White Almond Sicily

A World Heritage Site is a landmark or area with legal protection by an international convention administered by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). World Heritage Sites are designated by UNESCO for having cultural, historical, scientific or any other form of significance.  The sites are judged to contain "cultural" and "natural" heritage around the world which are considered to be of outstanding value for humanity.  To be selected a World Heritage Site must somehow have a unique landmark which is geographically and historically identifiable and have special cultural or physical significance. So it goes without saying that Sicily with its beauty, its rich history and culture and amazing geography is one of the places in the world that boasts many UNESCO World Heritage Sites.  Italy has a total of fifty five inscribed properties making it the country with the most World Heritage Sites, along with China, and seven of those ar...

" To have seen Italy without having seen Sicily is not to have seen Italy at all, for Sicily is the clue to everything "  Wolfgang Von Goethe, 1787 Last month my husband and I celebrated our 25th Silver Wedding Anniversary. As we had to cancel our return home to Sicily this April due to the Covid_19 outbreak we decided to celebrate in the UK and booked a country hotel in Dorset and lunch at one of our favourite celebrity chefs, Rick Steins restaurant, with Daisy.  However as the pandemic worsened hotels and restaurants closed in the UK and we needed to make alternative plans. The next best thing was maybe a picnic somewhere fabulous. Painshill Park is an award winning 18th century landscaped garden in Cobham and is located about half an hours drive from us on the London-Surrey border. The gardens had been closed for social distancing reasons but luckily for us they reopened just in time for our anniversary and Painshill Park seemed like the perfect place for a romantic pi...