#myAgathaExperience: S.Agata tour with the European bloggers

We love the projects “made by locals”, which tell the beauties of our Catania and make it discover around the world. For this reason we can not support a very special initiative that will take place from 2 to 6 February: the feast of Sant’Agata is populated by travel bloggers and influencers from the USA, Russia, Spain, Slovenia and Italy who will discover Catania during the festivity agatine with the tour #myAgathaExperience. And they will tell it on their social channels through dedicated shots.

Sicily Convention Bureau, in partnership with the City of Catania, in fact, has organized a special blog tour that will combine sacred and profane: from the street food to that to discover the agate places. The streets, buildings, churches, a mix of history, art, folklore, and architecture will be condensed into itineraries that will lead bloggers, journalists and influencers from the Benedictine Monastery to the Teatro Massimo Bellini in Catania and involve them in cooking classes, spectacular fireworks , scenographic processions of the candelore and of the Santa’s Fercolo  pulled by the devotees and an unmissable stage to the discovery of Etna.

“We are convinced that living the Feast of Sant’Agata in Catania means breathing the essence of Sicilianness – comments Daniela Marino, Director of Operations of the Sicily Convention Bureau – We are happy about this occasion that sees us alongside the City of Catania to promote the territory in an innovative way to make it usable through the shots and the story that the professionals of the sector will spread to their public social and their readers all over the world ”

But there’s more: there will also be a photo challenge, open to all, in collaboration with Igers Catania. From 2 to 6 February post your shot with the hashtag #MyAgathaExperience and #citymapsicilia. The best shots that will immortalize the agatine festivities, inspired by the five senses will be selected and rewarded. The winners will be announced by the 10th of February on the portal www.instagramersitalia.com and will also receive a prize offered by us by Citymap! In addition, the 25 selected photos, along with the 5 best photos taken by the participants in the BlogTour, will be included in a Digital Photobook that will be presented at the next BIT in Milan 2018.

“The holiday festivals for participation are the third in the world for Christianity and attract an increasing number of tourists in Catania – says the Mayor of Catania, Enzo Bianco – Another big event that attracts visitors and tourists alike adds, without doubt, first of all importance, to all the numerous other initiatives we have undertaken over the past four years and is expressed not only in terms of presence but also in terms of reputation, both nationally and internationally. The main moment in which we in Catania demonstrate our capacity to be a community “.

THE WINNER OF #MYAGATHAEXPERIENCE SELECTED BY CITYMAP SICILIA

At the end of St. Agatha’s feast and of the challenge #MyAgathaExperience, CityMap Sicilia has chosen its favourite shots that celebrate the beauty of Catania in these days.

@massimovittorio and @alerux_photo were able to seize the light, colours and “the perfect and thundering interlace between the sacred and the profane that animates Catania during the event, a withdrawn and protected flame burns to warm up and symbolize the most intimate faith of a devotee. A unique shot on a key asset: the silent devotion, a prayer to be opened in the mind and an ardent thanks to the Saint. Belief is a small blessed fire that burns and shines, above any profane distraction.”

The two picture have been published as cover and back cover of the Digital Photobook made by Sicilia Convention Bureau and show at BIT in Milan.

Congratulation to the two winners that will receive a CityShirt made by CityMap Sicilia.