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stage_6: Catania-Villafranca Tirrena

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stage_6: Catania-Villafranca Tirrena   Edited by Michele Lauro The curtain on this stage opens onto the Baroque scene of the Catania coastline, which divides the Ionian Sea from the huge volcano cone that overlooks the whole metropolitan area.  The enchanting countryside follows the SS 114 along the splendid Etna shoreline that is dotted with fishing […]

stage_5: Enna-Etna

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stage_5: Enna-Etna   Edited by Michele Lauro From Enna, the historical centre of Sicily, the route heads towards Catania, passing the Dittàino valley from west to east across softly rolling, fertile hills.  This is the kingdom of the great estates that for centuries characterised the Sicilian countryside, with boundless distances, isolated farmhouses, infinite “trazzere”, as […]