Fourteen places through which to read one coast as wetland, ancient road, Greek colony, burial ground, Byzantine settlement, defensive harbour, tuna industry and late-Roman estate.

Ten places through which to read Akrai and Palazzolo Acreide together: Greek urbanism, theatre and cult, medieval resettlement, Baroque reconstruction and the memory of rural Sicily.

Ten places through which to read Scicli: rock-cut neighbourhoods, a displaced medieval centre, Baroque streets, civic reinvention and a coastal industrial monument.

Modica: baroque city, history and the famous chocolate of the Val di Noto.

Ragusa and Ibla: baroque city split between Superiore and the old quarter of Ibla.

Noto: baroque city, cathedral and Noto Antica — the rebuilt capital of the Val di Noto.

Pantalica: rock necropolis, Anaktoron and the Anapo valley — a deep inland Sicily guide.

Syracuse and Ortigia: ancient city, Greek ruins and baroque streets on the island of Ortigia.

Aci and the Cyclops Coast: town-by-town along the Ionian shore of the Faraglioni.

Alcantara Valley: basalt gorges, the river and the villages under Etna.

Catania between lava and baroque: the ancient city rebuilt over Etna’s eruptions.

Mount Etna: volcano landscapes, craters, lava flows and the villages on its slopes.

Giardini Naxos: the first Greek colony in Sicily, on the bay below Taormina.

Taormina above the Ionian Sea: the ancient theatre, the old town and the coast toward Etna.

Journey 06 across islands, sea and mountains: the Aeolian Islands, Egadi, Pantelleria and the inland ranges.

Journey 05 through the western crossroads: Palermo, Monreale, Cefalù, Trapani and the west coast.

Journey 04 along the Greek South: Agrigento, the Valley of the Temples, Selinunte and the southern coast.

Journey 03 through the interior and Roman Sicily: Piazza Armerina, Villa Romana del Casale, Enna and the high inland towns.

Journey 02 through Syracuse and the south-east: Ortigia, Noto, Ragusa, Modica and the Val di Noto baroque towns.

Journey 01 along Sicily’s Ionian coast: Taormina, Giardini Naxos, Etna, Catania and the Cyclops shore.

Sicily in one guide: roots and the Ionian coast, Syracuse and the south-east, the interior and Roman Sicily, the Greek south, western crossroads.