Self-Sustained Journey Without Car
Route planning
(1) Determine the route to travel where to stop at night (possibly for a few days with an examination of nearby beauty) and where to go. In my view, two types of route can be made on Sicily: one trip to the whole island (round route) or two parts (west and east) and two tops in two "setters."
Species on Mount Kofano on the way from Erich, Citilia
My own picture.
(2) An important part of the journey is the choice of hotels, because not all of them will come for the night of your iron horse. Historical centres in Italian cities do not always have a parking space, and if you find it, it's gonna be very cheap. With the car, it's best to stop on the outskirts of town or even in the village. Speaking of the village! Recently, in Italy, we've been gaining the popularity of agri-tourismo hotels, which I've told you earlier here.
Galea Farm House Agriturism with a soy pool viewing Etna, and on the other hand, a view of the Ionical Sea was found to have a better sense of it.
My own picture.
(3) The satellites of any travellers are the navigational and road map of the region (in Italy, I like De Agostini cards), necessarily with each other. First, because the navigator is electronic, which means it's capable of breaking.
But the second thing is, among the narrow Italian strands, Russian navigators are starting, sorry, stupid enough to chase you around for hours. In addition, many of these wonders of technology do not see secondary roads, do not know about repairs of tracks and many friends. And I'm also recommending that we put all the GPS coordinates on the navigator that you're gonna need on a trip.
On the way to Corleone.
My own picture.
Carbon and insurance selection
The basic rules of car reservation have been spoken in the world before, so I will now touch only the Sicily (or Italian?) the characteristics of this process.
(1) Since Italy is a country that is not safe in car theft, some rental companies (e.g. Sixt) may well exclude some regions or cities, even from a full zero-life insurance. This is particularly true in the southern regions (Sicilia, Campania and Kalabria). In our case, the shadow of mistrust also fell on Apulia, and Sicilia was considered unsafe only by Catania. Such surprises would be better known in advance, because even by carefully reading the rental rules on the company ' s website, the foreign text could not be seen in small prints. Yeah, and I recommend that we take a zero personal responsibility, because besides carjacking, the car might also be liable to damage in the parking lot from the neighboring dummy, it's another distinctive feature of the country.
Classic Italian parking style
My own picture.
(2) Another feature is the total "no problem" in words and his complete absence in fact. So if you find anything strange when you get a car (any scratches, unworking functions inside the car, a partial tank of gasoline, etc.) it's better to sign these little things in the contract. Otherwise, when the car's handing over, all the flies can turn into zlonovs, and you'll regret buying nice Italian smiles. If something suddenly went wrong and the rental firm didn't think it was necessary to eliminate the problem, defend your rights and ask for "compensation." Italians are people of non-confident and lungs on the rise, usually all matters are resolved peacefully or in general by themselves.
