Holidays in Sicily: cities to visit

Oranges, arancini, water-ices, ice-cream, cannoli (a Sicilian pastry with a sweet filling) and cassate (kind of Sicilian cake). It's the gastronomic tour for those who spend their holiday in Sicily. From Palermo to Catane there are a lot of tastes, smells and colours. Seven days are enough to visit the most beautiful cities.

Holidays in Sicily: Menphis, Castelvetrano, Segesta and Selinunte

The Valle del Belice is a small strip of land that settles between the provinces of Palermo, Trapani and Agrigento.

Lipari, Vulcano, Stromboli, Alicudi, Filicudi, Panarea and Salina: your holiday in Sicily

In front of Milazzo there is a volcanic archipelago with 7 islands very beautiful: Aeolian islands.

Tourism in Sicily: history, castles and legends

The castle of Punta Troia, Marettimo (Egadi Islands) was built around 827. Before being a castle in 1140 under the rule of Ruggero 2th, was a sighting tower. During the French Revolution it was a prison and during the Second World War was a telegraphic station (now you can see the telegraph pole). At the end of the war the castle was abandoned.

Almond in flower, cannolo festival, St. Anastasia's Day: festivities of the Sicilian traditions

In Sicily there are 3 very beautiful feasts that have received the award for the Italian traditions: the Almond Blossom Festival in Agrigento, the cannolo (a Sicilian pastry with a sweet filling) festival in Piana degli Albanesi (Palermo) and the St. Anastasia’s Day in Motta Sant’Anastasia (Catania).

Palazzolo Acreide: Churches, Castles and Theatres

Palazzolo Acreide is an amazing city near Syracuse. The principal churches are St. Paul and St. Sebastian, declared humanity’s patrimony by Unesco.

In Sicily the Paul Cezanne’s work Maison et Bosquet

Lovers of painting can find Art in Sicily.

Sicily is rich in history, culture and legends

Sicily is a beautiful island, rich in history, culture and legends. There is a legend very curious: I am referring to Dedalo, a historical architect.

Postcard from Sicily

Caves Gurfa, example of a wise Sicilian architecture

The caves Gurfa in Alia (Palermo) are example of a wise Sicilian architecture and a sacred sanctuary of the Mediterranean.

In Sicily there is a mystery: the Argimusco

Every day, thousands of people visit this site. They seek the mystery, the supernatural, the entities that appear and immediately disappear. Someone says he photographed strange phenomena. This site is the Argimusco.

Created a new beer Sicilian

Who does not know Corleone? It’s a small town near Palermo sadly known throughout the world at the hands of mafia.

Felicia Bartolotta against the Mafia

Felicia Bartolotta is Peppino Impastato’s mother and symbol of struggle and courage.

Because, when her son was murdered she began to fight every day.

10 pictures of the feast of honey (Sortino - Siracusa)

10 pictures of the feast of honey (Sortino - Siracusa)

Cefalù, open church Trinità alla Rocca

The church bells ring at 11. Twenty years after restructuring, church Trinità alla Rocca open its doors to the faithful.