Join a small-group food tour of Sicily with Magari Tours. Discover the Island’s award-winning cuisine, exquisite local wines, and hidden gem locations… Quite rightly, Sicily has been named the European Region of Gastronomy for 2025*; a title well deserved as the island offers a wealth of local sustainable culinary experiences, allowing visitors to truly immerse […]
Are you tempted to visit Sicily? Michelle Jackson, The Novel Traveller and friend of Travel Department, shares her highlights of this wonderful part of Italy. Travel with confidence: Your holiday is a very special time, and Travel Department craft the itineraries to make sure that you get the most enjoyment. The world is continuously changing, and […]
Fleur Kinson explores the best property prospects around Sicily, where excellent property prospects abound, along with terrific scenery, friendly towns and a temptingly laid-back pace of life Photos by iStock Summers in Sicily are hot and the weather stays pleasantly warm throughout the winter. This favourable climate attracts not only peak-season holiday-makers but also those […]
Long summers, spectacular landscapes and super-friendly people are just three things to entice you to Sicily. A vast range of property options – including some of Italy’s most affordable homes – should be another, says Fleur Kinson Photos by iStock Sitting like a big, bold triangle perched at the toe-tip of the Italian boot, […]
A luxury 3-bedroom seaside single-family villa for sale in the marine protected area of Plemmirio. The villa has a total floor space of around 230 sqm. The garden, with typical Mediterranean vegetation, measures 2,500 sqm. The villa was constructed in 1980 but was renovated in 2010. It is the perfect holiday home and it has a […]
About 300 metres from the beach, in an historic and unique context, there is a noble, century-old tower with fabulous views over Favignana and Erice. The villa dates from around 1900 but was renovated in 2010. The private entrance leads to a spacious and cosy living room adorned with a spectacular semi-circular stone vault. An […]
An early-1800s villa with sea view in which were filmed many scenes from the Italian TV series Montalbano and Il Capo dei Capi. The villa itself is spread on a single level and is 1,000 sqm in size, with a garden of 1,700 sqm and surrounding parkland of 25,000 sqm. The main access leads to […]
Summers in Sicily are hot and the weather stays pleasantly warm throughout the winter… Read Part 1 of this series here This favourable climate attracts not only peak-season holiday-makers but also those looking for some winter sunshine. Serving these sun-seekers are several Blue Flag beaches, as well as numerous UNESCO World Heritage sites for excursions […]
Summers in Sicily are hot and the weather stays pleasantly warm throughout the winter… Read Part 2 of this series here This favourable climate attracts not only peak-season holiday-makers but also those looking for some winter sunshine. Serving these sun-seekers are several Blue Flag beaches, as well as numerous UNESCO World Heritage sites for excursions […]
In the second part of this series, Mark Nicholls journeys across the hilltops of Sicily and discovers more about Europes most active Volcano… Read Part 1 here Olives and vines Journeying across Sicily takes you through a landscape of rolling hillsides lined with olives and vines, distant red patches of poppies with isolated hilltop castles visible in the […]