GOURMET SICILY
time 7 Days / 6 Nights

Experience a Sicilian gourmet wine and food tour to the southern tip of Sicily, where you'll taste Italian wine and cuisine, and discover the history of the amazing island. Sicilian wines feature the medley of flavors that Sicily has been known for since ancient times. Sicily is known to have some of the best wines in Italy.

 

 

What food is Sicily known for?

Cucina Povera, or peasant cuisine  descibes the type of food you will find, however it is enriched with the influences of the various civilisations that have occupied the Island , the Arabs, the Spanish, the Greeks and the North Africans, and with an abundance of fresh vegetables, fruits and a wealth of seafood.

Pasta alla Norma: This very popular pasta dish hails from eastern Sicily; a stick-to-your-ribs dish, it’s made with fried eggplant, tomatoes, basil, and ricotta salata. Sicily’s frutta marmorata—or marzipan—is often a work of art!

Cannoli originated in Sicily and are a staple of Sicilian cuisine. In Italy, they are commonly known as “cannoli siciliani”, Sicilian cannoli.

 

 

 

 

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Inclusions:

  • Transfer from the airport to the hotel in Palermo
  • English Speaking Tour Escort
  • 4 Star accommodations in Palermo
  • Breakfast daily
  • Guided tour of Palermo – Monreale
  •  Palermo –Street Food Walking tour
  • Sicilian Pastry to taste the real “Cannoli siciliani”
  • Transfer Palermo –Taormina
  • 4 Star accommodations in Taormina
  • Taormina – AM  cooking class (except on Sundays)
  • Taormina ––Full day Mt. Etna with  Wine Tasting and light lunch  
  • Transfer from the hotel in Taormina to the airport in Catania

 

Occasionally local religious and national holidays, weather, traffic conditions and other events may necessitate changes in the sequence of events or the missing of certain events/places. Though every effort will be made to follow the itinerary, it should be considered as an indication, rather than a contract of events and places to be visited.

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