Sicily in May 2025 – is it worth going to rest? Weather and reviews, air and water temperature, is it possible to swim, how to dress, prices in hotels and excursions. What to do and what to look at Sicily at the beginning and end of May – in the material of Eurotraveler.
Sicily is the main island of Italy. Not only because the largest. Along the way, he is also the most interesting!
You say that we forgot about Sardinia and her beaches? As if not so – we remember! But we consciously try to distance a little, because today Sardinia has become too glamorous and excessively expensive. Since self -sufficient and well -wealthy tourists found a direction suitable in order to litter money.
Sicily is still very provincial and relaxed patriarchal – which many people like. It stands firmly in one foot in the past and looks at the present with distrust. There is nothing to say about the technogenic future and space – on the largest Italian island you better not stutter about it!
Sicily and the mass of interesting ones have, but what, sometimes simply unique attractions and curious features. By the way, having not so much in common with the well -known traditions of Italy.
In general, it is worth going to Sicily – and especially in May! At that time when it is already warm, but not yet hot. Both Italian and foreign tourists are very few, and the prices are not particularly modest, but still not indecently high!
Weather on Sicily in May
There is a lot of sun – there are few rains. Although the air temperature at first does not allow us to talk about the onset of a high season.
By local standards, in early May, cool weather is on Sicily: up to 22-24 ° C heat in the afternoon, usually not higher than +15-16 ° C at night. Precipitation is unlikely, rare and cloudy days – the last month of spring on the island differs mainly with clear weather.
Therefore – take the sun cream and other practical things with you on vacation – they will come in handy on these shores!
By the middle and end of May, the air in Sicily worships to 26-30 degrees Celsius by noon, and more. In the evenings, diligently colds to +18-22 ° C-you need to take a breath a little vacationers?!
Therefore, some warm thing in the wardrobe will not hurt. But it is not necessary to fill the suitcase with sweaters! Unless you will think of going up to an eTNU in a predawn clock.
It is much more practical to leave free space in the baggage. Since you can bring home from Italy not only souvenirs, but also a lot of other things that are useful in the farm.
We emphasize once again that he will wait on the island at the end of spring, well, very moderately. And as if reluctantly: it will boil a little (at night), but by the morning there will be no trace.
The duration of the day in Palermo in May ranges from 13 hours and 47 minutes to 14 hours and 47 minutes. The sun rises above the horizon at about 6 in the morning, and comes in – at 8 pm and a little later.
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Water temperature
Judging by the reviews, few of those visiting Sicily in late spring occurred to go into the Mediterranean Sea. What is understandable-even off the coast it is warm only to +16-18 degrees Celsius.
Some European tourists, of course, will only grin – in the North and Baltic Seas and in the summer it is no warmer. But someone, of course, will wait for more!
Moreover, by mid -May on Sicily, you can begin to swim and the much more thermophilic categories of citizens. So do not be surprised that the beaches of Taormins and other warm places are gradually filled with tourists.
Of course, it is best to go to the coastal water area heated to +20-22 ° C after lunch. But no later than 17-18 hours.
Prices 2025
Want to come to Sicily yourself? We congratulate you on this solution – this is the most correct choice. Since at the dawn of the beach season, local prices do not force them to complain about incredible high cost.
About 100 € per day is a room in a good family hotel or individual apartments in a popular Taormin, or in villages on the coast near her. And this is noticeably lower than prices on average in Italy. Since in the same Florence, not to mention Rome, in May, for such money, one can only take a place in the hostel.
And here, on Sicily – easily. Take, for example, comfortable IL Rosmarino Apartments. Located in a quiet place, but not too far from the center. For the Cathedral, for example, it will turn out to reach 10 minutes.
To the beach from apartments – about a kilometer. But in May you will even be happy (probably) to make an extra walk in the open air.
If you get together in Palermo, stop there at the Residence Il Capo. Which are modest, but equipped with all the necessary apartments in the very center of the city. Nearby are: the market and the supermarket. And to Piazza RuggGiero Settimo, from which shuttle leaves to the airport, can be reached on foot in 10 minutes.
Excursions with guides are quite expensive, but as you look, it seems to be not very good. It all depends on what exactly you want to visit and where to get.
If only, for example, take a walk along Palermo or, say, skating, it will turn out to meet 40-50 €. And if the plans are accompanied by the guide to go to the ethnu, then it is better to cook from 60-80 €.
What to do
The first thing the travelers arriving at Sicily want to do (usually) is to see Palermo. What is quite natural: a significant part of its iconic attractions is concentrated in the capital of the island. It is quite natural that in the non -fire, it makes sense to devote more time to their visit.
The number of interesting places in the capital of the Silence and nearby (Montreal, Chefal, Corleone, Erich) is quite large. Therefore, in 2-3 days you still need to try to meet. However, the guide to help you!
Naturally, in late spring there is no reason to ignore the island symbol. After all, everyone knows that the famous Etna volcano is in Sicily!
A rare tourist will miss the opportunity to test his own nerves and luck, rising up. The slide actually has a restless character: he constantly breathes steam and spits lava. And in the most unexpected places!
It is easiest to get to Etna from skiing: to the lower cable car in Rifujo Sapienets, AST regular buses go. They are departed directly from the city center (from the station to Piazza Giovanni XXII).
A sightseeing walk in skating, one of the most colorful local cities, is also capable of crashing into memory. But the old Messina, alas, at the beginning of the 20th century, was badly damaged by the earthquake. Yes, and never recovered!
Want to look around in a wider radius – the car will not hurt. Riding the island is quite simple due to not dense traffic. Not the best quality of the road is not your sadness.
Syracuse, the birthplace of the Great Archimedes, attract the ruins of the Big Greek policy, once the most powerful in Sicily. Tourists and narrow streets of the old city on the island of Ortidj are attracted.
Ruins and staircase of Turks
You can get on your own by public transport. First by train from Palermo to the town of Agridento and then on routes buses 1, 1/, 2, 2/, 3, 3/. You can walk if you are able to master 6.5 kilometers of distance. Read more: www.lavalledempli.it/en/travel-guide/getting-to-grigento/.
Near the town of Porto-Empedocle, there is an amazing beauty of the Primorsky cliff-the rock of Dei Turks, the “staircase of the Turks.” It seems to be possible to get there in the spring only by car – regular bus flights are launched only in the season, in the summer.
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