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A
tasty
week
in
Sicily...fun,
food
and
an
amazing
experience
of
an
incredible
landscape
and
fascinating
history.
Day
1 -
Arriving
at
the
"Wine"
Hotel
Upon
your
arrival
at
Catania
airport
you’ll
be
drive
to
Mount
Etna.
Accommodation
in a
historical
dwelling,
today
a
beautiful
agriturismo.
Dinner
and
overnight
stay.
Day
2 -
Cooking
Class
on
Mount
Etna
 
Breakfast
and
departure
for
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,
you
will
explore
the
Volcano
Etna,
largest
active
volcano
in
Europe,
and
admire
a
unique
combination
of
nature
and
the
uncontrollable
essence
of
fire.
Return
to
the
agriturismo
where
we
suggest
to
have
the
dinner.
Overnight
stay.
Day
3 -
Relax
and
shopping
in
Taormina
Breakfast
and
departure
for
Taormina
the
Sicily’s
most
famous
city.
Dating
from
the
fourth
and
third
centuries
B.C.,
Taormina
is
perched
dramatically
high
on a
rocky
promontory
overlooking
the
Ionian
Sea.
It’s
a
charming
medieval
town
with
typical
cobblestoned
streets
leading
into
spacious
squares.
You
can
admire
the
extraordinary
classical
Greco-Roman
theatre
and
the
historical
centre.
The
historical
centre
is
rich
in
luxurious
shops
that
enjoy
your
shopping.
Lunch
at
leisure.
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
at
winery
and
return
to
your
agriturismo.
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
at
leisure.
Return
to
the
hotel
and
meeting
with
the
Chef
Fatima
Failla,
that
will
organize
your
hands-on
classes,
you
learn
how
to
prepare
“Scacce
Ragusane”,
typical
Sicilian
food,
or
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
Olive
oil
Breakfast
and
transfer
to
Agriturismo
Mandranova
situated
in
the
surroundings
of
Agrigento.
The
firm
has
a
long
tradition
of
specialized
cultivations,
and
the
family
transmits
the
deep
love
for
the
care
of
land
from
father
to
son.
Today,
after
a
reclamation
and
cultivation,
40
hectares
are
dedicated
to
olive
trees,
with
extremely
innovative
cultivation,
gathering
and
processing
systems.
You
can
visit
the
oil
press
and
relax
your
self
in a
beautiful
garden.
Lunch
in
the
garden.
In
the
afternoon
you
will
visit
the
beautiful
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.
Dinner
at
leisure.
Accommodation
in
hotel
and
relax.
Overnight
stay
in
Agrigento.
Day
6 -
Wine
and
Sweets
Breakfast
and
departure
for
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.
Transfer
to
Erice,
a
wonderful
and
mysterious
medieval
town
made
famous
in
ancient
times
as
the
birthplace
of
Venus.
Lunch
at
leisure.
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,
to
learn
with
Maria,
how
to
prepare
special
Cannoli
Siciliani
with
ricotta
cheese
and
then
taste
almond
sweets,
genovesi
and
nougat
to
match
with
Marsala
wine.
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 -
Arrivederci
After
breakfast,
transfer
to
the
airport
or
choose
to
extend
your
stay
in
Palermo.
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