Experience Sicily

Category: Swimming/Boating

  • It Might Capture Your Heart

    Sicily just might capture your heart like it captured mine!

  • Lo Zingaro Makes Me Feel Fine

    Dreaming of the summer breezes of Lo Zingaro Nature Preserve in western Sicily that make me feel fine … (Photo by Filippo Buttitta)

  • Inhale Sicily

    Coastline, Realmonte, Agrigento Province, Sicily

  • Southern Secret #6: Go South of Amalfi

    By guest blogger Danielle Oteri of Feast on History The coast of Cilento, pictured, is a wild, unspoilt shoreline that is part of Italy’s largest national park, south of the Amalfi Coast. On our third day of Southern Secrets: Campania and Sicily’s Hidden Corners (June 29 – July 8, 2018), we’ll explore the fishing villages…

  • Warm Our Souls with Dreams of Sicily

    Travel to Sicily with Experience Sicily, A view of Castellammare del Golfo from the sea

  • The Other Vucciria in Sicily

    This sea cave in Lo Zingaro Nature Preserve is called the Vucciria, just like the market in Palermo, because when the birds are hanging out here, they create a cacophony of sounds, much like those heard in the storied meat, fish, and vegetable market. Speaking of markets… Experience Sicily will be at the New York…

  • Sun-soaked

    Bougainvillea flowers gracing a sun-soaked door in Sicily.

  • Inhale Sicily

    I want you to inhale Sicily, and a boat trip through Lo Zingaro nature preserve will enable you to do just that–and dive in too! Not only is such an excursion nature-powered, but you’ll also learn about La Mattanza, the ancient tuna fishing ritual that was practiced in these waters for generations. On Day 11…

  • The Breezy Sea

    Today we felt the wind in our hair and the sun on our faces as we glided on a boat on the Tyrrhenian Sea along the coast of the Lo Zingaro (The Gypsy) nature preserve. It was cooler than usual for this time of year, but that didn’t stop us from swimming in the coves…