Cruising Canucks
#18 US/CA
Sicily's HIDDEN Gems: Ancient Temple + Cloud City Erice!
Eight hours across Sicily and every single minute was worth it! From the ancient Greek-ish Segesta Temple - built by Trojans (maybe!) and never quite finished in 2,500 years - to the cloud city of Erice perched 750 metres above sea level where the bus ride up is genuinely scarier than yesterday's volcano, this HAL excursion delivers some of the most breathtaking scenery we've ever filmed. The Sicilian countryside makes Tuscany look like a warm-up act, the medieval streets of Erice are straight out of a storybook, and lunch at a hotel with old-school room keys still hanging at the front desk is exactly the kind of authentic moment you can't plan. Then back onboard for a quick half-hour turnaround before Canaletto specialty dining - where Jerry finally gets his meatballs, and we give you the honest verdict on whether $29.50 American is worth it when the buffet is literally 10 steps away! FOR JOURNEY TO TO SECRET WORD CONTEST GO TO THIS LINK: https://www.cruisingcanucks.ca/secret-word 0:00 - Palermo Sicily: Eight Hour Adventure Begins! 1:30 - Bus 23: One Hour to Segesta Temple 2:30 - Segesta First Views: Greek Temple Built by Trojans? 4:00 - Agave Plants + Snail Soup: Sicilian Nature Lesson 5:00 - Inside the Unfinished Temple: 2,500 Years Standing! 8:00 - Temple Views: More Beautiful Than Tuscany? 11:00 - One Hour Drive to Erice: Scariest Bus Ride Ever! 13:00 - Erice Old Town: Walking Into a Storybook 14:00 - Norman Castle + Churches: Above the Clouds! 16:00 - View From the Top: Half of Sicily Visible! 17:30 - Hotel Madrino Lunch: Family Style + International Table 19:00 - Back to the Ship: HAL Waits for Us! 19:30 - Half Hour Turnaround: Canaletto Specialty Dining! 21:00 - Canaletto Honest Review: Worth $29.50 American? 24:00 - Evening: Three Venue Attempts + Gummy Bears Win 25:00 - Sicily Wrap-Up + Amalfi Coast Tomorrow! Hi, we are Jill and Jerry, and we invite you to subscribe to our channel. We have cruised for over 20 years now on ten different cruise lines, and we look forward to sharing our experiences with you. We will be posting Cruise VLOGS, videos that cover ship reviews, cabin tours, ship tours, and all of the fun in between! 🔥We hope you Subscribe for more cruise adventures!! ⭐️ Join our Socials at: ➡️ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/CruisingCanucks ➡️ Instagram: @cruising_canucks ➡️ Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/cruisingcanucks ➡️ Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/TheCruisingCanucks/ ➡️ BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/cruisingcanucks.bsky.social ➡️ Our WEBSITE at: https://www.cruisingcanucks.com ➡️ Check out our Merchandise at: https://cruising-canucks-shop.fourthwall.com/ ➡️ Join our EMAIL list at: https://cruisingcanucks.ck.page/dd2b4b8b3f We can be reached at: Cruising Canucks • P.O. Box 122 • Hilton Beach, ON, Canada P0R 1G0 ➡️jillandjerry@cruisingcanucks.ca ⭐️Fair Use Disclaimer: This video may contain copyrighted material the use of which has not always been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. We are making such material available for purposes of criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, or research. We believe this constitutes a 'fair use' of any such copyrighted material as provided for in Section 29 of the Copyright Act of Canada and in Section 107 of the US Copyright Law.