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Along Alcantara River

Posted on 21/05/2019 (09/09/2024) by Grazia Musumeci

The Alcantara river is one of the most beautiful and unpredictable in Sicily. Beautiful for the shapes it takes, for the landscapes it crosses and characterizes. Unpredictable because it can remain dry for long periods and then suddenly fill up with water and overflow. It originates from the Nebrodi Range and goes to enter the […]

Discovering Mojo Alcantara

Posted on 13/05/2019 (09/09/2024) by Grazia Musumeci

It all started from here, from the hill you will immediately see as soon as you arrive. It stands there, green and quiet, covered with peach trees, but once it was a volcano. From Mount Mojo, in fact, came out the lava stream that – 3000 years ago – covered the route along river Alcantara […]

Valle del Bove, a natural basin against eruptions

Posted on 06/05/2019 (09/09/2024) by Grazia Musumeci

The place we now call the Valle del Bove (the valley of the ox) is actually the still visible testimony of a huge geological tragedy that occurred about 10,000 years ago. At that time Etna was a much higher volcano than now, conical in shape, that at a certain point exploded, halving its size and […]

Noto’s “Infiorata” : a celebration of senses

Posted on 30/04/2019 (09/09/2024) by Grazia Musumeci

Book your Sicilian holiday in May and we will take you to discover one of the most beautiful traditions of our island: the Infiorata – “flower drawing” – of Noto. Surely you will have heard of it, but seeing it and experiencing it is something unique. An almost total sensory experience, because it involves eyes […]

The Sicilian Puppets Theatre, Art of Storytelling

Posted on 22/04/2019 (09/09/2024) by Grazia Musumeci

When newspapers and television did not exist and when schools and books were the privilege of a few people only, history was told by “storytellers”. These artists told by singing facts and events that occurred over time, along with the heroic deeds of knights and kings. Sometimes they were accompanied by puppets or actors, other […]