It was already a few years since I started thinking about a tour of the abbeys of Lazio because I wanted to know better the region where I grew up (and I’m currently living). I decided to start from the bottom part of the area, spending a day visiting the abbey of Valvisciolo and the…Continue Reading
A visit to the St. Peter’s Basilica is an (almost) fixed stop for those who come to visit Rome, how to visit it at least once in life is virtually obligatory for those who live in Rome. I, after several years from the first time, I chose to come back at the end of December…Continue Reading
The stop in Noto was the last of my last trip to Sicily. Having the flight back to Rome at 15 from Catania airport, I had much of the morning to spend in the city, and so it was; today, therefore, I want to take you to find out what to do and see in…Continue Reading
Scicli was the penultimate stage of my trip to Sicily, for the first weekend of November 2018. I decided to include it in my journey for two reasons: the main one is, apparently, the Sicilian baroque for which the area is famous; the second was the search for the sites of Commissioner Montalbano. A piece…Continue Reading
Modica, for me, has always meant chocolate first and foremost. I spent four days in Sicily in November 2018, and I decided to include it on my tour to discover all that is beyond its famous chocolate.
The origins of the city date back…Continue Reading
Also called “merely” Ibla, it is one of the two neighbourhoods that form the historic centre of Ragusa, heavily damaged by the earthquake of 1693 (it was then that…Continue Reading
