Sicily Guide

San Vito Lo Capo si one of the first Sicilian resorts to ease the access to the beach for disabled people. This year the city is financing a project to introduce special wheelchairs on the beach for disable people. Two thumbs up for the initiative!

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The Mondello Tower in Palermo will reopen this coming Saturday June 28. Built in 1455 to defend the old fishery from the Arab attacks, the tower will be open to the public on Sundays and Saturdays. Entrance will be free for the first four weeks.

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99 new archeological sites mainly located around Syracuse and Ragusa have been added to Sicily’s rich heritage: 48 are prehistoric and 51 are dated back to 300 and 500 AD.

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The name of the new science museum, the only one of this type in Sicily, will be Domus Archimedea. The museum is dedicated to Archimedes and will be located right in the heart of the city of Syracuse, next to the Archeological Museum. This project is financed by the Sicilian Region.

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Frommer’s online offers one of the most detailed list of events in Sicily I have seen on the Internet.
Check it out at
http://events.frommers.com/sisp/frommers2/index.htm?fx=guide&frommers_id=3224

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Rich with seafood, citrus, olives, and almond sweets, the cuisine of the sun-drenched island of Sicily reflects the influence of Greeks, Norman French, Tunisians, and Italians, among others. Unlike guidebooks that sweep Sicily into an overview of Italy, this latest addition to the award-winning Eat Smart series focuses solely on the cuisine of Sicily. Eat […]

Jane Owen took a spring break and found blossom, snow and mudbaths all in three days.
Sicily is one of Europe’s few destinations that can genuinely claim to offer something for everyone including skiers, volcanologists - and, for anyone in search of the bizarre - the catacombs of Palermo where clothed corpses pose in various positions. […]

Banco di Sicilia can play an important role against the mafia in Sicily by funding sound and competitive companies, the chairman of the Sicilian unit of Italian bank UniCredit (CRDI.MI: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) said on Tuesday.
Speaking to foreign journalists in Milan, Ivan Lo Bello said the mafia had a “parasitic” business culture which […]

The center-right is ahead all across Sicily in provincial elections. The first figures, though only partial, see the Pdl and allies Udc and Mpa winning the majority in all eight provinces were voting is in progress. In Messina they reach a peak of 83%, followed by 81% in Palermo, 72% in Agrigento, and then Caltanissetta […]

If the last fifteen years of Italian wine have been a story of ever increasing success and recognition - and this is precisely what developments on the world’s quality markets confirm - a good deal of the credit must logically be given to the unique character and personality of the country’s grapes. Which are not […]