A Pax Mafiosa has settled over Sicily. Sicilians are defying the Mafia in a movement fueled by the generation that came of age in the 1980s, when waves of bloody public assassinations of prosecutors, ...

Anthony Peregrine was a reporter at the Lancashire Evening Post for a decade, before he moved from north-west England to southern France. For the last 37 years, he has freelanced, specialising first ...

My boyfriend, Chris, is sitting in the exact spot where Al Pacino informed Appollonia's father that his name was Michael Corleone, and that "some people would pay a of lot money for that information, ...

Experience the beauty of Catania, Sicily with this 4K walking tour! Explore the charming streets and historic landmarks of ...

Veronica Stoddart is a multiple-award-winning travel writer and editor specializing in culinary and cultural travel. Her work has appeared in Travel + Leisure, Conde Nast Traveler, National Geographic ...

It felt like entering a Bond villain's lair. We followed Viviana Pitino of the Buonivini estate through a door deep in the hillside into a cavernous hi-tech space. Inside was a sleek, modern winery ...

The open-top jeep is hurtling down country roads, plowing through mud and navigating hairpin turns. It is sunset on a summer evening in central Sicily, and of course there is not a cloud to be found.

With the amenities of a modern liner and the romance of a tall ship, a week on Sea Cloud II is unforgettable, writes Rachel Roberts. Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The Scotsman, you can ...

Italians may flock to Sicily’s soft sands in summer, but this far-flung Mediterranean island is far more than just a beach destination. Families can scale Mount Etna in giant off-road jeep buses, ...

The magic starts as I touch down at Palermo’s Falcone Borsellino Airport at the tail end of summer, hoping for a reprieve from the heat, much like the locals who are weary of their long, scorching ...