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Sicily Travel Articles
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your trip to Sicily with our team of Italy travel professionals! An island the size of Vermont, Sicily, for thousands of years,
was under the domination of outside forces including Greeks, Arabs,
Romans and Normans. Their influences are layered throughout the
Sicilian lifestyle — from the architecture to the cuisine
— and combine to create a complex and fascinating place.
Although it would take a lifetime to fully explore Sicily, start with a
few days in Palermo and
the surrounding area or a visit to the Sicilian resort of Taormina
and its environs and you'll begin to get a feel for the island.
Whether you are more at home on dusty, volcanic hiking trails
or inside, surrounded by ancient artifacts, Sicily has something for
everyone, all presented in a uniquely Italian, or rather, Sicilian way.
As J.W. Goethe wrote in Journey
to Italy, “To have
seen Italy without having seen Sicily is to have not seen Italy at all,
for Sicily is the clue to everything."
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A Classic Christmas Dessert Recipe from Sicily
Celebrating
the Feast of Seven Fishes, Sicilian Style
Sicilian
Seafood Recipes for an Italian Christmas Eve
Travel
to Sicily is Hot: Visit Palermo and Taormina
Perfect Sicilian Day Trips from Palermo
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Sicily's Siracusa: Almost Grecian
Siracusa, once one of the great powers of the Western world, is absent from lists of most visited places in Italy. That's a shame, but it's good news for those of us who love history and prefer to avoid invading tourist hordes. . . .
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Noteworthy Italy Hotel Openings
Check out these new digs in Florence, Milan, Rome, Venice, Puglia, Sicily and Tuscany. Lots of new Italy hotels are opening up and we at Dream of Italy have all the info you need. . . .
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Sicily's Donnafugata: Old Winery, New Ways
Past the scenic porto turistico in Marsala, it a zone inhabited by the great old wineries of this ancient Phoenician trading city. Donnafugata is located here, a family owned winery that is the vanguard of a movement to transform the making and marketing of Sicilian wines. . . .
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The Donnafugata Music and Wine Band: A Melodious Mix
On the right night, you might hit a nightspot in Palermo or Catania where José Rallo is singing with her backup band. The Donnafugata Music and Wine Band has also treated audiences to jazz and the sultry rhythms of Brazilian music in China, Russia and Manhattan's Blue Note. . . .
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Sicily's Aeolian Islands Inspire Relaxation
I am returning to these islands after three years to satisfy a hunger I've had ever since--for the spicy perfume of pale pink caper flowers, for fish that swim in turquoise waters, for sweet cherry tomatoes that explode in your mouth like Stromboli, for pasta with fennel and sardines. I'm returning simply to do nothing--il dolce far niente, as the Italians say --in a place where there are only rocks and sea and the happy prospect of your next meal. . . .
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Navigate Palermo Sicily Like A Native
If a visitor takes the time to dig below the surface and explore this historic and important city, there are myriad rewards in artistic treasures, historic buildings, local culture, delicious food and an unquenchable life force among the palermitani, as the local residents are called . . .
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What To Do in Sicily's Aeolian Islands
Heading over to Sicily? Float in the breeze of the Aeolian Islands, named after Aeolus, Greek God and keeper of the winds. Climb to the top of an active volcano, visit an ancient citadel, rent a boat and much more. . . .
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Italian Mafia Town: Name Change or Trademark?
One local man's crusade to clear the name of Corleone, a Sicilian town long associated with the mafia, pitches him against politicians who are more interested in capitalizing on the organized crime connection with a trademark. . . .
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Sicilian Wines Emerge from the Shadows
Sicily is being hailed as Europe's most promising quality wine-producing region. As such, it is attracting some major investment on the part of winemakers who have already made their mark elsewhere in Italy. . . .
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Ports of Call When Cruising Italy
Craving some fun in the Italian sun? We have just the thing: choose full and half day excursions when you disembark from your Silversea cruise at Sorrento, Taormina, and Venice. Read on for details. . . .
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