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The Piazza Duomo, where Caravaggio’s painting “The Burial of St. Lucia,” is temporarily housed, in the Sicilian city of Syracuse, Italy, May 21, 2016. For older travelers, the best thing about returning to a well-known destination is that you lose the greedy compulsion to go everywhere and see everything. (Susan Wright/The New York Times)

Cefalu, Italy, a picturesque town in Sicily, May 19, 2016. For older travelers, the best thing about returning to a well-known destination is that you lose the greedy compulsion to go everywhere and see everything. (Susan Wright/The New York Times)

The beach at Cefalu, Italy, a picturesque town in Sicily, May 19, 2016. For older travelers, the best thing about returning to a well-known destination is that you lose the greedy compulsion to go everywhere and see everything. (Susan Wright/The New York Times)

An unfinished Doric temple, one of three major Greek temples in Sicily, in Segesta, Italy, May 23, 2016. For older travelers, the best thing about returning to a well-known destination is that you lose the greedy compulsion to go everywhere and see everything. (Susan Wright/The New York Times)

DiVino Mare, a restaurant in the Sicilian city of Syracuse, Italy, May 22, 2016. For older travelers, the best thing about returning to a well-known destination is that you lose the greedy compulsion to go everywhere and see everything. (Susan Wright/The New York Times)

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The Piazza Duomo, where Caravaggio’s painting “The Burial of St. Lucia,” is temporarily housed, in the Sicilian city of Syracuse, Italy, May 21, 2016. For older travelers, the best thing about returning to a well-known destination is that you lose the greedy compulsion to go everywhere and see everything. (Susan Wright/The New York Times)

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