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Tourism in Covid-19’s times: waiting for the rebirth of life

More than a year has passed since the Covid-19 pandemic has broken out and seriously impacted on anybody’s mental state. As the World Health Organization (WHT) claims: “people are experiencing fear, worry and stress“, due to the consequent and inevitable health, social and economic problems caused by the virus. People are still obliged to restrictions […]

Agrigento: between history and myth

The province of Agrigento is located in the southwest of Sicily. According to the legend, it was founded by Deadalus, protagonist of Greek mythology and inventor of the Knossos labyrinth and of the hollow cow for Minos‘ wife, Pasiphaë. We have already concerned with Bull of Phalaris, now let’s describe these other two inventions in […]

Myths and legends: The bull of Phalaris

In the Sicilian province of Agrigento you can visit a place of breathtaking beauty and full of history: the Valley of the Temples, the ancient city. Let’s have a look! Agrigento (Akragas in Greek) was a prosperous city during the Greek domination of Sicily. In the Valley there are a lot of temples, a UNESCO […]

Slow Tourism in Sicily: Saint Agatha and the “secret” corners of Catania

Nowadays, more and more tourists from every part of the world choose slow tourism for their travels. They prefer quality over quantity, slow and typical food over fast food, deep immersions in local culture and traditions, sustainability, emotions. In every country, in every town there are places which even their inhabitants do not know very […]