Small Group Sicily Food & Wine Lovers Tour: 8 Days – Sicily, Italy

EXPERIENCE:

Day 1: (Taormina)

Meet your driver at your arrival airport and transfer to your hotel to check in. Start with a private Taormina lifestyle and gourmet walking tour. Stroll in Taormina city center with your guide to discover the lifestyle and best places for traditional pastries, ice cream, coffee,  food and handicrafts. Pass important monuments and highlights with two foodie stops. Enjoy an evening in sparkling Taormina at your own leisure.

Day 2: (Taormina)

After breakfast, start your foodie experience with a local chef. Visit Taormina’s food market, pass the stalls of farmers, fishermen and butchers to select your ingredients. Learn culinary secrets for homemade pasta and bread plus several fish and vegetables dishes in a traditional Sicilian style. Savor your food with wine, before taking an afternoon of leisure time in Taormina.

Day 3: (Mt. Etna)

After breakfast start your “out of beaten path” trip to Mt. Etna Villages. Have a first stop, which is an antique family run winery, where after guided visit of cellars, try volcanic wines with organic etna appetizers admiring a breath-taking view on Taormina Coast. Continue your gastronomic experience to an authentic picturesque farmhouse and enjoy the lunch with seasonal antipasti, homemade pasta, and pastries.

Day 4: (Etna, Syracuse)

After breakfast meet your private driver in tfront of Your hotel at 10.00am and move to magnificent Noto. Enjoy an easy walk with local guide in town of UNESCO heritage – a jewel of baroque. After tour move towards Marzamemi an astonishing typical Sicilian fisherman’s village on the seaside to have Your sea lunch in a family trattoria. Be transferred to your charming hotel in Syracuse.

Day 5: (Syracuse)

Meet your foodie local guide and enjoy a walking tour of Ortigia, Syracuse old town, and taste fresh fish, typical Sicilian appetizers, homemade Sicilian pastries, fragrant wines and liquors in three different food venues. Eat and drink as locals do.

Day 6: (Palermo)

Move on to Palermo after breakfast. Stop in an ancient winery for a guided visit, appreciate the wines produced here and compare them with Etna wines. Savor your lunch served outside. Check in to your Palermo hotel and explore the town in the evening.

Day 7: (Palermo)

Sample the best of Sicilian street food on a 3–hour walking tour of Palermo. Explore the fascinating culinary world of Sicily’s capital and visit the famous Vucciria and Mercato del Capo outdoor markets. Taste five different Sicilian treats along the way. Pass through Palermo old town and see the highlights. Finish your tour in a characteristic  bar for a wine tasting with fresh appetizers. After your tour, enjoy free time in Palermo.

Day 8: (Palermo)

If required, your eighth day consists of departure from Palermo and transfers.

TOUR HIGHLIGHTS:

Spend 8 Gourmet Days all around Sicily, enjoying Small boutique hotels, Private transfers and small group tours with Licensed guides
Get personalized attention from your local travel agent
Discover Sicily through its various cuisine and colorful streetfood
Taste the best Sicilian wines and learn secrets of its production
Visit farmhouses to find organic local products such as olives, cheeses, tomatoes

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