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  • The Street Exuded Joy In Sicily

    Although today is the feast of Sant’Anna, I’m recalling last July when, along with our Experience Sicily Life in A Remote Sicilian Town tour group, we were communing with the locals of Licodia Eubea for the feast of Santa Margherita, their patron saint. The Strada Lunga was decorated with luminare, the bars and gelaterie were…

  • The July Countryside In Sicily

    Somewhere near Licodia Eubea, Sicily July marks the end of the wheat season in Sicily, when the fields in the island’s center are harvested and the crop is rolled into bails of hay. The green pastures of the spring turned to gold at the end of May into early June, and during this period, the…

  • A Landmark Staircase In Sicily

    The Staircase of Santa Maria del Monte in Caltagirone, Sicily was built in 1609 to connect the old lower town to the new upper town. Since 1954, each of the risers of its 142 steps has been decorated with colorful, handcrafted majolica ceramic tiles. This UNESCO recognized baroque town is world renowned for its ceramic…

  • The Surface Of Etna Is Rich With Minerals

    Fred on one of the Silvestri Craters of Mount Etna… The Silvestri Craters are extinct. Etna’s active calderas that are much further up the 11,000 foot summit continue to spew lava, ash, and gas throughout the year. Etna, on Sicily’s east coast, is Europe’s largest and most active volcano and one of the most active…

  • Lookout Tower On The Sea

    Lookout tower, Santa Maria La Scala on the Ionian Sea

  • I Want To Be Your Sicily Travel Hero

    Today is National Travel Advisor Day. Given the current circumstances that we travelers face and the complexities of what travel may look like in this post-Covid-19 world, when things go wrong, I ask you to remember that working with a small tour operator such as Experience Sicily (That’s me, Allison Scola, owner/curator of Experience Sicily,…

  • Beauty In The Heart Of Catania, Sicily

    Piazza del Duomo in Catania, Sicily’s second largest city, features the baroque Cathedral dedicated to Sant’Agata

  • Etna Possesses Many Craters

    The extinct Silvestri Craters of Etna, Europe’s largest, most active volcano, may be walked on with access from Rifugio Sapienza, Catania Province, Sicily.

  • Celebrate Alongside The Locals In Sicily

    At the beginning of the Corso Umberto I, otherwise known as La Strada Lunga (the Long Street), sits La Chiesa di Santa Margherita, Licodia Eubea’s mother church. Come on! Eat gelato with the locals during Life In A Remote Sicilian Town, July 16 to 25, when the citizens of Licodia Eubea celebrate their patroness Santa…