Stylish and seductive Sicily

From Palermo’s Moorish architecture to Mount Etna’s foothills, the island of Sicily is a hidden gem, says Chris Carter.

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Villa Igiea: nestled smugly by its own harbour
(Image credit: @Stefano Pinci - www.stefanopinci.com)

Palermo, the capital of Sicily, is this year's Italian City of Culture. Art installations are scattered all over town in spaces ranging from hidden gardens to abandoned palazzi, says Nancy Durrant in the Times. And thanks to "a riot of medieval and Moorish influences", you will gawp as much at the buildings as the equally eclectic artworks inside them. After all, it's not every day "you get to take the temperature of contemporary art in a city so steeped in its own history".

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Chris Carter
Wealth Editor, MoneyWeek

Chris Carter spent three glorious years reading English literature on the beautiful Welsh coast at Aberystwyth University. Graduating in 2005, he left for the University of York to specialise in Renaissance literature for his MA, before returning to his native Twickenham, in southwest London. He joined a Richmond-based recruitment company, where he worked with several clients, including the Queen’s bank, Coutts, as well as the super luxury, Dorchester-owned Coworth Park country house hotel, near Ascot in Berkshire.

Then, in 2011, Chris joined MoneyWeek. Initially working as part of the website production team, Chris soon rose to the lofty heights of wealth editor, overseeing MoneyWeek’s Spending It lifestyle section. Chris travels the globe in pursuit of his work, soaking up the local culture and sampling the very finest in cuisine, hotels and resorts for the magazine’s discerning readership. He also enjoys writing his fortnightly page on collectables, delving into the fascinating world of auctions and art, classic cars, coins, watches, wine and whisky investing.

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