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10 2014 Facebook  Twitter  Dec BOOKMARK 10 2014 FACEBOOK TWITTER PRINT MULTIMEDIA › ARTS AND LEISURE Addiopizzo Travel - discovering Sicily in ethical holidays by Myriam Giacalone An Addiopizzo travel guide in Capaci (Palermo), at the point where on May 231,/4 1992 the bomb was detonated that killed the judge Giovanni Falcone, his wife Francesca Morvillo and his three bodyguards (Vito Schifani, Rocco Dicillo and Want to be sure to visit Sicily, the ancient Mediterranean island, without feeding your money to the Mafia's “Godfather”? writes Myriam Giacalone. Contact Addiopizzo Travel, a Palermo-based agency that offers 100% mafia-free holidays. Founded to fight against the cliché “Sicily equals Mafia,” Addiopizzo Travel's tours will show you the real Sicily: beauty, arts and culture. History and crime are not censored at all, but put in historical context. You will see where Mafia ruled, but also was fought and often defeated by true-blue Sicilian heroes. Addiopizzo Travel and “mafia-free tourism” were launched in 2009 by Dario Riccobono, Francesca Vannini Parenti and Edoardo Zaffuto, the co-founders of the “ Addiopizzo Committee,” an anti-mafia association operating in Palermo since 2004. “Pizzo” in Italian means lace, but in Sicily it is the word used for “protection money,” or the percentage extorted from businesses by the Mafia. So “Addiopizzo” means “goodbye to extortion,” “no more kickbacks,” or “farewell to protection money.” “Our challenge is to combine our values in Addiopizzo Committee with our jobs in Addiopizzo Travel,” says Dario Riccobono. Addiopizzo Travel is now officially registered as tour operator and the group offers holiday packages to discover the “hot spots” in the fight against the Mafia in Palermo and its surroundings. Addiopizzo tours cleverly mix the ethical pathos with wonderful vacation spots. The company offers 24-hour tours in Palermo and the countryside, and a seven-day package through western Sicily. You will be combing Mediterranean fishing villages and gazing at cathedrals. Participants will be awed by Punic, Greek, Latin, Arabic, Norman and Byzantine monuments, but they will also have a chance to chat with Sicilians about their everyday life and struggles. Friendships will be forged forever in a truly personal experience. Travellers say the trips were crucial to increase our understanding of the Mafia and what it means. “People want to know which shops, restaurants and hotels don't pay protection money, “pizzo” to the Mafia,” said Francesca Vannini. Addiopizzo Travel directs tourists to brands, labels and organizations free from any mob connections, neatly showed on a map of Palermo. “Pizzo free” tours can include excursions to properties confiscated to Cosa Nostra, in Corleone or Cinisi, towns near Palermo involved in Mafia affairs. Where the “latifondo” landed estates laid in ruins, the Mafia neglected to work on many acres of land. Now there are vineyards, olive trees, and greenhouses filled with strawberries and peppers. Participants will learn the history of the resistance against the Mafia, from union leader Placido Rizzotto, killed right after World War II, to anti-Mafia prosecutor and national hero Giovanni Falcone, killed in a car bombing by Cosa Nostra in 1992. Tours are available in English, French and German. A vacation with Addio Pizzo is a learning experience, filled up with fun, food, culture and people. You will go home learning about a land most tourists simply skim. Info: www.addiopizzotravel.it © ALL RIGHTS RESERVED RELATED BUSINESS AND ECONOMY November 12, 2014 Sicilian municipalities, police corps get budget boost from confiscated Mafia properties BUSINESS AND ECONOMY December 2, 2014 A piece of Palermo rallies around those who blow the whistle on the Mafia BUSINESS AND ECONOMY December 3, 2014 Rome prosecutors arrest 37 in "Mafia Capital" probe. Former mayor Alemanno under investigation ABOUT US CONTACT US SUBSCRIBE SUGGESTIONS.
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