Sicily Hotels & Holidays
 

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Taormina & Aeolian island
The perfect blend of sophistication, history and natural surroundings

Cefalu & San Vito Lo Capo
Discover the fascinating alleys of Cefalu and enjoy a fantastic meal at the famous beach restaurants of San Vito Lo Capo

South East Sicily
The Unesco towns of Ragusa, Noto and Modica are rich in Baroque architecture, just like the little isle of Ortigia, Siracusa's gem and you can end your holiday by the lovely beach of Falconara.

Western Sicily
Enjoy a stay in the Castle of Erice followed by a relaxing spa holiday at the Kempinsky Giardino di Costanza

In this section we want to higlight the culture, traditions and architectural beauty of Sicily,
we have listed some links that we are confident will help you enhance your holiday in Sicily

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Theatre, Music and Dance, Entertainment Classical Drama in Syracuse's Amphitheatre From May 9 to June 21 2009 Euripide's Medea  and Sophocles' Oedipus at Colonus  go on stage in the ancient Syracuse greek theatre; the plays alternate every night, allowing viewers to watch both of them during a short holiday in Syracuse. Taormina Film Festival The Taormina International Film Festival takes place in the Palazzo dei Congressi and in the town's famous Greek Theatre. Balletto di Sicilia (Sicilian Ballet) Founded in Catania in 1989 by Roberto Zappalà, artistic director and principal choreographer, and supported by the Ministry for Arts and Cultural Activities Department of Music and the Sicilian Region since 1996, it is now considered by European critics one of the most interesting Italian contemporary dance company. Teatro Massimo The Teatro Massimo Vittorio Emanuele in Palermo is the largest theater in Italy and one of the greatest opera houses of Europe (the third largest after the Opéra National de Paris and the Staatsoper in Vienna) and is worldwide famous for the perfect acoustic of its horseshoe-shaped room Pasqualino Brothers Sicilian Puppet Theatre The Teatro di Pupi Siciliani dei Fratelli Pasqualino, founded in 1969 by Fortunato and Pino Pasqualino, it established itself over the years for the exceptional quality' of its representations offered by the texts of Fortunato Pasqualino and the superior technical maneuver of Pino Pasqualino, one of the most famous puppeteers in living history History, Society Royal House of Bourbon of the Two Sicilies The official website of the Royal House of Bourbon Two Sicilies intends to make known – in its various historical political religious and cultural aspects - the August Dynasty that reined over Southern Italy from 1734 to 1861. Regalis History of the South of Italy. Sicilian and Neapolitan history, biography, royalty, nobility, heraldry and genealogy, medieval and modern. Sicilian Culture A website dedicated to entertain, educate, and feed you, as well as dispell many of the myths attributed to the Sicilian people and culture Food and Wine Cucina Papoff Despite the alien name, this friendly little restaurant serves the most traditional Sicilian dishes Cin Cin Restaurant Offering Sicilian cuisine in an elegant setting, Cin-Cin is one of Palermo's finest restaurants, ranked one of the city's five best by the food writers of the Italian newspaper L'Espresso. Da Filippino The best fish specialties and one of the top 10 restaurant in Italy, recently awarded one michelin star Cous Cous Festival San Vito Lo Capo's Cous Cous Festival's principal event is a cous cous cook-off with the best cous cous Chefs from Israel, Morocco, Egypt, France, Algeria as well as the locals. The restaurants along the beach of San Vito Lo Capo are the highlight of an holiday in Western Sicily Bronte's Pistachio During September 25-28, Bronte is transformed into the showcase for its natural pistachio green, known all over the world for its taste, goodness and unique characteristics. It's a big party, where the rich program reserves big surprises, accompanied by folklore, shows, sporting and cultural events.

Zingaro Natural Reserve

This is a real paradise of nature for the great variety of natural environments characterizing its 1,600 hectares. The coast opens towards the sea with high and indented calcareous walls interrupted by inlets, rocky ravines, and caves.

The altitude of its peaks goes from the 610 m above sea level of Pizzo Passo del Lupo to the 913 of Mt. Speziale. From the sea level to the highest peaks, you can meet different kinds of ecosystems, all extremely significant.

3* Hotel Ghibli in San Vito Lo Capo

Parco Naturale Regionale delle Madonie UNESCO World Geoparks Network  

The flora plays a leading role in the territory of this Park. This botanical paradise, together with its peaks reaching 1.979 meters of height, houses more than the half of the 2.600 Sicilian species and about 150 of the 200 endemic species.
It is possible to admire wonderful landscapes from several points: among them the Etna, the Nebrodi, and the Isole Eolie, which offer an unforgettable and almost unreal view at dawn and at sunset.

Natural Marine Reserve of the Egadi Islands

The ecological conditions and natural beauty make the seabed of the Natural Marine Reserve of the Egadi islands a paradise for divers, where they can immerse themselves from numerous point and with different levels of difficulty.

4* Cave Bianche Hotel in Favignana

Natural reserve of Stromboli e Strombolicchio

Stromboli is a young volcano, born about 40,000 years ago. It is formed by a volcanic cone with three terminal vents which are always active.
The main crater opens under the top of the western slope, immediately under the highest peak, and within it, the magma is continuously reboiling.
The eruptive activity consists of emission of ashes and vapors and intermittent and intense explosions leading to a violent elimination of ashes, red hot stones, and pieces of reboiling lava.

4* Hotel Signum Aeolian Islands

Natural reserve of Vulcano

The morphology of this island is complex and tormented and can be understood by a clever interpretation of the landscape.
The first volcanic feature can be detected at a distance for the acrid sulfurous emanations from the pools of thermal mud. Immediately after, the Big Crater (also called "Fossa di Vulcano"), which is not very high (391 m above sea level), offers a "strong" view, even if at first it seems to be in front of a sleeping volcano

5* Therasia Resort in Vulcano Aeolian Islands

Trapani Salt Pans Natural Reserve

The salt pans are a very important place for thousands of migrating birds during the spring and autumn, so the area is of particular ornithological interest.
There are in fact 208 species surveyed so far, many wintering (flamingos, spatulas, white herons, egrets, marsh hawks, limicolous and more than 5,000 Anatidae) and other breeding (avocets, knights of Italy, Fraticelli, Fratini, Calandrella.
The Trapani salt pans offer an extraordinary landscape, a place to know and preserve. A true heritage.
The thirty miles of coast between Trapani and Marsala, are one of the most important and extensive wetlands of Sicily, with a climate constantly windy and sunny, a terrain made of very low depths, land and lagoon areas: conditions for the production of salt

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Volcano Etna
   
The Etna volcano is the highest in Europe, is located in north-eastern Sicily, and is active from immemorial times.
With its huge top overlooking the Ionian Sea to the east, to north is bounded by the river Alcantara, the so-called "Alcantara Gorges were formed by the great volcanic eruptions that canalized in the riverbed a fluid magma which sank in the most clayey places, forming the current basaltic colonnades.
The apotheosis of these spectacular natural sculptures can be found in the quarters Larderia in the Town of Motta Camastra

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Vendicari Natural Reserve

This reserve was set up in 1984, but in fact enjoyable since 1989, is a narrow coastal waterlogged that extends for 574 hectares and whose main purpose is the protection of wild migratory and vegetation psammofila (sand-loving) and the Mediterranean.
The presence of vast marshes of high salinity contribute to the creation of a very unique ecosystem, which is a reference point for migratory birds that stop here in their thousands.

Farmhouse Terre di Vendicari