Catania Trip Overview
This private 8 days tour is a unique experience. You will visit the most important Sicilian monuments (Unesco world heritage) and at the same time you will taste typical Sicilian food, sicilian wines and street food. You will also be a guest of a farm that produces oil. A mix of history, culture, slow food and wine. The local authorized guides will accompany you to discover Etna and all the other cities including the fascinating Palermo. In the Etna area you will also be a guest of a winery where the owner will show you the production of Etna wine. You will learn how to cook our traditional Sicilian food: “Arancini al ragù” and “Sicilian cannoli”. A private tour of Sicily that you can do with your family or friends accompanied by expert and professional guides. Like a local. A trip you will always remember.
Additional Info
Duration: 8 days
Starts: Catania, Italy
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Catania, Province of Catania, Italy
This private 8 days tour is a unique experience. You will visit the most important Sicilian monuments (Unesco world heritage) and at the same time you will taste typical Sicilian food, sicilian wines and street food. You will also be a guest of a farm that produces oil. A mix of history, culture, slow food and wine. The local authorized guides will accompany you to discover Etna and all the other cities including the fascinating Palermo. In the Etna area you will also be a guest of a winery where the owner will show you the production of Etna wine. You will learn how to cook our traditional Sicilian food: “Arancini al ragù” and “Sicilian cannoli”. A private tour of Sicily that you can do with your family or friends accompanied by expert and professional guides. Like a local. A trip you will always remember.
Itinerary
Day 1: Taormina food and wine tasting
Stop At: Taormina, Taormina, Province of Messina, Sicily
Upon arrival at Catania airport, the driver will wait you in according to your arrival flight details and bring you in Taormina. After placing your luggage at the hotel and a few hours of rest, start the walking tour in historic center of Taormina. With your licensed guide you discover the main street “Corso Umberto”, see important sights and the most important monuments like the Greek Theater. You will also discover the small and characteristic streets of Taormina full of the smells of flowers. At the end of the walking tour, dinner with traditional organic food and local wines.
Duration: 4 hours
Meals included:
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Overnight in centrally located 4 stars hotel in Taormina
Day 2: Etna tour with lunch in winery
Stop At: Craters Silvestri of Mount Etna, 95030 Nicolosi, Sicily Italy
This morning the driver is ready for bring you in Etna. Your private guide will explain you hoe Etna volcano created, history of eruptions, culture, myths and folklore. Driving by comfortable private car through the small authentic mountain villages, you will admire unforgattable picturesque views of sicilian countryside full of oranges and lemon plantations, olives and almond trees, houses and old churches build of lava stone.
Duration: 3 hours
Stop At: Gambino Winery, Contrada Petto Dragone SNC, 95015 Linguaglossa, Sicily Italy
After the tour of Mount Etna your guide will bring you at one of the best Etna wineries where you will have tour of the cellar followed by lunch and wine tasting with explanations from a private sommelier. Rest of the day at leisure to relax in Taormina. Overnight In Taormina
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Oro d’Etna, Via San Giacomo 135, 95019 Zafferana Etnea, Sicily Italy
During the tour you will have a stop in this shop where they produce the original Etna honey.
Duration: 30 minutes
Meals included:
• Breakfast: You will have breakfast in the hotel
• Lunch
Accommodation included: Overnight in centrally located 4 stars hotel in Taormina
Day 3: Cooking class “Pasta alla norma and Cannoli siciliani” and Boat tour around the Ionian coast
Stop At: Taormina, Taormina, Province of Messina, Sicily
After breakfast in Hotel, you have a cooking class in local family. Today you will learn how to cook traditional “Pasta alla norma” and “Cannoli Siciliani” with chef Donatella. you will learn the secrets of ancient Sicilian cuisine. At the end of the cooking class you will taste what you cooked with local wine.
Duration: 3 hours
Stop At: Giardini Naxos, Giardini Naxos, Province of Messina, Sicily
After the cooking lesson and a little rest in the hotel it is time for another exciting experience, a boat Tour on the coast of Taormina- Giardini Naxos. The excursion start around 17pm from Giardini Naxos port and takes place along the shoreline along the Cape of Naxos, the Bay of Naxos, Cave of the Day, Cape Taormina, Isola Bella, the Blue Grotto, the Bay of Mazzaro and finally the Bay of St. Nicholas.(The boat tour is not private). – Return to the hotel and free evening in the charming Taormina. Overnight in Taormina.
