The joy of Taormina is its Corso Umberto I, the main pedestrian way. Lined with cafès, boutiques, restaurants, gelaterias, and curiosities, it attracts the world. Start at the Porta Messina. Linger at the Piazza IX Aprile, step into the Duomo, and take a moment to recognize what you just witnessed at the Porta Catania.
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52 Reasons to Love Sicily | #50. Inspired, Creative Accommodations
Over the last ten years, Sicily’s tourism industry has matured and grown, and the amount and diversity of accommodations available to tourists is abundant. In a city like Ragusa, for example, right here in the old town of Ragusa Ibla, there exists everything from Locanda Don Serafino, an historic hotel with luxurious rooms furnished inside…
Marzamemi: Dinner, Shopping, And A Passeggiata In Sicily
Marzamemi is a charming fishing village on the Ionian Sea coast of southeastern Sicily. Today it attracts tourists and locals alike to its excellent restaurants and boutiques. After dinner, it’s a perfect place for a gelato and a passeggiata.
Lights Light Up The Night In Sicily
This is an evening passeggiata in Licodia Eubea along the Strada Lunga (main street). The luminarie (light archways) are a tradition in Sicily, displayed for feast celebrations. These photographed are for the Feast of Santa Margherita, the town’s patron saint. You can walk along with the locals during our Experience Sicily Life In A Remote…
Take a Passeggiata in Taormina
Take a passeggiata with me down Taormina’s Corso Umberto! Shops, cafès, charming alleyways, balconies draped with flowers and ceramics… It’s bewitching! Watch my Facebook Live broadcast on our Experience Sicily Facebook page… Then join us in May for our Myths & Mysteries tour, which starts here! We’re offering an additional $100 incentive per person for…
Until the Next Time!
This evening, my cousin Giulia and I strolled down Via Maqueda in Palermo. It was a perfect evening, my final one for this trip. Bitter sweet as always… Arrivederci Sicily! Alla prossima!
Enchanting Sicily, Day 11: Passeggiata Palermitana
LIVE from Sicily! | Today we spent the day in Palermo. First stop, my cousin Silvana’s home where we talked with her husband Maurizio and his colleague Geri who are magistrates in Palermo. We learned about organized crime and the work that they do to combat this very real and very disturbing fact about Sicily…
Enchanting Sicily, Day 6: Dreamy Marzamemi
LIVE from Sicily! | I’ve dreamed of coming here to Marzamemi, a picturesque fishing village on Sicily’s southeast corner. Finally today, my dream became reality. We dined at an exquisite restaurant… enjoying a long lunch of modern Sicilian cuisine with the waves lapping at our table as we gazed out at the sea. Then after,…
Passeggiata in Modica
Passeggiata in Modica. (Photo Credit: Experience Sicily’s Filippo Buttitta)