In 2018, Petralia Soprana captured national headlines by winning the "Borgo dei borghi" title. Located 70 kilometres southeast of Palermo, this town of 3,443 inhabitants stands as the highest municipality in the Madonie mountain park and among the highest across Sicily.
Listed among Italy's most beautiful villages, the territory extends across various hamlets, including Raffo, Madonnuzza, and San Giovanni. Bordering towns like Gangi and Petralia Sottana, it serves as an essential reference point for exploring the Madonie highlands.
Sfincione · Arancina · Pasta alla Norma
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Next up: Saints Peter and Paul, five days of feasting and twenty statues in procession, Tuesday 29 June
Nearest airport: Catania Fontanarossa, 93 km away
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📅 Every year, on 29 June
Petralia Soprana celebrates Saints Peter and Paul on 29 June, at the end of five days of festivities; on the feast day the town's two religious confraternities carry up to twenty statues in procession.
Tall, soft bread dough, tomato, onion, anchovies, oregano and caciocavallo: sfincione is Palermo's focaccia, cut into squares.
Read more →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.
Read more →Straight-line distances from the town centre. Tap a point to open its page.
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Outside Petralia Soprana, but an easy day trip away.
