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Godfather Movie Tour in Sicily (June/July 2017)

This article originally appeared in the June/July 2017 issue of Dream of Italy. Fans of both classic cars and classic movies will love 500 Vintage Tour’s Godfather-themed tour, which takes visitors through the movies’ filming locales while cruising the streets in a vintage Fiat 500. The Godfather Movie Tour combines iconic pop culture, small-town charm, history and vintage cars into a …

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Exploring Palermo Through Street Food (April 2017)

This article appeared in the April 2017 issue of Dream of Italy. If “the way to a man’s heart is through his stomach,” then, man or woman, if you love to travel and learn about a culture through its cuisine, you will be bewitched by Palermo. Once you start exploring the Sicilian city’s markets and thoroughfares, you’ll be romanced immediately …

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Palermo: A Guide to Rosticcerie and Tavole Calde (April 2017)

This article appeared in the April 2017 issue of Dream of Italy as a sidebar to Exploring Palermo Through Street Food. Palermo’s rosticcerie and tavole calde (snack bars of sorts) are another great place to try local specialties. Antica Drogheria Dainotti Via Porta Carini, 45 (39) 340 8703497 Open daily, 8 p.m. to 1:30 a.m. In the Il Capo market, …

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Palermo: A Guide to The Markets (April 2017)

This article appeared in the April 2017 issue of Dream of Italy as a sidebar to Exploring Palermo Through Street Food. Authentic street food is encountered on Palermo’s streets and markets, sold by hawkers from their hand-pushed carts or mobile stalls. You can also find various items at rosticcerie and tavole calde (snack bars) throughout the city. Ballarò The ancient …

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Exploring the Vineyards of Noto Sicily

This article appeared in the October 2016 issue of Dream of Italy. Updated 2018. For the last 10 years, I’ve enjoyed introducing travelers to the wines of southeastern Sicily. This is the land of origin of the Nero d’Avola vine and it is just steps from Noto, famous for its baroque buildings and UNESCO World Heritage Site. Much like the town, …

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Italy’s Spooky Folklore Figures

This article appeared in the October 2016 issue of Dream of Italy. Updated 2018. On October 31st, lots of Americans festoon front yards with witches, ghosts, beasts and other frightening figures in celebration of Halloween. Most people who do this have long forgotten the roots of and connections to these scary creations back in the countries we came from. Not so …

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Unique Experiences for Kids in Puglia, Sardinia and Sicily

This article originally appeared in the May 2016 issue of Dream of Italy. Updated 2018. Puglia: Trulli of Alberobello Your kids – and you – have never seen anything like the UNESCO World Heritage Site Alberobello – a whole town filled with stone huts sporting conical roofs — trulli. The town looks something like out of a fantasy movie. Want to give your kids an …

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Portraits of Sicily: His Wheels Keep on Turning – Sicily’s Last Donkey Cart Painter

This article originally appeared in the August 2015 issue of Dream of Italy. Updated 2018. Imagine a culture without books, newspapers, or text-based signs. How would you remember important dates in history, learn about current events, or know whom to call when for the best groceries? In Sicily for hundreds of years, most of the population was illiterate—just like most of the population …

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Portraits of Sicily: A New Chapter in a Sicilian Family History

This article originally appeared in the August 2015 issue of Dream of Italy. Updated 2018. In 1917, Anna D’Angelo and her three eldest children left Castellammare del Golfo for New York City, where Anna’s husband had emigrated a year before. Although he would eventually prove unstable, the couple had six more children. Jean, born in 1924 in Detroit, was the last and most …

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Portraits of Sicily: From Cloister to Cookies – A Sicilian Pastry Chef

This article originally appeared in the August 2015 issue of Dream of Italy. Updated 2018. Getting to the medieval walled town of Erice is easiest and most picturesque via the globe-shaped funiculari that leave every 10 minutes from the top of Trapani. As the pods rise, they offer the vistas that distinguish that city from its Sicilian fellows—the meeting of the Mediterranean and …

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