--- title: Sicily, Italy Is One of the World’s Greatest Places description: Find out why Sicily, Italy is on TIME’s 2021 list of the World’s 100 Greatest Places. canonical: https://time.com/collections/worlds-greatest-places-2021/6079309/sicily-italy/ article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2021-07-20T10:37:00.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-03-02T23:51:33.405Z og:title: Sicily, Italy: The World’s 100 Greatest Places of 2021 og:description: Find out why Sicily, Italy is on TIME’s 2021 list of the World's Greatest Places og:url: https://time.com/collections/worlds-greatest-places-2021/6079309/sicily-italy/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt33e2a797f92e36ef/698a1de7db29874a5c266fdd/worlds-greatest-places-2021-Sicily_001.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Sicily, Italy: The World’s 100 Greatest Places of 2021 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Sicily, Italy: The World’s 100 Greatest Places of 2021 twitter:description: Find out why Sicily, Italy is on TIME’s 2021 list of the World's Greatest Places twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt33e2a797f92e36ef/698a1de7db29874a5c266fdd/worlds-greatest-places-2021-Sicily_001.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 --- Jul 20, 2021 # Sicily, Italy History by the seaside by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff  A suite at Verdura Resort A suite at Verdura ResortCourtesy Verdura Resort/Rocco Forte Hotels Italy’s largest island is urging visitors back with government-subsidized incentives including free hotel stays and museum access. (Vouchers are in limited supply, sold through authorized travel agencies.) New seaside resorts add further allure to Sicily’s plentiful sights—which include Greek temples, Byzantine mosaics and one of Europe’s most active volcanoes. The latest Rocco Forte property, Villa Igiea, housed in a historic villa overlooking the bay of Palermo, opened in June after a two-year renovation, and offers sea views from its patio and terraced gardens. Another Forte offering, the Verdura Resort on the other side of the island, just debuted new villas and will soon have a golf course. Also fresh on the scene is the San Domenico Palace, Taormina, now a Four Seasons hotel situated on a cliffside on the site of a 14th century convent, with an infinity pool and three restaurants for guests to choose from. _—Brekke Fletcher_ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Article","@id":"https://time.com/collections/worlds-greatest-places-2021/6079309/sicily-italy/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/worlds-greatest-places-2021/6079309/sicily-italy/"},"headline":"Sicily, Italy","datePublished":"2021-07-20T10:37:00.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-02T23:51:33.405Z","description":"","url":"https://time.com/collections/worlds-greatest-places-2021/6079309/sicily-italy/","keywords":["franchise","Magazine","World's Greatest Places"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt33e2a797f92e36ef/698a1de7db29874a5c266fdd/worlds-greatest-places-2021-Sicily_001.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"creator":"TIME Staff","articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt33e2a797f92e36ef/698a1de7db29874a5c266fdd/worlds-greatest-places-2021-Sicily_001.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collections/worlds-greatest-places-2021/6079309/sicily-italy/","name":"Sicily, Italy"}}]}] ```