FILOVACANZE TOURS

Individual Tours

• - Picking Time
• - Luxury Food and Wine ...
• - Sicily for Wine Lovers
• - Cooking Culture and Country Life
• - Sicilia Culinaria
• - Savoring Sicily
• - Walking & Cooking in Sicily
• - Exclusive Sicily
• - Archaelogical Tour

Small Groups

• - Gourmet Sicily
• - Taste of Traditions

Short Tours

• - Cooking Classes in Masseria
• - Flavors of Olive in Agrigento
• - Cooking Classes in Erice

Sicily Tour

• - Exclusive Sicilian Taste

GOURMET SICILY

Enjoy a week the most prestigious winegrowing region and learn the recipes for some of the best Sicilian dishes.

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1st day
Arrival at Palermo airport. Transfer to the hotel in the city centre. Dinner at the exclusive restaurant Osteria dei Vespri, famous restaurant where some scenes of the Visconti’s movie The Leopard were filmed. We will taste excellent dishes with Chef Rizzo. Overnight stay.

2nd Day
Breakfast at the hotel. In the morning, with the Countess Federico, we will go to the Ballarò street market and we will buy the ingredients for the cooking class. In the kitchen of the 13th century palace the Chef Giglio will teach us how to prepare insalata di arance (orange salad) with bottarga (salted tuna eggs) and swordfish, the black risotto with cuttlefish... The lunch will be delighted in a torch-lit atmosphere in the Torre di Scrigno. In the afternoon, we will visit the historical centre of Palermo: Cathedral, Church of La Martorana, Quattro Canti, Piazza Pretoria, Teatro Massimo. Dinner at Antica Focacceria San Francesco. Return in hotel and overnight stay.

3rd Day
Breakfast and departure to Agrigento. Our guide 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 Necropolis.
Then will have an interesting cheese-tasting at the eno-gastronomic center of the Locanda di Terra, followed by lunch. Transfer to the charming hotel with temples view.
In the afternoon, we’ll meet our guide who will take us to the historical center of Agrigento. We’ll visit the Church of Santa Maria dei Greci, built upon the old temple of Athena, the Santo Spirito monastery, the Cathedral and Rabbato, the old Arab quarter. Finally, we will spend the morning browsing the many elegant and traditional shops. Dinner on your own. Overnight stay.

4th day
Breakfast at the hotel and relax. In the morning we will visit the Archaeological Museum, one of the most famous in Europe that collects most of the findings in the Sicilian region. Lunch in hotel.
During the afternoon we will visit an oil mill dating back to 17th century and a modern one. We will taste warm bread with extra-virgin olive oil and oregano along with the owner Mr. Giuseppe Di Vincenzo. He will show us the olive oil production. Dinner at the agriturismo. Return in hotel and overnight stay.

5th day
Breakfast and departure to Taormina. We will visit Taormina’s Greco-Roman amphitheatre and the old centre. Lunch on your own. Your will be free in Taormina to enjoy the chic boutiques, bustling cafes and restaurants. Departure to Mt. Etna, Europe ‘s tallest and most active volcano. Accommodation at Wine Hotel. Luisa Scilio, an expert guides, we will show the vineyard describing the organic cultivation methods, the milestone and the cellar dating back to 1815, finally we will sample the best wines matched with local products. Dinner and overnight stay.

6th day
Breakfast at the hotel. Today, during the tour we will admire the beautiful volcanic landscape of the biggest European volcano. We will stop at Viagrande, here we will meet Eleonora Consoli’s La Cucina del Sole (The Sun’s Kitchen). Eleonora has written several cookbooks on Sicilian gastronomy and is the unofficial expert on Sicilian cooking in the world. She will conduct a hand-on cooking class, teaching the class several classic Sicilian dishes. Our lunch will be spent with Eleonora in her home. After lunch we’ll visit Mt. Etna’s craters. In the afternoon we will go to the Murgo Winery for a wine tasting, and visiting the winery and the vineyards. Dinner and overnight stay at Scilio Wine hotel.

7th Day
Breakfast in hotel. Leaving for Catania airport.