST
  Cefalù
  Caccamo
  Parco Naturale Regionale delle Madonie
  Castelbuono
  Road Trip > Monti Madonie
  Petralia Soprana
  Petralia Sottana
  Piano Battaglia
  Collesano
  Parco Regionale dei Nebrodi
  San Marco d’Alunz