Sicily beyond the packed beaches and the postcard cities: stone villages perched high in the Nebrodi and Madonie mountains, inland towns left off the tour routes, silent nature reserves and stretches of coast where mass tourism never arrives. Authentic destinations to discover at your own pace, among ancient crafts, local festivals and views that few people know.
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Guide on where to eat in Erice: almond convent sweets, fish couscous, busiate with Trapanese pesto, Marsala wines, markets and tips on a budget.
Jul 12, 2026
Guide to Trapani's flavors: from fish couscous to busiate with Trapanese pesto, best old town trattorias, markets and western Sicily cuisine tips.
Jul 11, 2026
Complete guide to reaching Modica by train, car, plane and bus. Station on the Syracuse-Gela line, Catania airport, A18 motorway and local transport in the Val di Noto.
Jul 11, 2026
A 110-kilometre loop around Mount Etna on narrow-gauge rails, through lava flows, centuries-old vineyards and villages that smell of orange blossom.
Jul 9, 2026
On Lipari, the Mediterranean's oldest thermal springs: waters at around 50°C, a Mycenaean tholos tomb, and sweeping views over the Aeolian Islands, still barely known.
Jul 5, 2026
A guide to Ustica, the volcanic island north of Palermo: Italy's first marine reserve, sea caves, legendary diving and a colourful painted borgo.
Jul 5, 2026
On the Nebrodi Mountains, in Sicily, the island's most extensive forest is ignored beside the pull of Etna. Almost deserted pastoral roads among beech woods, horses and black pigs grazing freely: a slow mountain landscape where you meet almost no one.
Jun 30, 2026
In the mountainous heart of Sicily, between Petralia Soprana, Geraci Siculo and Gangi, a slow circuit through award-winning villages far from the coastal routes, set in an inland massif that most tourists drive straight past.
Jun 30, 2026
Among the windmills of the Marsala salt pans, a boat carries you to the island of Mozia, where a Phoenician colony almost three thousand years old resurfaces on the Stagnone.
Jun 23, 2026