by Andreea Hincu | May 5, 2026 | #blog, #guideSicily, #mediterranean, #tailormadetravel, #travel ideas
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...
by Andreea Hincu | Apr 24, 2026 | #blog, #holidays, #mediterranean, #Palermo, #sicily
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....
by Andreea Hincu | Apr 24, 2026 | #blog, #holidays, #tailormadetravel, #travel ideas, #ValdiNoto
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,...
by Andreea Hincu | Mar 26, 2026 | #arancine, #blog, #holidays, #Palermo, #panelle, #travel ideas
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...
by Andreea Hincu | Mar 26, 2026 | #beach, #blog, #driveinSicily, #guideSicily, #holidays, #mediterranean, #palermo airport, #trapani, #travel ideas
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...
by Andreea Hincu | Mar 24, 2026 | #beach, #blog, #sicily, #train, #ValdiNoto, baroque
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...