Duration: 2 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
Accommodation included: Overnight in centrally located 4 stars hotel in Taormina
Day 4: Siracusa walking tour and street food
Stop At: Ortigia, Corso Umberto, 96100, Syracuse, Sicily Italy
After breakfast in hotel, meet your private driver at 9.30am and move to magnificent Siracusa. Approximately in two hours you arrive in Ortigia island(The old part of Siracusa) and the local licensed guide is ready to show you the most important monuments of Syracuse including the famous Norman cathedral of Santa Lucia. During the tour you will also taste the traditional street food of the Syracuse area in three stops. In the first you will taste cheeses, hams, dried tomatoes, caponata, olives with local wine. In the second you will taste the famous “Arancino”. In the last stop, you will taste “Sicilian Cannolo”. Free evening to spend in the charming Syracuse. Overnight in Syracuse.
Duration: 3 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
Accommodation included: Overnight in centrally located 4 stars hotel in Syracuse
Day 5: Magnificent Noto and visit in Oliv oil Farm
Stop At: Noto Antica, Strada Provinciale 64 Monte Alveria, 96017, Noto, Sicily Italy
After breakfast in Hotel, today will visit Noto(Unesco Heritage). At 10am meet your private licensed guide and move to scenic Noto, one of the most beautiful cities in Italy with a very interesting, sometimes tragic, story. You will enter the historic center of Noto through the “Royal Gate” Porta Reale, and start your private walking tour. With your guide explaining you about history, culture and lifestyle of Noto, you will see important monuments and beautiful ancient churches and other beautiful sights. At the end of the tour you will have a tradional lunch in the historic center of Noto. After visiting the city of Noto, your private driver will take you to an oil production company. With the owner you will visit the rooms where the oil is produced and processed. At the end of the tour in oil farm, you will have a tasting of the highest quality oil. Return to the hotel and free evening in Syracuse.
Duration: 5 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
Accommodation included: Overnight in centrally located 4 stars hotel in Syracuse
Day 6: Piazza Armerina and Villa Romana del Casale(UNESCO World Heritage Centre)
Stop At: Villa Romana del Casale, Strada Provinciale 90, Piazza Armerina, Sicily Italy
Buongiorno, after breakfast its time to say “Arrivederci” to Syracuse and start the trip for Palermo passing through Piazza Armerina. Your private driver 9.30AM will wait you in front of Hotel. In 2 hours you arrive in Piazza Armerina. There, our first stop is “Villa Romana del Casale”. With your local expert guide you will discover this Roman jewel that was built in the 4th century A.D. Certainly one of the largest and most luxurious villas in the Roman world, it is the best example of a luxury Roman villa. Its decorative mosaics are exceptional for their artistic quality and invention as well as their extent. With more than 60 rooms, 42 of them paved with colourful mosaics, covering 3600 m2, the villa developed on four levels.
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Piazza Armerina, Piazza Armerina, Province of Enna, Sicily
After visit The Villa Romana del Casale, you will have an easy walking tour of the historic city center of Piazza Armerina with a view of the Cathedral. Lunch in traditional restaurant in Historic center. After lunch continue to drive around 2 hours to reach the picturesque Palermo. Time to relax and free evening.
Overnight in Palermo
Duration: 2 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
Accommodation included: Overnight in centrally located 4 stars hotel in Palermo
Day 7: Palermo walkng tour and gastronomic experience
Stop At: Palermo, Palermo, Province of Palermo, Sicily
Today you will discover the Capital of Sicily and the typical street food, famous all over the world. The walking tour start 10.30AM with your expert local guide. You will visit a lot of important monuments and taste delicious tradional food: “u pani ca meusa”, “pane e panelle” “L’arancino palermitano” and other delicacies. Free evening and Overnight in Palermo.
Duration: 3 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch: Palermo street food
Accommodation included: Overnight in centrally located 4 stars hotel in Palermo
Day 8: Private Transfer to Palermo Airport
Stop At: Punta Raisi, Punta Raisi, Province of Palermo, Sicily
After breakfast in hotel, transfer to Palermo Airport according to your flight schedule.
Duration: 1 hour
Meals included:
• Breakfast
No accommodation included on this day.
