Small village of 3000 inhabitants known for its Murales paintings. Since 1994 about 30 artists contributed with their art on this villages facades. In August takes place a folkloristic dance “Ballo della Cardella”. A fertility dance around a three meter high pole, which is identical to our viking tradition in Midsummer.
Lunch at: Family Art
Countryplace stay aka Agriturismo: Masseria Xireni (Organic and Sustainable travel)
Selinunte archaeological park is largest in Europe. 270 hectares, 10 km walking track, seven temples, baths, necropolis ecc. An area to walk through the birth of the Greek empire to its fall.
Marinella di Selinunte is the small village just by with 1000 inhabitants. One of the few real rural Sicilian areas left with slow living, fish and amazing beaches.
Sea bass baked in salt in low temperature in the oven. These we eat at Da Lorenzo in Santa Tecla (below Acireale). Yummy! Book a table, a very popular restaurant.
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Saltinbakad Havsabborre bakad som gräddas i låg temperatur i ugnen. Dessa åt vi på Da Lorenzo i Santa Tecla (nedanför Acireale). Smaskigt! Boka bord, en mycket populär restaurang.
Things your do not find in the supermarkets. Hand made. Pure. Limited.
A beautiful thing with Sicily is that they have managed to keep handy craft and genuine produce in a world where everything is industrialized. The taste and quality of food is amazing and you can find carpenters, shoe repair shops, create and have your own furniture and home decorations done. And it is not expensive either.
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En vacker sak med Sicilien ?r att de har lyckats beh?lla hantverk och ?kta produkter i en v?rld d?r allt ?r industrialiserat. Smaken och kvaliteten p? maten ?r fantastisk och du kan hitta snickare, skoverkst?der, skapa och f? egna m?bler och heminredning gjort. Och det ?r inte heller dyrt.
Trapani is a quite well known coast town on the west side of Sicily. Had a huge tourism boom when the airport was made a Ryanair airport, but now struggling to keep the numbers up. Trapani is not my favourite city, but the old town is really worth a visit. Beautiful baroque style with nice shops, wine bars and traffic free zones. Park the car in front of the harbor and walk the few minutes in. In Trapani you should eat the classical couscous with fish soup. The city is also well located between two important wine districts, Alcamo and Marsala. I would recommend to book a stay on the countryside of Trapani. We visited just couple of hours to eat after a wine tour.
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Trapani ?r en ganska k?nd kuststad p? v?stra sidan av Sicilien. Hade en enorm turismboom n?r flygplatsen gjordes till en Ryanair flygplats, men k?mpar nu f?r att h?lla siffrorna uppe. Trapani ?r inte min favoritstad, men gamla stan ?r verkligen v?rt ett bes?k. Vacker barockstil med fina aff?rer, vinbarer och trafikfria zoner. Parkera bilen framf?r hamnen och g? de f? minuterna in. I Trapani borde du ?ta den klassiska couscousen med fisksoppa. Staden ligger ocks? bra till mellan tv? viktiga vinomr?den, Alcamo och Marsala. Jag rekommenderar att boka boendet p? landsbygden utanf?r Trapani. Vi stannade bara ett par timmar f?r middag efter en vintur.
We decided to stop by a wine bar and take in local Focaccia and Tagliere (cheese and chark).
Vi stannade till vid en vinbar och tog in en lokal Focaccia och Tagliere (ost och chark)
If you are out by Etna north side and enjoying wine yards, do not miss Cave Ox. An amazing local restaurant in Solicchiata, just where the wine districts starts by Etna. The cook by the seasons and the owner is very friendly. He also offered me to taste some new wines he was thinking to have in the wine selection. Here having their anti-pasti and then Porcini mushroom pasta.
Om du ?r ute vid Etnas norra sida och njuter av ving?rdar, missa inte Cave Ox. En fantastisk lokal restaurang i Solicchiata, precis d?r vindistrikten b?rjar vid Etna. Kocken lagar efter ?rstiderna och ?garen ?r mycket v?nlig. Han erbj?d mig ocks? att smaka p? n?gra nya viner som han t?nkte ha i vinsortimentet. H?r deras anti-pasti och sedan Porcini svamppasta.
Aperitivo is common in Sicily, you meet friends or customers for drinks any day of the week. Nice habit in Sicily is when you order drinks they always bring snacks. It can be chips and peanuts, or many times even a small tray with finger food like mini sandwich, meat balls, vegetables ecc. These are for free. If you want more food you can order drink with aperitivo or Happy Hour menu, and for some extra euros you get a larger tray with more different foods, enough for dinner. Enjoy!
Here we are at bar Daquiri at Corso Umberto in Taormina. You find it on the main street with funny colorful big flower vases on the steps.
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Aperitivo ?r vanligt p? Sicilien, du tr?ffar v?nner eller kunder ?ver drinkar vilken dag som helst i veckan. Trevlig vana p? Sicilien ?r n?r du best?ller drycker bjuder de alltid p? snacks. Det kan vara chips och jordn?tter, eller ofta ?ven en liten bricka med finger food som minism?rg?s, mini k?ttbullar, gr?nsaker ecc. Dessa ?r gratis. Om du vill ha mer mat kan du best?lla dryck med aperitivo eller Happy Hour-menyn, och f?r n?gra euro extra f?r du en st?rre bricka med mer olika matvarianter, tillr?ckligt f?r middag. Njut!
H?r ?r vi p? bar Daquiri p? Corso Umberto i Taormina. Du hittar den p? huvudgatan med roliga f?rgstarka stora blomstervaser p? trappan.
Sicily is filled with markets in each village and city. Recent years many organic markets has popped up as Sicily grows fast in organic produce. This market in Catania is held every second sunday of the month from 9:30am to 1:30pm. It is a Piazza Dante, iniside the Benedettini.
Here you can buy organic produce directly from local producers; vegetables, fruits, wine, beer, clothes, beauty products ecc. In last photo you see real organic eggs; different colors and size.
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Sicilien ?r fylld med marknader i varje by och stad. Senaste ?ren har m?nga ekologiska marknader dykt upp d? Sicilien v?xer snabbt i ekologisk produktion. Denna marknad i Catania h?lls varannan s?ndag i m?naden fr?n 9:30 till 13:30. Den finner du vid Piazza Dante, inne i Benedettini.
H?r kan du k?pa ekologiska produkter direkt fr?n lokala producenter. gr?nsaker, frukt, vin, ?l, kl?der, sk?nhetsprodukter ecc. I det sista fotot ser du ekologiska ?gg; olika f?rger och storlek.
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