That Summer in Sicily: A Love Story
by Marlena De Blasi
Amazon Price: $16.32
Customer Review: This author can write! Her descriptions of people, environments, food and relationship are first class.
Unlike the first three books that were memoirs of her travels and life with her husband, A Thousand Days in Venice, A Thousand Days i…
Sicily (EYEWITNESS TRAVEL GUIDE)
by DK Publishing
Amazon Price: $15.64
Customer Review: This book is the right size for taking it with you, and all the information you’ll need for a successful visit. Lots of great photographs.
On Persephone’s Island: A Sicilian Journal
by Mary Taylor Simeti
Amazon Price: $10.17
Customer Review: If you are even remotely thinking about going to Sicily, you should read this wonderful book. Deep understanding of this unique, strange amazing island, seen also with an American’s eye. I was reading it while I was there, and it opened up everyt…
Midnight In Sicily: On Art, Feed, History, Travel and la Cosa Nostra
by Peter Robb
Amazon Price: $10.88
Customer Review: I bought this book after an Amazon’s suggestion, and was looking forward for an overview of my country’s history from the outside, but was disappointed.
I think it would be fair to say that Mr. Robb tries to set the stage for a review of…
Blue Guide Sicily, Seventh Edition (Blue Guide Sicily)
by Ellen Grady
Amazon Price: $17.79
Customer Review: Superb guide to history, culture, geography, cuisine of Sicily with interesting sidebar vignettes, detailed maps and good photography. A bit heavy to travel with, however, but excellent reference to prepare for trip. This, combined with the more por…
Casa Nostra: A Home in Sicily
by Caroline Seller Manzo
Amazon Price: $10.17
Customer Review:
I thoughly enjoyed this book & would highly recomend it.Its amusing & informative about life in a Sicilian family where the days seem to revolve around food.
Susan Ribeiro dos Santos
Frommer’s Sicily (Frommer’s Complete)
by Darwin Porter, Danforth Prince
Amazon Price: $12.91
Customer Review: This book is a real let down.
The suggested itineraries are absurd. The one week itinerary actually suggests that you try to visit the whole island in one week, which would involve you spending most of your time in the car!
Most …
Sicily (Regional Guide)
by Vesna Maric
Amazon Price: $12.91
The Rough Guide to Sicily 6 (Rough Guide Travel Guides)
by Jules Brown, Robert Andrews
Amazon Price: $12.23
Customer Review: This book was the single best tool to plan and execute a two week tour of Sicily. My wife and I were not only impressed with the maps of each city, but the tips on how to get to and from the airport or train stations was right on the money.
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Michelin Green Guide Sicily (Michelin Green Guide: Sicily)
Amazon Price: $14.93
Customer Review: As pointed out in the other review, Michelin books are organized alphabetically. While they may be good for laying out a web site they are frustrating and inefficient to use to plan a trip. Unless you travel alphabetically.