Piluni đđî Turri Faru

Neato, but can't climb

Visited today. There is no obvious way to get into/up the tower, nor any evidence of there being any way available during any other time (i.e. because "now's not the season"). Looks to me like it's no...

Cute Fishing Village!

This is a small fishing village with very narrow streets, small fish shops and "Big Lake' and "Little Lake". Just a nice place to visit at the north shores.

A privileged place to get in touch with a "place of the spirit" as the Strait of Messina is

The Strait of Messina, for millennia, has not only been a topographical site, but a "place of the spirit." In the Western world, even non-educated people have read at school the narrative of Odysseus ...

An interesting sight

These pylons as well as having a historical interest now are used by tour guides to point out the shortest distance across the strait from Sicily to the mainland, an can be seen for miles around.

In search of Charybdis

I knew that Scylla was right across the strait from here and I wondered if there was any mention of Charybdis. The answer is no but it was enjoyable to look at the Strait and see the ships lined up to...