The Aeolian Islands by John Campbell
Aeolian Islands are a group of small volcanic islands off the north coast of Sicily. The largest island is Lipari, and rather confusingly, the archipelago is often referred to as the Lipari Islands. Photo credits - ENIT
Grand Hotel Timeo: Sicily travel raised to 5-star standards
Grand Hotel Timeo was built in 1873 and expanded over the years along a dramatic hilltop promontory with three private villas that maximize the head-on views of Mount Etna and the bay of Naxos. Photo credits - Grand Hotel Timeo
Mount Etna might erupt again
Domenico Patanè - director of INGV (The Italian Institute of Geology and Volcanology) - is warning that Mount Etna in Sicily might erupt again. On April 8, Mount Etna recorded two explosive eruptions. Photo credits - ENIT
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Donnafugata Golf Resort & Spa just opened
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Sculptures of Borsellino and Falcone vandalized
Eighteen years after they were both killed by Cosa Nostra, Sicilian anti-Mafia investigators Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino still upset some people in Palermo. Or so it would seem, given that last Saturday sculptures of the investigators, placed in central Viale Della Liberta, were vandalized. Today marks the 18th anniversary of the Via D’Amelio... [Read more of this review]
Enel just opened Archimede, a new innovative solar plant in Sicily
Photo credits - ANSA The Archimede Project is the first integration, worldwide, of a gas combined cycle and a solar thermodynamic power plant. The Archimede plant is the first in the world to use molten salts as the heat transfer fluid and is also the first in the world to integrate a combined-cycle gas facility and a solar thermal power plant for... [Read more of this review]
Magica Italia with Berlusconi speaking on the background (video)
Magica Italia is the new video commercial that is going to air in Italy to boost tourism. Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi speaks on the background. Will this video really help tourism and convince Italians to book their summer vacation at home? Video length 31 sec. SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Magica Italia with Berlusconi speaking on the background... [Read more of this review]
Four Sicilian beaches receive the Bandiera Blu (Blue Flag)
Pozzallo, Photo credits - nolobarchesaturno.it Menfi, Pozzallo, Marina di Ragusa (Ragusa) and Fiumefreddo di Sicilia-Marina di Cottone (Catania) have been awarded by FEE (Foundation for Environmental Education) with the prestigious Bandiera Blu (Blue Flag). For Menfi, this is the thirteen consecutive Bandiera Blu! The Blue Flag Program is owned and... [Read more of this review]
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