View of Gangi, a medieval town in the Madonie Mountains of northern Sicily known for its delicious food, ornate churches and friendly people. -- CAIN BURDEAU photo via AP In more dangerous times, much ...

Sicily is not just about the sea and beaches: there are many mountain areas full of charm and tradition that offer a peaceful and authentic lifestyle. Living in the mountains in Sicily means enjoying ...

GANGI, Sicily — Far from the packed beaches of Sicily’s busy coastlines, there’s a quieter and wilder world in its high mountains. In more dangerous times, this was where much of Sicily’s population ...

CASTELBUONO, Sicily (CN) — For as long as anyone can remember, the rhythm of the countryside — and its apex, the olive harvest — moved to an unchanging calendar in this town tucked in the Madonie ...

In Sicily, record breaking heat threatens a cooling tradition that has been handed down for generations. Every year in late July, a small village hikes to a mountain chasm for snow to make granita.

Every year in late July, a small village in Sicily hosts a hike to a chasm in a nearby mountain for a last taste of winter. There, they hope to find enough snow left over to make a granita, a slushy ...