The
journeys are designed to maximize the benefit and minimize the harm
involved in tourism with an emphasis on  environmental social and
economic grassroots local initiatives.

There are a lot of misconceptions that being a responsible traveler means you have to travel backpacker style, low budget as basic as possible and never flying on a jumbo jet because of the carbon emissions. While the idea is admirable, it’s just not realistic for most travelers.

To be a responsible traveler, you are making an effort to go deeper than a surface, guide book understanding of the places you visit. It can be as simple as small changes to the way you view your journey to new places and how you interact with local culture. 

Being socially and culturally aware when you travel, understanding your effect on the places you visit and trying to make that affect a positive one, will enhance and enrich your travels in so many ways and improve the world around you at the same time.

With its multi-millennial history at the crossroads of the Mediterranean and its unique variety of geological features, Sicily is brimming with man-made and natural wonders. Seven of these have been granted UNESCO World Heritage Site status. Scattered all over the island, Sicily’s World Heritage sites highlight the island’s diversity and provide a fascinating synopsis of its long history and extraordinary beauty. 

These seven legally protected landmark, were chosen by UNESCO, as a cultural, historical, scientific form of significance, and a remarkable accomplishment of humanity. The following sites serve as evidence of the Sicilian intellectual history on the planet

This authentic and fulfilling experience throughout distinguishing Sicilian wineries is an exploration of Organic, Biodynamic and Natural Wines, dedicated to wine lovers and a luxury clientele.

Vino Biologico, organic, is the only term that has an official recognition in the European Union, whose grapes have been grown using farming methods and the vinification processes involve only the oenological products and the procedures avoiding the addition of any chemical to correct the wine.

Biodynamic wines are wines obtained by biodynamic agriculture, whose connection with the land is extremely tight. This approach on farming is based on removing the chemistry and minimizing the use of machinery, respecting the course of nature – as the lunar phases – and its resources, as well as on the use of specific biodynamic preparations (natural compost).

Natural wine is basically obtained from an agronomy as natural as possible, at least in organic farming; and from grapes harvested by hand, spontaneously fermented, without the addition of yeasts or enzymes or other aids to fermentation, with no use of synthetic pesticides, herbicides or insecticides or any other technical adjustment or addition of additives.

Natural beauty of Sicily is ideal for any responsible traveler wishing to discover all natural resources and preserved areas of one of Italy’s most fascinating cultural and natural crossroads.

This natural journey of Sicily showcases conservation of natural and cultural heritage, offering a wealth of archaeological, cultural and sports activities alongside fabulous natural scenes and undiscovered local communities. From the Phoenicians and Greeks to the Romans, Arabian and Norman influences, this Sicily natural journey enables travellers to uncover the island’s back story through first-hand experiences with the sites of Siracusa, Agrigento and Selinunte and Mount Etna highlighting the Sicilian tradition and the maintenance of the world’s diversity;

An exploration of social initiatives designed to improve the well‐being of our local communities. Sole Blu Dmc has hand-picked a variety of “meaningful & sustainable” social initiatives that improve the quality of life of our local residents. In order to maximize your positive impact, this journey will give you a chance to access our “Community Empowerment” initiatives, showcasing their process of enabling our local people to take control over the shape their lives. 

Sicily has come a long way since The Godfather with unprecedented fight against organized crime. This journey promotes the social and productive recovery of the land and assets, seized from the Mafia, currently used by autonomous and self-sustainable cooperatives, to obtain high quality products through methods that respect the environment and the dignity of the Sicilian people. 

This outstanding union of ethics and quality, using organic farming system and secular terrain Sicilian traditions, is giving dignity to local territories while producing a great price/value goods sold in the most prestigious distribution channels, both in Italy and in many foreign countries. 

Discover the typical flavors of the territory, the great nutritional qualities and the organoleptics properties of the best raw materials from organic farming including: wine, pasta, honey, sweet and savory preserves, buffalo mozzarella, olive oil, chocolate and a variety of other products.