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Sicily is the island of sun, sea and beautiful cities teeming with life and color, but, in addition to this, this territory also offers the opportunity to be explored with itineraries of another kind. The beautiful medieval villages, close to the sea or carved into the rock, contain the secrets of Sicilian history and are waiting to be discovered a...

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Italy’s southern island of Sicily is a huge 10 million square chunk of volcanic land in the Mediterranean with a population of five million. But off its northwestern coast are three small Aegadian islands, 175 miles from Tunis, of which the largest, Favignana, is less than three miles at its widest point with a population of just over 4,000 people....

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Around 40 shipwrecked vessels dating from world war two have been discovered off the coast of Lampedusa, the tiny Italian island between Sicily and Tunisia. The discoveries were made between 20 and 100 nautical miles from the island's coast, at a depth ranging from 33 to 140 metres, reports news agency ANSA. The ships, all sunk during attacks in th...

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Moments before his death after being shot by Sicilian mobsters, Judge Rosario Livatino said: “But what have I done to you?” His final words echoing Jesus Christ on the cross: “O my people, what have I done to you?” as celebrated in some Good Friday liturgies. The same words appear in the Old Testament, pronounced by God in Micah 6:3. “Like Jesus, J...

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It is one of the most-frequented destinations of sun-worshippers, scuba-divers and nature lovers, and it is the last trace of Italian terrain before the African coast. Lampedusa, glorious, sun-bleached island south of Sicily, helps to create the Pelagian Archipelago (“islands of the high sea” in Greek etymology), along with neighboring island Linos...

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There are two feasts dedicated to Santa Rosalia in Palermo. The whole month of September is a feast on the Sanctuary that represents the sacred mountain of the city, that is Montepellegrino. Many legends are told about this mountain, one of these is that of the dragon that terrorized the city. No one was able to defeat the monster, not even a giant...

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The Beati Paoli are, perhaps, the most mysterious citizens of Palermo, so mysterious we don’t even know if they existed. For more than five centuries, their name and the legend surrounding it has permeated the streets of Sicily’s capital, with some believing not only that they existed, but that they were the archetype of the island’s infamous mafia...

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The Villa Romana del Casale in Piazza Armerina (Enna), now part of the Archaeological Park of the Villa Romana del Casale and the Archaeological Areas of Piazza Armerina and the neighboring municipalities, is one of the finest and best-preserved examples of a luxury Roman villa from the late imperial period, together with its exceptional and unique...

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When dreaming of escaping to a remote island, images of white sandy beaches and pockets of lush tropical plants often spring to mind yet that is not always the case for everyone; as Giacomo Rallo, founder of the famous Sicilian wine producer Donnafugata, dreamt of Pantelleria, the largest volcanic satellite island of Sicily - a desolate place where...

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Many Italian-Americans have Neapolitan and Sicilian roots and, among them, a great part has certainly fond memories of their grand parents or parents speaking in the “dialect” of their own native land. Some, I am sure, probably also learned it, a sincere and loving way to bond with family, but also to keep alive the connection with their ancestral...

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