DAY 1. CATANIA

Arrival at Catania Airport.  Private transfer to country guest house in Catania  or Taormina area. Welcome cocktail  with dinner and overnight.

DAY 2.  CATANIA

Breakfast and lunch at country guest house. Depart for Linguaglossa, one of the many small towns around Mount Etna renowned for its natural and artistic beauty, as well as for its culinary specialties. Stop to sample the local ricotta cheese and see how this cheese is made. Proceed to the wine-producing town of Castiglione of Sicily to visit the year-round wine exhibition boasting wares from the greatest Sicilian wine producers and to explore the historical center with its monuments. Wine tasting at the Valle Galfina wine cellar, which produces Etna Red, White and Rosè Doc. ( Lunch free )  In the afternoon, excursion to Catania with guided tour of the historical center, the Cathedral, Via dei Crociferi, Piazza Università and Teatro Massimo. Back  to the farm   Dinner.  and overnight.

DAY 3. CATANIA

Breakfast and departure for Piazza Armerina to visit the Roman Villa del Casale with its splendid mosaics.  Proceed to Caltagirone with stop for lunch (free ). Afternoon tour of this city famous for its ceramics with a chance to see the craftsmen at work. Stop for wine tasting at a wine cellar which produces Doc wines. Evening return to accommodation for dinner and overnight

DAY 4. CATANIA

Breakfast and departure to Santa Venerina, a small town at the foot of Mount Etna, with a stop to sample the culinary delights of Pasticceria Russo, one of the oldest and best cake shops in the area. Santa Venerina is also home of one of the most important and interesting wine cellars producing Doc wines, Barone Scammacca del Murgo. Stop to sample the wines with their producers in some of the most beautiful natural srroundings in the area. Lunch at a former noble country home. In the afternoon, panoramic tour of the “ Lemon Riviera”, with its many famous small towns, including Acitrezza, Acireale and Aci Castello. Return to farm.  Dinner  and overnight.

DAY 5.  Breakfast.Morning dedicated to the excursion of Taormina  with the visit of the Greek Theatre and medieval town centre. Free time to shopping and lunch. In the afternoon, first lesson in traditional sicilian cooking in a country home with expert teachers. This will be followed by a dinner in order to enjoy the dishes prepared. Overnight.

DAY 6.  Breakfast. Morning dedicated to Etna excursion with optional climb to the central crater. In the afternoon (Optional: Excursion the Alcantara Gorges, where

Will be possible to rent special booths for walking into the water, or  attending to second  cookery lesson ) Dinner at the farm  Overnight

DAY 7.  Breakfast. Full day to perform a gastronomic and artistic itinerary ‘ The Baroque Treasures and Moscato Wine of Noto and Syracuse(possibility to visit the Museum of Wine productions  equipments at Pachino , having a  wine tasting at a Moscato Doc in a wine cellar ) Visit of Noto, considered the capital of Sicilian Baroque, than proceed to Siracusa  Lunch in a typical fish restaurant and in the  afternoon  visit the Archaeological Area  and Ortigia Island. Back to the farm  Farewell dinner  with a folkloristic  music performance . Overnight

DAY 8 . Breakfast and transfer to Catania Airport. End of tour.

 Accommodation

Rate per person

From 4 to 8

From 9 to 15

From 15 to  25

From 26

 In  DBL or TRP/B

  Sng/b  supplement

Euro   1.750

Euro      210

Euro  1.650

Euro     210

Euro  1.550

Euro     210

Euro  1.500

Euro     210

RATE INCLUDES:

-          Welcome cocktail

-          Accommodation preferable  in Country Guest house or in Hotels of upgrade  category in connection with the number of participants,  in Half board  base

-          Transportation  by  comfortable minibus or coach

-          Lunches  and dinner as per itinerary

-          Farewell dinner with folk music

-          Local guide  for the visit of Roman Villa, Etna and Siracusa

-          Transfer in / out

RATE DOES NOT INCLUDE:

-          Entrance fees

-          -Drinks

-          Everything which is not clearly specified under “rate includes”

              ACCOMPANY GUIDE through/out  the tour

*Name of country guest house will be confirmed at time of booking.

*VALIDITY  from  Nov 08  to  Oct 2009”

NOTE:

Tour itinerary's, for technical reasons, can be changed or inverted without notice, by guaranting all previous visits, excursions and services, due also to the metereologic weather conditions

TOUR IS ALSO PERFORMED AT ANY DATES, DURING THE YEAR  WITH A MINIMUM OF  4  PARTECIPANTS 

This program, being it a program for individuals or small group, is flexible  and  allow to make changes according

to the clients wishes ( to be in any case

checked before with the organization ), performing  routes and visits not covered by the normal tours.

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