Ragusa Ibla

Ragusa Ibla, dichiarata dall’UNESCU Patrimonio dell’umanità, è una delle mete da non perdere. La visiteremo, in esclusiva per i viaggiatori di Travel Sicilia, con una guida d’eccezione che ci aprirà le porte di chiese chiuse al pubblico ed angoli remoti.
A questa giornata, amiamo combinare un “Laboratorio del Gusto” dove impareremo ad abbinare i formaggi d.o.p con i vini d.o.c di produzione locale. Per gli appassionati di cucina, presso il centro sarà possibile svolgere un corso di cucina tradizionale seguito da un pranzo.
A questa giornata si potrà abbinare la visita alla cittadina di Modica.
Con le sue 100 chiese barocche ed il vivace corso principale, Modica è una delle tappe da non perdere per gli appassionati di cioccolata. Qui infatti si produce, ancora col metodo “Azteco”importato dagli Spagnoli, la famosa cioccolata Modicana.
Travel Sicilia

Tag: cioccolata modicana, daily tours in sicily, Escursioni giornaliere in sicilia, Escursioni giornaliere in Sicilia orientale, modica, private tours in sicily, Ragusa Ibla, sicilian cuisine, sicilian recipes, Valle del Barocco in sicilia, wine and food Tours in sicily

Questo articolo è stato pubblicato il martedì, 23 febbraio 2010 alle 12:36 e classificato in Escursioni giornaliere in Sicilia orientale, Escursioni giornaliere in sicilia. È possibile seguire tutte le repliche a questo articolo tramite il feed RSS 2.0. Puoi lasciare un commento, oppure fare il trackback dal tuo sito.

1.    Arrival in Palermo and transfer to your Hotel**** in the town’s centre.
Meeting with Travel Sicilia local responsible, welcome drink and tour briefing
Welcome dinner in a historical mansion, one of the most famous “Palazzo” in town where the heirs are still living.

2.    After breakfast, meet your guide  for a walking  visit of the old Historical fresh fruit and food market, one of  the biggest and oldest in Europe. For lunch, we will suggest to have a taste of “popular street food” in a charming “friggitoria”!
In the afternoon, visit of the Botanical Garden and the harbor quarter with its “Piazza marina”
Dinner on your own in local fresh fish restaurant personally selected by Travel Sicilia.

3.    Meet your guide and drive to the medieval town of Erice. Snack on your own tasting typical local delicatessen.
Drive to Marsala to visit  the amazing salt pans and the tiny island of Mothia – At sunset, arrival to Bonagia and cous-cous lesson in noble family  historical summer  mansion where the owner will introduce you to the secret of this old Arab recipe. At the end of the lesson and the dinner, visit to their wine cellar.

4.    Free morning at leisure and shopping – Lunch  on your own in a suggested restaurant. At 03.30 meet your guide for a walking tour to discover more about Palermo – Aperitif and dinner in a charming  Cultural Centre and restaurant  that take place in an historical building  recently restored.
Visit to the Spasimo and its garden in a fascinating atmosphere.

5 Meet your guide  and visit to San Giovanni degli Eremiti Church and its   magnificent cloister  and to the Cappella Palatina . Lunch on your own. After lunch, drive to  Monreale  to discover the magnificent Norman Arab cathedral decorated with golden moisaics.
Aperitif in a suggestive and important “Palazzo” of Palermo, considered one of the most impressive in Sicily, where the famous scenes of the movie “the Leopard” where shut.
Dinner on your own in a suggested restaurant .

Options:  According to the Opera House calendar or the Sicilian Puppet Theatre, it would be interesting to assist to one of those events.

6 Drive to Segesta to admire one of the best preserved Greek Temple in the world. Lunch in a very charming  farm house belonging to an old aristocratic family.
The origins of this family can be traced back to the XIII century.
The present owner attends to grape-growing in his vineyards extending over about 100 hectares.
Surrounded by green hills entirely cultivated, you will have a genuine lunch and wine tasting of the
farm wines and oil and again you will come in touch with the famous Sicilian welcoming.
Back to hotel – dinner  on your own in a suggested restaurant .

