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  • Day 1 of 16 Days of Sicily | Breathtaking Sunsets

    Western Sicily has breathtaking sunsets. During our Soul-stice Sicily Retreat Tour in June 2024, we’ll slow down and breathe in the sunset over Western Sicily’s placid coastal lagoon. Soul-stice Sicily is designed so you can smoothly take the new Neos Air direct flight from NY-JFK to Palermo and spend a week nourishing your soul and…

  • Let’s Chat Tonight Online

    Let’s chat and get our hands in the details! Join me this evening, Tuesday, January 16 at 7:30PM Eastern for a complimentary online presentation about traveling in Sicily. Learn more and register at https://experiencesicily.com/travel-to-sicily-online-presentation-and-qa/.  Here with Gelsomina, I’m making Chiacchiere di Carnevale. When ready, this pastry is a crunchy, sweet, fried dough garnished with powdered sugar. Leading…

  • Curious In Palazzolo Acreide | Join Us Tuesday Online

    I’m curious. I like to notice things like this, the longest baroque balcony in Sicily. It’s found in Palazzolo Acreide. Palazzolo Acreide is one of the eight towns that make up the “Late Baroque Towns of the Val di Noto” UNESCO World Heritage Site. Sicily has seven UNESCO World Heritage Sites, more than any other region…

  • Join Experience Sicily at the New York Travel Show January 27 and 28

    Experience Sicily will be back at the New York Travel & Adventure Show this January.  Come see us! When: Sat., January 27, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sun., January 28, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Where: Jacob Javits Center, New York City Find Experience Sicily all weekend at Booth #239 Join us for Sicilian Folk Music…

  • Experience the Wines of Sicily January 6 in New York City

    Please join award-winning author Benjamin North Spencer of Etna Wine School and me, Allison Scola of Experience Sicily, on Saturday, January 6 at 3PM in New York City at Cacio e Pepe restaurant for an afternoon enogastronomic tour of Sicily! That is, a wine tasting! Learn more and register at Experience the Wines of Sicily!

  • Let’s Make Sicilian Fig Cookies!

    Join us online this Thursday, December 14, for a workshop to learn how to make Sicilian fig cookies aka Bucellati, Cudduredde, Cuccidati. These fig cookies are synonymous with the holidays. The complex combination of ingredients points to Sicily’s multi-cultural past. Register and learn more at https://experiencesicily.com/make-sicilian-fig-cookies/

  • The Mystery Of Eyes On A Plate

    You can easily identify Santa Lucia because she holds eyes on a plate. In my last post I mentioned that she denied her promised dowery and hand in marriage to a young pagan man during a period in the early 4th century when Christianity was illegal. Well, she wanted to devote herself to Jesus, and…

  • Santa Lucia in New York City, December 10

    Viva Santa Lucia! The Feast of Saint Lucy is approaching. On Sunday, December 10, join me in New York City for our annual lunch to recognize the power of this ancient patroness of light, eyes, sight, insight, and wheat. Lucia lived in the late 3rd century. An early Christian, she devoted herself to Jesus and…

  • 2024 Small Group Sicily Tours Early Incentive Offers

    I know you may be thinking about shopping. It’s impossible not to when your inbox is full of special deals. Well, we at Experience Sicily during this time of year always offer early registration incentive discounts of up to $300 for most of our next season’s small group tours. Just visit our 2024 Tour Page…