In any Italian drinking establishment, you're bound to see bottles of red, green, black, and white sambuca behind the bar. A neutral grain alcohol infused with star anise, sugar, and elderberry essential oils, sambuca is commonly served straight up with three coffee beans floating atop the shot. Far from being a simple garnish, the beans have addit...

The town's urban development follows two lines: the Arab one "inside the walls," which is projected through the sixteenth century with the thickening of residences around the fortress of Zabut, and the seventeenth-eighteenth-century one "outside the walls," with the town hall acting as a hinge. The tour begins at the 19th-century L'Idea theater at...