Tag: september sicily tour
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January 24 – 25, Sharing Sicily-Love at the NY Travel Show
Oh, yeah… I remember this smile! Summer seems so far away… These days I am sitting all day and night in front of my computer screen: the shadow of my work as a tour operator! The heavy lifting to plan and reserve the details for 2026 is happening as we speak! Warm weather will return…
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Become Part Of The Gang In Sicily
Become part of the gang during Cooking In Sicily: Stirring Sicily, September 16 to 23, our Experience Sicily cooking, food, and wine experience in Sicily. Read the full itinerary at https://experiencesicily.com/2020-tours-of-sicily/stirring-sicily-sept-2020/ and then, contact me at AllisonScola@ExperienceSicily.com to reserve your spot. Save when you book by March 1!
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The Joy Of Cooking In Sicily
What joy it is to learn classic Sicilian recipes from GoSicily Sicilian Cooking Experience, one of three local hosts with whom we meet during our Experience Sicily small-group tour, Cooking In Sicily: Stirring Sicily. One day during September 16-23, 2020, Chef Antonino Elia and I will be back in Annalisa’s kitchen outside of Agrigento with…
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Cooking in Sicily Like A Family
“The whole experience of going into town to the butcher to get the sausage and then spending the afternoon outdoors with the group getting the meal prepared was wonderful. Everyone in our group was so nice and a pleasure to be around. I felt like I was with family,” wrote Linda from Madison, New Jersey,…
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Fall in Love with Palermo
Markets are a thrilling way to understand a culture and rub elbows with the locals. On many of our small-group tours, an expert local guide leads us through the markets of Palermo. She introduces us to the ways of the Palermitani, from what to purchase that day, to where to find the best arancina in…
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La Cala: Palermo’s Ancient Port
Today, Palermo’s La Cala is one of the city’s marinas. In ancient times, it was the principal port of the city (Today, the much larger, modern port is down the street.). La Cala has changed a lot over the centuries. On Day 11 of Experience Sicily’s Sept. 22-Oct. 4 Savoring Sicily tour, after a stimulating morning discourse about…
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How are the Acoustics?
The Ear of Dionysius (Orecchio di Dionisio) is an enormous cave in the archaeological area in Siracusa. It was a prison for centuries. Legend is that the tyrant Dionysius could hear prisoners’ whispers utilizing the former quarry’s acoustics. On the morning of Day 8 of September’s Savoring Sicily tour, we’ll see how true that is!…
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Get Your Shoes Dirty
Truth be told, I’m in Alaska as I write this. But all-the-while I’m traveling here, I’m thinking of Sicily. And I’m thinking about how to provide our guests with a multi-sensory experience in the land that I love. Today, we traveled to the Yukon territory in a bus and then returned by old-fashioned train. We…
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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…