Loving Sicily, having studied History of Art and being a tour guide is a perfect combination.

I was born and grew up in Sicily and I am so fond of my island that if I could, I would embrace it in a big hug! I am passionate about archaeology, mythology, art and history and Sicily offers so much beauty it surprises me every time.

So, I consider myself very lucky for living and working as a tour guide in my own land.

Each single stone and each place here tells an ancient and interesting story. Sicily is an island of wonders, art, colours, contrasts and passion. I love going around with my guests and sharing with them my enthusiasm. It will be very exciting to take you through this wonderful, magic and exotic land. Waiting for you in Sicily!

After a humanities-focussed education, I joined the family business working in the tourism sector.

I was involved in the management of boutique hotels in the Italian regions of the Marche and Umbria, where I am originally from. I worked as a Tour Leader and Manager for more than ten years for a large travel company based in Oxford.

I have widely travelled around the globe and I strongly think that “travel doesn’t merely broaden the mind. It makes the mind.” I like doing sports, walking and I do regularly yoga and pilates.

In the last few years I have moved to the UK from Italy, I created a cooking/recipes blog where I share some of my stories and I cook on the delivery in the area where I live.

I am a licensed Tour Manager and Excursion guide in Italy

Born and raised at the feet of Etna, I graduated in history without knowing what I could do with my studies in the workplace.
Since 2007 I have been one of the most active members of Couchsurfing in Catania which is a free hospitality site. This was my personal way to bring the world to my little village on the hills of Etna, hosting people from all over the world.

Here I began to experience what it means to make people feel at home in my land, and above all to see the places that are so familiar to me with different eyes. Again thanks to couchsurfing I found a job in a small hostel in Catania which I then managed for 4 years. Here I understood that my work must be in contact with the public, so once the hostel experience was over it was almost spontaneous to become a guide, at first only for Etna, then I qualified as a tourist guide for cultural sites. Since 2015 I have been carrying out this job with passion and dedication, a job that allows me to combine my great passions of being in contact with the public, working in places of beauty and studying the history of my Sicily.

I feel privileged to show guests around my lovely islands Malta & Gozo and many other European cities as I am doing the things I love; being with people, taking you around fantastic historical sites and talking about the historical, cultural, architectural aspects of the particular site.

I studied International Relations at the Universita’ ta’ Malta and I also have a Masters in the same subject but the pull of history has always captivated me and I am always researching and reading new material on European history.

“Do what you love and you will never do an hour of work in your life“: an adage that precisely sums up my work as a Tour Manager.

Born and raised in the heart of Sicily, I am a native of Caltanissetta. I graduated in classics from the University of Bologna and have a postgraduate master’s degree in art history and archaeology from the Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes in Paris. I also studied for one year in Seville and took part in archaeological digs all around the Mediterranean before choosing to return to my roots to become a licensed professional tour-guide. I have always enjoyed promoting archaeology and art to the general public: I also teach history and archaeology and have been co-curator of exhibitions as well as authored many publications.

I love leading my guests in what I imagine to be my own “wonderland”: Sicilyland!

Needless to say, I love travelling, but I was a traveller long before being a tour guide! When I was a child, I visited many countries with my family and I found that, for me, travel is losing and finding myself in new places, cultures, sounds.

But, no place is like home! This is the reason why I chose to stay here, in Sicily, my birthplace: to let my branches spread where my roots are! Here I got the Bachelor’s Degree in International Communication and the Master’s Degree in European Languages and Cultures before gaining my license as a tour guide.

I am in love with Sicily and with the idea that my roots are incredibly deep in terms of history, culture, art… above all identity! I can’t wait to explain to the world how beautiful Sicily is and I’d like my guests feel the passion through my words!

Gabriele is the newset member of the team but with his bilingual Italian and English background and his Sicilian upbringing, brings some valuable experience to the team.