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  • Colors in Noto Upclose 

    One of this year’s flower carpets from Noto’s Infiorata up close.  (Photo by Experience Sicily’s local guide Sebastiano Garifo)

  • Dreams and Colors in Noto

    This weekend is the 38th annual Infiorata di Noto, or Noto Flower Festival. This year’s theme is “Sogni e colori del Principato di Monaco” or “Dreams and Colors of Monaco.” Over the last two days, along the Baroque town’s via Nicolaci, different art-school groups have been laying out their mosaic designs of flower petals and…

  • Saint Martin in Noto

    Each province of Sicily celebrates San Martino a bit differently. In Noto, they eat both sweet and savory crispelle, such as the ones pictured, photographed by Niki Masino of GelsominoImports.com, along with cooked wine.

  • Noto, Oh Noto, Wherefore … 

    Because balconies in Noto are striking. 

  • Savoring Sicily, Day 6: You are Our Stars

    Noto is cinematic! Sweeping staircases and whimsical architectural details prompted ooo’s and aah’s as we walked through the Baroque, UNESCO town this morning, Day 6 of Savoring Sicily. We were fortunate enough to be hosted by a local friend for a granita and brioche at his favorite outdoor cafe (mmmm good!). Meanwhile, Sebastiano Garifo, our…

  • Hercules Represents Noto’s Strength

    The Fountain of Hercules located in Piazza San Domenico in Noto was created in 1757. It was intended to be reminiscent of Bernini’s masterpiece Fountain of the Four Rivers in Rome’s Piazza Novana, and probably, since he possesses a shield of the city, symbolizes the strength of the community that rebuilt after the devastating earthquake…

  • So Beautiful, It Must Go

    A close-up of one of Noto’s flower petal carpets from the 2016 Infiorata. Once the weekend festival comes to and end, the children of the town are invited to gleefully destroy the art work, a gesture that represents a new generation coming and letting going of the past. (Photo Credit: Experience Sicily’s local guide Sebastiano…

  • The Power of Flower Petals in Noto

    The 37th annual Infiorata in Noto is in full swing! Hundreds of people from around the world lined via Nicolaci on Saturday to view the flower carpets designed after the theme, “Traditions, myths, and legends” that celebrates “Hosting the world.” I’m fortunate to have received this photo from Experience Sicily’s local guide Sebastiano Garifo. Thank…

  • Behind the Scenes at Noto’s 2016 Infiorata

    Today, artists were hard at work along via Nicolaci in Noto preparing their entries into the 2016 Infiorata. Our good friend GelsominoImports.com is fortunate enough to be in the Baroque city for the festival. These photos by Niki Masino give us a good idea of the planning and execution of the flower petal carpets. Hopefully,…