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Drone view over a narrow Sicilian coastal settlement extending into blue-green water beneath a low bank of cloud.

We planned a trip along Sicily's southern coast. There were a few days of bad weather (we escaped Catania just before the floods), but it cleared up for the last few days.

Most of the views are from the air, with the odd one taken from the ground too.

The flight there:

A passenger aircraft waits on a Sicilian airport apron while ground crew, stairs and service vehicles surround it.
An adult and child walk across an airport apron toward a Malta Air passenger aircraft under an overcast sky.
A volcanic summit rises between layered clouds beneath a deep blue sky during a journey through Sicily.
Rugged mountain ridges emerge through broken cloud in a high aerial view taken during the journey to Sicily.
View from an aircraft window over a thick blanket of white clouds with rugged land visible through gaps below.
High aerial view across deep blue sea towards Sicily's rugged coastline, with a small white boat wake below.

Etna was quite foggy and damp, so the views were limited:

Three hikers stand on a dark volcanic slope in Sicily as low cloud drifts across layered craters behind them.
Dark volcanic gravel and lava rocks cover the barren slope of Mount Etna beneath low grey clouds.
A small cushion of vivid green vegetation grows alone across a broad field of black volcanic gravel.
Two bright metal barriers descend a misty black volcanic slope strewn with rough lava rocks.
A metal walkway disappears into dense volcanic mist across Mount Etna's dark gravel slope.

Beaches on the western part of the island – Catania, Brucoli

Long sandy Sicilian beach bordered by red-roofed houses, with parallel white waves rolling towards the shore.
Aerial view of a narrow Sicilian coastal settlement surrounded by blue-green sea, rocky shore and a sheltered inlet.
High aerial view along a Sicilian coastal town, where turquoise surf meets a long sandy beach and dense buildings.

Agrigento

Aerial view of ancient temple ruins at Agrigento, with modern streets and buildings spreading across the background.
Aerial view of an ancient Sicilian temple beside a broad path, green olive groves and the distant coast.
High vertical aerial view across Sicilian orchards and low hills toward a blue coastline beneath layered cloud.
Ancient Greek temple at Agrigento amid ochre fields and green groves, with the modern hilltop city beyond.
A visitor pauses at a wooden railing above a green Sicilian hillside, with the distant coast beneath heavy clouds.
Elevated view over a densely built Sicilian hillside city, with a straight tree-lined avenue leading toward its historic centre.
The bronze Fallen Icarus sculpture lies before the weathered columns of an ancient temple at Agrigento.

The Turkish Steps

Layered pale cliffs meet the deep blue Sicilian sea in a high oblique aerial view.
Sicily's pale terraced sea cliffs meet turquoise water in a broad aerial view beneath broken clouds.
White stepped cliffs of the Turkish Steps curve around clear turquoise water beneath scattered Mediterranean clouds.
Top-down aerial view of pale, folded coastal rock meeting clear turquoise water along Sicily's rugged shore.
Sunlit white sedimentary cliffs rise above deep blue Mediterranean water beneath towering cumulus clouds in Sicily.

The salt pans of Marsala

A traditional windmill and its reflection stand between shallow salt pans beneath soft morning light near Marsala.
Straight-down aerial view of a traditional windmill where narrow channels divide geometric Sicilian salt pans.
Top-down aerial view of narrow roads, channels and muted coastal wetlands divided into long geometric strips in Sicily.
Traditional windmill stands on a narrow bank among the shallow reflective salt pans of Marsala.
A traditional windmill stands between geometric salt ponds and narrow causeways beneath a bright Sicilian sky.
Aerial view of a low agricultural island surrounded by calm blue sea, with fields divided into geometric plots.
High aerial view across geometric salt pans, narrow causeways and calm lagoon islands near Marsala in Sicily.
A long green island with orchards stretches across a dark blue lagoon towards distant salt pans and sea.
Rectangular Sicilian salt pans form a patchwork of ochre, cream and grey pools viewed directly from above.
Straight-down drone view of Marsala salt pans forming a patchwork of amber, grey, green and pale blue rectangles.
High aerial view of salt evaporation ponds forming a patchwork of blue, ochre and brown beside the Sicilian coast.
Aerial panorama of rectangular coastal salt pans beside the Sicilian sea, with shallow pools reflecting blue sky.
A wide aerial panorama of pale salt pans meeting blue lagoon water and low islands along Sicily's western coast.
A traditional windmill and its reflection rise among still salt pans beneath a large white cloud.

Erice – a medieval village on top of a 700-metre hill, and my paraglider flight from there.

High aerial panorama over a fortified Sicilian hill, green lowlands and a coastal city stretching toward the sea.
Stone towers and crenellated walls of a medieval castle in Erice rise above dense green trees under broken cloud.
A fortified Sicilian hill town spreads across a rocky plateau, with medieval towers, dense stone roofs and sea beyond.
A steep rocky gorge cuts through a Sicilian settlement, viewed from high above beneath bright afternoon clouds.
Vertical aerial view from the walls of a Sicilian hilltop fortress across a sheer slope and distant plains.
Aerial view over a compact Sicilian hill town, red roofs, green fields and the distant coastline.
A rugged Sicilian headland rises above a deep blue bay, backed by coastal settlements and distant mountains.
Weathered medieval tower clings to a sheer layered rock outcrop at Erice, with the distant sea visible beyond.
Paraglider's view over a Sicilian coastal city and salt ponds, with a bright green harness filling the foreground.

A little more flying – in the town of Balestrate.

A lone person stands on a broad volcanic shoreline with Sicily's rugged mountains fading into cloud behind them.
A paraglider floats beside a weathered hilltop fortress, silhouetted against bright clouds above the Sicilian landscape.
A lone paraglider crosses bright blue sky above a sandy urban beach and waterfront buildings in Sicily.

The view from the hill above Romitello, where I also flew from.

Wide Sicilian mountain panorama spans a rocky valley and layered ridges beneath dramatic sunlit clouds.

I also made a video (for viewing on a phone) with footage from the drone and paraglider:

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