caponata di melenzane
Tagliate a dadi 6 melanzane, ponete i dadi in un capace colapasta, cospargeteli di sale e lasciateli un’ora a perdere il loro liquido amarognolo.Friggeteli poi in olio bollente e teneteli da parte. Versate l’olio di frittura in un tegame largo a bordi bassi e soffriggetevi : 2 cipolle finemente affettate alle quali aggiungerete poi il cuore di 2 sedani, già sbollentato e taglieto a pezzi, 4 pomodori maturi, pelati e tagliuzzati, 200 gr. di olive verdi snocciolate e divise a metà, 3 cucchiai di capperi dissalati e sale quanto occorre.
fate cuocere sino a quando il sedano non risulterà ben cotto ed aggiungete le melenzane con qualche foglia di basilico. Continuate la cottura per altri 10 minuti, mescolando spesso; poi cospargete la caponata con un cucchiaio e mezzo di zucchero e diluitelo com mezzo bicchiere di aceto / se è aceto forte, altrimenti aumentate la quantità. ancora quache minuto sul fuoco.il piatto va servito freddo
Feedback - Guided Tour East-West - East 17Days/ 16 Nigts
Guided Tour East-West - East 17Days/ 16 Nigts
Agrigento
Dear Cristina,
our holiday with you and Travel Sicilia has been one of the happiest and most rewarding experiences of our lives. In the nearly 3 weeks in which we travelled around your unique island we were introduced to a wealth of experiences and your intimate knowledge of all aspects of Sicily enriched our enjoyment at every stage of the journey. Each day brought new and exciting experiences; we achieved so much and yet we never felt rushed. We also appreciated the flexibility to include unscheduled visit. We have been privileged to have had you knowledge and guidance as we admired the treasured legacy of Greek, Arab and Norman civilizations.
We have been impressed by the interesting and varied accommodation, each having its own charme from the elegant villa permeated with the atmosphere of bygone times to a jewel oasis in an olive grove; then there was the surprising roof garden in the ancient Ragusa Ibla and our last night in the luxury of the Grand Hotel Wagner in Palermo,
You have introduced us to a wealth of Sicilian food in authentic locations. So many new experiences: delicious seafood, the intense flavor of the fruits and vegetables grown in this fertile land and introducing to plants and trees previously known only by name; Carobs, Pomegranate, caper bush.
I thank you for all your patience and help as I tried to gain confidence in speaking Italian. It has given me fresh impetus to master the language.
This holiday with you, Cristina, has exceeded all our expectations. We will recommend your company without reservation to anyone wishing to travel to Sicily and as I return have my thoughts turn to when we can return. There are always new discoveries to be made with you and Travel Sicilia in your enchanting island.
With our thanks and best wishes. Until we meet again.
Sylvia W.
Tailor-made Tours
Exclusive tours for exclusive travellers
Travel Sicilia is the best reference point for an exclusive tour, to visit the beauties of Sicily.
We organize 4 or 5 star tailor made tours aiming to fulfil your requests and wishes, guaranteeing professional advices and top services, from the very beginning – planning - up to the very last moment - departure.
The itineraries you find published in our web site are just ideas and suggestions, a starting point for your tour building. Tailoring and flexibility are our key words!
Tailor made tours: ideas and traces to plan together your tour in Sicily
Hotel booking: these are just some of the many hotels, B&Bs and holiday farms we can propose you
Proposed packages: private tours and tour for groups with prices
Tailor made tours: ideas and proposals to discover the many and interesting aspects of Sicily – art, history, culture, archaeology and old traditions – a good number of itineraries that can be changed and enriched at your best convenience.
Travel Sicilia offers its professional staff, its accurate knowledge of the area and exclusive top services, such as:
* boat trips
* helicopter tours
* Italian and Sicilian cooking classes
* exclusive meals in old historical mansions
* specialized guides and tour leaders
* hiking
* workshop to discover the old Sicilian traditions
Hotel Booking: some of the best hotels, B&Bs, farm houses and apartments that Travel Sicilia has carefully selected to guarantee a wonderful stay to our travellers visiting Sicily. Please not that this is jus a selection and we can find good and charming accommodations anywhere you want to go.
Specialty Tours: Ideas and proposals for those who have specific interests. Also these tours can be modified and enriched according to your wishes and requests, in order to make a perfect holiday.
Proposed Packages: These tours can be taken just the way they are, or can be modified according to numbers of travellers, specific requests or different kind of accommodations. Prices can vary according to booking time and itinerary requested.
