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    • From Messina port
      • Godfather tour and Taormina
      • Etna and Taormina tour
      • Enogastronomic tour
      • Castelmola and Taormina tour
      • Taormina & Alcantara Gorges
      • Etna and winery tour
      • Adventurer
      • Cefalu’ & Castelbuono
    • From Naxos/Taormina
      • Enogastronomic tour
      • Castelmola and Taormina tour
      • Etna and winery tour
      • Godfather and Taormina
      • Etna and Taormina tour
      • Taormina & Alcantara Gorges
    • From Catania port
      • Castelmola and Taormina tour
      • Enogastronomic tour
      • Godfather tour and Taormina
      • Etna and Taormina tour
      • Cyclope Riviera & Catania tour
      • The beautiful Syracuse and Ortygia tour
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    • Enogastronomic tour
    • Etna and winery tour
    • Godfather tour
    • Syracuse and Ortygia
    • Cyclope R. & Catania
    • Cefalu’ & Castelbuono
    • Montalbano tour
    • Villa Romana & Caltagirone
    • Ragusa Modica Noto
    • Agrigento & T. steps
    • Palermo and Monreale
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    • 9 Days tour of Sicily
    • Week tour of Sicily
    • 6 Days Sicily wine tour
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    • Ancestry tour
    • Adventurer
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Sicily Private Tours by Luca

Categoria: Landscaping & Sites

Pantelleria is the largest island off the Sicilian coastline, The strong wind that blows here all year around has forced inhabitants to protect their plants

Pantelleria, the Europe’s southernmost point.

Pubblicato il 22 Febbraio 202022 Febbraio 2020 LucaLascia un commentoPubblicato in Landscaping & Sites

Pantelleria is the largest island off the Sicilian coastline, is also closer to the Tunisian coast (Capo MustafĂ  is 44 miles away) than to Capo Granitola in Sicily (62 miles). Despite this isolation, Pantelleria was colonized by the Phoenicians and […]

The ancient Greek Syracuse was as important as Athens. Many famous contributors to culture have been born in Syracuse as Archimedes, Quasimodo and Elio..

Syracuse and the Archeological Park

Pubblicato il 1 Febbraio 202027 Maggio 2020 LucaLascia un commentoPubblicato in Art & culture, Landscaping & Sites

Today Syracuse is a dynamic, modern town, with many visible signs of it’s grand and noble past. However, the haphazard growth of the new part of Syracuse has not affected the little island of Ortygia, just off the coast, where […]

The Aci Trezza is a picturesque fishing village,which was also the setting for Giovanni Verga's Novel I Malavoglia as well as for Luchino Visconti..

Aci Trezza and “I Malavoglia”

Pubblicato il 21 Gennaio 202021 Gennaio 2020 LucaLascia un commentoPubblicato in Historical facts, Landscaping & Sites, Towns & Architecture

The town of Aci Trezza is a picturesque fishing village, part of Aci Castello, which was also the setting for Giovanni Verga’s Novel I Malavoglia as well as for Luchino Visconti‘s film adaptation, La Terra Trema. The small harbour faces […]

Sicily offers an impressing range of walking and trekking itineraries. The choice includes hills, mountains,fantastic limestone gorges such as the ones...

Walking and Trekking in Sicily

Pubblicato il 17 Gennaio 202017 Gennaio 2020 LucaLascia un commentoPubblicato in Art & culture, Landscaping & Sites

Sicily offers an impressing range of walking and trekking itineraries. Walking and Trekking mountains. The choice includes hills, mountains, coastal districts as well as fantastic limestone gorges such as the ones at Pantalica and Cava d’Ispica in the Monti Iblei. […]

Selinunte was first excavated in the early 19th-century. When Rahl' al'Asnam arrived here named Selinunte as the village of columns..

Selinunte, the village of columns

Pubblicato il 11 Gennaio 202028 Maggio 2020 LucaLascia un commentoPubblicato in Landscaping & Sites

When he came to Selinunte in the 12th-century, the Arab chronicler al-Idrisi called this site Rahl’ al’Asnam, a village of columns. One of the most important archaeological sites in the Mediterranean, ancient Selinus, founded in 650 BC by Greek settlers […]

Marzamemi takes its name from the arab wards " Marsa al hamen", which mean " road of the turtledoves" and has a regular urban plan developed around the..

