Sicily Travel Guide: What to Know Before You Go
“We’re neither Ionians nor Dorians, we are Sicilians,” said the Syracusan Hermocrates as early as 424 BC. Nowadays, many will say, “We’re not Italians, we’re Sicilians,” stressing the island’s fierce identity, which does indeed differs from mainland Italy. In their language, behavior, cuisine, religion, traditions, Sicilians carry pieces of the Roman, Greek, Byzantine, Arab, Norman, …