Virtu have gone all the way to make sure everyone will take a Sicily break this winter. Special weekday fares and a DOUBLE WHAMMY on Sundays; return fares start from €57 and you can get your car across for as little as €54. Bikers are going to have a field day with a bike fare of €31. Two children, under 14, go for free when accompanied by two adults.

Sicily beckons. All the things we haven’t got on our doorstep, a state of the art vessel to get you there and slashed fares to round off an unbeatable trio. This is not to say that we do not appreciate what we do have, of course we do, but somehow the grass next door is always a little bit greener. In this case literally, Sicily is comparatively un-built and the countryside in winter is greener than green.

Bikers will be whizzing around a Sicilian autostrada , superstrada and well surfaced country roads to their heart’s content. Getting from A to B in your car is no big deal and an enjoyable part of your break, a good zoom around at 120 kph is fun enough if it’s not a way of life. Sipping a Campari in the piazza while madam does some frantic shopping is no bad thing either. There’s something for everybody, especially when it comes to a meal – cingiale nero and a little Nero D’Avola on a coldish winter day is alright by most.