ISLE GO AGAINI visited the tiny island that is Italy’s best kept secret and you can avoid the summer crowds

First published on The Sun Travel

EVER since the second series of The White Lotus aired two years ago, set on the Italian hilltop town of Taormina, Sicily has been flooded with tourists chasing a taste of la dolce vita.

However, this surge in popularity has meant that experiencing that slow and easy-going Mediterranean lifestyle we saw on our TV screens is virtually impossible, especially on Sicily’s busy mainland.

I visited recently and the crowds were so much for me that I fled to the nearest island in search of escapism, along with that sun-soaked Italian culture I’d been desperate to see.

And that is how I uncovered Ustica, a tiny island about 30 miles north of Palermo and Sicily’s best-kept secret.

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