I suggest adding a link to Mount Etna in the lead paragraph of the Sicily page, as it’s a defining natural landmark and UNESCO site.

I also suggest that the Aeolian, Aegadian, and Pelagie Islands be moved out of the “Other destinations” list and placed under a new section titled “Other regions” on the Sicily page.

There’s precedent for this approach — pages like Tuscany use a similar structure to group clusters of islands or subregions that contain multiple destinations. Since each of these Sicilian archipelagos includes several towns or islands with individual interest (e.g. Lipari, Salina, Favignana, Lampedusa), they function more like mini-regions than single destinations.

Suggested “Other regions” section:

Other regions

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Justification

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This would also allow the “Other destinations” list to better focus on distinct towns, sites, or natural areas, keeping within the 7±2 guideline.

PlaceTypePopulationPage views (monthly avg)Feature
SicilyRegion4,75m101,703N/A
Palermo (capital)City (UNESCO)625,95640,024City list
Catania (capital)City (UNESCO)297,51719,941City list
Mount EtnaReserve (UNESCO)N/A77,275Lead paragraph
Siracusa; Syracuse (capital)City115,6361,282City list
Messina (capital)City216,91815,759City list
TaorminaTown8,00013,912Destination list
PantelleriaIsland (UNESCO)7,3559,669Destination list
Aeolian IslandsIslands15,4198,923Other region
Agrigento (capital)City55,2278,349City list
CefalùTown (UNESCO)13,8406,420Destination list
NotoTown24,4125,526Destination list
Trapani (capital)City31,2025,366City list
Castellammare del GolfoTown14,6005,803Destination list
RagusaCity (UNESCO)73,7784,738City list
MarsalaCity79,6934,301City list
EriceTown26,0003,715Destination list
Enna (capital)City25,0783,563City list
SegestaArchaeological siteN/A3,430Elsewhere
SelinunteArchaeological siteN/A3,006Elsewhere
GelaCity70,3412,925Elsewhere
Pelagie IslandsIslands6,5562,270Other region
MonrealeTown (UNESCO)2,485Elsewhere
Caltanissetta (capital)City (UNESCO)58,0452,222Elsewhere
Mazara del ValloCity49,9702,148Elsewhere
BagheriaCity52,9041,763Elsewhere
CaltagironeTown1,699Elsewhere
Aegadian IslandsIslands4,2921,514Other region
Egadi IslandsIslands1,414Elsewhere
ScicliTown (UNESCO)26,781966Elsewhere
Mondello4,700934Elsewhere
Palazzolo AcreideTown (UNESCO)7,957768Elsewhere
SortinoTown (UNESCO)8,570231Elsewhere
Madonie Regional Natural ParkReserveN/A219Elsewhere
ZingaroReserveN/A176Elsewhere
VittoriaCity65,714137Elsewhere
MoziaArchaeological siteN/A64Elsewhere
Piazza ArmerinaTown (UNESCO)1,564Elsewhere
MilitelloTown (UNESCO)6,60014Elsewhere
Mussomeli*Town1,713Elsewhere
Giardini Naxos*Town1,343Elsewhere
Terrasini*Town883Elsewhere
Capo d'Orlando*Town626Elsewhere
San Vito lo CapoTown1,400Elsewhere
FavignanaIsland3,153Elsewhere
LipariIsland6,442Elsewhere
AlicudiIsland1,395Elsewhere
SalinaIsland268Elsewhere
MarettimoIsland687Elsewhere
LevanzoIsland690Elsewhere
StromboliIsland18,126Elsewhere
UsticaIsland1,760Elsewhere

Note

  • This list might not be complete and I may have left off a city, town or location that's important and gets lots of site traffic. So feel free to add anything. It's debatable if Caltanissetta should be on the city list: administratively important but of lower interest to Wikivoyage users.
  • There's no Mondello, Terrasini, Mussomeli or Capo d'Orlando page on Wikivoyage: so the analytics tool is measuring how often readers are viewing parts of the other pages where those towns are mentioned.
  • Giardini Naxos, Terrasini and Capo d'Orlando are mentioned in the lead paragraph on the Sicily page.
  • Other examples of region pages: Campania, Umbria and Western Cape