Travel to the beautiful Sicily
Sicilian cuisine, Tourist Sites
Basic Info
Sicily is one of the most beautiful tourist destinations of the world with a tropical climate and full of sunshine. It is a must go tourist island which has multiple beaches and many ancient sites to visit on. Sicily is the largest island in the Mediterranean sea and on of the 20 regions of Italy which is located on the souther part of Italy.
Sicilian Dishes and Foods
Sicilian restaurants serve Sicilian dishes which are delicious and historic foods and those who love to eat will enjoy them very well.
Sicilian cuisine shows traces of all the cultures which established themselves on the island of Sicily over the last two millennia.[1] Although its cuisine has much in common with Italian cuisine, Sicilian food also has Spanish, Greek and Arab influences.The Catanese dish, pasta alla Norma, is among Sicily's most historic and iconic.
The Sicilian food culture is quite interesting when it is served and A good meal begins with a starters and finishes with a desert of fruits.
- Starters
- Soups
Maccu is a Sicilian soup and foodstuff prepared with fava beans as a primary ingredient. It is a peasant food and staple that dates back to ancient history.
- Pasta Pasta worked into long and thin form was part of the local cuisine of Sicily.The Catanese dish, pasta alla Norma, is among Sicily's most historic and iconic.
- Main dish After the pasta, the typical Sicilian menu includes a second or main dish (secondi) based on meat or fish. Main dishes based on seafood are couscous al pesce and pesce spada alla ghiotta (Swordfish).
- Desserts and sweets See also: List of Italian desserts and List of Italian dishes § Desserts and pastry
- Fruits A plate showing three blood oranges: one whole, one peeled, and one sliced in half Tarocco blood oranges Citrus fruits are a popular ingredient in Sicilian cuisine.
- Wines and drinks The drink most often served with the main meal in Sicily is wine. Sicilian red wines are usually drunk in the evening with roast or grilled meat. Well-known red wines include the Cerasuolo di Vittoria and the Nero d'Avola, mainly those produced around Noto (Siracusa). The dry and white wines are mainly consumed with fish, poultry and pasta dishes. Sicily is also known for producing dessert wines, such as Marsala and the Malvasia delle Lipari.
The starters (called antipasti) are an important aspect of Sicilian cuisine.
Common Sicilian starters include caponata and gatò di patate (a kind of potato and cheese pie).
Tourist Attraction Sites
There is more in Sicily than enjoying the warm tropical breath of Mediterranean Sea just by being in the shores of the beaches.There exist also ancient buildings of the Roman Empire which are some of the tourist attraction sites where an antiek lover tourist must pay a visit.
Architectural UNESCO World Heritage Sites
- Sicilian Baroque is the distinctive form of Baroque architecture which evolved on the island of Sicily, off the southern coast of Italy, in the 17th and 18th centuries, when it was part of the Spanish Empire.
- The Necropolis of Pantalica is a collection of cemeteries with rock-cut chamber tombs in southeast Sicily, Italy. Dating from the 13th to the 7th centuries BC., there was thought to be over 5,000 tombs, although the most recent estimate suggests a figure of just under 4,000.
- The Valle dei Templi (Valley of the Temples) is an archaeological site in Agrigento (ancient Greek Akragas), Sicily. It is one of the most outstanding examples of Greater Greece art and architecture, and is one of the main attractions of Sicily as listed in 1997.
Castels
In Sicily there are hundreds of castles and here are some of the most relevant ones.When you visit them you will know the old history of Sicily and also you will have a feeling of going back to the ancient times of the empire eras.
- Castello Ursino in Catania
- Zisa Castle in Palermo
- Castello di Donnafugata in Ragusa
- Castle of the Counts of Modica in Alcamo
