Afternoon In Sicily

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Nap time at the Archaeological Area of Eraclea Minoa (Agrigento Province)

This cat knows the routine. In Sicily, from about 1 o’clock to 4:30/5 o’clock in the afternoon, it’s lunchtime and then nap time. So, do your sightseeing from 9 in the morning, have lunch at 1 o’clock at a family-run trattoria, then head back to your hotel and do like Sicilians do: Take a “pisolino.”

After lunch is a time to escape the hot sun and rest at home after pasta with your loved ones. So, don’t be deceived by the empty streets and shuddered stores. By 5 o’clock they’ll be repopulated and reopened for the evening until 8:30 or 9 o’clock, when dinner gets underway followed by a starlit, cool-air passeggiata enjoyed well into the night.

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Allison Scola is founder, owner, and curator of Experience Sicily and the Cannoli Crawl. Named one of the experts for the 2019 New York Times Travel Show, Scola writes and lectures on Sicily and leads immersive tours and designs custom itineraries that delight discerning travelers. She has been featured on Rudy Maxa’s World with the Carey’s, America’s #1 Travel Radio Show and as the cannoli expert in the documentary Cannoli, Traditions Around the Table. Scola has lectured about Sicily at University of Pennsylvania, The New School, LIU Post University, Queens College, Westchester Italian Cultural Center, at high schools in the New York City metropolitan area, and at events in New York City.

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