Tag: valley of the temples
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The Real Thing Is Brownish Green
Yesterday, a friend asked me if the color of pistachio gelato made with real pistachios is not bright green (which indicates food coloring was used), but a more brownish green color. The answer is yes, it is brownish green! Here’s my second breakfast (Yes, Sicilians eat this for breakfast.) when I was at Valley of…
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Dining Amongst the Gods
After our visit to the Valley of the Temples, we had lunch like the ancients, hosted by ArcheoCuisine. Our hostess Alessandra, an archeologist and food historian, and her team created a beautiful experience for us in the shadow of the Temple of Hercules that consisted of foods made with Sicilian ancient grains such as Tumminia…
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Agrigento: Blooming With Music and Dance
This year’s Sagra del Mandorlo in Fiore in Agrigento is ongoing (This photo, by my cousin Filippo Buttitta, was taken at the 2016 feast.). Folk dance and music groups from all over the world gather annually to share their cultural patrimony at the UNESCO site Valley of the Temples and throughout the city. Although I’ve…
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Archeological Mysteries Brought to Life
In 1996, I backpacked throughout Europe by myself for two months, on a budget of just $50 a day. It was an exhilarating, remarkable journey: My Grand Tour. Being on a tight budget (so I could keep traveling until my last penny ran out!), I rarely had the luxury of a guide explaining to me…
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Join Us For Ancient Italy
Next summer experience Sicily and Campania through a multigenerational tour exploring art, myth, and food, June 29-July 8, 2018. Feast on History and Experience Sicily have teamed up to offer this unique journey through southern Italy and Sicily! Highlights include tours of Paestum (pictured left), Pompeii, Valley of the Temples (pictured right), and the markets…
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Google in Agrigento
Those fortunate enough to have an in with Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg, or who were invited as VIPs to attend the annual Google Camp, were at “the place to be” last night: Agrigento’s Valley of the Temples. For the third year in a row, Bill Gates (in cooperation with Google Camp) rented the UNESCO…
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Be Transformed by Sicily in September
Come with me this September for Experience Siciy’s small-group, multi-sensory Enchanting Sicily tour. It’s 8 days and 7 nights from September 23-30 that will transform you. We’ll visit the Temple of Juno, pictured … And you’ll experience so much more. We’ve got 2 spots left! Learn more at https://experiencesicily.com/enchanting-sicily/. Contact me at AllisonScola@ExperienceSicily.com to join…
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Sicily’s Rare Goat, the Capra Girgentana
Distinguished by their spiral, tall horns and long hair, this rare breed of goat, called capra girgentana, is valuable for its milk that possesses an equal amount of fat to protein. The name girgentana recalls the old Sicilian name of the city of Agrigento, Girgenti. During the mid-twentieth century, throughout southwestern Sicily, girgentana goats numbered…
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Splurge in Agrigento
This is the view from our hotel room tonight. On your trip, this is where you splurge on a 5-star hotel … in Agrigento! Here’s what you are looking at: The Temple of Concordia is named for a Latin inscription that was found on a dedication marker unearthed in the vicinity of the archaeological site–i.e.,…