The coastal plain at Macari on the north-west coast of Sicily has a rich flora that competes with the tourists for space. The most eye-catching is Sea Daffodil Pancratium maritimum with its clean white flowers, but perhaps this is because it is September after a long dry summer and much of the vegetation is now…
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Western Sicily
We return to Palermo; it is one of the best cities for urban photography with its extraordinary mishmash of architectural styles and long perspectives down narrow streets. The extensive use of brown and dull red marble above dark grey flagstones give it a sombre tone. But the past is etched with the exuberant present, including…