Cliff note's version: Lido San Lorenzo = awesome (and spendy). They deliver food and drinks to your chair! Long version: My friend Annie and I loaded up the kids Tuesday for a trip to a beach she'd visited before, Lido San Lorenzo. It is located near Noto (a town we → more
Tag: Day trips
Must-see Sicily: Alcantara Gorge
The Alcantara Gorge. Guys, this is some must-see Sicily! So the first thing we saw as we walked up to the Alcantara Gorge riverbank was someone losing one of their shoes, and totally failing in her half-hearted attempt to save it. We laughed. [...] → more
It's been scorching hot this summer in Sicily, but we've been trying to lean into island living (ok, and beat the heat!) by hitting the beach as often as possible. As I've mentioned before, we've mostly been going to → more
Those of you who follow my Babies With Backpacks Facebook page already know that I recommend Bam Bar in Taormina, but here's some visual evidence as to why. I feel like we've eaten our fair share of granita in the last few months, but Bam Bar is far and away the best. It's not even close. Today we t [...]
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The weather has been beautiful (and HOT!) here in Sicily, and we've been keeping busy! Our main goal on a daily basis is to leave the house, as even though it is about 10 degrees cooler up on our mountain than it is at base, it is still broiling. We have air conditioning, but currently the main AC system isn't working [...]
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One of the best parts of having visitors is being inspired to revisist some of our favorite places! When my in-laws were here, we visited our two favorites -- Siracusa and Taormina -- and checked out places we hadn't seen. Taormina Taormina is one of our favorite places! Despite that one time t [...]
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OK, "conquering" may not be the best possible verb to use here. We did huff and puff up a small part of Etna though. Verdict: 100 percent worth the effort. We've been meaning to give hiking a try for a while, and when the weather started to get milder we decided to go for it. We chose this particular path becaus [...]
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We've been planning to go to Caltagirone for quite a while, and on Saturday we finally made it! (As you might recall, the last time didn't exactly work out). Caltagirone is a town about an hour and 20 m [...]
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No day trip to Catania is complete without a visit to the Catania fish market and Elephant Square! Despite some insane driving "techniques" common in Catania, we enjoyed our day trip here. If you are visiting Sicily, a day trip to Catania is worth the hassle of driving!
It’s only about 3 p.m. here* at the m [...] → more
Note: This was written last night (Sunday), but didn't get posted. Whoops. Today (somehow) marks two weeks since we arrived in Sicily. It's been a bit of a blur with everything we've had to do and there have definitely been some "why the hell are we doing this, again?" moments, but all in all I think it is [...]
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Well, yesterday was the one week anniversary of our arrival in Sicily so to celebrate we took our first day trip! As an added bonus, we made it through an entire day with only three major messes and one wardrobe change: 1) Fiona and Owen covered in chocolate ice cream from their first-ever gelato
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