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PICKING TIME
Living the experience of picking the olives with the Sicilian people
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Wednesday
Arrival at the airport and transfer to the Country
House. The farm stands out among the colors and fragrances
of the immense olive groves which surround it.
Visit to the farm, the olive tree groves, and the oil press.
Dinner consisting of characteristic foods, such as oil, cheeses,
local breads, and other traditional dishes. Overnight stay.
Thursday
Breakfast with traditional foods. In Sicily, the olive harvest
begins in late autumn when the olives are mature but still
green. They are picked by hand or with the aid of a baton.
This is a very characteristic scene that will whisk you back
to ancient times. Nets are placed under the trees, and baskets
are brought to collect the olives using traditional techniques.
Lunch break and relaxation period.
In the afternoon you will bring olives to the oil
press where you can see how oil is produced. Finally tasting
of oil with bread, garlic and oregano. You will also receive
an oil bottle completely free.
Dinner and overnight in the agriturismo.
Friday
Breakfast. In the morning you will be free to enjoy the pool
or hike in the countryside.
Lunch. In the afternoon we will meet our guide who will take
us to Agrigento to visit the Valley of the Temples. Along
the “Sacred Way” we will visit the Temple of Hercules,
the Temple of Concord, and the Temple of Juno. Finally, we
will visit the wonderful Garden of Kolymbetra, an old water
reservoir of the Greeks, and the Archaeological Museum.
Dinner on your own, return and overnight stay.
Saturday
Breakfast. Today you will learn how to prepare some Sicilian
dishes such as almond sweets and cannoli with ricotta cheese.
Lunch and tasting of the Sicilian moscato matched with Sicilian
pastries.
At 3:30 p.m., we will start the second part of cooking lesson
and you will learn how to prepare “anelletti al forno”
with eggplant, sauce, and fresh basil. We will also cook,
in various ways, some typical Sicilian vegetables. We’ll
also prepare the polpettone di carne (meatloaf) and a vegetable
side dish with ingredients harvested from our garden. At dinner,
we will taste the dishes we have just prepared. Overnight
stay.
Sunday
Breakfast. The whole day will be devoted to Sicilian cheeses.
We’ll drive to Sant’Angelo Muxaro, an enchanting
little village near Agrigento. We’ll start with an archeological
walk through the biggest Tholos tombs in Sicily, and then
we will visit a shepherd to see how ricotta cheese is made.
Surrounded on all sides by the genuine Sicilian atmosphere,
we will be able to taste the still warm ricotta cheese as
it is finished.
In the afternoon, we’ll drive to the Locanda di Terra
in the Agrigento city center. Here you can attend the cheese-tasting
course and learn the distinct characteristics of typical Sicilian
cheeses.
Before returning to the country house, you will be able to
spend some time in Via Atenea, the shopping street with its
many clothing shops, luxurious jewelers, and artisan workshops.
Return, dinner and overnight stay.
Monday
Departure for Sambuca di Sicilia, where you can visit the
famous Planeta winery. It was founded in 1995 on the banks
of Lake Arancio and is surrounded by vineyards and a native
olive tree grove. You can visit the presses, the steel tubs
used for fermentation, and witness the bottling process. Finally,
you can visit barrel cellar, which consists of around 1,200
barrels. We’ll taste four different wines paired with
some cheeses and breadsticks.
Before returning to the country house, you will be able to
spend some time in Sciacca, often called the “Town of
Ceramics” because of its abundant little ceramic studios.
The restaurants are also renowned for their excellent seafood
dishes. Return in the afternoon. Dinner and overnight stay.
Tuesday
Breakfast and leaving for the airport.
Schedule: October
and first half of November
Price on request - min 2 persons
The price includes
- Transfer to/from airport;
- Transfer with private car and English speaking driver
for all the tour;
- 4 HB + 2 FB in Country House in Agrigento;
- Guide and tour director for all excursions;
- Cheese Taster classes;
- Cooking classes;
- Cheeses and ricotta tasting in Sant’Angelo.
- Visit and wine tasting at Planeta winery.
The price does
not include
- Wine and drinks;
- The extras related to individual initiative;
- What is not explicitly stated in the section “The
price includes”;
- Entrances.
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