last time on delightful ravelers we ate our way around Palermo trying the best
street food we could possibly find in this video we leave the big city
and Venture off to one of Italy's most beautiful small coastal cities I'm Anna
and this is Trevor and this series we'll be tackling the south of Italy join us
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well we're just standing here trying to take all of this in we are back in the Mediterranean
more specifically we're in cefalu in Italy and this place is absolutely magical we can't even
believe what we're looking at right now there's only one problem it happens to be very end of
the end of currently we are standing on the Porto pascaro I think it's called and this is like this
really old wall or walkway that you get a lovely view of the town you can see all these people
they're definitely going to make the most of it though this is such a beautiful Beach Town it
came highly recommended of one of the best places to visit in all of Sicily you can see all these
buildings like right along the water and there's something about the Mediterranean it's just so
remarkable the color of the water is very unique and you always know like it's the Mediterranean
it just has that very very unique color to it so far on our adventures here in Sicily we've been
hanging out in the Capitol in Palermo so that's like a big city this is such a nice contrast it
is great to be back in a small little town in the Mediterranean so for those of you that are new to
the channel let us bring you up to speed here we recently got back out on the road full time we are
full-time traveling now but one of our new goals with the channel is we're looking for places to
live while we travel we realize that we really like slow traveling so part of our mission is
to figure out can we live in a place like this so maybe by the end of the video we'll decide if do
you think we could live here in cefalu we'll see but let's talk about these Sicilian beaches for
a second for one thing they're absolutely stunning the water is crystal clear and there is sand which
as a lot of you guys probably know a lot of places in the Mediterranean are very like pebbly this
is like full on Sand they're absolutely beautiful but they are packed with people in Italians might
laugh at us when we say this it is the end of August of course that's to be expected but in
Canada and the US and say the Caribbean which is really really well known for its beaches it never
ever looks like this ever I've never seen it in my life it's just like people are expecting like
sardines on the beach I'm sure there might be a few beaches here and there where we're from
that this might happen but I think not quite not quite like this in fact I would say most
people from North America would just choose not to go to the beach I mean this is really tight we
our rule of thumb when we're at the beaches we want to be able to see the water yeah if
you're way far back especially at Mondello in in Palermo there were like 10 rows yeah of I guess
umbrellas if you were at the very back you would just see Umbrellas of people there was also you
could you could almost not even walk by the water like people were right up to the edge it doesn't
matter though because this place is beautiful not to harp on the sheer beauty of this place
but on one side you have these enormous mountains on the other is an old town with this rock right
in the middle of it and it's set right here on the Mediterranean oh my one thing that I have to say
is super great about this little town is that yes the beach is packed but you can also find
cute little Alleyways all to yourselves it's so adorable maybe it's because everyone's at
the beach right now so one of the reasons there is so many people in this town here cefalu is
because it's a very popular tourist attraction in the region however there's only about 14
000 or a little under fourteen thousand in the town the actual population of the town I was
trying to read up a little bit on the history of the town but Sicily has honestly been conquered so
many times I think it's really really complicated and I'm definitely not a historian but I think it
might have been founded by the Greeks if you are wondering how you get here from Palermo we
took the train and can I just say how much I have missed European trains has been a few years since
we were here uh we we got it basically at Palermo Central life came right into the center of cefalu
and it was only six euros per person we just basically I think there's so many trains we just
booked it right at the train station so as you're walking around this place you just keep running
into beautiful structures like the one behind me look at this this is an overload of architecture
in this spot also you might be wondering like is it safe here of course it's safe and are the
people friendly they're very friendly you can see lots of people waving at the camera and in general
everyone's walking around with smiles mainly because they're in a beautiful location eating
yummy Italian food one of my favorite things in the world is towns like this where you can find
these cute little owl ways that kind of lead to nowhere but it's probably just where people
live and I always wonder what is it actually like to live in a place like this just walking
around this place it's like you're in a dream it's like you're transported into a fairy tale I'm a
medieval fairy tale I know look at this Ally it's such a typical alley you can hear like Italian
women up there somewhere chatting to each other while they're hanging out their laundry I love it
retaining from their balconies it just feels so Italian
well we're on the hunt for a little uh snack here but look what's in front of us here whoa
the cathedral here is one of the must do things must visit things but it does close
in the middle of the afternoon be prepared for that basically I think everywhere in Italy mid
afternoon most stuff closes I mean Siesta time I guess but there's lots of people that aren't
