by Andreea Hincu | Sep 24, 2026 | #Catania, #New Year, #Palermo, #Palermo New York flight, #sicily, #tailormadetravel, #UnitedAirlinesCatania, #winter, #xmas, baroque
Most travellers picture New Year’s Eve in a freezing northern square, bundled in layers, watching fireworks through frosted breath. Sicily quietly rewrites that picture entirely. Here, the countdown to midnight happens in a t-shirt-weather piazza, fireworks...
by Andreea Hincu | Sep 14, 2026 | #aeolian islands, #autumn, #driveinSicily, #flights, #guideSicily, #holidays, #hospitality, #sicily
If summer feels like the obvious time to visit Sicily, the island’s own residents will happily tell you otherwise. Autumn in Sicily is when the crowds thin out, the sea stays warm, and the calendar fills with some of the year’s most joyful festivals. This...
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...
