Tag: foto sicilia
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Awaken Tour Senses With Yoga In Sicily
Combine your love of travel with your wellness practice during Yoga in Sicily with Clio Mallin from June 8 to June 18. We have an extraordinary 11-day itinerary with 6 days in western Sicily and 5 days in eastern Sicily. During this active vacation you’ll awaken your senses through the island’s vibrant villages, profound UNESCO sites,…
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Moonlit Dinner On The Ionian Sea
On Day 3 of July’s Secret Sicily: Life in a Remote Sicilian Town tour, it will be my birthday – – yes, in fact, my 50th birthday. So, I have planned a special dinner for our group on the Ionian sea. While we are dining and celebrating, the waves will be lulling us, and the…
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Not So Secret Siracusa
Siracusa, pictured, is one of Sicily’s many must-see highlights. Note that even with the village of Licodia Eubea being the base of July’s Secret Sicily tour, you spend many days touring the eastern part of the island. So, on Day 2, for example, you will be here, in Ortigia, listening to the fish mongers sing…
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Visit The Dairy With The Locals
Witness the cheese making process at the local caseificio (dairy), when you’ll have an opportunity to taste tuma (the first or “farmer’s” cheese) and ricotta, still warm, just out of the cauldron, coupled with crusty bread from the village paneficio (bread bakery). Join me for Secret Sicily: Life in a Remote Sicilian Town, from July…
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Off-the-Beaten-Path Sicily July Tour
This village perched high on a hill the Iblean Mountains of southeastern Sicily is Licodia Eubea. It is the base of Secret Sicily: Life in a Remote Sicilian Town, our July off-the-beaten-path tour. With a population of just 3000, during your stay, you’ll become one of the gang, eating breakfast at Central Bar, staying in…
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White Spring Flowers In Sicily
In the United States, we call this perennial herb Summer Asphodel. In Sicily, where during these months of February and March it grows seemingly on every hillside making many hungry sheep happy, it is called Asfodelo Mediterraneo. The snow-white flowers with a thin red-brown ribbon down their centers were associated with Persephone and the Underworld…
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Let’s Have A Chat For Carnevale In Sicily
Chiacchiere di Carnevale, pictured, are a crunchy, sweet, fried dough garnished with powdered sugar. Leading up to Martedì Grasso or Fat Tuesday, the height of Carnevale, one will find these all over Sicily. The label “chiacchiere” originates from Naples, where this fried mixture of flour, eggs, butter, and some kind of sweet wine reached high…
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The Green, Green, Grass Of Sicily
No, not Ireland. No, not Scotland. No, not Wales. This is the green, green, grass of home… I mean Sicily… in the winter and spring. (Somewhere near Aragona, Sicily in late February)
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The Ancient Theater At Palazzolo Acreide
Above the modern city of Palazzolo Acreide, on top of a limestone platue, those who love ancient history will find the ancient Greek city of Akrai. This amphitheater, originally constructed in the late 3rd century BCE, seats about 600 people. During the spring, local school theater companies present performances here.