Category: Sea
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Crystal Clear Cefalù
Cefalù, Sicily with the island of Alicudi on the horizon (Look closely and you’ll see its silhouette.)
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A Favorite Swimming Spot In Sicily
A favorite swimming spot: Le Tre Piscine, Bagheria, Sicily. Strong swimmers only.
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The Tyrrhenian Sea from Bagheria, Sicily
The Tyrrhenian Sea at Mongerbino, a neighborhood of Bagheria, Sicily
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Mountains And Sea In Western Sicily
Lo Zingaro Nature Reserve in Western Sicily takes my breath away with its majestic mountains and turquoise sea.
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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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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).
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Swimming In Siracusa
When in Ortigia, you can swim right off the sea wall.
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Sicily’s Watchtowers
Keep a lookout for these watchtowers that exist all along Sicily’s coastline. From at least the early 14th century through World War II, these watchtowers of all shapes and sizes (and now, conditions) earned their keep. The system was designed so that from one to the next the keepers could communicate with their compatriots what…
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Inspired By Siculiana Marina’s Beach In Sicily
How does one describe one of the most beautiful beaches in Sicily? Words aren’t always sufficient. If it’s any indication of just how magnificent Siculiana Marina is, Sicilian guitarist Francesco Buzzurro composed an entire album of songs inspired by it called Il Quinto Elemento (The Fifth Element). When I heard him perform pieces from it…