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Why I Love Autumn in Sicily 🍂🍁

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It is very hard to choose which is my favourite season in Sicily … At the moment we divide our time between London and Giardini Naxos and twice a year we drive with our dog to our Sicilian home in Spring and Autumn and fly in for short breaks in Summer and Winter time. Sicilian summers are not suitable for our dogs and their little English paws and winter is very quiet and most places are closed for the season, although it is a great time to have our town back to ourselves. So we get the best of both worlds, a Sicilian Spring and Autumn in Sicily and an English Summer and a traditional English Christmas in UK.  With temperature in mind the best time of year to visit Sicily is in May, June, September, October and November. Every season is beautiful even winter when you can ski on Mount Etna. Summer is wonderful but it is very hot in July and August and the beaches are very crowded. Autumn, or as my followers across the pond in America called it “Fall”, is harvest time, in Sicily this me