excursion Archives

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

Posted on 15/07/2019 (22/01/2025) 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 […]

Mt Etna, 10 reasons to visit and love it

Posted on 08/07/2019 (22/01/2025) by Grazia Musumeci

Do not be surprised if Mt Etna is considered as female, in Sicily. For the local people, in fact, the volcano is a mother and for those who respect it this mountain can also become a lover ! It is hard to find someone who cannot have one reason to come and visit Etna, but […]

Etna, easy routes for elderly people

Posted on 01/07/2019 (21/01/2025) by Grazia Musumeci

A particular mountain like Etna is a continuous challenge that certainly fascinates those who love trekking, or young people who like to bring their skills to the extreme limits. But it is still a relaxing landscape, rich in woods and fascinating ravines that can please even those who do not really feel like adventure, but […]

A summer salad on Marzamemi beach

Posted on 24/06/2019 (22/01/2025) by Grazia Musumeci

This summer we want to take you around, to discover not only monuments and natural beauties but also the taste of Sicily. And in the heat of summer time, what is better than a rich and delicious salad? Maybe made with the small Pachino tomatoes, precious products of our land? If you must taste Pachino […]

10 reasons why you should come to Sicily

Posted on 18/06/2019 (21/01/2025) by Grazia Musumeci

An enchanted island, ignored or denigrated for too long, Sicily is a planet apart. This land skillfully blends incomparable beauty with intolerable defects, human warmth and generosity with incivility. A mixture that makes it so real, otherwise it would have appeared too good to be true, too distant. Sicily is fatalism, expectation, poetic sensitivity and […]