The city was one of the first in Sicily to join the Roman Empire amid the First Punic War in 263 B.C. It is unclear if the bathhouse is Roman or Greek in nature, as the area had been settled by ...
In 1988, two scuba divers off the coast of Bulala, Sicily discovered the wreck of an ancient Greek ship from the 5th century B.C.E., later named “Gela II.” The ship was initially explored in 1995, and ...
April was an ideal month to visit – the days were lovely and warm and the whole island was covered in wildflowers. The history of Sicily is also fascinating; starting in the fifth century BC with a ...
In 2016, and while it had returned to Greece and reverted to its original name, the ship was chartered to Italy to connect Augusta (a port in southeastern Sicily) with Valletta in Malta.
History buffs will want to visit this ancient Greek theater, overlooking the Ionian ... The theater is located on Sicily's northeastern coast. Tickets cost 10 euros (or about $11) to visit the ...