Private 8 Days in Sicily: Slow food, Etna wines, Traditions, Culture and History

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.

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.

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

During the tour you will have a stop in this shop where they produce the original Etna honey.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

After breakfast in hotel, transfer to Palermo Airport according to your flight schedule.