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Category: Cultural tourism

"Montalbano I am!" - Punta Secca and the Commissioner's house

02 August 2022 - The places of the heart, Cultural tourism, Sea, beaches, coasts and islands

Punta Secca is a small fishing village located about 6 km west from Marina di Ragusa and which, with its very numerous 519 inhabitants, constitutes a fraction...

The Florio cellars: let yourself be inebriated by the history and goodness of North-Western Sicily.

29 July 2022 - Food and wine tourism, Cultural tourism, Typical Products

Those who come to Sicily for the holidays cannot ignore a few simple elements: the sun, the sea, the architectural beauties that you voluntarily or involuntarily...

The Castle of Carini: between history and legend.

26 July 2022 - The places of the heart, Cultural tourism, Travel Tips

The Castle of Carini has always attracted the attention of thousands and thousands of national and international tourists every year. For its architectural...

Piana dei Colli and the eighteenth-century villas

21 July 2022 - Cities of Art and Villages, The places of the heart, Cultural tourism

North of Palermo, the capital of our beautiful Sicily and undisputed destination of world tourism, you may find the so-called Piana dei Colli, geographically...

Caltabellotta: the oldest village in Sicily, between history and legends.

14 July 2022 - Cultural tourism, The places of the heart, Cities of Art and Villages

Near the wonderful and characteristic province of Agrigento, the undisputed destination of national and international tourism, you may find the suggestive...

The village of Castroreale: is it a dream or am I awake?

05 July 2022 - Cultural tourism, Cities of Art and Villages, The places of the heart

A few kilometres from Messina in beautiful eastern Sicily, you may find a gem in the Peloritani Mountains that is called Castroreale, an enchanting village...

Hamlet of the Tannery: a ghost town from the 18th century.

21 June 2022 - The places of the heart, Cultural tourism, Cities of Art and Villages

In the Vizzini area, in the wonderful province of Catania, the Borgo della Conceria, also known as' a Cunziria, was born between the seventeenth and eighteenth...

Fiumara D’Arte: open-air museum.

14 June 2022 - The places of the heart, Archaeological sites and museums, Cultural tourism

The Fiumara d'Arte is a real open-air museum consisting of 12 installations by contemporary artists and distributed along the banks of the Tusa river which...

Ursino Castle, from the stronghold of Frederick II of Swabia to the Civic Museum: a journey lasting 800 years.

27 May 2022 - Cultural tourism, Archaeological sites and museums, The places of the heart

With its silent majesty, this magnificent monument stands in the heart of one of the most important cities of national and international tourism in the...