Sciara Street Food Fest

Lo Sciara Street Food Fest is an event that brings the Sicilian street food at the center of the world. The event, which is organized in the heart of the historic center of Sciara, is every year the reference point for all those gourmands who want to be able to taste many different products on one occasion, made with local ingredients. Here, then, is all the information that can be useful to those who want to take part in the Sciara Street Food Fest.

Description of the Sciara Street Food Fest

The Sciara Street Food Fest is an event that takes place in the street and that brings the Sicilian street food. The event includes the presence of numerous stands, each of which is dedicated to a typical Sicilian street food, made with local ingredients and quality materials. Obviously there are also examples of street food from all other parts of the world, from the most famous to the less known, for an event that will tickle every palate. To cheer up the event and all its participants, then, there will be performances by street artists, musical performances, cabaret, art workshops and much more, even for an audience of children.

The story linked to the Sciara Street Food Fest

L'event in Sciara it was strongly desired by the municipal authorities who for some years have embarked on a virtuous path to make Sciara a tourist destination at any time of the year. Obviously, however, summer is the time when most of the events are concentrated, and therefore it was decided to include the Sciara Street Food Fest, which is one of the most popular, in the summer calendar. Over the course of the few editions, however, the appointment is gaining more and more success and is enriched with new moments of culture and entertainment.

When the Sciara Street Food Fest takes place

The Sciara Street Food Fest is held in July, usually on one of the last Sundays of the month. Since this is an event that is not linked to any religious celebration, the date can change.

Where the Sciara Street Food Fest takes place

The Sciara Street Food Fest involves the entire inhabited center of the town because an event is organized in every square and street.

What to do during the Sciara Street Food Fest

The Sciara Street Food Fest can also be the right occasion to discover the many beauties that are kept in the historic center of the town and in its vicinity. There church of Sant'Anna, for example, is recent as it was only built in 1930, however it is one of the symbolic monuments of the historic village: inside the beautiful bronze Crucifix by Arnaldo Pomodoro. Also see the Archaeological Museum of Traditions, which collects all the tools of the trade of the peasant world, a profession that has always characterized the population of the village.

How to get to Sciara

Those wishing to take part in the Sciara Street Food Fest can leave from Palermo or Trapani and take the E90 to their destination, while those coming from Catania must prefer the A19. Visitors who move from Messina will have to take the A20 first and immediately after the E90, instead from Agrigento the most suitable route is to take the SS189. From Syracuse it is advisable to choose the A19 first and immediately after the E932, the same road that those who leave from Enna can also follow.

Until 2002 Sciara was also equipped with its own railway station, today instead those who want to move on the train they will have to do so with reference to the Cerda and Termini Imerese stations, from which you can then continue to your destination via the bus numbers premises made available by AST.