Category: Nature
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Home Can Be Multiple Places
My heart is complete whenever I see this tower on my cousins’ property in Bagheria. It signals my other home–filled with the life and vibrance of my Sicilian family who I miss dearly. Spero a presto. #seeyousoonsicily
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Drink This Landscape Next Saturday: Order By Midnight
Drink this landscape with us next Saturday! Order by midnight tonight! Join me, Allison Scola of Experience Sicily, with author and wine expert Benjamin North Spencer of Etna Wine School for an online, synchronous wine tasting on Saturday, August 22. Benjamin will be hosting from Sicily, and I’ll be your stateside emcee. Order your Experience…
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Recipes For Fresh Garden Tomatoes And Parsley
Your beautious garden tomatoes and fresh farmer’s market parsley can be put to excellent use when you employ these Sicilian Cart Driver’s pasta recipes pictured. I will be hosting a complimentary Experience Sicily cooking meet-up on Monday evening (ET) via Zoom so you’ll learn my tricks to making these dishes de-lish! I’ll also discuss Sicilian…
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Sicilian Sunrise Over The Ionian Sea
One of the “obvious” secrets of eastern Sicily is that when you have the perfect terrace on your room, you can watch the sunrise over the Ionian Sea. I’ll tell you more such secrets during our Experience Sicily online presentation on Tuesday, Aug. 11 at 7PM ET. Let’s dream of your next trip and how…
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Southeastern Sicily’s Iblean Mountains
The Iblean Mountains of southeastern Sicily, pictured in the background, hold the energy of many ancient peoples. The most significant prior to the arrival of the Greeks, were the Siculi (Sicels in English), who historians believe arrived in Sicily from the middle of the Italic penisula circa 1200 BCE. The limestone Iblean (or Hyblean) mountains…
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Wine Is Another Window Into Sicily
Wine offers another window into Sicily. The soil, landscape, climate, flora, and fauna of a region all contribute to the taste, smell, and wonder of the island’s now renowned wines. To be continued…
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The Significance Of Pine Cone Ceramics In Sicily
You’ll see majolica pine cones like this one I photographed in the ceramic center, Caltagirone, all over Sicily and southern Italy. It’s a significant symbol. As a botanical, the pine cone is a reproductive organ. Female pine cones hold seeds. Male pine cones hold pollen. From ancient Greek times, the pine cone recalls the Greek…
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Visit Mount Etna’s Valle Del Bove
The Valle del Bove or Valley of the Oxen is a lava valley on Mount Etna’s eastern flank. Note the distinct difference between the green treeline on the left and the black lava flow on the right. Seeing this illustrates the definitive force of lava pretty clearly. The Valley is one of Etna’s most rugged…
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Falconara Beach On Sicily’s Mediterranean Sea Coast
Always build in a stop at the beach. If even for just a short dip in the sea. For our Experience Sicily small-group summer tours, it’s obligatory! This sandy beach is Falconara Beach in Butera, Sicily on the Mediterranean Sea (south coast).