Sicily

DAY 1 ARRIVAL IN SICILY - NAXOS TAORMINA Giardini Naxos is a beautiful town in the province of Messina, Sicily. Until the 70s Giardini Naxos was a quiet fishing village, while now it has become one of the most visited tourist attractions in Italy with wonderful beaches, monuments and clubs. The old town is characterized by squares and historic streets, such as Piazza Abbata Cacciola and Via delle Rimembranze. Not to be missed is also the Castle of Schisò. After being inhabited in the Norman and Spanish periods, it is now completely uninhabited and is part of the[...]

DAY 1 ARRIVAL IN SICILY - SIRACUSA The city is located on the east coast of Sicily, is spread partly on the mainland and partly on the beautiful island of Ortigia, that is why it is also known as the island in the island. Crossing one of the bridges that connect the island to the mainland you reach Fonte Aretusa, a water source that forms a small lake where the only wild papyri of Europe grow. The tour continues through the streets of the historic center of Ortigia where you will find churches, squares, baroque palaces, the Cathedral[...]

DAY 1 ARRIVAL CATANIA - ADRANO Although Catania lies at the foot of Etna and over the centuries has been lapped several times by lava flows, the remains of the ancient city continue to emerge from underground, proving false the opinion that the volcano had largely erased it. The numerous remains, of the Greek and Roman past of Catania indeed, would allow to offer for this period a large and articulated picture of the historical, urban and artistic events of the city. The old polis extended mostly in the area now occupied by the former Benedictine Monastery, Piazza[...]

DAY 1 ARRIVAL IN SICILY - OLIVERI - TINDARI The origin of Oliveri dates back to the first century B.C. and was determined by the exodus of the inhabitants of nearby Tyndaris, which had been destroyed by a terrible landslide. In the Middle Ages it turns out to be a simple fortress, around which developed the village, inhabited mainly by fishermen, but the documented evidences are few. In this bay created by the strip of land of the reserve, the sea is almost always calm, transparent and clean. A note of color is given by the characteristic boats[...]

DAY 1 ARRIVAL IN SICILY - MARSALA - STAGNONE RESERVE - MOZIA Marsala is a city and also a wine. Both are elegant and rich in history. The city is enclosed among the bastions of the sixteenth century, when it lived a Renaissance that enriched it with palaces, churches and monasteries. Wine is the product that has made it famous in the world, also thanks to the intuition of an English merchant who adapted it to the tastes of overseas. In the beautiful old town you can visit the remains of its past together with the historic cellars[...]