{"id":4707,"date":"2015-12-07T20:59:36","date_gmt":"2015-12-07T19:59:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.visitsicily.info\/i-borghi-piu-belli-ditalia-sicilia-2\/"},"modified":"2026-01-14T10:34:58","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T09:34:58","slug":"sicilian-villages-the-most-beautiful-in-italy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.visitsicily.info\/en\/sicilian-villages-the-most-beautiful-in-italy\/","title":{"rendered":"The villages of Sicily, among the most beautiful in Italy"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":105701,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1918,1932,1928,1919],"tags":[],"luogo":[2945,2942,2963,2965,2958,2947,2959,2950,2980],"stagione":[1874,1877,1875,1876],"class_list":["post-4707","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arte-e-cultura-en","category-luoghi-della-cultura-en","category-territorio-en","category-borghi-en","luogo-agrigento","luogo-caltanissetta","luogo-catania","luogo-enna","luogo-messina","luogo-palermo","luogo-ragusa","luogo-siracusa-syracuse","luogo-trapani","stagione-autumn","stagione-spring","stagione-summer","stagione-winter"],"acf":{"sottotitolo":"They are places of disarming beauty, rich in history and local culture","galleria":false,"paragrafo_1":"<p><strong>Sicily&#8217;s villages,<\/strong> <strong>the most beautiful in Italy,<\/strong> reveal the face of a Sicily that is less well-known and perhaps for this reason, more authentic and precious.<\/p>\n<p>They are places of disarming beauty, rich in history and local culture with a lifestyle that, today more than ever, we all seek. The return to a more intimate dimension allows us to experience travel at a slow pace and in a sustainable way, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitsicily.info\/vacanze-slow-alla-scoperta-dei-borghi-siciliani\/\">savouring each tiny detail with a slow rhythm<\/a> so as to treasure it forever in our hearts.<\/p>\n<p>But above all, sensitive to the new priorities and safety requirements dictated by post-Covid <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitsicily.info\/proposta\/post-covid-ritorna-a-viaggiare-in-sicilia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tourism<\/a>, the small Sicilian towns are without a doubt the ideal tourist destination.<\/p>\n<p>The initiative promoted by the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/borghipiubelliditalia.it\/sicilia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Association \u201cI Borghi pi\u00f9 Belli d\u2019Italia\u201d (Italy\u2019s Most Beautiful Villages)<\/a>\u00a0promotes the great heritage of\u00a0<strong>History, Art, Culture, Environment and Traditions<\/strong>\u00a0of small Italian towns often marginalised by the flow of visitors and tourists. In order to be admitted, certain requirements must be met and maintained over time.<\/p>\n<p>Here are the\u00a0<strong>villages of Sicily<\/strong>\u00a0currently present in the Association<span class=\"cf0\">:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"cf1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitsicily.info\/en\/buccheri\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Buccheri<\/a><\/span><span class=\"cf0\">,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"cf1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitsicily.info\/en\/calascibetta\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Calascibetta<\/a><\/span><span class=\"cf0\">,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"cf1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitsicily.info\/en\/castelmola\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Castelmola<\/a><\/span><span class=\"cf0\">,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"cf1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitsicily.info\/en\/castiglione-di-sicilia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Castiglione di Sicilia<\/a><\/span><span class=\"cf0\">,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"cf1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitsicily.info\/en\/castroreal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Castroreale<\/a><\/span><span class=\"cf0\">,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"cf1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitsicily.info\/en\/cefalu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cefal\u00f9<\/a><\/span><span class=\"cf0\">,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"cf1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitsicily.info\/en\/erice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Erice<\/a><\/span><span class=\"cf0\">,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"cf1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitsicily.info\/en\/ferla\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ferla<\/a><\/span><span class=\"cf0\">,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"cf1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitsicily.info\/en\/gangi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gangi<\/a><\/span><span class=\"cf0\">,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"cf1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitsicily.info\/en\/geraci-siculo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Geraci Siculo<\/a><\/span><span class=\"cf0\">,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"cf1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitsicily.info\/en\/militello-in-val-di-catania\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Militello in Val di Catania<\/a><\/span><span class=\"cf0\">,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"cf1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitsicily.info\/en\/montalbano-elicona\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Montalbano Elicona<\/a><\/span><span class=\"cf0\">,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitsicily.info\/en\/monterosso-almo-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"cf1\">Monterosso Almo<\/span><\/a><span class=\"cf0\">,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"cf1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitsicily.info\/en\/novara-di-sicilia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Novara di Sicilia<\/a><\/span><span class=\"cf0\">,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"cf1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitsicily.info\/en\/palazzolo-acreide\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Palazzolo Acreide<\/a><\/span><span class=\"cf0\">,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"cf1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitsicily.info\/en\/petralia-soprana\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Petralia Soprana<\/a><\/span><span class=\"cf0\">,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"cf1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitsicily.info\/en\/salemi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Salemi<\/a><\/span><span class=\"cf0\">,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitsicily.info\/en\/sambuca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"cf1\">Sambuca di Sicilia<\/span><\/a><span class=\"cf0\">,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"cf1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitsicily.info\/en\/san-marco-d-alunzio\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">San Marco d\u2019Alunzio<\/a><\/span><span class=\"cf0\">,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"cf1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitsicily.info\/en\/itinerario\/savoca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Savoca<\/a><\/span><span class=\"cf0\">,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a 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