Think Sicily newsletter November 2008

 

November 2008

Be the envy of your friends...

Whether you are a hardened pro or a holiday snapper, reach the apex of your artistic career and be the envy of your colleagues and friends by publishing your photos of Sicily on thinkSicily.com!!

YES... your dreams of photographic recognition can finally be achieved simply by entering the thinkSicily photography competition

And for the lucky winners, there are some great prizes too!

Sea-front apartments and townhouses in Sicily...

Our sea-front apartments and townhouses are great if you want to mix with the locals in fascinating towns like Ortygia, Taormina, Cefalù or Petralia Soprana. 

You'll be at the centre of things with restaurants, shops, cafés and, in most cases, beaches, right on your doorstep. Most can be booked for less than a week making multi-base holidays simple to organize.

New flights to Sicily...

Ryanair will base 2 new Boeing 737s at Trapani, serving routes from London Luton, Birmingham, Paris, Brussels, Oslo, Stockholm and many more.

This is a great complement to the British Airways, Ryanair, Easyjet, Alitalia and others already serving Palermo and Catania.

See the flights to Sicily from your area.

The best family villas in Sicily...

In unsettled times, the last thing you'll want to risk is the quality of the villa for your precious family holiday.

At thinkSicily, we have a few families of our own, and we know how important it is to get it right!

We suggest you play it safe, and book one of our family villas in Sicily

Recipe: purée di zucchini con pancetta croccante...

This month's recipe, courgette puree with crispy smoked bacon, is a delicious antipasto, a tasty starter to stimulate the senses and whet the appetite. It's simple to prepare, looks great and tastes even better... Throw in a bottle of spicy red Sicilian wine, another tasty Sicilian recipe and a great dinner is guaranteed!

Go to our mouth-watering Sicilian recipe page >>

South by south-east...

...Sicily's golden Baroque triangle

The south-eastern tip of Sicily is home to mile after mile of largely unspoilt sandy beaches, such as those at Vendicari Nature Reserve, and some of the island’s most impressive towns.

Syracuse, once the most powerful metropolis in Magna Graecia, has retained its ability to awe, while the towns of the Noto Valley, comprising Noto, Ragusa, Modica, Scicli and Caltagirone, are of immense architectural importance, shining examples of Baroque extravagance and Rococo invention.

The south-east is also a gastronomic centre, with its pomodorini di Pachino (cherry tomatoes), its Ragusano DOP cheeses and its Cerasuolo di Vittoria wines...

Villas in the south-east of Sicily >>