Former Olympic swimmer Neil Agius will endeavour to swim from Tunisia to Sicily – a 153km distance never achieved before. Agius announced his next swim challenge during a press launch on Wednesday.

Water World Swim, the world leader in open water swimming, today announced Mitali Khanzode, a 15-year-old girl native to Sunnyvale, Calif., has successfully completed the swim of the Messina Strait.

Swimmer and anti-pollution activist Neil Agius has become the second person in recorded history to swim between Sicily and Malta. Agius reached Balluta Bay in St Julian’s at 9.21am on Friday – a ...

The best time to visit Sicily is from May to June or September to October. These late spring and early fall months offer hospitable temperatures in the 70s and low 80s, which are ideal for temple ...

Calling all Italiophiles! Sicily is the place to go for those in need of luxury for less this year. Compared with the mainland, the island represents good value for money (villas cost up to 30 per ...

PanARMENIAN.Net - An ally of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has threatened a second genocide and an invasion of Greece by saying “this time they may have to swim until Sicily”, Greek City ...

Nick Squires is The Telegraph’s Rome correspondent, covering Italy, the Vatican, Greece and the Balkans. He has reported for the paper since 2000, having previously covered Australia, New Zealand and ...

A British woman tragically collapsed and died on a beach in Sicily just moments after she had been swimming in the sea. Deborah Hooper, 64, was on holiday her partner with retired accountant Andrew ...

Sicily: Italy’s moreish island, from food hubs to the coast, by Jamie Douglass The history of Anglo-Sicilian relations is ...

John McCarthy explores art travel with critic Andrew Graham-Dixon on Sicily, academic Amy Dempsey on outdoor art, and Susie Parr on the appeal of outdoor swimming. Show more John McCarthy discusses ...