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Embark on a virtual journey filled with insider tips, unforgettable stories, and awe-inspiring pictures that will ignite your wanderlust and leave you yearning for more. Get ready to immerse yourself in the magic of Sicily and unlock the secrets of this extraordinary destination. Happy reading with us!
Dua Lipa wedding in Palermo: why Sicily is the perfect choice
When one of the most famous women in the world chooses where to get married, the destination says something important. Dua Lipa and Callum Turner are getting married in Palermo this September, with celebrations running across three full days between the 5th and the...
Modica Chocolate Sicily: where to buy, taste and what to know
There are foods that carry history inside them. Modica chocolate is one of them. Produced in the baroque hill town of Modica in southeastern Sicily, this is not chocolate as the rest of the world understands it. No cream, no butter, no lecithin. Just cacao, sugar and,...
Cefalù Sicily: beach, Cathedral and the perfect day trip guide
There are towns in Sicily that stop you in your tracks. Cefalù is one of them. Perched between a dramatic limestone rock and the Tyrrhenian Sea, with a Norman cathedral rising above terracotta rooftops and a sandy beach stretching along the waterfront, it is a place...
Valley of the Temples Agrigento: Sicily’s greatest ancient site
Some places earn their reputation. The Valley of the Temples in Agrigento is one of them. Standing among the best-preserved ancient Greek temples in the world, on a ridge above the southern Sicilian coast with the Mediterranean Sea stretching to the horizon, it is...
Santa Rosalia Festival Palermo: the Complete Guide to the Festino
Every year, on the fourteenth of July, Palermo transforms. The streets fill with tens of thousands of people. The air smells of gunpowder and jasmine. A monumental float moves through the old town towards the sea. This is the Santa Rosalia Festival in...
Hiking Mount Etna: the complete trekking guide
There are mountains you climb for the view. There are mountains you climb for the challenge. And then there is Mount Etna. Hiking Mount Etna is something else entirely. This is Europe's largest and most active volcano. It rises to more than 3,350 metres above the...
Best street food in Palermo: What to eat and where to find it
Palermo does not do polite food. It does loud, messy, magnificent food. The kind that drips down your wrist, stains your shirt, and makes you wonder why you ever bothered with a tablecloth. This is a city where street food is not a trend. It is a tradition that...
Cous Cous Fest Sicily: the world’s most delicious festival
There are food festivals all over the world. Most of them are forgettable. Cous Cous Fest Sicily is not. Every September, the small fishing village of San Vito Lo Capo (on the northwestern tip of Sicily) transforms into one of the most extraordinary celebrations of...
Ortigia Sicily: the island that stops you in your tracks
There are places in the world that hit you before you have time to prepare. Ortigia Sicily is one of them. You cross a short bridge and turn a corner. Suddenly there it is golden baroque stone, turquoise water, a cathedral built inside a Greek temple, and a morning...
What to eat in Sicily: the food guide
Everyone thinks they know what to eat in Sicily. Pasta. Arancini. Cannoli. The greatest hits, endlessly reproduced in Italian restaurants from New York to London, from Sydney to Toronto. And yes, all of those things are extraordinary when you eat them in Sicily, made...
