Sicily Travel Guide: Practical Tips for Planning Your First Trip
A practical Sicily travel guide for first-time visitors planning a trip to the island. From when to go, where to stay and how to get around to driving, money, tipping, food, packing, safety and cultural habits, this guide helps travelers understand what to expect before visiting Sicily, with useful advice, local insight and a little Mediterranean honesty.
Ovid and Mount Etna: The Forgotten Eruption Around 24 BC
Around 24 BC, the Latin poet Ovid traveled through Sicily with his friend Macro and later remembered seeing Mount Etna active during his youth. In a passage from the Epistulae ex Ponto, he recalls the sky shining with Etna’s flames, a rare poetic testimony of volcanic activity that escaped several modern eruption catalogs. A small but fascinating episode where Roman literature meets Sici...
Francesco Procopio dei Coltelli: The Sicilian Father of Gelato in Paris
Discover the story of Francesco Procopio dei Coltelli, the Sicilian entrepreneur linked to the rise of gelato and the founder of Paris’s legendary Café Procope. From Sicily’s snow and sorbet traditions to the cafés of seventeenth-century Paris, this article explores how one Sicilian helped turn frozen desserts, coffee and conversation into a very elegant European obsession.
Sicily Wine Tours: Vineyards, Tastings and Volcanic Wines to Discover
Discover Sicily wine tours, vineyards, tastings and volcanic wines, from Mount Etna’s lava slopes to Marsala, Menfi, Vittoria and other historic wine areas. This guide explores Sicilian wine regions, local grape varieties, tasting experiences and practical tips for planning a memorable wine tour in Sicily, because here, even the soil seems to have a dramatic personality.
