by Andreea Hincu | May 26, 2026 | #blog, #guideSicily, #holidays, #Puppets' Opera, #tailormadetravel, #travel ideas
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...
by Andreea Hincu | May 18, 2026 | #blog, #guideSicily, #travel ideas, Caltagirone, Ceramic, Santo Stefano
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...
by Andreea Hincu | May 12, 2026 | #baroque, #beach, #blog, #Etna, #guideSicily, #holidays
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...
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 21, 2026 | #beach, #guideSicily, #holidays, #tailormadetravel
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...
by Andreea Hincu | Apr 13, 2026 | #guideSicily, #holidays, #tailormadetravel, #travel ideas
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...
