Experience Sicily

Category: Observations about Culture

  • 52 Reasons to Love Sicily | #13. Catania, Sicily’s Second City

    There are dozens of outstanding restaurants (Catania is known for its culture of eating horse meat and famous for its recipe Pasta alla Norma.), an imposing castle (Ursino, now a museum hosting world-class exhibitions and a collection of ancient art), and a thriving live music scene. For me, touring the city’s World War II 1943…

  • 52 Reasons to Love Sicily | #12. Passeggiate in Taormina

     

  • 52 Reasons to Love Sicily | #10. The Crowds Slip Away

    This is Sicily.  

  • 52 Reasons to Love Sicily | #4. Sicilians

    Riccardo, her son, had just showed me around the bed and breakfast that they operate upstairs from the kitchen where we are in the photo. Paolo, a good friend, brought with him to share his pecorino (sheep) cheeses with pistachio and saffron, but not only. Knowing about my passion for cannoli (Thanks to Pierfilippo and…

  • 52 Reasons To Love Sicily | #2. Take The Train

    (Pictured: The duomo of Cefalù, one of the UNESCO sites of the Arab-Norman Patrimony of Sicily.) Cefalù, Palermo Province  

  • Happy Easter! Buona Pasqua! From Experience Sicily

    Happy Easter! Buona Pasqua! May the light of spring bring peace and joy to your heart!

  • Holy Week In Caltanissetta, Sicily

    If all goes well, Experience Sicily will be in Caltanissetta in 2022 for the city’s famed Holy Week. We’ll be hosted by local, expert guide Alice Bifarella for an extraordinary Easter themed tour. Tour details TBA… In the meantime, learn more about why Good Friday is extraordinary in this central Sicilian city, whose Cathedral is…

  • The Sicily Episode Of Stanley Tucci Searching For Italy On CNN

    “It’s not what I expected. It’s kind of a revelation,” says Stanley Tucci while standing in the middle of Palermo’s historic center during the Sicily “Searching for Italy” episode. And this, sums up my thoughts about the show. He had no idea how amazing, in the truest sense of the word, Sicily is. Americans and…

  • Watch The Recording: Artisanal Olive Oil From Sicily

    What a revelation! We learned so much on Friday evening! Thanks to everyone who participated in our online, synchronous olive oil tasting event. Watch the recording on the Experience Sicily YouTube channel (Please subscribe!) at https://youtu.be/hxXgAiWDg6g. Thanks to Giò Buonanno of Azienda Brancati and Niki Masino of Gelsomino Imports, LLC for your support! I loved sharing…