Escape Crowds, Find Quiet

Most articles about mountain biking in Sicily lead with technical singletrack, rock gardens, and double-digit gradients built for riders who...

Mondello Beach gets the crowds. Twenty minutes north by paddle, Capo Gallo Nature Reserve gets almost none of them —...

In 1986, the fishermen of a tiny volcanic island 36 miles off Palermo asked the Italian government to protect their...

Sicily comes with a reputation it never quite asked for. Decades of mafia movies have left a lot of travelers...

Type "Palermo itinerary" into a search bar and most results try to fit the historic centre, a Monreale day trip,...

One widely read guide to Palermo describes Borgo Vecchio as charming, convenient, and full of local color. Another, written by...