7 Meet you guide  to complete your tour of Palermo – Visit to Villa Niscemi and the Chinese Palace, an “exotic folly” built for the pleasure of the Borbon King. –  Lunch at Mondello’s local restaurant right  on the beach.  Back to hotel and time for leisure.
Farewell dinner in a historical “Palazzo” of the 19th century surrounded by rich collections of precious objects and important  furniture.

8    Transfer to Palermo’s airport

This tour has been quoted on the basis of  8 participants.

Price per person € 2.400,00  includes:

•    Private transfer from\to airport
•    7 night accommodation in Hotel 4 stars in B&B
•    English speaking Driver&Escort
•    Bus 8 seats for whole period
•    Gasoline, tolls and parking included
•    7 nights Hotel**** accommodation in b&b
•    2 dinner in historic house
•    1 dinner in restaurant in town
•    1 lunch in restaurant
•    1 lunch & wine tasting  in Farm house
•    1 visit & drink in historical private Mansion in Palermo
•    1 cous cous cooking lesson & dinner
•    4 full day guided tours
•    2 half day guided tours
•    VAT
•    Agency fee

This itinerary is subject to variations depending on opening times, weather conditions and other events.

Price is calculated on the basis of 8 persons; for less or more participants it will be recalculated.

Price does not include: entrance tickets, free meals and whatever not mentioned in “price includes”

The programmes which we offer are exclusive and attempt to include, apart from the better known Sicilian locations, also elements which lead to a better understanding of the thousands of years of history which have passed over this island.
Obviously we are ready to consider all types of programmes, keeping in mind that our aim is to create “ad hoc” itineraries and always to offer something different with particular attention to the quality of the service.

Tag: customized Tours in sicily, luxury villa mondello, monreale, Palermo, personalized tours, private tours in sicily, sicilian cuisine, sicilian recipes, sicily cooking lessons, Tailor-made tours in sicily, tours in sicily, wine and food Tours in sicily

Questo articolo è stato pubblicato il mercoledì, 14 ottobre 2009 alle 16:43 e classificato in Wine and food Tours. È possibile seguire tutte le repliche a questo articolo tramite il feed RSS 2.0. Puoi lasciare un commento, oppure fare il trackback dal tuo sito.

Palazzo Beneventano

Sicilian tour  – Two professionally presented cookery classes, one at a
farmhouse and another at a Cheese research centre. Others might say the breathtaking Temples of Agrigento and Segesta closely followed by the well preserved amphitheatre in Taormina with Mt Etna as a dramatic backdrop. Then for some it was getting up close to majestic Norman architecture in its cathedrals and castles. For me, looking at a palazzo one night in the Piazza of Ortigia and seeing a row of glittering chandeliers on its first floor and wondering what treasures and history lie within and next day our group being invited by its Baron resident, to that Palazzo for lunch. He regaled us with a story of his ancestors entertaining Sir and Lady Emma Hamilton and the one armed Admiral Lord Nelson. In the Baron’s Ortigian salon we learned that Emma, a pioneer of ‘performance art’ created her ‘attitudes’,
of wrapping herself in sheer (read see-through) swathes of fabric and striking poses to recreate famous mythological figures as painted or sculpted by artists. Her adoring husband assisted in holding a large empty frame in front of her pose, whilst her lover Lord Nelson looked on.
All agreed the landscape and built environment was not what they expected and they came away with a feeling they had definitely gained a sense of having seen something uniquely different from the other regions they had visited in Italy. Each year I like to change the tour a little and have now added Sicilian gardens for 2009.
If you have already visited Sicily or want to discover more of it charms, the Aeolian Islands await. In 2004 my journey took me to its islands by car and ferry. This is where you meet relatives of neighbours in Australia. You could do as I did, or charter a yacht if you are a sailor or hire a skipper. Just as glamourous to fly in by helicopter and use the ferries to island hop between each. My agents in Sicily will handle this and any type of accommodation you need, either in a resort or apartment.

