Nearby Mount Etna, there is a great winery tradition: many vineyards and wineries are located in this area. If you are interested in visiting one of them, we recommend going to Castiglione di Sicilia, which is a town of 5,000 people placed on a 621 m a.s.l. fortress overlooking the Alcantara Gorges Valley.
Castiglione di Sicilia is called “the city of wine” because it is rich in large cultivated lands and wineries that you can visit to learn how to produce and bottle Sicilian wine.
The town is an example of medieval architecture characterized by narrow streets around the main square ‘Lauria’. The bridge that crosses the Alcantara river dates back to the same period as the town: for this reason it is called Medieval Bridge. It is worth visiting Saint Peter’s Cathedral, the Church of the Benedectine Nuns, Saint Anthony’s Church and the 18th-century Church dedicated to Madonna della Catena.