Walking in Sicily (Cicerone Guides)

We have used this book extensively on three visits to Sicily and it really has added a considerable amount to our travels.The walks often take you over less visited, but excellent, archaeological sites and gets you off the beaten path. Sicily has a tremendous amount to offer and this book will help you get the most out of your visit.One suggestion is to take a GPS or map app with you, as discussed below.Another suggestion is to visit outside the summer when the heat can be brutal for walking.Overall, the good points about this book are:1. Compact, with a good cover. Stands up to a lot of use. Easy to take with you.2. Walks are excellent, covering a lot of places where few tourists go.3. The walk length of the walks is good.4. Great to find so much information in a single book.The book has some potential issues:1. Finding the start points of the trails can be a pain, so a GPS or app is advised. Sadly the book does not contain the GPS coordinates of the start points. You will need GPS/app in Sicily anyway, so you can do a bit of preparation to identify the start points before you go. You may need a data plan to make the app work in Sicily, though, or else download the Sicily map to use offline.2. The maps on the book are sketches only. However I found them entirely adequate when combined with the more detailed trail instructions in the text.3. The accessibility of walks on Mt Etna may change with each eruption and so you will need to check these carefully with local sources.

This is a very comprehensive book of hiking on the island is Sicily I found books in Italian, of course, but this is in English which was a huge bonus for me! I’ve done one 10-miler so far and was not disappointed!

This book appears to be trying to fill a book with imaginary hikes.Bought it for hiking in Sicily but decided not to take it with us on our trip.

Small and compact so easy to travel with. Good details.

Helped a lot on some of our hikes.

Pour cadeau, ma fille aime

Los mapas y el diseño no me gustan. Prefiero las guías Rother. Más concisas y precisas.

Bought this from Amazon expecting it to be the latest edition - but it wasn't as was shown when trying some of the walks. The way-marks mentioned in the book were non existant on two of the four we tried.I contacted the publishers Cicerone who advised there was a letter edition available -

Some of the best described walks I have come across. Inevitably there is always some alteration on the ground since the author was there, but information was enough to find our way, the maps are very clear, and the walks were great.

Seems well written and interestingIt will be used during trekking in aprilThis will be the final test