Roz MacAllan

Tag: classic tours in sicily, customized Tours in sicily, Isole Eolie, sicilian cuisine, sicily cooking lessons, Tailor-made Tours, Tailor-made tours in sicily, tours in sicily, wine and food Tours in sicily

Questo articolo è stato pubblicato il mercoledì, 14 ottobre 2009 alle 08:50 e classificato in What our clients say. È possibile seguire tutte le repliche a questo articolo tramite il feed RSS 2.0. Puoi lasciare un commento, oppure fare il trackback dal tuo sito.

1) Arrival at Catania’s airport and meet your Driver & Escort  who will follow you through the whole itinerary.
Transfer to Taormina and accommodation in Hotel*****, set on the top of Mount Tauro with an amazing  view of the bay of Naxos, the volcano Etna and the Greek-Roman theatre.
Evening time at leisure in your hotel or shopping  along the main road “Corso Umberto” populated by luxury boutiques and antique shops.
Welcome dinner at the suggestive restaurant that takes place in a 16th century monastry.
The chef, 1 star on the Michelin Guide, will introduce you to the most sophisticated tastes of Sicily.
After dinner, few steps along Corso Umberto and back to  your hotel.

2) Meet your  D&E for a guided visit to the treasures of Taormina. We could allow you to visit the sets of the famous movie “The Godfather” and then reach by boat a charming little restaurant right on the sea in front the “Isola Bella” where fresh fish meals will be served.
Afternoon at leisure
Dinner on Your own – We will be pleased to show you our personally selected list of restaurants.

3) Today will be entirely dedicated to visit the highest and active volcano in Europe: Mount Etna.
Meet your expert guide at your hotel and departure  by Jeep 4WD for a full day excursion that will take you to explore the volcano in its caves and around old extinct craters. You will admire both grotesque and fascinating  landscapes and taste a large variety of local seasonal products like Etna’s  red wines and excellent meats and cheeses.
Back to your hotel at sunset
Dinner in Hotel

4)Meet your D&E  and transfer to Brucoli, nearby Siracusa. Along the way we will visit the black lava baroque town of Catania  and we will be guests for lunch in one of the most beautiful historical private palace of the town.
After lunch we will soon reach your next accommodation in an elegant exclusive private dwelling of the 18th century recently restored.
Surrounded by an immense farm and a marvelous Italian style garden, this property host a horse breeding of excellent descend.
Welcome dinner at the Villa with family traditional and excellent meals.

5) Today we will visit the mythological town of Siracusa, its astonishing beauty archaeological site and the historical centre “Ortigia”.
In Ortigia we will also meet for lunch the charming owner of the most important palace in town.
The New York Times described him as “…the last Leopard…” as in the famous novel of T.Lampedusa. We will be welcome at the first floor of his house to admire import private collection and then in the cellar where he will let us taste the best of its own wine productions and local seasonal light meal.
OPTION:
According to the period of the year we could have the exiting experience of floating on the Ciane river and have a brunch served while admiring the lush green vegetation of papyrus.
D.O.C wines and a taste of typical summer food will be served.
Back to your Villa, where previously agreed dinner will be served.

6) This area is known as Val di Noto or Baroque Valley so today we will visit the area of Ragusa where, besides the amazing architecture, we will experience a taste lab and learn how to combine local d.o.c wines with local d.o.p cheeses. If interested, after the lab we can propose a cooking class with lunch at the end of the lesson. (to be agreed and quoted)
In the afternoon visit to the  town of Ragusa Ibla, declared  in 2002 world heritage from UNESCO.
Exclusively for us, the doors of the Cathedral of St.George and of minor churches normally closed to visitors will be opened so we will enter the secrets of this real  reserved town.
Back to your villa at sunset and dinner.

