In June, I’m heading to Sicily to celebrate my 30th birthday, and I could not be more excited! My dad and his wife generously gifted the trip to me, my husband, my sister, and our 4 year old baby brother. We’ve rented a pretty incredible house on the west coast of the island and so far have no other plans beyond that. The trip is a blank canvas with room for adventure and a whole lot of food.

I’ve lived in Italy twice, traveled around much of the country, read The Leopard countless times (in both English and Italian! Ok fine, in Italian only once and I definitely could not do that anymore), but somehow in my 30 years have never made it to this magical island. I have a few ideas of things I want to see and food I want to eat but I need your help!

Have you been to Sicily? Do you have any recommendations? Please share them below! I’m dying for tips, restaurants to check out, beaches to hit, churches and museums to visit, and seriously anything else you can think of. 

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