Experience Sicily

Tag: summer

  • Commune With the Countryside

    Join me… On September 27, we’ll be in the Sicilian countryside communing with the shepard and his dogs… If they let us… Sheep dogs are very protective!  Contact me for the full 8-day, multi-sensory itinerary at AllisonScola@ExperienceSicily.com.  PS, I arrived this morning in Sicily! Follow me here for my current adventures.

  • Savor the Sauce 

    We’ll be getting into the tasty details on September 26 in Sicily. I know you’ll savor the sauce that we’ll make in our hands-on cooking class with Annalisa of GoSicily! Contact me at AllisonScola@ExperienceSicily.com for the full, 8-day, multi-sensory, small-group tour itinerary (September 23-30, 2017). 

  • On the Tyrrhenian Sea

    Feel the wind in your hair upon a boat on the Tyrrhenian Sea as you dance along the coast of the Lo Zingaro (The Gypsy) Nature Preserve … The sun could be shining on you on September 24 … Contact me at AllisonScola@ExperienceSicily for the full small-group, 8-day, multi-sensory tour itinerary. 

  • It’s Ferragosto. Let’s go to the beach!

    Sicily is shutting down. Well, all of Italy is really, because it’s Ferragosto! After Christmas and Easter, Ferragosto is the most important holiday of the year. Monday, August 15 is the holiday; however, most Italians use it as the centerpiece of a longer vacation. The cities empty out, and citizens head to the mountains or…

  • Sicilian Twilight 

    The sea at Aspra with Monte Catalfano in the background 

  • Melon Yellow

    These beautiful yellow melons are now coming in to season in Sicily. These are so good! Sweet and juicy when ripened to “just right.” The town of Joppolo Giancaxio (Agrigento province) will celebrate their harvest of these melons with a sagra this coming weekend. Tastings of melon-based dishes will be enjoyed alongside arts and crafts…

  • 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…

  • Sicilian Holiday

    Buona festa! It’s Ferragosto! This week marks “ferie” throughout Italy. Italians and Sicilians close up shop in the cities and flock to the sea or mountains to meet-up with friends and family to enjoy vacation. For Sicilians who live outside of Sicily, it’s a time to return to Sicily for Ferragosto-related feasts in honor of…

  • Palermo’s Quattro Canti: She Represents Summer

    At the center of Palermo, the intersection of Corso Vittorio Emanuele and Via Maqueda is called Quattro Canti, or Four Corners. Quattro Canti is octagonal in shape, and it is flanked by four 18th century Baroque facades, each with a fountain and a series of statues. On the first level–the street level–are images representing the…