Cheese and Oil Making Stories from Sant’ Ambrogio
A day in Sant’Ambrogio transports you to the Sicilian Countryside. You will enjoy unique colourful rural landscapes immersed in Mediterranean vegetation with lovely…
Together with the Nebrodi, the Madonie Park (Parco Naturale Regionale delle Madonie), is a beautiful and unspoilt sanctuary, characterized by a mix of extensive woods (counting enormous holly trees, manna ash, chestnuts, cork and beech trees) pastureland, stunning rock formations and charming medieval towns with numerous aristocratic buildings, convents and churches with art works of significance. Among them, Castelbuono, Polizzi Generosa and Petralia are of particular interest. During the 1400s, many noble families moved there, and many important religious orders built a convent, contributing enormously to their development and importance
Western Sicily: From Antiquity to the 20th Century
West Sicily is an ideal destination for visitors of varied interests: the capital Palermo, some of the most impressive Greek archaeological sites including Selinunte, Segesta and the Valley of the Temples, and Cefalù and Castelbuono, beautiful medieval villages in the Madonie mountains.
Wonders of Castelbuono
A full-day excursion in the area of Castelbuono, heart of the Madonie Park, for an easy hike that runs through superb Giant Hollies, a pic-nic in the wood and a visit of the estate of a young producer of Manna.