Experience Sicily

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  • A Powerful Impression

    At the Temple of Heracles in Agrigento’s Valley of the Temples, you’ll find eight reconstructed Doric-style columns from the massive 6th century BC structure. Like the Greek god for which it’s named, the sacred edifice leaves a powerful impression.

  • Smoking in the Distance

    Panorama with Mount Etna in the far distance.

  • Salt Grinder

    This is the Maria Stella windmill from the Trapani salt pans. It is one of many windmills whose movement worked a mechanism that ground salt that had been collected from the flats when the sea water held in the flats evaporated. In the past, when this windmill was in use, its large wooded blades were…

  • As Far As The Eyes Can See

    Sicily’s interior, province of Caltanissetta. 

  • Up the Steps from Via Atenea

    If you’re in Agrigento, follow the set of steps off of Via Atenea. Once you get to the top (There are many, many steps!), you’ll find the Monastero di Santo Spirito, pictured here, where, since 1290 Cistercian nuns have served the Church. Traditionally, the nuns were cloistered (meaning, they secluded themselves from the world). Today…

  • The Tyrrhenian Sea

    The Tyrrhenian Sea from the outlook over Castellammare del Golfo.

  • Swimming in Her Sea

    Last summer, I swam here, at Isola delle Femmine, by jumping from the side of a glass-bottomed boat.

  • Picture Perfect Levanzo

    Levanzo (The accent is on the Le.) is the smallest island of the Egadi Islands off of the northwest coast of Sicily. Its crystal clear marina is lined with white-washed houses and buildings. If you visit, be sure to bring a sunhat, because it is as hot as it is beautiful.

  • In Sicily, Yellow and Blue Makes Wine

    In the western provinces of Sicily, the Grillo grape varietal soaks up the sun to make Marsala wine.