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...cultural and culinary attractions of the capital, Palermo, are well documented, but travelers should also make time for Sicily's second city, Catania, and its baroque buildings, made of volcanic stone from nearby Mount Etna. It is the fresh-produce market on the Piazza Carlo Alberto that is this town's real pride and joy, however. Sprawling over 70,000 square meters, the market is so colorful and bustling that it will become your ideal of what a Mediterranean seaside marketplace should be. In the shadow of churches and historic architecture, stalls groan under the weight of mounds of olives...
...ruins often miss out on the color and vibrancy of small-town Italian life. The cultural and culinary attractions of the capital, Palermo, are well documented, but travelers should also make time for Sicily's second city, Catania. Its baroque buildings are made of volcanic stone from nearby Mount Etna. For atmosphere, take in the terrific fish market in Piazza Alonzo di Benedetto. But the town's real pride and joy is its colorful, bustling fresh-produce market on the Piazza Carlo Alberto. Sprawling over 70,000 sq m in the shadow of churches and historic architecture, the market...
...officially O.K. to bring the kids to Palermo - even without Secret Service protection. And though Mount Etna erupted last week - damaging property for the seventh time in 30 years and forcing 1,000 people to flee their homes - Palermo is a reassuring 150 km away. The city may not have the spruced-up-for-tourists look of Venice or Florence, but it is beautiful, an open-air museum of the foreign cultures that have conquered Sicily over the centuries. A short walk can lead one past Byzantine mosaics, Arab domes, Norman churches and Spanish sculptures. The most striking architectural hybrid...
...photographic essay on the eruption of Mount Etna, go to time.com/etna
...Pavarotti drank the Trevi fountain b) Mount Etna erupted c) Roberto Benigni won't let go of the Tower of Pisa d) Coliseum ticket takers can't bear to hear "Strength and honor!" anymore...