Our first stop in Sciacca was almost accidental. We were driving back from Selinunte and decided to see what Sciacca was about. It was Sunday. It was around 14:00. Which we now know is an almost illegal hour in Sicily. The town felt… dead. Not abandoned, but paused. Streets
Christmas in Sicily has been a genuinely special experience for us. Not because Christmas itself is unique here. People enjoy this season everywhere. But because of how Sicily approaches it. With imagination. With atmosphere. With an eye for detail that feels intentional rather than excessive. The lights are not just
Segesta is one of those places where the first question isn’t what is this, but why is it here. A large ancient temple standing in open hills, surrounded only by farmland and wide sky. No city around it. No dense cluster of ruins. Just one structure, placed with intention
(Terme di Segesta, also known as Aquae Segestanae) We have visited the thermals of Segesta twice now. Mostly because of our own laziness, honestly. These are the kind of places you should be going to weekly if you live anywhere nearby. And every time, the same thought comes back. How
Why this topic matters to us As you already know, Palermo has become one of our favourite cities... Ever. So it honestly hits us almost personally when we see comments online calling it trashy, dirty or even comparing it to ghettos. Some people write things that make you wonder if
First impressions Erice is one of the most recommended places to visit if you are anywhere near Trapani. Every guide says it. Every video says it. Every person who has ever visited the area says it. We used to ignore advice like that, trying very hard to be the kind
What we expected before going Before our first trip to Palermo, we did what everyone does. We read Reddit. We watched a few videos. And the message everywhere was the same. Palermo is dirty. Palermo is full of trash. Palermo is chaos. And, at the danger of being painfully shallow,
Starting over in Sicily Moving here was a dream, yes, but it was also our way out. We had reached a point where our old life felt heavy and stuck and we knew we needed a change. Sicily became that place for us. Where we imagined we could finally breathe,
Everyday Life
Why We Avoided Trapani At First I will be honest, friends, because that is the kind of relationship we want to build here. We kept delaying Trapani. We expected not to like it. We imagined something similar to Cefalù which is beautiful, of course... But at that moment we were
Before coming to Sicily, Villa Romana del Casale wasn’t even on our list. TripAdvisor mentioned it, but there wasn’t much useful information anywhere. We didn’t know what to expect, but certainly not what we found. It was a very hot August day, the kind of heat where
We were looking for a winery somewhere close to Terrasini, nothing too far, nothing too complicated. The plan was simple: my friends were coming over and, honestly, visiting a Sicilian winery is basically mandatory at this point. And, as usual, I started looking way too late. Like “why am I
Enna wasn’t supposed to be a big thing. It started as a simple “let’s stop by” on our way back from the Roman hunting house near Piazza Armerina, the one with mosaics so perfectly preserved it makes you wonder if the Romans secretly had underfloor heating and Insta.