The Nebrodi in a day: what lies behind the coast
86,000 hectares of beech forest, lakes and pastures, with mountain roads that climb from sea level to 1,300 metres in an hour. It's the other half of the holiday, and almost nobody uses it.
The classic day
Drive up to Portella Femmina Morta, walk the Lago Biviere loop, lunch at a mountain agriturismo, back down in the afternoon for a swim. All you need is the car.
The water variant
The Catafurco waterfall above Galati Mamertino: half an hour's walk, a thirty-metre drop, an ice-cold pool. Best in spring.
The villages
Naso, San Marco d'Alunzio with its churches and red marble, Galati Mamertino, Longi. These are living villages, not reconstructions: visit in the morning or late afternoon.
What you eat up there
Nebrodi provola cheese, black pork, mushrooms in autumn, maiorchino and fresh ricotta. The mountain agriturismi work by reservation: call the same morning.
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A weekend in the Aeolians: making it all fit
Two nights are enough for a real taste of the archipelago — if you pick one base and don't chase everything.
Which Aeolian island to choose
Seven islands, and they are not interchangeable. Choose badly and you'll end up on Alicudi looking for a restaurant, or on Panarea in August looking for silence. For each one: who it suits, how long you need, and what not to expect.
Piraino: the Guardiola and the Saracen Tower
Twenty minutes of hairpins above Capo d'Orlando brings you to a white balcony hanging over the sea, with the coast from Capo d'Orlando to Milazzo in view and the Aeolians close enough to touch. Above it, an Arab tower from the 10th century.
Related destinations: Nebrodi Park, Capo d'Orlando.
Stay in Capo d'Orlando
A base in the centre — and everything else becomes a day trip.
The port for the Aeolians is 45 minutes away, the Nebrodi right behind. Breakfast served early for dawn departures.
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