Mostly slides, B&W or colour, and a print or two - from the C20th As ever, click on the thumbnails for a larger version, and any notes etc .

Largest of the Egadi islands - off Trapani, to the west of Sicily - Favignana is perhaps known best for its annual 'matanza', a traditional method for landing the huge tuna fish that are trapped in a system of nets and corridors as they pass by. . Click on the individual pictures or use the 'slideshow' facility to see larger versions . Copied from B&W and colour slides, taken in 1998 & 1999

One glorious temple and scattered remains of others. Some exhibits from the museum of objects unearthed at the site. The 13th century church of San Nicola - Saint Nicholas - in the heart of the museum grounds. Photos from 1998 (slides) and 2005 (digital): click on these thumbnails to see larger versions - some with a note or two!

The Laguna dello Stagnone, north of Marsala on Sicily’s west coast and once a safe refuge for shipping between North Africa and Italy, contains four islands. On one, Mozia (also known as both Mothia and Motya), there was an important Phoenician settlement - rediscovered in 1888 by Joseph Whitaker, the son of a family in the Marsala wine trade. Today the island and museum - managed by a foundation created by the family - can be reached on a small boat which follows the submerged ancient causeway, built to carry the siege engines of the Syracusan tyrant - Dionysius the Elder - who succeeded in displacing the Phoenicians in 379 BC. Individual pictures have captions, click on them and use "Next" etc, or try the slideshow..

Venus' Mirror, a small lake in the north of this tiny island.

One of very few photos from a couple of days spent there in

September 1999, after a three-flight journey - London to Milan,

then Palermo and Pantelleria

... leaving the mainland on the special ferry ship which carries the

train carriages over to Messina