Amunì! Let’s go! Don’t miss Experience Sicily at the New York Times Travel Show! Today at the Javits Center in New York City from 11-5. Find us at Booth 464! Come hear us perform Sicilian folk music at 1:45 on the Blue Stage! See you at the show! Psst… And don’t miss out on our…
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Hop On To The New York Times Travel Show This Weekend
“Hey, ragazzi! Amunì! Throw me the keys! We’ve got to get to the New York Times Travel Show!” January 25-26, meet Experience Sicily at Booth 464 at the Jacob Javits Center in New York City for the biggest travel industry event of the year, The New York Times Travel Show. Additionally, on both Saturday and…
Olive Oil Lesson With GoSicily In New York City
I feel so blessed that through Experience Sicily I have the privilege to work with and know some extraordinary women! Firstly, thanks go to Kathy Murray for inviting her outstanding friends to her New York City home and hosting last night’s private event. Secondly, but equally important, thanks go to Annalisa Pompeo of GoSicily Sicilian…
Your Ticket To Sicily Travel In 2020
No reason to be sad. I’m gonna do right by you. Amunì! I’ve got your ticket to ride. Join me in 2020 for a small-group tour. Use the code YES2020 and pay in-full by February 1, 2020 and receive an additional $150 off of your tour per person. More at Experience Sicily https://experiencesicily.com/2020-tours-of-sicily/. Contact me…
Our Stateside Sicilian Cooking Class With Annalisa
We cooked up a storm inside yesterday with the talented and spunky cooking impresario Annalisa Pompeo of GoSicily Sicilian Cooking Experience for our Experience Sicily cooking class! We made arancine (rice balls) and ricottamasu. I loved having everyone at my home to share a memorable, joyful day. And wow, the rice balls we made were…
Beaches On Sicily’s South Coast
During Experience Sicily’s Life in A Remote Sicilian Town tour from July 16 to 25, we leave the mountains to enjoy the beaches of southern Sicily. Throughout the week, you’ll have an opportunity to swim, sunbathe, and walk along the shores of the island. The Mediterranean Sea is the body of water on the Sicily’s…
The Ancient Art Of Basket Weaving In Sicily
Claudio Romano has a deep knowledge of medicinal herbs and wild plants, especially those from the Hyblaean Mountains of southeastern Sicily. Building on his passion for flora, Romano learned the art of basket weaving, a practice that has existed since humans sought containers to keep their foodstuffs and other products. Watching him work and learning…
Experience Mythic Mountains in Sicily May 2020
During May 2020’s Experience Sicily Myths and Mysteries of Sicily: As Above/So Below tour co-hosted by Tony Allicino, we’ll go deep into the center of Sicily, where you’ll have your breath taken away by one of Sicily’s hidden gems, the stupendous Teatro Andromeda. From the top of the mythic mountains, you will nourish your awareness…
Feel Like Royalty In Sicily
Castles exist all over Sicily. And on our final day of Experience Sicily’s October 2020 Sicily tour, you’ll have time to ascend the stairs of this one at Castellammare del Golfo after we’ll have taken a boat excursion on the magnificent Tyrrhenian Sea. Inside is an outstanding ethnographic museum. When you cross what once was…
A Journey In Sicily To Discover Your Vision
“The Cyclopean Walls of Mount Erice” is a painting housed in the Palazzo dei Normanni (Royal Palace) in Palermo by painter Michele Cortegiani (1857-1919), (Oil on canvas, c. 1890). Monte Cofano pictured in the background is a magnificent limestone monolith on the Tyrrhenian coast that you’ll see with this same view when on Mount Erice,…