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  • Ortigia Sound System

    Going on now through 31 July in Ortigia (Where the Piazza del Duomo pictured is located.) is the 3rd annual Ortigia Sound System, a music, design, and culture festival. Contemporary bands and DJs take to the streets, boats, and pop-up concert venues to push boundaries of modern music and entertainment. Designers host workshops about building…

  • Stroll through Taormina

    A view of Taormina’s main shopping street, Corso Umberto, from the Church of San Giuseppe on Piazza IX Aprile We’ll wake up here on Day 9 of this September’s Savoring Sicily tour. Contact me at AllisonScola@ExperienceSicily.com to learn about the special offer I have going on right now.

  • Caravaggio and Gelato

    Italy is renowned for its public squares. And Ortigia, the island that was the center of life in ancient-Greek Siracusa, has one of the most beautiful piazzas you’ll love to relish. On Day 6 of Savoring Sicily (this September 22-October 4), after taking in the Caravaggio featuring Santa Lucia at one end and luxuriating in…

  • Bellini is Tops

    Catania and Sicily are very proud of their “son,” the opera composer, Vincenzo Bellini (1801-1835) featured here in Catania’s center. Bellini was born into a family of musicians in Catania and left Sicily at 18 years old to study at the conservatory in Naples. He lived abroad for the rest of his virtuosic life, dying…

  • A Piazza in Scicli

    The Piazza Busacca in Scicli was named for one of the Baroque town’s benefactors, Pietro di Lorenzo Busacca, who lived in the 19th century.

  • Say Cheese

    New friends who my client Anthony and I met in the piazza in Marineo, Provincia di Palermo, the town from where Anthony’s father emigrated to the U.S. In the early 20th century. These gentlemen helped us locate Anthony’s distant cousin who lives down the street from the piazza.

  • Enchanting Sicily, Day 7: Exquisite Ortigia

    LIVE from Sicily! | Despite the rain–we are having an unheard of amount of rain!–Ortigia is still beautiful! Here’s a look at the Piazza del Duomo today. | Experience Sicily’s Enchanting Sicily tour, Day 7.

  • 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,…

  • Taormina’s Memorable Piazza IX Aprile

    Perhaps Taormina’s most memorable square is Piazza IX Aprile. The Church of San Giuseppe with its double stairway has held court here since the 17th century, while the historic Wunderbar Caffè has played host to the likes of Truman Capote, Winston Churchill, Tennessee Williams, Henry Faulkner, Greta Garbo, Elizabeth Taylor, and many others. As beautiful…