Fourteen kilometres northeast of Agrigento stands Grotte, an inland municipality home to exactly 5,839 residents. Referred to as Grutti in the local Sicilian dialect, the settlement is located about 80 kilometres southeast of Palermo.
The town's geographical footprint connects it to several neighbouring communities. Its administrative boundaries meet those of Aragona, Campofranco, Comitini, Favara, Milena, and Racalmuto across the rural interior.
Arancina · Pasta alla Norma
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Next up: Saint Venera, patron of the town of the living Easter Passion, Saturday 14 November
Nearest airport: Palermo Falcone-Borsellino, 101 km away
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📅 Every year, on 14 November; the cattle fair is held for the Madonna delle Grazie, the first week of September
Grotte celebrates Saint Venera on 14 November; the cattle fair is instead held for the feast of the Madonna delle Grazie, in the first week of September, while at Easter the whole town re-enacts the Passion of Christ with processions from Palm Sunday to Easter Sunday.
Saffron rice, ragù with peas and caciocavallo cheese inside a golden crust. Round and feminine in Palermo, pointed and called arancino in Catania: the quarrel is serious.
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Outside Grotte, but an easy day trip away.
