Experience Sicily

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  • Beat the Heat with Granita 

    There are many ways to beat the heat in the summer, and one way is with a chilled granita. Granita in Sicily is serious business. I enjoyed this lemon one pictured, exactly a year ago on a hot day in Scicli. Granita is best when flavored naturally with the juices of a fruit (or another…

  • In Scicli, Somebody’s Watching You

    It seems everywhere you turn in Scicli, you are being watched by the Baroque faces that grace the sides of buildings and under balconies.

  • A Hillside in Scicli

    The “Late Sicilian Baroque” town of Scicli was rebuilt into the hillsides after the devastating 1693 earthquake.

  • 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.

  • Sit Back and Enjoy the Ride

    As you travel between Modica, Scicli, and Ragusa in south eastern Sicily, take note of the wheat fields and the long, man-made stone walls.

  • The Green Man in Scicli

    Baroque face on balcony support, Scicli.

  • Away in a Manger

    Throughout Sicily, building and viewing presepe, or the nativity scene, is a Christmas tradition. From table top diorama-sized statues, like this one pictured from Chiesa di San Bartolomeo in Scicli, to performances featuring actors and live animals that can be found in towns like Sutera, Gangi, and Termini Imerese, to name just a few, displaying…

  • Baroque in Scicli

    Part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site “The Late Baroque Towns of Val di Noto,” the town of Scicli boasts breathtaking Baroque architecture from the 17th century.

  • The Feast of the Immaculate Conception

    Festa dell’Immacolata or the Feast of the Immaculate Conception is celebrated throughout Italy on December 8. The day recognizes that the Virgin Mary, the mother of Jesus, was conceived without original sin–something with which, in Catholic dogma, every person is considered to have been born. In Sicily, on December 7th and 8th, there are many…