I haven’t been in several years now and they may have cleaned up the problem but hoodlums sometimes stand in the parking lot of tourist places (temple at Agrigento, for instance) and carry baseball bats. If you don’t pay them a small fee, they destroy your rental car. You must pay them something! Then they’ll leave you alone. It doesn’t have to be much.
That is the only problem we had. Otherwise, it is beautiful, safe and as far as you can get to an exotic vacation and still feel a part of the western tradition. Beautiful isle!
Women, carry a purse, but have your money and passport in your bra. Men, have an outside fanny pack and and inside carrier, like a money belt or a wallet that straps under your clothes. In the outside bag, keep your sunscreen, guidebook and a few euros in a small travel wallet with a fake ID.