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Opera dei Pupi Sicily: the ancient puppet theatre art of the island
There are art forms that survive because they are preserved in museums. Then there are art forms that survive because they are alive performed, contested and passed down through families who have dedicated generations to keeping them breathing. Opera dei Pupi is the...
Mick Jagger in Stromboli: Rolling Stones legend on Sicilian film set
Some arrivals change the atmosphere of a place entirely. The arrival of Mick Jagger on Stromboli on 18 May 2026 was one of them. Mick Jagger, founder and frontman of the Rolling Stones, has arrived on Stromboli in the Aeolian Islands. His purpose: to film "Le tre...
Sicilian ceramics: where to buy and watch artisans at work
Sicily produces some of the most distinctive ceramics in the world. The tradition is ancient, the craft is still very much alive, and the results are extraordinary from hand-painted majolica tiles to sculptural pieces that carry centuries of Arab, Norman and Spanish...
Running in Sicily: the best races from Ragusa to Donnafugata
Sicily is not the first place most runners think of when they plan a race abroad. Berlin, London, Valencia and New York dominate the conversation. The island's reputation rests far more on its food, its archaeology and its coastlines than on its sporting calendar....
Palermo street art: a walking guide to the city’s best murals
Palermo is one of those cities that reveals itself slowly. The baroque churches, the Arab-Norman architecture, the street food and the noise are all immediately apparent. The street art, however, requires a different kind of attention. It lives in the side streets, on...
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 June, with celebrations running across three full days between the 5th and the 7th....
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...
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