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Linosa: The Volcanic Island of the Loggerhead Turtle
A guide to Linosa, the volcanic Pelagie island: black sand beaches, sea turtles, colourful painted houses and some of Italy's clearest waters.
Jul 5, 2026Hidden villages and off-the-beaten-path spots in Sicily, far from the crowds
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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Ustica: The Black Pearl of the Tyrrhenian and Italy's First Marine Reserve
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
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Instead of Taormina: Cefalù, Norman Sicily Gazing Over the Madonie
A Norman cathedral with golden mosaics, a medieval wash-house, and the Rocca towering over crystal-clear water. Cefalù is Taormina without the theatre.
Jul 5, 2026
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The Val di Noto Cycle Route towards Pantalica
In south-eastern Sicily, between Siracusa and Ragusa, secondary roads cut through a countryside of dry-stone walls all the way to the rock-cut necropolis of Pantalica. A rural Baroque landscape rideable even in winter, far from the crowded beaches and the mass tours.
Jun 30, 2026
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The Nebrodi Cycle Route among beech woods and little lakes
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
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The Magna Via Francigena by gravel through inland Sicily
The Magna Via Francigena connects Palermo to Agrigento through the rural heart of Sicily. An ancient path turned gravel route among feudal estates, wheat fields and inland villages, far from the tourist coast and travelled by very few.
Jun 30, 2026
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A Walk Through the Sicani Mountains, from Palazzo Adriano to Sant'Angelo Muxaro
Between Palermo and Agrigento, the Sicani Mountains are an almost forgotten inland massif. A slow walk among nature reserves, caves and villages of Arbëreshë origin, far from the tourist routes that run along the coasts and the great archaeological sites.
Jun 30, 2026
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The Magna Via Francigena, on foot from Palermo to Agrigento
In the heart of Sicily, a nine-stage walk that cuts across the island from Palermo to Agrigento between wheat fields, farmsteads and inland villages. It stays little walked because coastal tours skip the interior of Sicily entirely.
Jun 30, 2026
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Trekking in the Nebrodi on the Sentiero Italia, among beech woods and horses
On the Nebrodi Mountains, in Sicily, the most wooded park on the island: beech forests, highland lakes and San Fratello horses at pasture. A green mountain that few associate with the Sicily of the sea, and precisely for that reason it stays little visited.
Jun 30, 2026