Sicily

Sicily and Le Soste di Ulisse

Three ancient valleys characterize Sicily, a sign of ancient dominations, from the Arab to the Bourbon one, which made this land an island of contrasts, culture and beauty. Val di Noto, Val di Mazara e Val Demone: the territorial division that Le Soste di Ulisse shared. Art, architecture, agriculture, crafts, landscape, thought: a continent in the Mediterranean. Discovering the three valleys is a journey that marks the soul, the mind and the heart. It is an invitation to discover authenticity and emotions. It’s Sicily to live!

CHARME

Val di Mazara

"Extremely fertile in producing wheat and other kinds of fodder, and wine and oil and excellent honey, abundant in sheep, oxen, and herds of large cattle" ...

TRADITION

Val di Noto

"It has much smaller mountains than others of Sicily, the countryside full of stones; but with all this very fertile and fat and very grassy, so the herds and herds have to graze abundantly. It is very copious with wheat, wine, honey and cattle "...

TERRITORY

Val Démone

"It is full of very high mountains, cliffs, hills one after the other, of very large woods and very strong woods, and is higher and higher than the others (Valli). So it happens that he is poor in wheat and in every other kind of fodder, but very abundant in oil "…

Sicily to discover

3 Promontories

that gave the shape and the name to Trinacria: Capo Peloro, Capo Lilibeo and Capo Passero.

1484 km of coastline

Sicily is the largest island in the Mediterranean area.

3 Active volcanoes

there are three large active volcanoes in Sicily: Etna, Stromboli and Vulcano.

5 Marine conservation areas

Ustica, Egadi, Pelagie, Capo Gallo and Isola delle Femmone, Plemmirio, Ciclopi Islands.

5 Natural Parks

Etna, Nebrodi, Madonie, Alcantara, Monti Sicani and 20 wildlife reserves.

15 Archaeological Parks

Mozia (Lilibeo-Marsala), Selinunte, Segesta, Monte Jato, Solunto, Himera, Valley of the Temples, Roman Villa del Casale, Morgantina, Pantalica, Megara Iblea, Tindari, Aeolian Islands ...

7 UNESCO sites

Etna, Agrigento, Aeolian, Val di Noto, Roman Villa del Casale, Syracuse and Pantalica necropolis, Arab-Norman Palermo and the cathedrals of Cefalù and Monreale.

7,3 hours of sunlight

a day (annual average), warm climate in the summertime, mild winters.

14 smaller islands

form the Eolie (ME), Egadi (TP) and Pelagie (AG) archipelagos. Ustica and Pantelleria plus other minor islands.