Sicily Guide

According to the OMT (The World Tourism Organization), Italy still keeps its fifth position as one of the most visited destinations in the world. Last year, tourist arrivals reached the record of 898 million travelers (+6,2%). Italy recorded an increase of 6,6% from January through October 2007. France, Spain, USA and China are the leading […]

Coincidences happen. It is just a few days ago that I talked badly about the industrial area of Giammoro and praised Aicon for its successes. Just yesterday I came across an article published on Il Corriere della Sera, the major Italian newspaper, where the journalist highlights the environmental disasters of the area concerning the city […]

The agony of Italia.it lasted 18 months. Somehow, the life of this portal resembles the life of the Prodi administration. When it was launched, the government went through a confidence vote and now that it was shut down permanently, the Prodi administration did not pass another confidence vote.
It is a mix of things that drags […]

After so much pressure, Cuffaro, Sicily’s president, finally makes the right decision for Sicily and resigns…
Salvatore “Toto” Cuffaro, president of Sicily’s regional government, resigned today following a public outcry after he celebrated a five-year prison sentence against him by handing out pastries in his office.
Cuffaro was found guilty of obstruction of justice and sentenced […]

Palermo will have a brand new bike lane in 270 days. This bike lane will connect via Archirafi to the Parco della Favorita and will cover 6KM (about 3.75 miles). The construction company Tecnital spa was appointed for this project. The cost of the bike lane is about 877,000 Euros and is financed by the […]

Agriturismo attracts more tourists and Sicily offers more agriturismo structures. According to the Agriturist Guide 2008 recently pubished by Confagricoltura , agriturismo structures are up 5,8% in Sicily in 2007. However, even if the supply grows, tourists increase only by %2 last year. More foreign tourists are staying at an agriturismo (+8%) than domestic (-2%). […]

I started SicilyGuide.com because I thought there was little out there that talked about Sicily in the right way. Perhaps, I should have started an Italy Guide. In spite of the big money spent on the www.italia.it web portal, Amadeus denounces that Italy lags behind other countries and registered little visibility on the Internet today. […]

This is old news now and I do not know for which reason I overlooked at it before, but I think it is worthy mentioning.
Planeta’s Sicily is at the top of the classification by the “Grand Jury Europeen”, one of the most exclusive and influential wine tasting teams world wide. In fact, the winery’s blend […]

The internationally famous Sagra del Mandorlo in Fiore (Almond Festival) in Agrigento risked being cancelled this year because the city said there was no money for its promotion. The Siciliam Region stepped out to save the event and promised some money. The head of the tourism department of the Sicilian Region, Dore Misuraca, affirmed that […]

I have to say the center-right is pro business, but I have nver seen so many excellent Mafia arrests happening as with this center-left administration.
According to BBC News, Italian police have arrested 39 people in the Sicilian city of Palermo on suspicion of involvement in the island’s Mafia. The arrests followed intelligence gathered after November’s […]