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Itinerary
Day 1- Arriving in Wine Hotel
Upon your arrival at Catania airport you’ll be met and transferred by your English speaking driver to Mount Etna. Accommodation at Scilio Wine hotel on Mount Etna. Dinner and overnight stay.
Day 2 - Cooking Class on Mount Etna
Breakfast and departure to Viagrande on Mount Etna. Here you will meet Mrs Eleonora Consoli in her La Cucina del Sole (The Sun’s Kitchen). Eleonora has written several cookbooks on Sicilian gastronomy and she is an official expert on Sicilian cooking in the world. She will held an hand-on cooking class, teaching to the class several classic Sicilian dishes as “Appetizer Sicilian style”, Pasta Norma Style (with eggplant, tomato sauce and salted ricotta cheese), Breaded veal rolls or meat-balls Sicilian style, Cassata Siciliana. The lunch will be served at Eleonora’s home.
After lunch, come back to the Agriturismo and relax, or visit Rifugio Sapienza and the famous craters of the Volcano Etna. In the late afternoon you will visit the Scilio Winery with the owner Luisa Scilio and you will taste their best wines, and olive oil from organic agriculture. Dinner and overnight stay.
Day 3 – Relax and shopping in Taormina
Breakfast and transfer to Taormina where you can admire the amazing Greek Theatre set on a hill overlooking the sea and the Duomo. The historical centre is rich in luxurious shops that enjoy your shopping. Lunch on your own. Come back to Scilio, dinner and overnight stay.
Day 4 - Cooking Class and Chocolate Tasting
Breakfast and transfer to eastern Sicily through the Baroque, whose heritage, both for importance and for beauty, has been declared World Heritage by the UNESCO. Arrival at Palazzo Failla a beautiful charming historic dwelling in historical centre of Modica. In the morning you can visit Modica, (on your own) where you will admire picturesque lanes and arrows streets, with plenty of old workshops, St. George’s Church, the only one including a nave and as good as four aisles. You can visit the Antica Dolceria Bonajuto, the oldest confectionary shop of Sicily and taste the very famous chocolate of Modica. Lunch on your own.
Come back to the hotel and meeting with the Chef Mrs Fatima Failla, that will organize your hands-on classes, you learn how to prepare “Scacce Ragusane”, typical Sicilian food, Making of Cavati, home made pasta, Rabbit “ a stimpirata”, typical Sicilian plate (rabbit meat served with vegetables). Finally, making and tasting of typical Chocolate of Modica (the recipe coming from ancient Aztecs). The chocolate of Modica is special and very particular because of the lack of cacao butter, the only ingredients are cacao and sugar. Dinner at exclusive restaurant La Locanda del Colonnello. Overnight stay at Palazzo Failla.
Day 5 – Sicilian Cheese
Breakfast and transfer to Agrigento, meeting with your guide and visit of the Valley of the Temples, one of the most representative sites of Greek civilization in the Mediterranean area. Visit to the Temple of Hercules, the Temple of Juno, the Temple of Castor and Pollux, the wonderful Temple of Concord and finally the beautiful Garden of Kolymbetra. Lunch on your own and visit of a dairy to see the “pecorino” and “ricotta” production, from the milking, to the cooking, to the maturing of the product. Local products and cheeses tasting. Accommodation in a charming hotel temples view. Overnight stay.
Day 6 – Sicilian Olive oil
Breakfast and departure for Menfi where you will meet Natalie Ravidà. She has written the famous “Season of Sicily” a beautiful cookbooks on Sicilian gastronomy. Walking tour of the farm and finally you will have a comparative olive oil tasting to distinguish different kind of olive oil.
(it is possible to organize an hands-on cooking lesson with Mrs Ravidà). Lunch in the garden. Accommodation at Baglio Donna Franca a little and charming wine hotel where you can visit the winery and taste delicious wine. Overnight stay.
Day 7 – Wine & Sweets
Breakfast and departure to The Salt Road and its Salt Pans located on the coastline between the cities of Trapani and Marsala. Locals extract the salt from the seawater following the same procedure used by the ancient Greeks and Phoenicians who once colonized this part of the Sicily. You can visit the Phoenician Island of Mozia and relax your self with a walking tour. In the afternoon you will visit the Florio Winery, today an historical brand not only for Sicilian wine making, but also one of Italy’s great classical wines, one of the leading and most popular wines in the world. You will visit the Museum of Agricoltura and the ancient “Bottaia”. Finally you will taste delicious Sicilian wine.
Transfer to Erice, a wonderful and mysterious medieval town made famous in ancient times as the birthplace of Venus. Walking through the cobble – stoned streets of the town, smelling a variety of aromas emanating from the numerous pastry shop for which Erice is famous. You will see the Norman Castle and the Duomo. Stopping at the world famous pastry shop by Maria Grammatico, here we will taste almond sweets, genovesi and nougat to match with Marsala wine. We suggest to dinner in Erice and come back to the Baglio.
Day 8 – Arrivederci
After breakfast, transfer to the airport or choose to extend your stay in Palermo.
Price per person in double rooms: (minimum 2
passengers traveling together)
Self drive version: Euro or US$* (rate varies depending the exchange
rate)
1200 per person based on double occupancy / Single Supplement 250
Euro or US$*
Supplement for car rental or
for private English speaking driver on request
The price includes
- 2 Half Board + 1 Buffet Breakfast at Scilio Wine Hotel on Mount Etna (beverages included);
- 1 Half Board at Palazzo Failla**** in Modica (beverages not included);
- 1 Buffet Breakfast at Domus Aurea **** in Agrigento;
- 2 Buffet Breakfast at Baglio Donna Franca **** in Marsala (beverages included);
- accommodation in classic room;
- all cooking class with lunch or dinner beverage included;
- all tasting as per program;
- Tourist Guide in Agrigento (FD);
The price doesn’t include
- individual extras and suggested lunches;
- entrance fees and tips;
- cooking class at Villa Ravidà;
- all has not been clearly indicated in “The price includes”
- Transfer , car rental
* The price can be reduced with a different number of people
** Supplement for tourist guides on request
*** Supplement during Easter and Christmas weeks
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