Stand crater’s-edge and gaze at the river of fire in Etna’s Valle del Bove. Get serious about Mediterranean architecture with classical temples and bijou Byzantine chapels. Haggle hard and eat copiously at the island’s raucous markets and rustic restaurants. Lonely Planet’s Sicily guide will help you do all that and more.

I was the sole author of this guide and covered the entire island as well as the Aeolians, Egadi and Pelagic Islands.