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  • Curious In Palazzolo Acreide | Join Us Tuesday Online

    I’m curious. I like to notice things like this, the longest baroque balcony in Sicily. It’s found in Palazzolo Acreide. Palazzolo Acreide is one of the eight towns that make up the “Late Baroque Towns of the Val di Noto” UNESCO World Heritage Site. Sicily has seven UNESCO World Heritage Sites, more than any other region…

  • La Befana Knows

    Whether you are naughty or good, La Befana knows! If you misbehaved over the last year, then this friendly witch could leave you coal or sticks in your stocking. If you were well-behaved, then she might leave you candy or other goodies (In the past, it might have been dried figs, dates, honey, and almonds.).…

  • Complimentary Sicily Travel Q&A Online January 16

    Get ready! It’s time to plan your 2024 travels to Sicily. Join us on Tuesday, January 16 at 7:30pm Eastern for a free online presentation and Q&A all about traveling to Sicily. When you know all the cool things you can do throughout the year during a trip with Experience Sicily – – like walk…

  • Experience the Wines of Sicily January 6 in New York City

    Please join award-winning author Benjamin North Spencer of Etna Wine School and me, Allison Scola of Experience Sicily, on Saturday, January 6 at 3PM in New York City at Cacio e Pepe restaurant for an afternoon enogastronomic tour of Sicily! That is, a wine tasting! Learn more and register at Experience the Wines of Sicily!

  • 2024 Small Group Sicily Tours Early Incentive Offers

    I know you may be thinking about shopping. It’s impossible not to when your inbox is full of special deals. Well, we at Experience Sicily during this time of year always offer early registration incentive discounts of up to $300 for most of our next season’s small group tours. Just visit our 2024 Tour Page…

  • Santa Lucia Will Light Our Way: Join Us On Dec. 10 in New York City

    Today in NY the day grew dark very early. This is when I know that the Feast of Santa Lucia is drawing close. On Sun., Dec. 10 at Cacio e Pepe restaurant in New York City, we’ll gather together for our annual Sicilian-inspired luncheon for the patroness of light, eyes, insight, and wheat. It’s time…

  • Remembering Father Pino Puglisi of Palermo

    “I’ve been expecting you.” That’s what Father Pino Puglisi said to his assassins when they came to kill him in cold blood on his birthday September 15, 1993. When they confessed, his killers said he looked them in the eyes peacefully. They turned themselves in because they were haunted by his smile. “Who kills a…

  • Walking Alongside The Black Madonna Of Tindari

    Last evening, in anticipation for today’s Feast of the Madonna, I made a pilgrimage to Tindari to see the procession of the Madonna Nera, the Black Madonna of Tindari. I’ve been devoted to this Madonna for many years, so to finally be able to attend the feast with other devotees was special for me. Tindari…

  • Lentini, Sicily’s Feast for Sant’Alfio

    Attending the Feast of Sant’Alfio in Lentini last week during Photography in Sicily was very moving. The annual ritual they practice is called “I Nudi,” the nudes. Devotees are barefoot and only dressed in shorts (women wear shirts) carrying flowers in one hand and holding their other hand at their backs. In this posture, they…