Experience Sicily

Category: Travel Tips and Ideas

  • “Cannoli Connoisseur” In New Jersey Monthly Magazine

    Thank you to writer Sharon M. Goldman and photographer Marla Cohen for the beautiful piece in the April 2021 issue of New Jersey Monthly magazine about my cannoli endeavors! Read the story online at https://digital.njmonthly.com/njmonthly/april_2021/MobilePagedArticle.action?articleId=1669987&app=false&cmsId=3898318&fbclid=IwAR1GNTYh4v-4tABuqfMpujQxyMNQTgoOs4MOdJOxZbgvyvFnLsE5LeF0ITU#articleId1669987. Join me for my next online cannoli class on April 25. More details at https://experiencesicily.com/cannoli-making-zoom-workshop/ The Cannoli Crawl will resume…

  • Holy Week In Caltanissetta, Sicily

    If all goes well, Experience Sicily will be in Caltanissetta in 2022 for the city’s famed Holy Week. We’ll be hosted by local, expert guide Alice Bifarella for an extraordinary Easter themed tour. Tour details TBA… In the meantime, learn more about why Good Friday is extraordinary in this central Sicilian city, whose Cathedral is…

  • The Sicily Episode Of Stanley Tucci Searching For Italy On CNN

    “It’s not what I expected. It’s kind of a revelation,” says Stanley Tucci while standing in the middle of Palermo’s historic center during the Sicily “Searching for Italy” episode. And this, sums up my thoughts about the show. He had no idea how amazing, in the truest sense of the word, Sicily is. Americans and…

  • It’s All About The View

    Springtime in western Sicily

  • Synchronous Online Olive Oil Tasting

    Olive oil from the shadow of Mount Etna! Join Experience Sicily with Giò Buonanno of Azienda Brancati for an online, synchronous olive oil tasting and discussion Friday, March 26 at 5PM Eastern. You’ll learn what makes an excellent olive oil, how olives are cultivated for oil, how the fruit is pressed into the evoo we…

  • Curves And Vistas In Sicily

    The shortcut to Palermo through Caccamo offers adventuresome drivers lots of curves and beautiful vistas.

  • The Joy Of Strade Brutte In Sicily

    When you take those “strade brutte,” meaning “ugly roads” that you are afraid for your car to drive down, you’ll see some beautiful scenery, like this hill that exists somewhere between Palermo and Trapani Provinces. (NB those are ruins of an ancient castle on top of the hill)

  • Leave The World Behind At Punta Bianca

    The central southern coastline of Sicily offers a fascinating landscape punctuated by formations of white marlstone, La Scala dei Turchi being the most famous. Punta Bianca (pictured) is another such spot. Loved by locals, it is one of those secret places that takes one’s breath away. Its hard to reach location makes it even more…

  • Let’s Manifest Safe Travel to Sicily in 2021 and 2022

    I’m getting ready to take you off the beaten path (hopefully) in late 2021 and (let’s manifest it!) in 2022. There’s so much to discover in the hidden corners of Sicily. Open your heart and mind, and let’s experience Sicily together. Through Experience Sicily, you can feel Sicily safely.