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But other than camping, Sicily is great. If you know every
inch of
your vehicle you'll be fine with the narrow roads. And
believe me,
they are everywhere and narrow is an understatement.
Unfortunately,
originally from the US, I am used to too much space on the
roads so
I was never "aware" of the size of my car, if that makes
sense.

I wish to visit Sicily some day, by car. I have driven in rual
England, Wales and Scotland, on those single-lane roads bound
by
overhanging hedges and/or stone walls. I am used to those. Am
I
ready for Sicily?


I've driven several times around much of Sicily, always in rented
cars, so I certainly didn't "know every inch of [my] vehicle." I
never had a problem with the roads, except in some towns.

There are some towns (Erice, for example) where the roads are
very old, and therefore extremely narrow. The first time I drove
there I came to a T where I had to make a left turn into a
one-way street. It took me the better part of 15 minutes, backing
up, pulling forward, backing up, pulling forward (with my wife
and son outside directing me) before I finally made the turn.
Another car on my right waited patiently for me to finish the
turn; he had obviously seen this before. The walls alongside that
turn (and everywhere else in the town) are covered with scrape
marks when someone didn't quite make it. And if you come to a car
parked by the side, squeezing past it can be very difficult.

But outside of such old towns, I never had a problem with the
roads. And such towns are small enough that you can just park at
their edge and walk everywhere. Although driving through them is
difficult, it normally isn't necessary.

More of a problem than the roads is the traffic problem in the
cities.

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Ken Blake
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