To get the full impact of the city’s culture, you must have a night at the opera in Palermo’s Teatro Massimo Vittorio Emanuele. It’s the largest opera house in Italy, designed like an Ancient Greek temple, and where the final scen…

Today I’ll take you for a dip into the breath-taking waters of Palermo and Trapani, where I go swimming every summer, topping up my tan and enjoying a well-deserved break. Palermo is the capital of the amazing microcosm that i…

I have already mentioned in my article on the Teatro Massimo that the building dominates a very central square in Palermo. From Piazza Verdi, many of the city tours meander off to explore the wonders of a city that boasts an enti…