Experience Sicily

Category: Swimming/Boating

  • On the Tyrrhenian Sea

    Feel the wind in your hair upon a boat on the Tyrrhenian Sea as you dance along the coast of the Lo Zingaro (The Gypsy) Nature Preserve … The sun could be shining on you on September 24 … Contact me at AllisonScola@ExperienceSicily for the full small-group, 8-day, multi-sensory tour itinerary. 

  • Sicily Vacation 

    Like an accountant during tax season, I have been a travel professional before the summer travel season: very busy! Today, though, among all of the planning and details that Evelina, Madeleine, Giulia and I are working on for our clients traveling in the next month, I took some time to schedule my own vacation in…

  • Think September in Sicily

    This view of Scopello and Lo Zingaro Nature Preserve from the sea could be in your future… Think September in Sicily. Stand by for more details soon. 

  • Watch for Falling Rocks 

    Gli Scogli dei Ciclopi, the Rocks of the Cyclops, are basalt (volcanic) rocks that protrude from the sea at Aci Trezza, a fishing community on Sicily’s east coast, north of Catania. Local legend says that these are boulders from Mt. Etna, thrown here, into the sea, at Homer’s hero, Odysseus, after he and his men…

  • Meet Roberto 

    Meet Roberto! Roberto took me on a sea jaunt on his boat around the Mazzaro Bay and Isola Bella at Taormina. You can see a video of our tour on the Experience Sicily Facebook page (I broadcast it live back at the beginning of March.). The best part of this phenomenal moment was talking with…

  • I Dream of Sicily 

    During these dog days of winter, sometimes you just have to go to a happy place. Here’s mine: the marina of Castellammare del Golfo, photographed from what would have at one time been the drawbridge to the castle.

  • A Happy Place

    I wanted to post a photo that makes me smile, and Fiat 500s always make me smile, and so does any view of Castellammare del Golfo (Trapani Province, hence the TP on the license plate). Thank you for indulging me. I hope it makes you smile too. 

  • Twilight in Trapani Province

    Evening in Castellammare del Golfo, Trapani province 

  • Savoring Sicily, Day 2: Dive In! 

    Welcome to Savoring Sicily! After arriving yesterday, we are on a boat touring the northwest coast of Sicily. I can’t wait to dive in! (P.S., I just went in, and the water is magnificent.)