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Pantelleria: Italy's secret island

News Sicilia
Although it’s about to be immortalised​ on our cinema screens as the location of A Bigger Splash, starring Tilda Swinton and Ralph Fiennes, the island of Pantelleria is one of the Mediterranean’s least-known holiday spots. Little more than a black speck in the sea between Sicily and Tunisia – the 'black pearl of the Mediterranean’ – this rugged and sparsely populated volcanic outcrop, with terraced slopes giving way to wild, herby scrub, is the hideaway of a few shy celebrities such as Giorgio Armani and Luca Zingarelli (alias Inspector Montalbano), who both own villas here. However, it has never attracted a mass market. No doubt this is largely because Pantelleria is not a destination for beach-lovers. Swimming is mostly off rocks; the island’s only “beach” is inland, and it’s made of mu...

Per il Telegraph “è la Sicilia l’isola più ricca di cultura”. Ecco il testo dell’articolo

News Sicilia, Notizie siciliane, Province siciliane
“The range of culture sights is extraordinary” – “La varietà di beni culturali in Sicilia è straordinaria” si legge nelle prime righe dell’inserto del sabato del quotidiano londinese Telegraph dedicato ai viaggi. La Sicilia è stata premiata come “The best of the twenty islands of Mediterraneo for culture” la migliore delle 20 isole del Mar Mediterraneo per ricchezza culturale; e poi una serie di esempi a conferma: le rovine fenice a Mozia, gli incredibili e unici mosaici di Piazza Armerina, le grandi città greche di Agrigento, Siracusa e Selinunte, il tempio dorico di Segesta. E ancora, la straordinaria bellezza dei mosaici e dell’architettura normanna palermitana e l’inimitabile barocco di Catania e Noto. The range of cultural sights in Sicily is extraordinary, from the little island of ...