Experience Sicily

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  • Lookout Tower On The Sea

    Lookout tower, Santa Maria La Scala on the Ionian Sea

  • She’s A Tuff Mountain

    Monte Catalfano hosted an important quarry, pictured, of a soft rock composed of volcanic materials such as ash, lava, and magma. This rock is known as Aspra tuff, or “tufa,” in Italian. Down the road from where this photo was taken, the villas of Bagheria such as Palagonia, Cattolica, Butera, Valguarnera, and Spedalotto were constructed…

  • The Mediterranean’s Black Pearl

    A glimpse of the coast of Usitca, a volcanic island reached by ferry from Palermo.

  • Aspra Tuff

    Bagheria’s villas such as Palagonia, Cattolica, Butera, Valguarnera, and Spedalotto were constructed with Aspra tuff, or “tufa,” in Italian, from this centuries-old quarry on the side of Mount Catalfano. Tuff is a soft rock composed of volcanic materials such as ash, lava, and magma.