Live from Sicily! We’ve experienced so much during these past two days while in Agrigento Province. A highlight has been seeing the work of the two brotherhoods from San Biagio Platini for their annual Archi di Pane, or the Easter Bread Arches. An Easter Sunday procession that unites Jesus and Mary in the center of…
Category: Nature
360 Degrees Of Etna
Live from Sicily! The villages of Etna hosted our curiosities today. We started the morning eating sheep’s milk ricotta warm out of the cauldron along with honey drizzled doughnuts. When we visited the town of Zafferano Etnea, we learned some local mythology and about what it’s like to live on Europe’s most active volcano. This…
One With Mamma Etna
Live from Sicily! Today we enjoyed a marvelous volcano experience on Etna. Our guides from Etna Moving are always fantastic. What a great family experience it is to go into a lava tube (pictured), where the footing is a challenge and it’s dark! We had to work together to ensure everyone’s safe return to the…
From Our Villa In Sicily
This Easter week, I am hosting a family of 12 for a private, custom tour of Sicily. We rented an extraordinary villa for the first week (we are touring next week too!). This is the view from the terrace… More like the back yard! The Ionian Sea at Mount Etna (hence the black lava stone)….
Springtime In Sicily
Live from Sicily! During my drive yesterday, I stopped to take this photo of the countryside outside of Licodia Eubea, where I am hosting July’s small-group tour Life In A Remote Sicilian Town. Look at how beautiful spring is in Ragusa province! The flowers are blooming everywhere. The grasses are so green! The air is…
Capo Zafferano From Sant’Elia
Evelina and Filippo at Sant’Elia with Capo Zafferano in the background
Sunset Over Licodia Eubea, Sicily
Evening view from Licodia Eubea, Sicily Come with us this July. Immerse yourself in Sicily! Read the full itinerary at https://experiencesicily.com/tours-of-sicily/2019-tours-of-sicily/life-in-a-remote-sicilian-town-july-2019/
Don’t Mess With Etna
On March 8, 1669, Etna began erupting. The citizens of Catania thought they could challenge the volcano. Unfortunately, they were wrong. The population of the city watched from the shores of the Ionian Sea as towns north and west of them were destroyed. Thinking their city walls would be a match Mother Nature’s wrath, they…
Sicily’s Sweeping Countyside
Licodia Eubea is your home for our July Experience Sicily tour. It is a safe, small town where you’ll enjoy talking with the locals over gelato in the evenings. You’ll be immersed in Sicily through its ancient sites, cuisine, and putting your hands in the dough while making pasta with a local mamma. Be amazed…
Walking Among Beauty In Sicily
Horses grazing in the Cava d’Ispica Reserve (Note the ancient caves above them, cut into the limestone) Thanks to Sicilia in Cammino