Thanks a lot for presenting some regions of Sicily, still not often in the focus of travelling. I'm looking for another trip in Sicily, until yet I just conquered a small part of the island with Messina/Catania and Etna region. I always like this remote charming places like Trapani - it looks to me like remote places in Galicia or at the East coast of Catania. Thanks for explaining a special topic like the tradition of fishery.

@ memy: If going inside the country, there are lot of passes and you will take some meters in altitude more. Most serious climbs you'll find up to the Etna with alpine dimensions, nearly 2000 m above sea level (Rifugio Sapienza), but a very specific and fascinating volcano scenery. It's worth to make a roundtrip of the Etna below, too. If crossing all parts of Sicily, you should take time for 10 to 14 days. Quite sure, parts of the coastline East and North are more touristic than ConRAD's trip - of course not less inspiring places like Taormina. In low season best to visit.

Accomodations: In Sicily like in many other parts of Italy you'll find bed & breakfast facilities. In most cases they are not cheaper than small hotels, but service and breakfast is better, even you can talk better to local people, sometimes you'll get products of their own like marmelade etc. So I can assure ConRAD's range of prices in the lower category. You should mention that accomodations in the South of Italy are not really cheaper than in the North. There is no correlation to the lower economic level of the South (mezzogiorno), tourism prices working different. Even in the North (Italian Alps) there is more competition of accommodations, so sometimes cheaper. The same way is reasoned by tourists with lower budget in the Alps (hikers, cyclist), to find less in the South.