Jorge Mario Pedro Vargas Llosa is a Nobel prize winner for literature and, during his short stay in Sicily, he

My grandmother always repeats that the weather is bad on Holy Week. It is so. It is God who wants it

Santa Corona, with a very familiar name, protector from pandemics and pestilences and patroness of the

Oliena, at the foot of Monte Corrasi, is a continual place of discovery with its splendid

That day I was happy, very happy: the next day I would start my internship at an important newspaper in the city....

Palermo is a universal city, it must be lived with all its customs and traditions.
Its time

Paliano twists within its walls.
It twists, tangled like a ball of wool, its alleys, steps, climbs, underpasses. A

In the memories and in the hearts of those of us who lived as "Cappuccini" in the 80s, the emotions

The black pearl of the Mediterranean: Pantelleria is not only the sea, it is much much more.
I was in

Pedara, a village on the slopes of Etna has seen us as vacationers since the late 1960s.
My

One day a very demanding tourist entered a famous Travel Agency and expressed his desire to go on a

Pitigliano just appears behind a curve.
Because ...

Reading a book is like starting a journey, in silence, without knowing where it will lead you and when you will reach

My memories occasionally come back to mind. Now that I have been a Berlin citizen for 3 generations, now with a

Prizzi is our small centre of the world, an ancient village, a maze of small houses clinging to the ancient

I visited recently, with Piera, the beautiful Raffaello exhibition at the Scuderie del Quirinale in

When you are born in Sicily, it is difficult to immediately grasp your luck.
As a child you do

"The Ego says: when everything is in place, I will feel at peace. The soul says: find your peace and

As I head towards Rocca Priora climbing the "Montagna Spaccata" I think of all the cyclists

Rocca Priora is the highest town of