Sicily Guide

One of my favorite Sicilian reds… The wine: Planeta 2006 Cerasuolo di Vittoria, IGT Sicilia
The reason: This week’s wine is deliciously easy to like and thoroughly unlike any other wine I have tasted.
Cerasuolo di Vittoria is a distinctive wine made in south eastern Sicily, not far from those wonderful baroque towns Ragusa and Noto […]

Comiso Airport in the Ragusa province might be opening as early as September 10. Stay tuned for further news.

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Sicilian culture is intense, vibrant and colorful.
During my travels throughout Sicily this week, I realize that Sicilians are healthy because much of their culture revolves around healthful ingredients as well as the dinner table. Meals and snacks are combined with daily exercise such as walking or biking.
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A peasant and an island changed the life of the Llewellyn family, writes Kelsey Munro.
Lipari is the largest of the volcanic islands off the north-east coast of Sicily. Crowded with tourists in the summer, with honey stone buildings, painted fishing boats bobbing in the small harbour and the smoking cone of the active volcano Stromboli […]

Syracuse, Siracusa in Italian, was founded in 733BC. It was once a mighty Greek colony about triple the size of today’s city. There are many Greek and Roman sites of interest, including a Greek theater and Roman arena. The vibrant modern city is interesting as well and Ortygia Island has ruins and a small historic […]

After decades of Mafia rule in Sicily, locals are fighting back - and they are asking tourists to help them, by staying in B&Bs, eating in restaurants and shopping in delis that refuse to pay protection money.
It was Sunday lunchtime in Palermo’s Piazza San Francesco and the air was thick with charcoal smoke and […]

I’m standing on top of Mount Etna. I hadn’t really thought about what it would be like to stand on top of an active volcano.
I’d just casually thought: “Oh well, here I am in Sicily, I’d better go see Mt Etna.”
It’s bloody cold. I’d been warned about that. Still it comes as a surprise just […]

Thanks to his very entertaining blog, “Coaching for Pizza,” I was aware of some of George Contreras’ adventures coaching American football in Italy, which range from playing on fields with goal posts duct-taped in place to backing into a glass door and nearly setting Italian-American relations back by years.
But with the longtime local high school […]

Each spring, the fishermen of the little Italian island of Favignana go to sea to hunt giant tuna, which they harpoon and hoist on board their boats in a bloody ritual called the mattanza.
A traveler with a strong stomach can arrange to go out in fishing boats in May and June, the prime season on […]

Roma went into this final match of the season just one point behind Serie A leaders Inter. The Giallorossi knew that they would win the Scudetto if they defeated Catania, and Inter drew or lost their game at Parma.
Catania meanwhile also had a lot to play for, as they needed a point to guarantee […]