Every September 26th, vases of fresh flowers encircle the pink limesonte plaque on the floor at the entrance to the Basilica Superiore di San Francesco. Look closely at the plaque and you’ll…
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As you stroll the labyrinthine alleyways of medieval hill towns, you might see sheets, towels and clothing hanging out to dry. In our Assisi backstreets these days, white sheets flutter over the…
Pino had been back and forth to Castiglione del Lago countless times during the months his company restored the massive medieval walls of this lakeside gem, often enjoying a lake fish lunch…
Two out of three nights on the magical island of Marettimo (western Sicily coast), we ate at Il Veliero and only because one night we arrived too late to nab a table.…
Say “cheese” in Palermo – but say it in Italian, “formaggio” (or better yet, in Sicilian “u caciu“) and ask where to find the best of it. Those who know cheese goodness…
If you’re coming into Trapani by late-morning ferry from one of the Egadi Islands – Marettimo, Favignana or Levanzo – don’t miss lunch at Caupona Taverna di Sicilia before your Sicilian adventures…
The blues of the island of Marettimo off the western coast of Sicily – one of the three Egadi islands (along with Levanzo and Favignana) – seem to harmoniously run together. In…
You don’t have to speak marettimano or siciliano – or even Italiano – to order up the goodness at Bar La Scaletta overlooking the island of Marettimo’s port and craggy mountains rising…
In his late twenties, smiling Giuseppe welcomes guests at the family restaurant/hotel Oasi da Paolo in Castelluzzo (western Sicily, near San Vito Lo Capo) and takes food orders with his papa’ Paolo.…
In ancient Greek and Roman mythology, la sirenetta (“the mermaid”) was the devious temptress wooing sailors off course, leading them to their deaths. La Gelateria Sirenetta of San Vito Lo Capo, one…