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Sicily – notes from a large island

This isn't some Italian Isle of Wight. It's an ancient cultural treasure with enough variety in landscape for a continent

6 September 2014

9:00 AM

6 September 2014

9:00 AM

Don’t make the mistake of thinking that Sicily is anything like the Isle of Wight: it’s 70 times the size, and mountainous. Despite some beautifully engineered roads, it always takes longer to get around than one expects. Even my Sicilian friend has to stop to ask the way. Autostrade are closed, bridges under repair.

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Clive Aslet is editor at large of Country Life. His novel The Birdcage is published by Cumulus.

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