SICILY
7 Tours Reviewed
Sicilian puppets in Syracuse feel oddly alive. This guided visit is run by the Vaccaro brothers and mixes a museum look with a staged show based on classic chivalric tales. I especially like the hands-on puppeteer experience and the high…
Corleone has a shadow, and this tour puts it on the table. You’ll pair the CIDMA Mafia museum in Corleone with a visit tied to antimafia efforts, then swap gears for Piana degli Albanesi’s lake area and famous cannolo—one focused…
Demeter and Kore show up in the details. This guided loop connects Sicily’s archaeology to the ancient myth thread, with stops that range from the Greek agora at Morgantina to star finds at Aidone’s museum, ending at the UNESCO mosaics…
Soap has a darker story than you expect. In Sciacca, this hour-long visit turns a restored 19th-century building into soap history made tangible, with machines and tools from South West Sicily. If you like your travel with a little science…
Soap making is science you can smell. At Casa Museo del Sapone in Sciacca, you get a one-hour visit to an old 19th-century soap house plus a hands-on workshop that ends with customized soap. I love seeing the real old…
Tiles you can tour like a home. In Palermo’s Stanze al Genio, you get a guided walk through a private majolica museum tucked in Palazzo Torre Pirajno, with 5,000+ tiles from the 15th to the 19th century set up room-style.…
Salt turns a Sicilian walk into a science lesson. Here you follow the edges of the Culcasi salt pans, where sea, clay, and pale salt create a real-life color chart, and the guide explains how the whole system works. I…