Marzamemi, an ancient fishing village

Pubblicato il 10 Gennaio 202010 Gennaio 2020 LucaLascia un commentoPubblicato in Landscaping & Sites, Towns & Architecture

Marzamemi stands on a small promontory and takes its name from the arab wards ” Marsa al hamen“, which mean ” road of the turtledoves”, in fact, its first inhabitants were Arabian people, who conquered Sicily in the IX century. […]

Vendicari Nature reserve is one of the best preserve wet areas of Sicily. visitors can easily admire: flamingos, royal swans, herons, seagulls, cormorans..

Vendicari, the faunistic oasis

Pubblicato il 8 Gennaio 20208 Gennaio 2020 LucaLascia un commentoPubblicato in Landscaping & Sites

Along the provincial street which from Noto leads to Pachino, we encounter the “Vendicari Faunistic Oasis“, Oriented Natural Reserve, designated as a natural reserve on the 9th July 1978 by Institutional decree of the Sicilian Region. With its beaches, cliffs, […]

The Church of St Gerland is the most enchanting place in Agrigento. It has stood tall over the old town center for nine centuries..

The Cathedral of St Gerland

Pubblicato il 7 Gennaio 2020 LucaLascia un commentoPubblicato in Landscaping & Sites, Towns & Architecture

The Mysteries of the Cathedral of St Gerland. The Church of St Gerland is the most enchanting place in Agrigento. It has stood tall over the old town center for nine centuries, carefully guarding an array of mysterious objects and […]

Pantalica was the heart of the ancient Kingdom of Hybla which n its heyday,used Syracuse as its port

Pantalica, walking through the Necropolis

Pubblicato il 4 Gennaio 20209 Gennaio 2020 LucaLascia un commentoPubblicato in Landscaping & Sites

Pantalica was the heart of the ancient Kingdom of Hybla which, in its heyday , used Syracuse as its port. Rock-cut tombs, dwellings and temples line the steep walls of the limestone gorges at the confluence of the Bottigliera and […]

Mount Etna is fundamental to Sicily's nature and landscape. Leonardo Sciascia called it " a huge house cat,that purrs and awakens every so often"

Exploring Mount Etna

Pubblicato il 4 Gennaio 202029 Gennaio 2020 LucaLascia un commentoPubblicato in Landscaping & Sites

Geological history of Etna. Over the centuries the appearance of Mount Etna has altered. In 1865 the summit was at 3,313 m (10,867 ft); in 1932 it was at 3,263 m (10,703 ft) high. Eruptions in the central crater are […]

Enna is known as Sicily's Belvedere, located on high hill in the heart of the island, has retained its historic appearance.

Enna Sicily’s “Belvedere”

Pubblicato il 31 Dicembre 201924 Gennaio 2020 LucaLascia un commentoPubblicato in Landscaping & Sites, Towns & Architecture

Enna is known as Sicily’s “Belvedere” (lookout point): it is located on high hill in the heart of the island, among fertile hills. Enna, has retained its historic appearance. Its architecture and layout still have a somber medieval feel, only […]

The Roman Villa del Casale

Southwestern Sicily

Pubblicato il 24 Dicembre 201928 Dicembre 2019 LucaLascia un commentoPubblicato in Landscaping & Sites

Any visit to the Southwestern Sicily should begin with a visit to the ruined Roman Villa del Casale at Piazza Armerina, which contains simply exquisite , beautifully preserved mosaics depicting scenes of hunting and the life of the well to-do. […]

Mount Etna is fundamental to Sicily's nature and landscape. Leonardo Sciascia called it " a huge house cat,that purrs and awakens every so often"

Northeastern Sicily

Pubblicato il 24 Dicembre 201927 Maggio 2020 LucaLascia un commentoPubblicato in Landscaping & Sites

Northeastern of Sicily is dominated by volcanoes of all shapes and size. Mount Etna towers to incredible heights and is visible from much of Sicily, often providing live firework shows from its summit craters. Accessible all year around thanks to […]

The Style of Baroque is admired in a fascinating towns across the Southern Sicily, completely rebuilt in a new location after a devastating earthquake

Southern Sicily

Pubblicato il 24 Dicembre 201924 Gennaio 2020 LucaLascia un commentoPubblicato in Landscaping & Sites

The ornate style of Baroque architecture can be admired in a fascinating series of towns across the Southern Sicily. Completely rebuilt in a new location after a devastating earthquake in the 1600s, Noto with its stone churches makes for a […]

Northwestern Sicily

Pubblicato il 24 Dicembre 201927 Maggio 2020 LucaLascia un commentoPubblicato in Landscaping & Sites

Arguably, Northwestern Sicily ‘s top archaeological site, the ancient port of Selinunte and its cluster of Hellenic temples occupies a beautiful seafront position on the westernmost coast. The nearby port of Trapani is the gateway to the divine Egadi islands […]

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