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Rother Walking Guide Sicily
Ref: ROT025
Triskeles, »three legs«, and Trinakria, »the land of the three promontories, a wonderful island on three legs« ... presumably many nations before the Arabs already knew this, since the island's symbol, a head wrapped in snakes and three legs, originates from antiquity - the Arabs, on the other hand, supplied the first comprehensive cartography of Sicily.
Geologically speaking the largest island in the Mediterranean is chained to Italy: the Apennines continue from the tip of the boot underwater, ascend to the Peloritani and stretches all the way to the Nebrodi. A second chain comprises the volcanoes that link Sicily to the continent: from Vesuvius over the Lipari Islands to Mount Etna and further South West. The Madonie massive and the Sicanian mountainous country around Palermo as well as the high plateau of the Hyblaean in the South East are all limestone, yet indescribably different.
It is amazing that hikers and mountaineers are only now discovering Sicily. After all, an extremely exotic and diverse mountainous scenery, which has much more to offer than a mere mandatory ascent of the omniprevalent 3340 m-high Mount Etna, is luring visitors. Mithra Omidvar, hiking guide and without a doubt one of the foremost experts of this world of mountains, has chosen 50 excursions which cover all regions of the island as well as the Lipari and Aeolic Islands from a plethora of tour options. It comes as no surprise that any friend of nature would wish for three legs for Sicily's endless mountainous landscape.
Approx. 160 pages, 60 photos, 50 maps in 1:50.000 / 1:100.000
Format 11.5 x 16.5 cm, bound in paper boards with a polytex laminate
Rother Walking Guides are convenient, pocket sized guides printed throughout in full colour and presenting a wide variety of walks from easy to the more demanding .
Family-friendly routes are included as are mountain ascents, challenging day-long hikes, and tours covering several days from hut to hut.
Concise and informative descriptions, together with topographical route maps and lots of inspirational colour photographs make it a pleasure to plan and complete each of the chosen walks.
The selected walks (approximately 50 in each guide) give a full flavour of the area, well graded so that you know what terrain you are likely to encounter, and estimated walking times.
Thoroughly researched and up-to-date introductory chapters with lots of advice and informed knowledge from experienced compilers.
Invaluable tips on accommodation, interesting sights, countryside matters, transport, town walking tours etc are all included.
£8.99
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