happening to see us down oh yeah everyone's out Believe It or Not we've been in Italy for oh a
week now and haven't had gelato gelati yet uh but today is the day it's hot oh it's melting
really really really fast I got a cherry flavor it looks good that's so good so refreshing it's
very very vanilla-y and I think there's just a tiny little hint of cherry sauce in there
as well I went for the uh but it is so hot out guys it's like 30 degrees and it's just melting
by the second this is so good A little chocolate chunks in that gelato is perfect cooling us down
we're gonna kill some more time before we check out this Cathedral here but oh Michael just eat
this stuff every single day it's so good what's even better when you're in Italy so we're just
making our way into the cathedral now and oh my is this place beautiful it is so Grand it is so
bright in here you can see all these beautiful pillars and all of the windows as well and not
only that there are these paintings that are on the ceiling what an absolutely Immaculate space
so the chefalu cathedral was started in 1131 and is in the style of Norman architecture so there
are different kind of tickets you can get here you can just do what we did and it's free to go
in the cathedral which is nice it is nice but it was a little confusing because we went and
waited quite a while for tickets yeah for people to buy their tickets and then we went up and we
asked for tickets and she said no it's free to go in but didn't really tell us what cost money
so we went in and explored but we noticed there were some areas that were cordoned off so if you
want to see go up and up into the wall Towers you can go to the bell tower it is a really beautiful
garden there is yeah so there's a garden as well there might even be a few more things they only
spoke to us in Italian and just said it's free to go in but that's all we have time for today anyway
but we highly recommend checking it out you're not going to miss this place when you're in the
town it's smack dab in the middle of the town and you can see that big rock in the background and
we should probably talk about that rock a little bit so wherever you go in chefalu you are going
to see this giant rock huge mountain type thing behind you basically everywhere in the town and
yes you can actually climb up it that was our plan for today but it is really really hot the sun is
out right now but it did rain a little bit earlier so we're slightly concerned hey that it'll be too
hot and two it might be a little bit slippery from the rain to go up but on top there is a castle I
think that's really high up and maybe halfway or so there's something called the Temple of Diana
which is what we want to to visit it either dates back to the 9th or the 4th or 5th Century BC I'm
not sure what why there seems to be a debate on that when I read about it online because it's
quite a big difference but it is a pagan Temple that I think is dedicated to the water Goddess
Diana we thought we'd show you guys where we're staying huh it's literally just steps from the
because so you kind of come in and it gets dark real fast in the middle of the day look at this
all right so welcome to our home here in chefalu we're going to show you around this place spoiler
it's really really old I would love to know how old this actually is it feels super authentic
but when you walk in you're right in our kitchen it's actually we're only here for a couple nights
but it's really really well stocked if you were staying for a longer stay and then the bathroom
is over here mm-hmm yeah the bathroom is nice as well look at the I'm going to show the beat this
kind of beans up there these are everywhere in this place of your toilet you have your
bidet because we are in Italy sinks here and then there's a little wee shower yeah let's show them a
little tiny shower I mean everything's smaller over here it makes sense yeah nice shower head
though I'll take you guys to the living room the fridge is on the way to the living room now here
I am I'm just walking in it it's very small it's a little bit dark it's the middle of the day and
we have a lamp on but it does the trick have a table back there that's where kind of have the
office set up we have our luggage on the floor this place is so big we're trying to keep our
luggage together so we don't lose things yeah you were just talking about the setup too we they're
also this place has really good Wi-Fi which I wasn't sure I mean you're in the middle of
this old towns Old City you never know how the Wi-Fi is going to be but it's actually really
good you might be wondering where the bedrooms are well they're actually up this way and notice
how steep these stairs are so if you don't have good Mobility this is probably not the place for
you so Anna's coming up these steep stairs and then there's this kind of like empty room but
we did just realize there's a bed there's a bed there yeah they had messages beforehand just to
make sure there were just two of us and we only need one bed but I think if you have a kid with
you they could pull the bed out and have it all set up here yeah which is cool and then
our room is kind of up even higher up these stairs these stairs actually aren't so bad
wow look at this place and here is the upper bedroom this is where the double bed is there
is also an air conditioner in here and they kind of have it nicely set so that it'll uh AC the
downwards or the downstairs bedroom and then this bedroom as well I also just realized we
didn't make the bed today I know look at this so there's also a fan but I just wanted to show you
guys it's like bolted into to like the the wall or the cement this is super cool again we have
these like amazing Beams I think there's actually a skylight up there too but they have it covered
up all right so are you wondering how much does something like this cost right in the center we
are like 30 maybe even 20 seconds from that big Cathedral yeah really really great location I
