by Andreea Hincu | Sep 7, 2026 | #art, #blog, #Palermo, #sicily, #travel ideas, #UNESCO
Step inside a chapel in Palermo and you may forget which century, or even which civilisation, you are standing in. Above you, golden Byzantine mosaics shimmer. Beside you, Arabic inscriptions curl across the walls. Overhead, a wooden ceiling built...
by Andreea Hincu | Aug 24, 2026 | #blog, #Catania, #Etna, #Food, #pistachio, #sicily, #tailormadetravel, Bronte
On the western slopes of Mount Etna, in a landscape of black lava and pale grey orchards, grows one of the most prized ingredients in the world. The Bronte pistachio is so treasured that Sicilians call it the “green gold”. A single taste explains why....
by Andreea Hincu | Jul 7, 2026 | #cocktails, #Etna, #flights, #Food, #luxury, #sicily, #summer, #Taormina, #travel ideas
There is a particular kind of magic in sipping a perfectly made cocktail while the sun sets over the Ionian Sea, with Mount Etna glowing in the distance. In September 2026, Taormina turns that experience into a four-day celebration. Indeed, the Taormina Cocktail...
by Andreea Hincu | Jun 12, 2026 | #blog, #Etna, #holidays, #sicilian lemons, #sicily
If you have ever squeezed a Sicilian lemon, you already know. Indeed, the colour is deeper. Moreover, the scent is louder. Above all, the juice hits differently. However, not all Sicilian lemons are the same. The ones grown on the eastern slopes of Mount Etna, in...
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 | 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...