Wine and Food tours
Taormina
Wine and Food Tour
Sicilian cuisine is as diverse as the island’s art, history, culture and traditions, ranging from the simplest dish of pasta with wild mountain greens or freshly-gathered herbs, to lavish dishes of aristocratic origin such as farsumagru, where beefsteak is wrapped around a stuffing of minced beef, cheese, pork fat, ham, hard boiled eggs, peas and herbs and braised in wine spiked with a salty, concentrated sundried tomato paste. Sicily’s numerous invaders, too, left their mark on Sicilian food: the Arab influence is particularly marked in the west, where you will find dishes like couscous, that of the Spanish in the Baroque southwest, where chocolate is still made according to Aztec recipes.
Travel Sicilia will give you a chance to discover dishes from all regions and all classes of society: from the simplest peasant dish to the most lavish aristocratic creation, as well as the opportunity to explore the many and varied delights of Sicilian streetfood. We will take you off the beaten track, to mountain villages where you can sample biscuits made of hazelnut flour, hams from the meat of rare black pigs, and pungent cheeses made of sheep and goat milk cheeses. We will also invite you to refined lunches and dinners in grand baronial houses, where the gastronomic tradition of the Sicilian ‘monzu’ (a corruption of the French monsieur) is alive and well.
We can also organise cooking lessons with some of the most famous chefs in Sicily.We will also take you to winetastings at some of the region’s finest and most innovative vineyards.
Special offers June 2009
Special offers by Travel Sicilia
Parchi East – Booking July and September € 3400 instead of € 4000
Casa Aristaios – Booking from 18/7 to 29/8 € 4400 instead of € 5500
Borgo – Booking from 1 Aug through to Sept discount € 18500 – special price € 15700 –
€ 20500 special price € 17400
Villa Principe Nicolaci – for booking from 4 July until 8 Aug € 7650 instead € 9650 and from 29 Aug to 26 Sept € 6800 instead € 8300
Casa San Pancrazio - For bookings between 1 and 31 August, cut from € 3400 to € 2720
Villa Miramare - For bookings from 1 until 30 September cut from € 5500 = € 4950 / and from € 2950 = € 2655
Baglio - Bookings for September and October € 7950 = € 7155
Tre Giare Bookings for September € 5080 instead € 5650
Hurry up, while the offer lasts!
TRUE LUXURY AT A TRULY LOW PRICE!
The Classic tour West to east - 8Days - 7 nigths
Day 1 - Palermo
Arrival at the airport at 02.30 pm - Private transfer to the hotel - Afternoon on
your own - Aperitif and welcome - Welcome dinner with typical Sicilian food -
Overnight in Palermo, hotel ****
Day 2 - Palermo and Monreale
Full day with your guide/driver - Visit of Monreale (cloister and cathedral) -
Lunch in a farmhouse and wine tasting (fresh local produces) - Visit of Palermo
(the best selection of monuments) - Dinner on your own - Overnight in Palermo,
hotel ****
Day 3 - Agrigento and Piazza Armerina
Full day with your guide/driver - Drive to Agrigento - Visit of the archeological
area (the world wide famous Greek temples) - Lunch on your own - Drive to
Piazza Armerina - Visit of the Roman Villa del Casale (3rd-4th century AD) -
Drive to Ragusa - Dinner in hotel (the best restaurant in Ragusa) Overnight in
Ragusa, hotel ****
Day 4 - Ragusa and Noto
Full day with your guide/driver - Visit of Ragusa Ibla - Lunch on your own - Drive
to Noto - Visit of Noto (the most important Baroque town) - Drive to Siracusa -
Dinner on your own - Overnight in Siracusa, hotel ****
Day 5 - Siracusa
Full day with your guide/driver - Visit of the archeological area (the Greek theatre
and other interesting ruins) - Lunch on your own - Visit of the archeological
museum (Paolo Orsi museum) - Dinner on your own - Overnight in Siracusa,
hotel ****
Day 6 - Mount Etna and Taormina
Drive to Mount Etna and private trip - Lunch and wine tasting - Drive to
Taormina in late afternoon - Time on your own to relax - Dinner on your own -
Overnight in Taormina, hotel ****
Day 7 - Taormina
Half day with your guide/driver - Discovering Taormina with your guide (the
Roman theatre and the nice monuments) - Easter lunch - Afternoon on your own
(time for shopping and visiting nice yards) - Dinner on your own - Overnight in
Taormina, hotel ****
Day 8 - Departure
Private transfer to Catania airport - departure 10.20 am
Guided Tour East-West - East 17Days/ 16 Nigts
Day 1 - Palermo
Arrival at the airport at 02.30 pm - Private transfer to the hotel - Afternoon on
your own - Aperitif and welcome - Welcome dinner with typical Sicilian food -
Overnight in Palermo, hotel ****
Day 2 - Palermo and Monreale
Full day with your guide/driver - Visit of Monreale (cloister and cathedral) -
Lunch in a farmhouse and wine tasting (fresh local produces) - Visit of Palermo
