Sicily Guide

Verdura Golf Resort and Spa, Sicily

Photo credits - Verdura Golf & Spa Resort The Telegraph published a review of the Verdura Golf Resort and Spa, Sicily a few days ago. The spa: Perched on the rugged landscape of the lesser-known south-western coast of Sicily is this new shoreline resort from Rocco Forte, the king of cosy minimalism. At 4,000 square metres, this [...]

Sicilian blood oranges, maybe the best oranges in the world according to David Karp from Saveur.com

Photo credita - thedabble As the golden morning light of winter washes over la fiera, the daily market in the eastern Sicilian city of Catania, shoppers bustle between stalls heaped with sheep’s milk ricotta, glistening fresh sardines, and fragrant fennel. Of all the delicacies displayed, however, nothing delights the Catanese more than the blood oranges, or [...]

La Festa di li Schietti in Terrasini, near Palermo

[ April 4, 2010; 9:00 am to 11:00 pm. ] A very popular celebration takes place in Terrasini (near Palermo) on Easter Day every year. It is called “La Festa di li Schietti” which means the celebration of the unmarried/singles. The main event of the “festa” is the tree-raising contest. The participants either single or married, must lift up an orange tree of more [...]

SicilyGuide welcomes Maria Lina Bommarito as a new contributor

Maria Lina Bommarito The SicilyGuide team is happy to welcome Maria Lina Bommarito as a new contributor. Maria Lina was born in Chicago. When she was fourteen years old, she moved to Sicily – her parents’ homeland. Since then she has been living in Terrasini, a nice tourist town on the Mediterranean Sea in the Palermo province. After [...]

Blog Guest Katia Amore from LoveSicily

Katia Amore from LoveSicily in this lovely picture We are very proud and happy to have Katia Amore from LoveSicily as blog guest today. She was born and grew up in Modica (southeastern Sicily), spending countless hours in the kitchen with her grandmother, mother and aunts. After living in the UK for ten years, [...]

The Cous Cous Festival in San Vito Lo Capo (Annual Event)

[ September 21, 2010 5:00 pm to September 26, 2010 5:00 pm. ] [caption id="attachment_453" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Photo credits - couscousfest.it"][/caption] The ancient fishing village of San Vito Lo Capo, located between the Gulf of Castellammare and the city of Trapani on the northern coast of Sicily, hosts an annual Cous Cous Festival each September. The festival is going to take place from September 21 through 26. Dedicated [...]

Palermo close to the Champions League

As Palermo reclaimed the fourth spot in the standings following this afternoon’s victory over Livorno, coach Delio Rossi refused to get caught in the wave of emotions as he looks to take things one week at a time in the race for Europe. “We are still breathing the winter air,” he declared to SkySport after being [...]

Diego Cortez, a fashion designer from Ragusa – Sicily

Photo Credits - Sfilate Fashion Avenue A unique event that combines the passion for golf with the charm of fashion. Opening Milano Moda Donna Fall Winter 2010-2011, in Milan, Tuesday 23 February, Diego Cortez presented his new collection “Golf Punk A / W 2010-2011″, dedicated to the punk world of golf. The evening was held in [...]

The Garibaldi Tall Ships Regatta 2010

[ April 11, 2010 11:00 am to April 18, 2010 11:00 am. ] The Garibaldi Tall Ships Regatta 2010 takes place from April 11 to 19. The main protagonists of the event are the Tall Ships, the amazing "vessels with tall masts", owned by the most important international Maritime Training Schools, navies, charities and organizations, which will be berthed in the host ports of Genova (April 8 to [...]

Cerasuolo di Vittoria the only DOCG wine from Sicily

Cerasuolo di Vittoria is the only DOCG* Sicilian wine. The Sicilian winery Planeta produces one of the finest Cerasuolo di Vittoria in Acate (RG). This DOCG is made of 60% Nero d’Avola and 40% Frappato grapes. The color is ruby red with slight sour cherry glints. The aromas of small red fruits, strawberry, cherry, prickly [...]

Sicilian Opening by Salvatore Bonafede

Hailing originally from Sicily, pianist Salvatore Bonafede earned a scholarship to Boston’s Berklee School of Music in 1986. A 1989 move to New York saw him playing with the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra, Dewey Redman, Joshua Redman, Lew Tabackin and Joe Lovano. Bonafede moved back to Sicily in 1994, where he has worked with many jazz [...]

Sicily gets serious about sustainable tourism

I attended the Transatlantic European Conference organized by the European Travel Commission a few days ago. One of the recurrent themes that most of the presenters talked about was responsible tourism. Now, I found out that Sicily is planning to launch a new web site about ecotourism: SiciliaNatura. It is only in Italian at the [...]

Palermo coach Delio Rossi hardly slept after the victory over Juventus in Turin

Palermo coach Delio Rossi is proud of his side’s 2-0 win over Juventus, so much so that he hardly slept following the game. “I only slept an hour because I started to respond to all these messages, but I am not good with technology, so it took forever,” Rossi told Telegiornale di Sicilia referring to messages [...]

Easter in Sicily

[ March 29, 2010 5:00 pm to April 4, 2010 10:00 pm. ] Sicily is the richest Italian region in terms of festival, events and folk customs connected to the Holy Week. Among the most evocative and renowned religious manifestations of devotion are the mysteries of Trapani. Many other can be found between the Madonie and Nebrodi mountains, Palermo and Ragusa, making Easter time one of the most [...]

Maria Grammatico’s Pasticceria del Convento

Almond pastries by Maria Grammatico It is not everyday that the Los Angeles Times dedicates so much space to Sicily. A few days ago, they featured an article about Western Sicily. Now they are writing about Maria Grammatico’s Pasticceria del Convento, one of the best Sicilian pastry shops. Reporting from Erice, Italy — The glass case at [...]