7) Morning guided visit of the famous town of Noto, also known as the Stone Garden for the precious carved white stones that decorates buildings and churches. Walking along the main road we cannot miss our last taste of Sicily, the refreshening almond “Granita” (slush).
Back to your villa and transfer to the airport to depart.

Price per person calculated on the basis of 8 persons since € 2.650,00

Price includes:

•    Mini bus  Mercedes Sprinter 2007  16 seats and  English speaking Driver&Escort  for the whole tour.
•    3 night accommodation hotel 5 stars (double del luxe room)
•    Welcome dinner in 16th century monastery
•    Half day  guided visit of Taormina and lunch on the sea shore, boat shuttle service.
•    Full day excursion to Mt.Etna and lunch in farm house
•    3 night in exclusive private Villa + 3 dinner included. (double room de luxe)
•    Lunch in private noble historical mansion in Catania
•    Half day guided tour of Siracusa and brunch+wine tasting in private noble dwelling
•    Taste lab and visit of Ragusa Ibla.
•    Half day guided visit of Noto
•    Transfer in\out the airport.
•    Full insurance cover during transportation
•    Agency fees and VAT
Price does not include:
•    Tickets to museums and archaeological sites(free over 65 years) and what is not mentioned as “price include”
•    Meals where not specified.

The programmes which we offer are exclusive and attempt to include, apart from the better known Sicilian locations, also elements which lead to a better understanding of the thousands of years of history which have passed over this island.
Obviously we are ready to consider all types of programmes, keeping in mind that our aim is to create “ad hoc” itineraries and always to offer something different with particular attention to the quality of the service.

Tag: customized Tours in sicily, personalized tours, private tours in sicily, sicilian cuisine, sicily, taormina, tours in sicily, wine and food Tours in sicily

Questo articolo è stato pubblicato il lunedì, 12 ottobre 2009 alle 12:44 e classificato in Wine and food Tours. È possibile seguire tutte le repliche a questo articolo tramite il feed RSS 2.0. Puoi lasciare un commento, oppure fare il trackback dal tuo sito.

1.Meeting in Palermo (Hotel 4* or 5*)
Afternoon on your own (optional: walking tour)
Welcome dinner in a historical mansion

2.Guided walking tour in Palermo old centre Drive to Monreale and visit of the Norman Cathedral and cloister
Drive to Virzì estate: visit of the winery, lunch and wine tasting
Back to the hotel
Aperitif and dinner at Khalesa

3.Guided visit of the old food markets
Lunch at the restaurant of the Modern Art Gallery (Palazzo Sant’Anna).
4 p.m. : drive to Case Vecchie in Regaleali’e estate
Accommodation at “Case Vecchie”, welcome drink and “spaghettata”

4. 10.30 a.m. : cooking class – lunch
Time on your own
05.30 p.m. visit of Regalali winery
06.00 p.m. cooking class – dinner

5.10.30 a.m. cooking class – lunch
Time on your own
04.30 p.m. short conversation on Sicilian history
06.00 p.m. cooking class – dinner

6.Half day trip Agrigento (local guide)
Visit to the Valley of the Temples
Light lunch at Kolymbetra gardens
Back to Case vecchie
06.00 p.m. cooking class – dinner

7.10.30 cooking class – lunch
Time on your own
04.30 short conversation on Sicilian history
06.00 p.m. cooking class – dinner

8.Private transfer to the airport
9.Option – 2 day extension to Taormina – Departure from Catania airport

8 participants

Tag: cookery course in sicily, customized Tours in sicily, private tours in sicily, sicilian cuisine, sicilian recipes, sicily cooking lessons, Tailor-made Tours, wine and food Tours in sicily

Questo articolo è stato pubblicato il mercoledì, 7 ottobre 2009 alle 17:19 e classificato in Wine and food Tours. È possibile seguire tutte le repliche a questo articolo tramite il feed RSS 2.0. Puoi lasciare un commento, oppure fare il trackback dal tuo sito.