Monte Monaco News Today

Sicily is blessed with endless, glorious beaches both sandy and rocky, and with the clearest of water in unimaginable shades of blue. Maintenance, however, isn't always as perfect as the venue might merit. So be prepared to take the rough with the smooth: it won't always be pristine.

It was a simple question. “Did you make coffee for Harrison Ford when he was filming here?” I asked it at the Posto di Ristoro, by the Doric temple at Segesta,

A visit to Corleone, the birthplace of the main character in The Godfather, Marlon Brando, was essential to the trip: romantic streets, incredible food and great cappucinos. Photo: Jeff Rueppel. My trip to Sicily’s sport-climbing paradise, the fabled limestone of San Vito Lo Capo, started with a massive disappointment—a reminder to not fly too high until you could—nothing major and nothing to do with mother Sicily, since it happened in the Rome airport, but it was aggravating because I h...