Sicily's coastline is too varied to be reduced to a single image of Mediterranean perfection. Around Taormina, the sea meets volcanic rock and steep green slopes. In western Sicily, long pale beaches give way to limestone cliffs and hidden coves. The Egadi Islands...

Sicily does not have a single beach-club culture. The island is too geographically diverse for that. Along the Taormina coast, dramatic cliffs fall into the Ionian Sea and polished clubs combine cabanas, restaurants and private boats with some of the Mediterranean's...

Sicilian cuisine has never lacked identity. What has changed over the past two decades is the way a generation of chefs has translated that identity into contemporary fine dining without stripping it of place, memory or cultural depth. The island's leading cooks work...

Luxury dining in Sicily is increasingly defined by access rather than formality. The island's most memorable culinary experiences are not always found at the most elaborate table. They may begin with a helicopter flight over Mount Etna, continue inside a vineyard...

Some restaurants are excellent because of what happens at the table. Others become destinations because the meal cannot be separated from the landscape, culture and journey required to reach them. Sicily has an unusual number of restaurants that belong to the second...

Sicily has a particular relationship with evening light. Mountains, volcanic islands, pale limestone cities and an immense coastline give sunset a different character depending on where on the island the day comes to an end. In western Sicily, the sun disappears...

Sicily does romance differently. It rarely depends on carefully manufactured settings because the island already possesses them: ancient theatres suspended above the sea, Baroque piazzas glowing after sunset, medieval towns disappearing into mountain mist and volcanic...

Sicily reveals a different personality from the sea. From a yacht, the island's geography becomes clearer and more dramatic: Mount Etna rises behind the Ionian coast, limestone cliffs fall into intensely blue water, fishing villages appear beneath mountains, and...

Sicily was made for the road. Not because its distances are particularly vast, but because travelling between its great destinations reveals an island that airports, resorts and individual city breaks can never fully explain. The landscape changes constantly: Palermo...

Some destinations reward a holiday; Sicily can justify the journey itself. The Mediterranean's largest island brings together active volcanoes, Greek temples, Baroque cities, wine estates, intensely regional cooking and a coastline that changes character almost every...

Taormina changes character after sunset. During the day, the Sicilian town is defined by its Ancient Theatre, Mediterranean gardens, historic façades and sweeping views over the Ionian Sea. In the evening, the same streets become more theatrical. Corso Umberto fills...

Taormina may be celebrated for its ancient theatre, elegant hotels and extraordinary position high above the Ionian Sea, but some of its most memorable experiences take place far below the historic centre, where steep cliffs descend toward sheltered bays and...

Sicily's identity has always been inseparable from fire. Across the eastern side of the island, Mount Etna rises above vineyards, villages and the Ionian coast, while farther north the Aeolian Islands emerge from the Tyrrhenian Sea as the visible expression of another...

Sicily is a destination that resists simple definitions. It is simultaneously Mediterranean and European, aristocratic and elemental, sophisticated and intensely connected to the land. Greek temples rise above ancient landscapes, Baroque towns glow in honey-coloured...

Suspended between Mount Etna and the Ionian Sea, Taormina occupies one of the most theatrical positions in the Mediterranean. The Sicilian town rises high above the coastline, its historic streets framed by stone façades, flowering balconies and terraces that open...