Art & culture

Enna · 3 hours

Restorer for a day: gilding

A hands-on workshop of ancient gilding in the restoration atelier of Master Angelo Scalzo, active for 35 years in Enna.

Angelo Scalzo (La Bottega del Restauro)

Enna · 8 hours

Restorer for a day: 18th-century varnishing

A hands-on workshop on the 18th-century varnishing technique in the restoration atelier founded in 1990 by Angelo Scalzo.

Angelo Scalzo (La Bottega del Restauro)

Enna · 10 hours

Restorer for a day: Sicilian chest

A workshop to build and decorate your own scale Sicilian chest, among the artisan traditions from the 17th to the 19th century.

Angelo Scalzo (La Bottega del Restauro)

Calascibetta · 2 hours

The city of silence: Realmese Necropolis

A guided hike to the Realmese Necropolis, an archaeological site with oven tombs inhabited from prehistory to the Byzantine age.

Associazione Culturale Hisn Al Giran

Calascibetta · 4 hours 30 min

The village in the rock: the Byzantine Village

An excursion to the ancient Byzantine rock-cut village of Calascibetta, among tombs, columbaria, palmenti, qanat and a rock church.

Associazione Culturale Hisn Al Giran

Calascibetta · 7 hours

Up to the summit: the Monte Altesina reserve

An excursion to the Monte Altesina nature reserve, the 'navel of the island', among rock-cut tombs, convent ruins and a Sikel-Greek village.

Associazione Culturale Hisn Al Giran

Enna · Archaeological trek

Via Sacra

A short but demanding trek from lower Enna to the top of the Rocca di Cerere, touching some of the city's most interesting archaeological sites.

Enna · Rural village

Borgo Cascino

A rural hamlet created during the twenty years of Fascism, it is very well preserved.

Aidone · Castle

Castel di Gresti

Amid the cereal-growing countryside of what was the Morgantina territory, a long rocky ridge rises to cut across the course of a stream almost like a dam.

Agira · Castle

Castello di Agira

On the summit of Monte Teja, which dominates the Salso and Dittaino valleys, where a Sican settlement once stood, a Greek acropolis arose in the 4th century BC, later occupied by the Romans and transformed into an Arab stronghold around the year 1000.

Calascibetta · Rock-cut settlement

Villaggio Bizantino

A rock-cut archaeological area with several dwelling clusters entirely carved into the rock and inhabited from the Bronze Age until the last century.