Experience Sicily

Tag: Bagheria

  • Wish You Were Here

    Capo Zafferano from Porticello’s fishing port. (Photo Credit: Experience Sicily’s Filippo Buttitta)

  • Fluorescent Dedication

    Small homegrown shrines are very common in Sicily. This one is dedicated to the recently canonized (2002) Padre Pio (1887-1968). (Previously posted on 14 September 2013.)

  • Wheel of Fortune

    Sicilian Cart. (Photo Credit: Experience Sicily’s Filippo Buttitta)

  • C’è la Luna Mezz’o Mare

    C’è la Luna Mezz’o Mare… “There is the moon in the middle of the sea.” (Song by Louis Prima) Sant’Elia (Fraction of Santa Flavia) at night. (Photo Credit: Experience Sicily’s Filippo Buttitta)

  • It’s All About that Bass Viol

    Statue of bass viola da gamba player, Villa Palagonia, Bagheria.   Listen live to my music duo Villa Palagonia on Chicago’s WFMT.com at 8PM CST tonight, 7 February 2015. It’s a one-hour concert of our brand of Sicilian inspired acoustic world folk music.

  • Light the Way

    Capo Zafferano Lighthouse. (Photo Credit: Experience Sicily’s Filippo Buttitta)

  • In the Know

    Sicily’s coastline varies, depending on where you are. This place, called “Le piscine” or “The pools,” is at Mongerbino, on the north side of the island, not far from Palermo. Le piscine are accessible by foot, if you know how to find the way. You can also arrange for a private visit on a local’s…

  • Modern Art

    Pistachio cake, Pasticceria Don Gino (Bagheria) (This post has been corrected. I originally attributed the cake to a shop in Cefalù.)

  • Let It Snow

    In a departure from the norm, I present to you a photo taken this morning by my cousin Evelina from her home in Bagheria. It snowed in Sicily last night–a very unusual occurrence! Everything has come to a standstill there today. Sicilians have no idea what to do with snow (except to look at it…