On Day 4 we switched hotels driving from one side of the island to the other with a couple stops along the way. We managed 6 hours of driving and the kids did surprisingly well!
First Stop- Villa Romana Del Casale
This villa was built in the 4th century AD for the home of an upper class farmer in the Roman Empire. The size of the villa and the amount and quality of the mosaics indicate this was a very important family.
The mosaics were on every floor throughout the entire Villa.
Mosaic
This is a Mosaic! Can you believe the detail? They were incredible!
On our drive we stopped to examine the Almonds growing on the trees.
Second Stop- Valley of the Temples
These temples were built in the 6th and 5th centuries BC and 7 Temples remain. They are the best examples of Greek architecture outside of Greece. This is one of the main attractions in Sicily and is a Unesco World Heritage Site.
Climbing
Even Coco got to climb around in the 6th/5th century bc ruins!
Serious climbing!
This had to be K's favorite day. He go to do all kinds of climbing and exploring!
It was a beautiful day! We all had a great time on day 4 despite all the driving!
Scary Sicily Snake Spotting!
1 comment:
Your pics are amazing... what a great trip... I love all the climbing.
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