Experience Sicily

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  • 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!

  • A New Film Version Of The Leopard

    Back at the end of May, when I was in Palermo, I was fortunate to witness the filming of a new version of Il Gattopardo (or The Leopard), the novel by Giuseppe Tomaso di Lampedusa for Netflix. The Visconti original from 1963 with Burt Lancaster as the nobile Prince Don Fabrizio, will be hard to…

  • Ten Years Of Experience Sicily

    Post 3000 of Experience Sicily! Today, I celebrate 10 years of posting about Sicily on Instagram, Facebook, and WordPress! Yes, I started this adventure ten years ago. For me, it starts here: Bagheria and Porticello, my ancestral towns – – now, my second home (But I now often wonder of it is actually my first…

  • A Fishing Boat In Porticello Inspires Me To Remember

    Commercial fishing boat in Porticello (Palermo Province), the village where my grandfather was born and lived before emigrating to the United States in April 1913 My grandfather was 17 years old when he emigrated. First, like many from Porticello, he went to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where he worked as a marble mason. Eventually, he settled in…

  • Flying Into Sicily: Palermo Or Catania?

    When traveling to Sicily, plan to fly into one airport and out of the other. That way, you don’t lose a day going back to where you started. For example, if you arrived in Palermo and you will be here for more than 7 days, then I recommend that you leave from Catania after traveling…

  • What To Do When Your Passport Is About To Expire And You Leave for Italy the Next Day

    At 10:50 PM on Thursday night I received a call from one of our Experience Sicily consultation clients (A client who independently reserves their own trip with our advisement for route, hotels, guides, excursions, cooking classes, etc). Andrea and her husband were leaving at 5 PM on Friday, and she hadn’t looked at her passport…

  • Travel to Sicily This May

    Come with me to Sicily! We’ve got one spot left on our May 2018 Sicily tour, Myths & Mysteries of Sicily, for a couple or a single traveler! Together we will delight in a multi-sensory, off-the-beaten path experience that will stir your soul. Contact me today to travel to Sicily with a small group at…