don't think you can really go wrong like it's a pretty small town but it's an amazing location
it's actually was less than 100 euros a night I think it was about 115 to 120 Canadian we always
actually try to stay under 100 Canadian a night for us but Italy in August just not long yeah
it's not possible in August I mean most times we actually try to stay to around 50 or 60. uh so
this is a bit of a split urge for us but we had to come to this little town when we heard about it so
it's a little while later and it's also a peritivo time which happens to be our favorite time here
in Italy it's like I don't know about six o'clock or something like that I recently discovered well
you guys know that we like aperol Spritz but I recently discovered that here in Italy you
can get so many more different types of spices so I'm going for a lemon cellos for this today
they're very super refreshing while she's trying that I'm gonna have to point out how much quieter
is today Sunday versus yesterday Saturday yeah so we actually arrived in yesterday on Saturday this
time yesterday was just packed with people clearly people come for the weekend and then leave on
Sunday evenings because look there's just like way fewer people so the waiter convinced me to try an
artisanal beer which is craft beer you guys know we love our craft beer so I'll try it out quickly
it is an Italian craft beer it's really good oh very different than the domestic beer I've been
trying it's gonna do the trick but while we're having our drinks here we were talking about
like big cities versus small towns like this and like what do we prefer oh there's such pros
and cons isn't there I'm curious what you guys think but one thing about small towns we find is
we always like fall in love with them a little faster however if you're in a small town for a
while you get less food options for us it's all about the food here in Italy so in this town it's
actually mostly Italian food surprise surprise I get it but we're from Canada and we're used to a
lot of options so just be prepared if you're coming here it's pretty much all Italian food
and fished it's hard to find vegetarian options so for all you veggies out there just keep that
in mind but we do love the big cities we just came from Palermo that had so many options for
food and of course it was just a big city oh this is going to be tough as we make our way through
Italy we're going to be kind of going in and out of big cities and into town so it's going to be
a lot of fun I'm curious at the end of our Italian Adventure here what we're actually going to prefer
when of the other things we keep discussing as we're walking around this cute little town is
what it reminds us of and we always do that wherever we go of course it has a very very
Italian feel to it you can't miss the fact that you're obviously in Italy and in Sicily but we've
been in so many different Mediterranean places that we definitely notice like similarities in
certain places which reminds us a little bit of havar and Croatia and we're also talking about
the fact that it kind of reminds us of Hanya and Crete that's probably because we're both
um town cities that are in the very very south of their countries they're very close to Africa
and you can kind of feel that influence and kind of see it in the architecture as well
foreign
well what a way to end the night checkout this Sunset we have like a cotton candy sunset going
on and it's not even a sunny day it's all clouds we're down on these rocks and it's out of this
world sometimes the cloudier it is as long as not too cloudy the better the sunset because
it just creates this like cotton candy effect it's beautiful I'm probably you're going to see
me glancing away a lot because wow it's amazing the sun's just like it's going down behind us
that's why we're sitting in front of it so you get the light so here is the question of the
day we mentioned that we're starting to travel to figure out can we live in certain places and
here's the thing could we live here um so when we say live somewhere we're not talking about
like a permanent move because we don't really want to live permanently anywhere but for us
slow travel I think is going to become a big thing so spending a month or two or five months
or eight months in one place which means some of you might they might comment right now and
say like well how can you we're Canadians how can you go to Europe and like stay past your
90 90 day limit I think 90 days you can apply for extensions so if we really loved a place
we would but let's just focus on that yeah put that aside for a second because there's ways
to do that let's focus on could we actually live here like spend let's say more than a month here
ah I think so I think I think it would not be in July or August 100 not July or August because I
think that locals that live here that are not part of the tourism industry um probably can't wait to
have their Town back when the tourism industry is over but however all the restaurants want
the tourism right so it makes sense it's such a but imagine in September or October and then
getting into the winter time if you don't mind it being a little bit cooler and not so beachy
yeah it would probably be amazing here but we did uh talk a little bit about how we like to be in
bigger places for just a little more access to different types of foods here it seems like it's
all Italian food Italian food is probably one of the best foods in the world but we can't eat it
everything yeah so for us the cuisine cuisine is not perfect but we do love this charming little
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gonna keep watching that Sunset and call it a night in this beautiful little town in Sicily yeah
and there's lots more content from Italy coming up next we're going to be in Catania but I think
we're gonna be in a whole bunch of other places here in Italy I know the city coming up guys
get ready for that all right guys that's it from cefalu wishing you delightful travels see you soon