After the fall of Troy, Odysseus and his men embarked on the perilous and unexpectedly long journey back to Ithaca, Greece. Along the way they faced monsters, battled cannibals, got played by the m...

The heart and soul of Italy, Sicily comes alive throughout the year with arts, culture and festivities. Carnival Many believe that the Romans gave birth to the original Carnival to honor the god Sa...

Sicily is not only typically warmer than mainland Italy, but also boasts some of the hottest summer temperatures in all of Europe. In fact, one of the hottest recorded temperature in Europe’s histo...

Sicily’s history dates as far back as that of Europe itself. Mount Pellegrino’s rock carvings, estimated as well over 10,000 years old, are the oldest surviving evidence of permanent Sicilian settl...

Citizens of nations belonging to the Schengen Agreement do not need visas to visit Sicily or any other part of Italy. These include Switzerland, Iceland, Norway, Liechtenstein, and most European Un...

Sicily is often nicknamed Trinacria because of its triangular shape, which makes the island easy to navigate. Messina, the gateway to mainland Italy and the Ionian Coast, stands in the northeastern...

Sicily’s three major airports are Palermo International Airport, the island’s largest, Catania Fontanarossa International Airport along the east coast, and the smaller Trapani Birgi Airport on the ...

Sicily Ferries Ferries are the other major transportation links between Sicily and mainland Italy with no fewer than 20 crossings between Messina and the mainland city of Villa San Giovanni each da...