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Avola, the queen of Sicilian almonds

Posted on 26/08/2019 (23/02/2025) by Grazia Musumeci

Avola, in the district of Siracusa, is a large, bright and baroque town. This is due to the earthquake that destroyed the old village in 1693, forcing the people to move from the hills to valley. The town you admire today is the result of that brand new rebuilding of the 18th century. Go visiting […]

Nicolosi and its Red Mountains

Posted on 18/08/2019 (23/02/2025) by Grazia Musumeci

A town and the volcano closely linked, for better or for worse, in life and death and in the return to life. Here is a summary of the history of Nicolosi and its “Monti Rossi” (Red Mountains), the cones that determined both the terrible eruption that upset this side of Etna and the natural beauty […]

Mysteries of Sicily, where to test your fears

Posted on 04/08/2019 (23/02/2025) by Grazia Musumeci

If you have already booked your tour on Mt Etna with your guide, you certainly are brave enough to face the steep paths, the roars and fountains of fire of an active volcano. But will you be as brave if you see … a ghost? Or if you hear a scary tale? Or any other […]

In Taormina, taste your granita at Isola Bella

Posted on 22/07/2019 (23/02/2025) by Grazia Musumeci

If you already love Taormina, the beautiful medieval “queen of the Ionian Sea”, you might forget it for a moment when you will see her little daughter, Isola Bella. This “Beautiful Island” will charm you as soon as you will admire it from the highway or from the view points, up on Taormina’s hill. You […]

What is a “Trunzu di Aci” and why you should taste it

Posted on 15/07/2019 (23/02/2025) by Grazia Musumeci

When the people of Catania want to needle and bother the inhabitants of the nearby baroque town of Acireale, with whom they have always been in a rivalry, they say tyey are “teste di trunzu” (cabbage heads). That indicates their stubbornness, their being hard-headed like the trunzu cabbage that grows on their territory. Besides the […]