Sicily Guide

Video Installation in Palermo: Berlin 1989-2009

To commemorate the fall of the Berlin Wall, Palermo is hosting a video exhibition of artists such as Reynold Reynolds, Thomas Rentmeister, Francisca Beni'tez, Sasha Waltz, Filipa Ce'sar, Michel de Broi. The event is called Berlino oltre il muro and takes place at the Cantieri Culturali Zisa in Palermo through ...

Minor earthquakes struck the southern Italian island of Sicily

Two minor earthquakes struck the southern Italian island of Sicily in rapid succession on Monday. No damage was reported and no-one appears to have been injured in the tremors. The first quake struck at 7.50 a.m. local time and had a magnitude of 3.0. Its epicenter was close to Messina in ...

Eggplants the British way… while in Sicily

They call them aubergines... A nice article from Time Online. I was in Sicily recently, where the chief occupation seemed to be battling against the constant temptation to eat. There was pasta with firm, sweet garlic; freshly baked breads transformed into bruschette; pizzas, breadcrumbs and crostini; tomatoes, fresh, baked, fried or stewed ...

SicilyGuide is proud to announce new tours and activities

Group tours and activities SicilyGuide together with Visit Italy offers guided group tours and activities that can last from four days to one week. Samples of escorted tours are: Escorted tour 7 nights from Catania Escorted tour 4 nights from Palermo Escorted tour 4 nights from Catania There is not a minimum number of guests ...

Palermo cannot make the difference when it counts most

Bologna defeats Palermo 3 - 1. After watching his in-form Palermo side given a reality check by a ruthless Bologna outfit, Rosanero coach Walter Zenga was understandably downbeat as he spoke to Rai shortly after the game. “We don’t seem to make the step up and it’s not the first time ...

Mount Etna erupts again

[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Photo credits - desmoheart78"][/caption] After four months of relative calm, Mount Etna started erupting again at 9:24PM on November 6. Authorities reassured local communities that there should not be any risk for the population. More information and slideshow about Mount Etna and videos.

Catania – Napoli 0-0

Catania dominated for long spells of the game, and had the chances to win comfortably but they were unable to beat a solid Napoli in round 12 of Serie A on Saturday night. Neither side were particularly impressive, but Takuyuki Morimoto will feel like the guilty party after missing a ...

Patti con gusto

Exhibition and competition of Food & Wine in Patti (ME) from Friday November 6 through the all weekend. [mappress]

Feast of the Olive in Pollina

The first Sicilian olive oil dates back to the 5th century B.C. when intrepid colonists from Greece planted the first olive trees. Nowadays, Sicily accounts for about 10% of all Italian olive oil production. Therefore, Sicily has also a feast of the olive! This year is going to take place in Pollina ...

The British frontman for Simply Red is making wines in Sicily

[caption id="attachment_1236" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Photo credits - Franca Calderone"][/caption] Foreigners can see it and we cannot, why is it so? Lately, some good will entrepreneurs have shown Sicilians that we can too. I hope this is a trend that will last and inspire. From WineSpectator.com... When British singer Mick Hucknall, 49, decided ...

Addiopizzo Travel

Not without reason, holidaymakers often leave Sicily with an uneasy feeling that they have been funding Cosa Nostra. To ease their qualms a company to be launched this week will offer them a chance to do the reverse – visit one of the Mediterranean's most beautiful islands while contributing to the ...

Antica Focacceria San Francesco celebrates its first 175 years

Not bad 175 years for Antica Focacceria San Francesco, a historic restaurant in Palermo. At the Antica Focacceria San Francesco, a local favorite (in the Palazzo Reale/Monte di Pietà district), they sell focaccia farcita (flat pizza-dough baked with different toppings), arancini di riso, torte salate (savoury “cake”), panelle, fried ricotta ...

30 million Euros for the Airport Agrigento-Valley of the Temples

Avionews is reporting that the Airport Agrigento-Valley of the Temples has taken another step towards its realization. [...], the regional government of Sicily ruled a budget of 30 million Euros for the construction of the airport infrastructure of Agrigento. The budget comes from European funds FAS (funds utilised areas) and ...

Palermo – Genoa 0-0

Palermo were looking to close the gap on the top four when they hosted fellow European hopefuls Genoa in the Serie A weekend posticipo. The side’s through everything at each other as they both came out with an attack approach which lent itself to great viewing. Despite the goalless first period, ...

Sicily is going to play a role for solar power in Italy

[caption id="attachment_1190" align="alignleft" width="202" caption="Adrano (Sicily), Coyrights - IGDA / A. Vergani"][/caption] According to Reuters, Italy is to relaunch concentrated solar power (CSP) generation which uses sunlight and mirrors to make electricity and expects have 200 megawatts of new solar farms on stream in 2012, a top industry official said Friday. Italy, ...