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Villa Vittoria – a luxury villa in Sicily

May 4, 2017 by Lorenza Bacino 1 Comment

Villa Vittoria pool, Sicily. Copyright Lorenza Bacino

This is a guest post by Anglo-Italian journalist Lorenza Bacino, about the villa where she stayed near to the beautiful coastal town of Cefalù, Sicily. You can read more about Lorenza’s trip in her post Cefalù, Sicily: travel tips and things to do. ‘The family and I (two kids aged 11 and 14 and my […]

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Categories: Italy, Room reports
Tags: Cefalù, Massimovillas, Sicily, Villa holidays

Cefalù, Sicily: travel tips and things to do

April 24, 2017 by Lorenza Bacino 3 Comments

View of Cefalù, Sicily. Copyright Lorenza Bacino

This is a guest post by Anglo-Italian journalist Lorenza Bacino, about her trip to the beautiful town of Cefalù, Sicily, one of my favourite places in Italy. ‘My family and I (husband, two children aged 11 and 14) were fortunate enough to enjoy a week-long spring break in Cefalù, a charming town on the north […]

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Categories: Italy, Things to do in...
Tags: Cefalù, Massimovillas, Sicily

Holiday snaps: Verdura beach

August 3, 2015 by Gretta Schifano 1 Comment

Verdura beach, Sicily. Copyright Gretta Schifano

We stayed at Verdura Golf & Spa Resort for a couple of nights when we were travelling around Sicily in 2014. The resort is part of the Rocco Forte group and its style is one of understated luxury. It was actually too windy to go in the sea while we were there but we all […]

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Tags: Sicily, Verdura Golf & Spa Resort

What to eat in Sicily

October 20, 2014 by Gretta Schifano 11 Comments

Cannoli. Copyright Gretta Schifano

One of the best things about Sicily is the amazing and diverse food on offer there. Sicily has been occupied by many different powers over the centuries and the influence of these various cultures can still be seen in kitchens, food markets and restaurants today. Here are some of the things which my family enjoyed trying when we went to […]

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Categories: Italy
Tags: Sicilian food, Sicily

How to drive in Sicily

September 18, 2014 by Gretta Schifano Leave a Comment

Fiat 500, Noto, Sicily. Copyright Gretta Schifano

It’s possible that I’m not fully qualified to write this post because I’ve never actually driven in Sicily.  I’ve been driven in Sicily a lot though, most recently by my husband on our family holiday there this summer. We stayed in four different places, explored the Baroque towns in the south of Sicily and had a […]

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Categories: Italy, The journey
Tags: driving tips, Sicily

Staying with HouseTrip in Sicily

August 15, 2014 by Gretta Schifano 14 Comments

Pool at La Truvatura. Copyright Gretta Schifano

For the last week of our family trip to Sicily in August we booked a place by the sea with HouseTrip and it worked really well for us. Sampieri The property we booked is in the far south of the island in a small coastal village called Sampieri. Nothing much happens in Sampieri and that […]

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Categories: Coast, Italy, Room reports
Tags: family accommodation, HouseTrip, Sicily

10 reasons why Sicily’s Verdura Resort is great for families

August 11, 2014 by Gretta Schifano 4 Comments

Verdura Golf & Spa Resort. Copyright Gretta Schifano

Children who go on a Scott Dunn holiday to Sicily’s beautiful Verdura Golf & Spa Resort are so well looked after there that they may never recover from the experience. I don’t think that my two will ever want to go anywhere else after our trip there in July: my son actually asked me if […]

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Categories: Italy, Luxury
Tags: kids clubs, Luxury hotels, Scott Dunn, Sicily, Verdura Golf & Spa Resort

Staying on a farm in Sicily

August 8, 2014 by Gretta Schifano 15 Comments

Lello having breakfast at Valle di Chiaramonte agriturismo, Sicily. Copyright Gretta Schifano

Agriturismo Valle di Chiaramonte is one of two working farms owned by the Gulino family on the Italian island of Sicily. The main focus of the Gulinos is beef, dairy and olive oil production but they also have some rooms where you can stay at one of their farms. The agriturismo can host up to 20 […]

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Categories: Italy, Room reports
Tags: Agriturismo, farm stays, Sicily

Verdura Golf & Spa Resort, Sicily

August 5, 2014 by Gretta Schifano Leave a Comment

Verdura resort, Sicily. Copyright Gretta Schifano.

Google Camp I’ve just read on the New York Times website that Google is hosting an elite conference on the Italian island of Sicily this week. The conference is very hush-hush and is called ‘Camp’, according to the NYT. Among those attending, I read, are Arianna Huffington, Eva Longoria and the heads of various banks […]

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Categories: Italy, Luxury, Room reports
Tags: Google, Google Camp, Sicily, Verdura Golf & Spa Resort

Palermo street food tour

July 31, 2014 by Gretta Schifano 8 Comments

Palermo street food tour. Copyright Gretta Schifano

‘Mum, I could eat these for every meal.’ We’re in the back streets of Palermo in Sicily and my 11 year-old son has just had his first taste of arancini, a popular Sicilian dish. Arancini are fried rice balls which are stuffed with ragù sauce and peas or mozzarella and ham and which my husband […]

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Categories: City, Italy
Tags: City tour, food tour, Palermo, Sicily

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