Overflowing with Baroque forms, nestled between the slopes of four hills, Modica is twisted and sensual, picturesque like few other cities of Sicily. It is located in the Val di Noto, including the Monti Iblei in the southernmost tip of Sicily. A little further south, there are long beaches of...
Anyone who decides to visit the beautiful city of Ragusa, located in Val di Noto, is greeted by a great culture: ancient churches, historical works of art, pictur-esque lanes and a plethora of baroque architecture, like no other in Italy. Landscapes, traditions, sea, history make it extraordinarily...
Etna Park is beautiful not only for its eruptions and for its lava flows, but also for the unique environment surrounding it, rich in sounds, perfumes, and colors. An enchanting landscape protected by a park you cannot miss the opportunity to visit if you are in Sicily. The Park extends from the...
The Roman Villa del Casale of Piazza Armerina is the most impressing building of Roman age in Sicily. It's a sumptuous villa of the late empire period, incredibly well preserved. The villa has 40 rooms and is blackberries than 3500 square meters wide. Inside is an impressive sequence of ancient...
The park, covering about 1300 hectares, retains an extraordinary monumental heritage and landscape that includes the remains of the ancient city of Akragas and the land sur-rounding it to the sea. In the Valley of the Temples, declared in 1997 "World Heritage" by UNESCO, is one of the largest...
It will be delightful to explore the little streets of the seaside town, admiring the Norman churches and Arab courtyards and assist to the creation of precious, handmade manufactures in a ceramic workshop. Here the tradition of majolica masters probably dates back to the fourteenth century, but...
Selinunte is one of Sicily's great Greek archaeological sites. Situated by the sea in the south-western corner of Sicily, the isolated ruins here have stood abandoned for most of their history. The lack of later development allows modern visitors to imagine the ancient town of Selinus as it would...
Founded by the Arabs around the 830, the town of Sambuca di Sicilia is located on the south-west side of Sicily, on the edge of the Belice Valley and the slopes of Mount Genuardo. The old town with its quaint neighborhoods and buildings offers different attractions. The seven "Saracens alleys",...
Historic, nature and landscape heritage of great importance, the garden of Kolimbethra, small valley in the heart of the Valley of the Temples in Agrigento, has been entrusted to the FAI in free concession from the Sicily Region for a period of 25 years. Authentic archaeological jewel and...