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Adrano Archaeological museum

Solo la sede del museo vale il prezzo del biglietto: il castello normanno a pianta rettangolare, di 33m di altezza, del XII secolo Il museo ospita soprattutto materiale proveniente dal territorio di...

Adrano, Mendolito and the Saraceni bridge

In the western part of the province is the Greek city of Adrano dating from the 5th century BC. It was one of the most important in Sicily. Today it’s ruins are sadly encased in cement. What...

Alcantara gorges and river

The name of this river means “the bridge” (al qantarah, in Arabic) and it divides the province of Catania from that of Messina. The Alcantara, where in the past the Arabs tried to breed...

Antiquarium of Palikè

Housed in the eighteenth-century Interlandi masseria, in one of the most evocative places of the whole Sicily, the museum stand on the slopes of the homonymous archaeological area. Among prickly pears...

Archeological Catania

Catania is one of the oldest and richest archaeologic cities of Sicily. The problem is that lava has practically submerged a good many of its ancient monuments. Let's have a stroll among the...

Argimusco and Malabotta forest

  A great and magic place. The best way to approach it is from Montalbano Elicona. Located between the Peloritani mountains and the Nebrodi mountains, the Malabotta wood (700 - 1300 m asl)...

Arts and popular traditions museum

Il bellissimo e interessantissimo museo è ospitato in uno dei più bei edifici siciliani: palazzo Corvaja, un’originaria torre araba (X secolo), alla quale furono poi aggregate altre costruzioni...

Etna

This report was almost entirely realized taking inspiration from Giovanni Vallone's award-winning book "Guida dell'Etna"   The Queen of Sicily who with her 3330 m. represents...

Fiumefreddo river

        At one time, and from a very wide river bed, this river was born of the source called Quadare (a small distance from the coast) that is, Caldare, which bubbles up...

Greek Theatre of Taormina

Greek Theatre of Taormina     Behind the city walls of Taormina is what many consider to be the most beautiful Greek Theater in the world.  With the unparalleled views of the...

Home-museum of Giovanni Verga

Giovanni Verga (Catania, 1840 - Catania, 1922) was a Sicilian writer and playwright, who in many of his works has beautifully recounted men and events of his island. Housed in a nineteenth-century...

Isola Bella

The stunning Isola Bella is a small island below Taormina. It was a private property owned by Lady Florence Trevelyan, the wife of the Mayor of Taormina, and a descendats of the English Royal...

Lachea island

        Near the fishing village of Acitrezza, about 200 meters from the shore, there are these spectacular rocks (Islands of the Cyclops) that legend has it were the put there...

Lava Museum - Butterflies' house

Nella stessa area ricadono questi due piccoli musei. Siamo attorno alle pendici di un vulcano spento, il monte Serra. Il museo della lava è un centro espositivo permanente sul vulcanesimo e sulle...

Montagna Grande

It’s the highest top (1374 meters) of Peloritani mountains. From its top one can enjoy a wonderful view of Ionian sea and of the Eolian islands ! Maybe the most beautiful path to get there is...

Monte Scuderi

Monte Scuderi At 1253 meters above sea level stands this mysterious mountain in the chain of the Peloritani. Getting there is quite an experience enhanced by the fact that you can do so on a long...

Museo civico di Prizzi

Il museo è costituito da tre sezioni: archeologica, paleontologica e mineralogica. La sezione archeologica è dedicata al sito archeologico di Montagna dei Cavalli (Hippana) che fu abitata da genti...

Naxos

Naxos       Naxos is the first place where the Greeks landed, we think around 734 BC, and they  arrived there “pushed by the winds,” according to Ephorus. Its founder...

Naxos Archaeological Museum

  Importantissimo museo che si trova proprio dove i greci per la prima volta iniziarono la colonizzazione della Sicilia. Correva circa l’anno 734 a.C. A ridosso del museo è, dunque,...