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Signature places
24 places we have written about
These are not certified businesses: they are the villages, the views, the trades and the traditions around the network.
Panorama
Calanchi della Sicilia interna
Agrigento (AG)
Clay formations eroded by time into moonlike, ever-shifting landscapes far from the island's coastal imagery. Found in inland areas largely untouched by mass tourism.
Cammino
Cammino dell'Anima sui Peloritani
Messina (ME)
A route of around 125 km connecting the Santuario di Dinnammare to the Santuario di Tindari through the lesser-known villages of the Messina Peloritani, weaving together history, nature and Marian devotion. It passes through little-visited places such as Fiumedinisi, Mandanici, Antillo, Novara di Sicilia and Tripi.
Mestiere
Carretto Siciliano di Randazzo
Randazzo (CT)
With its vivid painted decorations and carved panels, the carretto siciliano is one of Sicily's most distinctive craft expressions; the Randazzo area preserves a tradition documented since the nineteenth century.
Borgo
Castiglione di Sicilia
Castiglione di Sicilia (CT)
A medieval village perched on the slopes of Etna, Castiglione di Sicilia preserves a layered historic centre with Norman, Byzantine and Greek traces. It is included in the list of the Borghi più belli d'Italia (Italy's most beautiful villages).
Castroreale and its views over the Aeolian Islands
Castroreale (ME)
Medieval village in the Peloritani Mountains with spectacular views over the Aeolian Islands, home to deep-rooted traditions such as the Cristo Lungo procession.
Traditional ceramics of Caltagirone
Caltagirone (CT)
Caltagirone is one of Italy's leading centres for traditional ceramics, with a tradition rooted in the Arab and Norman periods that still lives on today in the workshops of its master ceramists.
