Experience Sicily

Category: Travel Tips and Ideas

  • Mystical Ragusa Ibla, This Spring, With Experience Sicily

    Ragusa Ibla captures one’s imagination. And for good reason. This beautiful baroque, yet ancient city on a hilltop, possess a mystical sense hard to explain. Over the past 20 years it has evolved into one of Sicily’s hot destinations, perhaps because it is one of the “sets” of Vigata, the fictional home of Inspector Montalbano.…

  • Spring In Sicily Tour: Witness Good Friday Here

    In April, expert guide Alice Bifarella and I will be here, in Caltanissetta, on Good Friday, where with our small group of intrepid travelers, we’ll witness the customs and rituals of this fascinating city in the center of Sicily. Our Spring in Sicily tour will take our participants off the beaten path to the hidden…

  • Easter In Sicily: New Itinerary Coming Soon

    Although this year’s Easter processions will be curbed, I am still leading a small group through Sicily during the days leading up to Pasqua and for the holiday. The details of the new program are currently coming together. Sicily is magical during the spring for so many reasons. The capre Girgentane, pictured, being one! Think…

  • If You Must, A Mafia Museum In Sicily

    The town of Salemi, photographed, is a gem in western Sicily. Not only does it boast a very cool castle that dates back to Arab times, but, in addition to a remarkable St. Joseph’s Day feast tradition, its civic museum is outstanding. Before I tell you more about that, I must mention the busiate pasta…

  • Palermo Offers A Panorama Of Intrigue

    Palermo offers travelers intriguing historic sites from ancient Phoenician ruins to spectacular Arab Norman palaces to dazzling rococo baroque churches. These attractions are punctuated by dynamic outdoor markets, extraordinary street food, and live music from opera to folk. Street- to contemporary art will provoke you, and the shopping with high-end to artisanal offerings will thrill…

  • Tonight! Traveling Solo In A Group

    A photo of me in 1996 traveling solo in Ephesus, Turkey. Let’s meet tonight and talk about traveling solo in a group in Sicily with Experience Sicily! 7:30pm Eastern online. It’s complimentary. Register at https://experiencesicily.com/events/online-sicily-events/travelling-solo-in-a-group-with-experience-sicily/

  • The White Cliffs Of Sicily

    White and pristine, these seaside cliffs are coveted by Sicilians, and are a priceless gift from Madre Terra (Mother Nature). La Scala dei Turchi, or Stairs of the Turks, is a natural phenomenon of hard-mud material that is a combination of calcium carbonate and lime mixed with other types of clay and silt, called marl…

  • There Are Benefits To Traveling Solo In A Group

    I relish traveling solo–I’ve done it for years: me and my backpack coupled with a breathtaking sense of adventure. Oh, yes… Yet, I know from my clients (some pictured here on Mount Etna), that there comes a time when having the opportunity to experience a place with a balance of discovery-on-your-own and companionship is preferable.…

  • Traveling Solo To Sicily With Experience Sicily

    Come on, let’s dream! Yes, I know. At the moment travel, once again, feels out of reach; however, the experts are predicting that this current pandemic wave will pass. YES! I’m mustering up all of the positive thinking that I can (Can you tell from my photo?), and Monday, Jan. 10 at 7:30PM Eastern, I’m…