Tagged: sicily

Sicily’s “Penis Bar”: The Top Draw in This Quaint Italian Village Is a Restaurant Full of Phalluses

You can’t spell genitalia without Italia.That could be the motto of Bar Turrisi, a Sicilian restaurant and watering hole where the focus is the phallus. Penetrate the multilevel…

50 Things to Do in Sicily: The Italian Island’s Best Beaches, Palaces, and Food

Stirring landscapes, Greek ruins, great beaches, delicious street food, baroque towns, amazing art, decadent pastries—the Italian island of Sicily has just about everything you could…

The Lavish Italian Hotel Where the Second Season of “The White Lotus” Was Filmed

The White Lotus, writer-director Mike White's Emmy-winning social satire about privileged, problematic Americans on disenchanting luxury vacations, returns for a second installment…

Sicily Creates Fund to Pay 50% of Vacationers' Costs

Sicily is giving vacationers an offer they can't refuse. The government of this storied Italian island has put aside €500 million (about $595 million) to pay for 50% of the cost of…

Travel Podcasts: Visas, Vietnam, and Tiger Travelers

Each week, Frommer's brings you two fresh podcasts stuffed with travel tips, news, and inspiration. Recordings are made from our weekly call-in show on WABC and our nationally…

As Travel Destinations Jockey for Position, It Becomes Necessary Periodically to Revise Our List of 10 Favorites

Which, currently, are the ten-or-so most-promising  destinations for your own next vacation?  Though any such list is unusually subjective (to put it mildly), I'm willing…

Though It Sometimes Seems that Europe is Inundated with Tourists, That Isn't the Case with Six Locations that I Enthusiastically Recommend

In Europe, where do you go where the tourists aren't?  Mind you, I'm not looking for places with no tourism at all, but those whose tourist numbers are moderate and harmless.…

8 National Park Treasures for the Armchair Traveler

After tramping through national parks for upwards of four decades, I've understandably picked up a few books on the parks. Among my collection are the usual trail guides and park…

What's New: An Online Update for Frommer's Denver, Boulder, and Colorado Springs

Settling into DenverConstruction is underway on the multi-billion dollar FasTracks project to expand the region's public transportation system with 119 miles of new light rail and…

Ranking Luxor, Egypt's Ancient Monuments and Wonders

Most American travelers don't travel with a bodyguard, or at least one we're aware of. Yes, there may be a federal marshal on the airplane with us, but you may or may not be right…