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  • The White Cliffs Of Sicily

    White and pristine, these seaside cliffs are coveted by Sicilians, and are a priceless gift from Madre Terra (Mother Nature). La Scala dei Turchi, or Stairs of the Turks, is a natural phenomenon of hard-mud material that is a combination of calcium carbonate and lime mixed with other types of clay and silt, called marl…

  • Terry’s Photos From Stunning Sicily

    Some photos from Stunning Sicily by our client Terry Preskar, October 2021. When can we return?

  • 52 Reasons to Love Sicily | #31. Extraordinary Natural Beauty

    Scala dei Turchi will take your breath away, especially early in the morning or during the off-season when she is all yours. When you see the hard-mud material, called marlstone or marl, pouring into the turquoise Mediterranean waters, the contrast of snow-like earth to gem-like sea is phenomenal.

  • Blue Skies At Sicily’s White Cliffs

    Blue skies, nothing but blue skies…at la Scala dei Turchi. La Scala dei Turchi, or Stairs of the Turks, are made of a hard-mud material that is a combination of calcium carbonate and lime mixed with other types of clay and silt, called marl or marlstone. A popular swimming spot, La Scala dei Turchi, in…

  • Summer Breeze Above the Sea at Scala dei Turchi

    Scala dei Turchi (aka the Stairs of the Turks) was named after a local legend that recounts when Turkish, AKA Saracen, pirates scaled the white cliffs that pour like stairs into the Africa-facing sea.

  • The White Cliffs Of Sicily

    The marl stone cliffs of Sicily’s south coast, Scala dei Turchi, west of Agrigento

  • It Looks Like Snow

    Yes, it looks like snow, but this isn’t snow. In fact, I took this photo while hiking in Sicily in July! It is the natural wonder of Scala dei Turchi, or Stairs of the Turks, on Sicily’s south coast near Agrigento. The white cliffs pictured are made of a hard-mud material that is a combination…

  • Scaling the South Coast of Sicily

    Live from Sicily! I have been to Scala dei Turchi, the white marl stone cliffs of Sicily’s south coast, many times. I have stayed above them and swam here, but always approached from the street above. Finally yesterday, realizing a dream, as part of a Campagnia dei Cammini walking excursion led by Nanni Di Falco…

  • Inhale Sicily

    Coastline, Realmonte, Agrigento Province, Sicily