Population: 4,972,124 Size: 9,926 square miles
Major cities: Palermo, Catania, Messina, Agrigento, Trapani, Caltanisetta,
Enna, Ragusa, Siracusa


Not to be missed are, of course, the elegant cities of Palermo and Catania and just of the coast, the archipelago of Eolie. There are also the Greek ruins of Selinunte and Agrigento and the splendid byzantine Abby of Monreale. If it's nightlife your after check out Taormina.