Have you ever thought about how big Sicily actually is? About 16,051 miles (25.832,39 km). From Palermo, it’s almost three hours to reach Catania, the Sicilian city, with her Majesty Etna.
To get to Catania from Palermo just take the highway Palermo-Catania. The big and high Etna volcano, which is extremely active and just a few days ago erupted, offers us beautiful scenery with a fountain of lava and clouds of smoke.
In a nice city near Catania, Giarre, there is a nice venue called Radicepura Horticultural Park, located at Via Fogazzaro, 19, 95014 Giarre CT, Italy, It’s a great place to celebrate your wedding or event. If you like the idea of celebrating, also a birthday or other celebration, with the view of Etna and the sea at the same time, the botanical garden is the perfect place to make a memory in Sicily.
Your eyes will fall upon one secular olive tree after another, surrounded by white roses, and a nice building with a terrace and a greenhouse.
A garden festival is also organized there, an international event dedicated to garden design and to the architecture of the Mediterranean Sea. The festival aims to give value to nature, through events and new ideas: from music to artistic installations, from botanic to culinary.
After a visit to the city, it is time to relax and to go to a bar to drink an Aperol spritz made with Prosecco, Aperol, and sparkling water, and to have lunch with Sicilian street food.