Tag: Bougainvillea

  • Home Can Be Multiple Places

    My heart is complete whenever I see this tower on my cousins’ property in Bagheria. It signals my other home–filled with the life and vibrance of my Sicilian family who I miss dearly. Spero a presto. #seeyousoonsicily

  • Beautiful Bougainvillea In Baroque Modica

    Bougainvillea draping the stairs leading to the Duomo di San Giorgio, Modica, Sicily

  • Create Your Moment In Taormina, Sicily

    Taormina is bewitching. I invite you to wander off the brimming Corso Umberto to make the cliff-top town your own. Create your moment in 2020. Learn more at https://experiencesicily.com/2020-tours-of-sicily/

  • What Are Those Fuschia Flowers All Over Sicily?

    The fuschia (and orange, and white) flowers you find draped all over Sicily are Bougainvillea. I photographed these in Taormina last May.

  • A Dash of Fucsia for Your Tour of Sicily

    Balcony, Messina historic center with Bougainvillea flowers

  • Sun-soaked

    Bougainvillea flowers gracing a sun-soaked door in Sicily.

  • Fuschia Drapes

    Bougainvillea (or buganvilla) drapes over a balcony in Castellammare del Golfo

  • Pink Flowers in Her Hair

    Throughout Sicily you’ll see bougainvillea (or buganvilla), this bush that produces beautiful flowers.

  • 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…