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Old July 17th, 2017, 10:19 AM posted to rec.travel.europe
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Default A report from Andalucia, July 2017



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Am Dienstag, 11. Juli 2017 21:36:20 UTC+2 schrieb tim...:

I first (and only) visited Sicily in 82 when I was working a year in
Italy

This was pre internet, without a guide book, flying by the seat of my
pants
stuff

I knew a few places that I had to go to: Mt Etna, Agrigento, Palermo etc

I scheduled a two week holiday which I spent in the very south of Italy
and
on the Island - travelling by train. It was November BTW, glorious
weather
all week, though it did **** down the previous week when I had been in
Naples :-(

I'm sure that I missed some places. I remember that I got the train to
Enna, fully expecting that if the station wasn't in the town centre (it
isn't by about 5 km) there would be as bus as the had been at *every*
other
random Italian town that I had visited. But there wasn't and still isn't
(actually I found a web site that says that there us, but there are no
bus
stops on street view!) - and there isn't even a sign of a taxi rank,
though
no doubt there's now a phone number on the wall that you can ring with
your
mobile - something that I, of course, didn't have in 82.

Now, with 35 years of traveling experience behind me, I think I should go
back and fill in the gaps.

I'm minded to hire a car, but I am concerned by the overly cheap prices
that
are charged and whether it is possible to avoid all the scams that you
read
of to bump up the costs when you get there.

Or I can again go by train (and bus) though this time using the internet
to
plan properly.


Although the Train Station has not been included to
the local bus network
http://wwwnew.saisautolinee.it/publi...Mappa-S.U..pdf


well no it wouldn't because it is miles from the town with no built up area
in between (but i didn't know that at the time) so unlikely to be a frequent
city bus.

As someone else said, it's not an immediately obvious tourist destination so
no hoards of tourists arriving at the station wanting to get to the remote
city (as there are at Assisi, say)

http://wwwnew.saisautolinee.it/?cmd=orari Shows
Solutions for weekdays if entering/choosing Enna F.S. as the first
and Enna as second point.


OK thanks

not that the resulting 2 buses a day (3 on schooldays) is useful :-)

I did actually find information on long distance busses and saw that there
are a few a day from the larger towns on the island. So if I decide to
include it in my destination list, that is the way to go

tim