(the best selection of monuments) - Dinner on your own - Overnight in Palermo,
hotel ****
Day 3 - Agrigento and Piazza Armerina
Full day with your guide/driver - Drive to Agrigento - Visit of the archeological
area (the world wide famous Greek temples) - Lunch on your own - Drive to
Piazza Armerina - Visit of the Roman Villa del Casale (3rd-4th century AD) -
Drive to Ragusa - Dinner in hotel (the best restaurant in Ragusa) Overnight in
Ragusa, hotel ****
Day 4 - Ragusa and Noto
Full day with your guide/driver - Visit of Ragusa Ibla - Lunch on your own - Drive
to Noto - Visit of Noto (the most important Baroque town) - Drive to Siracusa -
Dinner on your own - Overnight in Siracusa, hotel ****
Day 5 - Siracusa
Full day with your guide/driver - Visit of the archeological area (the Greek theatre
and other interesting ruins) - Lunch on your own - Visit of the archeological
museum (Paolo Orsi museum) - Dinner on your own - Overnight in Siracusa,
hotel ****
Day 6 - Mount Etna and Taormina
Drive to Mount Etna and private trip - Lunch and wine tasting - Drive to
Taormina in late afternoon - Time on your own to relax - Dinner on your own -
Overnight in Taormina, hotel ****
Day 7 - Taormina
Half day with your guide/driver - Discovering Taormina with your guide (the
Roman theatre and the nice monuments) - Easter lunch - Afternoon on your own
(time for shopping and visiting nice yards) - Dinner on your own - Overnight in
Taormina, hotel ****
Day 8 - Departure
Private transfer to Catania airport - departure 10.20 am
Classic Tours
Selinunte
One of the best ways to experience the best that Sicily has to offer is to trace a journey across the island from east to west (or vice versa). In the east Mount Etna, Europe’s largest active volcano, and the enchanting coastal nature reserve of Vendicari form a backdrop for thousands of years of history: the extensive ancient Greek ruins at Siracusa, once the most important city in the western world; the cave tombs and cities of the Pantalica and Ispica gorges; and the splendid Baroque towns of the Val di Noto and Ragusana, built in the aftermath of a violent eruption of Etna and a consequent earthquake. Heading west, you’ll find vibrant Roman mosaics at Piazza Armerina, and, at Agrigento, Segesta and Selinunte, some of the best-preserved ancient Greek temples in Europe. On the west coast are the perfectly preserved medieval hill-village of Erice, and the incredible Phoenician island-site of Mozia. The most important city in the west is, of course, the Sicilian capital of Palermo, home to the second biggest centro storico in Italy (after Rome), vibrant markets, splendid museums and magnificent Arab-Norman, Medieval and Baroque monuments.
I Parchi East
I Parchi east
This charming villa is in a large private estate – which includes the smaller Parchi West – situated in Southern Sicily, not far from Menfi (12 km) and Castelvetrano (15 km). It’s a great place for those who want to enjoy privacy and pristine beaches.
It is situated up on a small hill that gradually slopes down to the sea (100 mt far away) and it is surrounded by a large fenced private park, with green Mediterranean plants.
The view on the beach is gorgeous and this year the area has been awarded with a Blue Flag - a prize assigned to the cleanest sea waters. You can reach the beach directly from home, following nice paths that gradually take you down to the deep blue sea; a nice gazebo – called by the owners “the pagoda” – is 20 mt far from the water, and it’s a nice shelter to enjoy a cold drink or cool you down with fresh water.
The Parchi East is very charmingly furnished and nothing has been left to chance.
Oasi - Vendicari
Villa Oasi - Vendicari
For those who love nature, the Vendicari reserve is a true paradise. However, you could visit the reserve for years, without ever noticing this enchanting villa, so perfectly in harmony is it with the landscape that surrounds it.
More than anything, this is because the villa has been there for centuries, part of an ancient farm overlooking Vendicari’s salt lakes and their numerous migratory birds. It is an authentic country house, surrounded by vast fields, rebuilt with flawless sensitivity and respect for the unique landscape in which it is set. This is a delicate and minimalist restoration, yet one that is functional and perfectly adapted for anyone wanting a calm and tranquil holiday amid one of Europe’s most enchanting natural oases. For example, an ancient drinking trough has been transformed into a swimming pool (2m x 10m).
Whitewashed walls and simple rustic furniture of distressed wood suffuse the house with the atmosphere of a Sicilian country house of many years ago. Add to this the space and light of this landscape, and you have everything you need for a unforgettable holiday.
