The Alcantara Gorge (Gole dell’Alcantara) is one of Sicily’s most dramatic natural sights — a deep, narrow canyon carved by the Alcantara River through spectacular hexagonal basalt columns formed by ancient lava flows from Mount Etna, creating a landscape of black volcanic rock walls that rise 50 metres above the rushing turquoise water. Located near […]
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Italy is quite simply one of the greatest travel destinations on Earth — a country that packs more UNESCO World Heritage sites (60), more artistic masterpieces, more culinary diversity, and more sheer geographic beauty into a single nation than any other on the planet. From the snow-capped Dolomites to the sun-baked beaches of Sicily, from […]
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