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Sicily's inland villages

4 days · ~9 h 05 ·Islands, Hill towns, Food

Day by day

Driving times are approximate, from OpenStreetMap roads without traffic; long legs are rougher estimates. The Google Maps links give up-to-date times.

  1. Day 1

    ~2 h 25 · 6 h

    1. Catania AirportLeaving from
    2. ~45 min · 42 km
      Militello in Val di CataniaSicily
    3. ~1 h 10 · 51 km
      Palazzolo AcreideSicily
    4. ~30 min · 22 km
      FerlaSicily

    5. Overnight in Ferla

  2. Day 2

    ~2 h 55 · 6 h

    1. ~20 min · 13 km
      BuccheriSicily
    2. ~1 h 55 · 101 km
      AgiraSicily
    3. ~40 min · 28 km
      TroinaSicily

    4. Overnight in Troina

  3. Day 3

    ~1 h 25 · 6 h

    1. ~45 min · 42 km
      SperlingaSicily
    2. ~25 min · 17 km
      GangiSicily
    3. ~15 min · 16 km
      Petralia SopranaSicily

    4. Overnight in Petralia Soprana

  4. Day 4

    ~2 h 20 · 4 h

    1. ~15 min · 16 km
      Geraci SiculoSicily
    2. ~45 min · 43 km
      CefalùSicily
    3. ~1 h 20 · 101 km
      Palermo AirportReturning to

What you'll eat

Militello in Val di Catania

  • Prickly pearLocal produceThe best-known local product, eaten fresh and used in many recipes
  • Cassatelline di MilitelloSweetPuff pastry baskets filled with almonds, jam, chocolate and spices
  • MostardaSweetMade with prickly pear must and semolina, or grape must and starch
  • PipirataSweetRice, pine nuts and cooked prickly pear wine
  • Toasted almond granitaSweetKnown across the south of Catania province for its fragrance
  • FasciatelliSweetChristmas sweets of almonds, honey and cloves in shortcrust ribbons

Palazzolo Acreide

Buccheri

  • Tonda Iblea olive oilOlive oilBuccheri was named world capital of quality olive oil in 2015

Agira

Troina

  • Vastedda cu sammucuBread and pastaStuffed focaccia flavoured with elderflowers, a recognised traditional product
  • PiciociaDishPolenta of grass pea flour with sausage, pancetta and wild fennel
  • Pasta 'ncaciataBread and pastaMacaroni baked with meat sauce, cauliflower, tuma cheese and breadcrumbs
  • Nero dei Nebrodi pork cured meatsCured meat
  • Agnello 'ntutteraDishLamb or kid stuffed with cheese and pancetta, browned in wine in clay
  • 'NfasciatieddiSweetSweets made with prickly pear vino cotto, glazed and topped with toasted nuts

Sperlinga

  • TortoneSweetFried bread dough dusted with cinnamon, honoured at an August festival
  • Frasca telaDishPolenta of durum wheat or grass pea flour with lard and broccoli
  • CassataSweet
  • Extra virgin olive oilOlive oil

Gangi

  • 'A manciata di novi cosiDishOne-pot dish of nine legumes and cereals with meat and local oil

Petralia Soprana

  • SfoglioSweetPie filled with fresh tuma cheese, candied pumpkin and chocolate in shortcrust

Also typical of Sicily

Based on Wikipedia (Militello in Val di Catania, Palazzolo Acreide, Buccheri, Troina, Sperlinga, Petralia Soprana, Sicilian cuisine, Cucina siciliana), Wikivoyage (Militello in Val di Catania, Agira, Sperlinga, Gangi) (CC BY-SA).