Discover places to stay, eat, explore and experience across Sicily.
Palazzo Biscari is an 18th-century Baroque palace in the historic center of Catania, Sicily, and remains the city's most prominent privately owned historic residence. Built by the Paternò Castello family after the devastating 1693 earthquake, it is celebrated for its lavish interiors, monumental architecture, and continued role as a venue for guided tours, concerts, exhibitions, and cultural events.
Ancient Theatre of Taormina (Teatro antico di Taormina) is a 3rd-century BC Hellenistic theatre located in Sicily, Italy, renowned as the second-largest in the region after Syracuse and celebrated for its horseshoe shape and dramatic views of Mount Etna and the Ionian Sea.
Founded in 1975 by the Association for the Conservation of Popular Traditions, the Antonio Pasqualino International Puppet Museum houses more than 5,000 marionettes, hand puppets, shadow puppets and stage machines from around the world. It preserves the largest and most complete collection of Palermo, Catania and Neapolitan pupi, while serving as a centre for safeguarding and sharing the theatrical heritage of Sicily and other puppet traditions.
Vista sul Duomo is an intimate two-room guesthouse in a renovated 1930s building in Ragusa Ibla, combining original features such as traditional pitchstone flooring with modern rooms and a bright breakfast area. Its panoramic outlook over the historic centre, particularly towards the dome of San Giorgio Cathedral, is complemented by breakfasts of pastries, seasonal fruit and Sicilian treats including cannoli and cassatine.
At Sapio, Alessandro and Roberta work with produce from their farm and local producers, using each ingredient as fully as possible while keeping water waste and plastic use to a minimum. Their cooking seeks a distinctive sense of place—enriched by thoughtful outside influences yet rooted in Catania, between Etna’s fire and the Ionian Sea—and has earned the restaurant a Michelin star.
Ristorante La Madia is a two-MICHELIN-Star fine-dining restaurant in Licata, led by chef Pino Cuttaia. Its creative tasting menus reinterpret Sicilian traditions through contemporary techniques, with a strong sense of local ingredients, island memories and flavour, complemented by warm, attentive service and an elegant, intimate atmosphere.
Limu is a fine-dining restaurant in Bagheria where chef Antonino Ferreri presents contemporary cuisine rooted in Sicilian traditions, with seasonal produce, seafood and artisan ingredients refined through polished technique. Its regularly refreshed tasting menus, including a dedicated vegetarian option, are especially valued for their creativity and elegant presentation.
MEC Restaurant, awarded one MICHELIN Star, occupies the renovated, high-tech setting of Palazzo Castrone, an illustrious late-sixteenth-century palazzo in Palermo’s historic centre, a stone’s throw from the Arab-Norman Cathedral. Chef Carmelo Trentacosti, a disciple of Nino Graziano, creates refined dishes with restrained flavours that reveal the scents and tastes of his native land.
Cristal Hotel Palermo occupies a central position on Via Roma, within easy walking distance of Teatro Massimo, Palermo’s historic centre, restaurants, cafés and shops. Its modern interiors include a lobby for arrivals, informal meetings and relaxing between excursions, while the friendly, helpful staff are often appreciated for their local recommendations and assistance with transport.
Located in the heart of Palermo, the establishment occupies the old Palazzo Tarallo building keeping the original structure and becoming a special pace with vintage frescos and furniture. Furthermore, the hotel is part of the Arab-Norman route, declared a World Heritage Site by the UNESCO.