“Because, in the end, is there really any cuisine that is not women’s cuisine?”
“‘Enchanted paradise. Place of peace’ is a TripAdvisor review of Ginostra that rather succinctly sums up most accounts of the village.”
Oscar-winning director Christopher Nolan of Oppenheimer fame recently filmed parts of his much-anticipated movie, The Odyssey, starring Matt Damon, Zendaya, and Lupita Nyong’o on this small Italian island off the coast of Sicily. A getaway for in-the-know Italian vacationers, but an undiscovered haven for many, will Favignana become the next set-jetting hot spot?
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“Who, at the time, could have imagined such a future in the poorest area of Italy?”
“…the vibrant metropolis’ architecture, food, and culture have been influenced by the Greeks, Carthaginians, Romans, Byzantines, Arabs, Normans, and Spanish over the centuries, which means it’s a one-stop-shop to get a taste of Sicily’s complex history and traditional flavors.”
“To establish their dominance, to display their wealth, and, of course, to serve a customary religious purpose, the Greeks did what in many ways they did best: build temples.”
“In fact, latte di mandorla has been officially recognised by the Italian government as key to Sicily’s (and regions of Southern Italy’s) heritage, and is now a protected traditional agricultural product.”
There are many ways to experience Italy, but some are better than others. The key to getting to know the country at its best is to look beyond the comfortable and the predictable. Get lost! Get to know the locals. And one of the easiest and most rewarding ways is through an immersive, off-the-beaten-path experience. […]
“Mass hallucinations, hypnosis, and hysteria causing visions of flying witches and sorceresses (known as mahare), ghosts, and men morphing into donkeys is what followed breakfast, lunch, and dinner…The concierge insisted, in what I understood to be a flurry of dissent with a few curses in the mix, that the story is ASSOLUTAMENTE NON VERO.”
“His music evokes a tension between the spiritual, inner world and everyday mundane human existence, all flesh, bodies, and desires–a tone that feels definitively Sicilian in its tension between visceral passion and appreciation of simple beauty.”
“On the same day, you can swim in the bluest waters, wander the highest hilltop towns, explore the wildest landscape, and taste the sweetest pastries.”
“I think Montalbano for my father–like for so many that grew up watching this show–is like a friend, someone whose every quirk, both personally and professionally, he knows.”
“The architectural and cultural reconstruction of the area was akin to the rebirth of a phoenix from the flames.”
“Tourists should position themselves in Palermo and think they are the center of the Mediterranean in 2050 and not in the south of Italy today.”
“Un uomo senza mito è un uomo senza radici” (“A man without myth is a man without roots”) –Carl Gustav Jung
“The food is equally as bold, and Catania is the proud birthplace of many of Sicily’s most famous dishes.”
