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Heading up to the highest part of the town, you will be impressed by the elegance of Castello Branciforti<\/strong>: a manor house founded in Norman times upon other pre-existing structures. The castle has been completely restored and today it houses the civic museum, the historical archive and the municipal library<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

You can’t leave Raccuja<\/strong> without having tasted the typical maccheroni, threadlike egg pasta seasoned with pork sauce and salted ricotta cheese<\/strong> ( this pasta is the protagonist of the traditional summer festival); but also the baked salted ricotta cheese, the Nebrodi black pork salami, hazelnuts and mushrooms ( if it’s not the right time of the year, ask for those that have been preserved in oil and vinegar).<\/p>\n

From Raccuja, let’s move toward Floresta<\/strong>. While travelling, on the road between the two towns, you will come across a series of ancient tholoi (in local dialect pagghiari ‘mpetra or cubburi). They are rural constructions with a circular plan, their origins are not very clear (here is a detailed map of their presence in the area: https:\/\/www.comuneraccuja.it\/upload\/luoghi-davisitare\/tholos\/Mappa-Itinerario-delle-THOLOS.pdf<\/a>). They look like the more famous Peloponnese structures, that’s why some local historians date them back to the first centuries of Greek colonisation in Sicily (8th-7th centuries BC). However, its certain that from the 17th century the tholoi became a refuge for local shepherds.<\/p>\n

Climbing a little higher up, we arrive at Floresta, which is located at 1275 metres above sea level and is the highest town in Sicily<\/strong>. Floresta looks like a town of the italian Alps. This place offers breath-taking landscapes and unspoilt nature (it is worth visiting Contrada Giuffr\u00e8<\/strong>, 7 km from the town, with its oak and maple trees forests. Floresta municipality is included in the Nebrodi Park and also touches the territory of the Alcantara River Park.<\/p>\n

The village maintains the feudal structure, with stone houses clustered under the bell towers of the two churches: the Mother Church of Sant’Anna<\/strong> and the one of Sant’Antonio da Padova<\/strong>. Along the streets of the historical centre there are beautiful noble palaces (Palazzo Lando<\/em>, Palazzo Crimi<\/em>, Palazzo Municipale<\/em> and Palazzo Baronale<\/em>).<\/p>\n

Before leaving, do take some time to taste the local products: the cured meats, but above all the Provola of the Nebrodi<\/strong>, a Slow Food presidium.<\/p>\n

Now we can set off again towards M<\/strong>ontalbano Elicon<\/strong>a<\/strong><\/a>, the third and best-known village on the itinerary.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":48816,"template":"","categories":[1932,1928,1919],"luogo":[1864],"stagione":[1877],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nNot only sea: Raccuja-Floresta-Montalbano Elicona - Visit Sicily<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Not only sea: Raccuja-Floresta-Montalbano Elicona - Visit Sicily\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Heading up to the highest part of the town, you […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/visitsicily.altrama.com\/en\/itinerario\/not-only-sea-raccuja-floresta-montalbano-elicona\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Visit Sicily\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/visitsicily.info\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-05-10T05:07:43+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/visitsicily.altrama.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/SANTANGELO-DI-BROLO-CAMPANILE-scaled.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2560\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1707\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@VisitSicilyOP\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/visitsicily.altrama.com\/en\/itinerario\/not-only-sea-raccuja-floresta-montalbano-elicona\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/visitsicily.altrama.com\/en\/itinerario\/not-only-sea-raccuja-floresta-montalbano-elicona\/\",\"name\":\"Not only sea: Raccuja-Floresta-Montalbano Elicona - 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