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.
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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.

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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.

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

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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.

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

Tag: sicilian recipes, sicily cooking lessons, wine and food Tours in sicily

Questo articolo è stato pubblicato il venerdì, 3 luglio 2009 alle 17:59 e classificato in sicilian recipes. 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.

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.

Tag: sicilian cuisine, sicilian recipes, sicily cooking lessons, wine and food Tours in sicily

Questo articolo è stato pubblicato il venerdì, 26 giugno 2009 alle 11:11 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.