Tag: swimming
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Seasily
Just because seeing the sea in Sicily makes me happy. I hope it makes you happy too.
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Ustica: Sweet Dream
Ustica is a dream! And it’s an island 32 miles or 52 kilometers off of the Sicilian coast from Palermo. Experience Sicily’s Evelina Buttitta lived on Ustica for two years, teaching Latin and Italian literature ans grammar in its public school. The single town on the island, depending on the time of year, has about 1000…
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Sicily’s White Cliffs
La Scala dei Turchi in Realmonte on the southern coast of Sicily are white cliffs that pour into the sea. The cliffs are made of a type of marl or marlstone, a hard-mud material that is a combination of calcium carbonate and lime mixed with other types of clay and silt. Like the Cliffs of…
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Enchanting Sicily, Day 1
I am thrilled because our September 2015 Experience Sicily tour starts here at Scopello! Not only is it the site of this ancient tuna fishery and breathtaking “faraglioni,” or rock stacks, but it’s also the site of a charming village with artsy shops and local tratorrie in which you can duck in and out of…
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Let’s Go Swimming… Here
These white limestone and clay cliffs are called la Scala dei Turchi–the Stairs of the Turks. They are near Agrigento, and in June, during Experience Sicily’s Soulful and Sunny Sicily experiential tour, I’ll be bringing a small group to swim here after we explore the UNESCO Heritage Site Valley of the Temples. Perhaps we’ll find…
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Yes, It’s Really that Color
Dreaming of summer and swimming at Lo Zingaro Nature Preserve.
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Pinch Me
It’s been a hot few days in Sicily, and yesterday afternoon we took a refreshing swim here at Lo Scopello. Lo Scopello is the site of an old tuna fishery. The beautiful rock stacks or, i faraglioni, rising from the crystal sea, make for a breathtaking scene.
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Swimming in Her Sea
Last summer, I swam here, at Isola delle Femmine, by jumping from the side of a glass-bottomed boat.