Palermo has been called the "city of a thousand faces". Very few cities on the planet have witnessed a past as varied as that of Palermo. Today, it's an exciting coastal destination with multiple UNESCO World Heritage Sites that has something for every kind of ...

"In cities without the sea ... I wonder where people go to regain their balance ... perhaps to the Moon ... (Banana Yoshimoto)" Porticello When I read this quote I realized that I've had a similar thought several times in my life. Living on the Sicilian coast, ...

    If you are planning a trip to Sicily for the All Saints' and All Souls' Day Holiday weekend, then you will definitely want to learn about the Sicilian tradition of Notte di Zucchero.  In Sicily the dead are not only remembered, but celebrated! The spirit of Notte ...

That's right, folk is not just tradition, but a life style! It's like a drug; once you go into the tunnel, you can't come out. You don't even try to stop, but if for some reason, you distance yourself from it for awhile, you miss ...

Palermo is charm, it's art, it's history but it's also legend. Palermo is simple but at the same time mysterious. Like an attractive and intriguing woman, sometimes a little unnerving, who does not want to immediately reveal her cards. It is for this reason that ...

There is a sixteenth-century church in Palermo, in the district of Kalsa, which is still used today as a a venue for public performances. It uses to be a lazaretto during an epidemic plague in the late 500s. It temporarily took in the famous painting ...

Here we are again to continue the story of the Palace. We stopped in the XVI century, when in Marina Square the Spanish Viceroys exercised their power and senteced the imposters with no mercy. Now, dear reader, I ask you to fast farward a few ...

As the pilgrimage to Mecca is for muslims one of the 5 pillars of Islam and it is compulsory at least once in their life, I can guarantee that the celebration in honour of Saint Rosalia (u  Fistinu) represents an important event as well for not ...

Walking around the streets of the Old town of Palermo, a visit to the well-known Marina Square is required. In the middle of it, you can see the small but luxurious Garibaldi villa, famous for its Ficus macrophylla culumnaris, planted in 1864 when the garden was ...