Feast And Festivals In Sicily

Holy Week Observances and making of the traditional “Easter Arches”: the original expositions are realized with natural materials (laurel oak, rosemary, cereals, bread) and last 4 weeks. Guides tours at the museum of Easter archs (advance booking is recommended - email [email protected])

Food festival highlighting the nutritional and therapeutic properties of local artichokes. The festival is a celebration of this local specialty cooked in various ways.

The Scala Flower Festival, an annual celebration held as a tribute to Our Lady of Conadomini, patron and protector of the city of Caltagirone, features about two thousand potted plants and flowers of different shades and colors arranged on the historic staircase of Santa Maria del Monte to create one grand design. Built in the early 17th century and undoubtedly Caltagirone’s most evocative sight, the monumental staircase showcases 142 steps, each uniquely decorated with hand-painted majolica tiles

Held at the Ippodromo del Mediterraneo horse racetrack.