Private Sicily Food & Wine Lovers Tour

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Description

Summary

Starts
Catania
Duration
8 days
Languages
English
Difficulty
Easy

Description

Experience travel redefined with this Private Sicily Food & Wine Lovers Tour. Navigate through Catania with ease as this kid friendly tour & activity promises a smooth trip from start to finish in Italy.

The entire journey takes approximately 8 days. During this time, you can simply sit back and enjoy the ride, taking in the sights and experiences along the way. Previous travelers have shared their thoughts on this family tour and rated it an average of 4.9 out of 5 stars in 62 reviews.

Travel confidently knowing that all our vehicle operators are regulated and licensed, ensuring a safe and enjoyable journey. The service is offered in English and welcomes English speakers of all levels.

The journey begins in Catania, specifically at Catania, Italy. You'll disembark at Catania, Italy.

Please be aware that the maximum group size for this experience is 8 people. We recommend you review the "Included" and/or "Good to know" sections below for more details about the tour.

The cancellation policy for this family tour is as follows: Cancellation Policy - valid for new bookings after 11th of October for Both Small Group Tours Cancellations received up to 31 days from departure: 0% cancellation fee Cancellations received 30 days or less to departure: 100% cancellation fees Small Group regular Tours. We will be very grateful if You will inform us about cancellation by email or phone as soon as you can. In case You prepaid the tour, You will get full refund if we will be informed about cancellation prior to 31  days before tour’s starting. No refund will be due from 30 days to departure of the tour. Private Tours. Please negotiate the cancellation policy together with payment method with Your personal manager who will contact You by email after Booking request. How we can cancel CUSTOMIZED MULTIDAY TOUR Let’s create together All we do is private and customized so the more we know about Your needs, wishes and expectations the better. This way we can come up with the best holiday in Sicily for You, Your family and friends. Tell us all about You, Your interests, Your likes, dislikes and requires using the Request form on our website page “Create Multiday Tour”. As a first base for Your travel You can use recommended types of Accomodation, Destinations and Activities. After You send the Request, Your personal travel expert will contact You within 48 hours with Your first Itinerary and/or additional questions if there will be a need. You can agree any further revisions of Itinerary with Your personal travel expert who will be at full disposal to turn any of Your ideas in life. Personalised Itinerary. What to expect First Itinerary will be based on the information we got from the Request You sent. However we will bring our expert insider’s view and suggestions which certainly will be agreed with You. Itinerary will contain day by day time scheduled program of Your personalised travel around Sicily including: Accommodation You will get some best accommodation variants which take in account the type of lodging you chose (boutique, classic, rural etc), destination, style of your travel (family, couple, friends etc) and Your budget. We will send You the name of accomodation with access to pictures and key information which You have to know before to choose the final option. Transfers Preferred transportation method will be included in Itinerary and taking into account to create perfect timetable, to choose proper accomodation (for example with parking access) and to structure your tours & activities around the island. Please notice that we can provide You with private transfer & driver and take care of any costs related to this. While any costs of the rental car or public transportation will be incurred by Your own. Tours & Activities Usually we are the direct provider of all the Tours & Activities included in Your Itinerary. But very rarely we can use services of our partners Travel agents specialized in certain specific Activities or geographical areas. All the Tours & Activities can be organized on shared or private basis in accordance with Your wish. Price & Inclusions In a world of constant changes please note that our costs are merely informative as all services have to be confirmed at the time of the booking. Quotes are valid up to 15 days from the date they are sent and they may suffer modifications. Hotel availability and prices cannot be guaranteed until booked and may not be fully protected at the time of the quote. Some hotel rates fluctuate almost every day. Full price of Your Multiday Tour, is approximately equal to budget You mentioned in Request, and usually based on the following services included: Accommodations with specified type of meal (if arranged with us) Personalised Itinerary Private Transfer & Driver service (if required) All Tour & Activities (incl. Guide’s service, food, drinks and entrance fees) Sicily Activities Brochure with main local info and restaurant recommendations Restaurant Booking upon request 24 hours of coordination and support during your travel Everything which is not included are considered to be at Your own costs. Final Itinerary You will receive the Final Itinerary by email from Your personal travel expert as soon as you will finish to create it together. You will get it together with all the useful information and contacts You need for your travel. Payment Please be free to contact Your personal travel expert for every need you may have during your travel. He will assist You with all the useful information 24 hours per day.   Cancellation Policy - valid for new bookings after 13th Aug 2021 Cancellations received up to 15 days from departure: 0% cancellation fee Cancellations received 14 days or less to departure: 100% cancellation fees TOURS & ACTIVITIES Small group and Private basis We are specialized in small group and private customized services and we are the direct provider of all the Tours & Activities You can find on our website page “Tours & Activities”. All the services are organized on both shared “regular group” and private basis. Always keeping “small group approach” we give You opportunity to get more qualitative and personalised services provided by team of our best local guides and partners working in food, wine, ceramic, restaurant and other spheres. How You can book Group regular Tours. Just fill in the short Booking application form on our website page “Book Your Activities”. Your personal manager will contact you within 24 hours sending an email with Booking confirmation details and Voucher. Private Tours. If You would like to organize a tour, which is not listed as regular on our website page “Tours & Activities”, you can do it in a private way. Just write us an email and tell about your wishes. Your personal manager will contact you within 24 hours with our best Offer. Last minutes bookings We always try to do our best to organize for You a tour or activitity even if we got the really last minute booking. But however we ask You for understanding if booking can’t be confirmed because of fully formed groups or unavailability of our partner’s services. For such cases we ask you to inform us about possible ‘Alternatives Dates of Tour’ in Booking application form. So we will be able to confirm the tour for any of alternative days. How You can cancel Group regular Tours. We will be very grateful if You will inform us about cancellation by email or phone as soon as you can. In case You prepaid the tour, You will get full refund if we will be informed about cancellation prior to 48 hours before tour’s starting. Private Tours. Please negotiate the cancellation policy together with payment method with Your personal manager who will contact You by email after Booking request. How we can cancel We are against of cancellations and always try to do our best to prevent this. But please be aware that for very rare cases we keep the right to cancel the tour prior to 5 hours before tour’s starting. The reasons of cancellation might be: unformed group for tours which require minimum number of participants to start, weather conditions, any force majors which are out of our control. CUSTOMIZED MULTIDAY TOUR Let’s create together All we do is private and customized so the more we know about Your needs, wishes and expectations the better. This way we can come up with the best holiday in Sicily for You, Your family and friends. Tell us all about You, Your interests, Your likes, dislikes and requires using the Request form on our website page “Create Multiday Tour”. As a first base for Your travel You can use recommended types of Accomodation, Destinations and Activities. After You send the Request, Your personal travel expert will contact You within 48 hours with Your first Itinerary and/or additional questions if there will be a need. You can agree any further revisions of Itinerary with Your personal travel expert who will be at full disposal to turn any of Your ideas in life. Personalised Itinerary. What to expect First Itinerary will be based on the information we got from the Request You sent. However we will bring our expert insider’s view and suggestions which certainly will be agreed with You. Itinerary will contain day by day time scheduled program of Your personalised travel around Sicily including: Accommodation You will get some best accommodation variants which take in account the type of lodging you chose (boutique, classic, rural etc), destination, style of your travel (family, couple, friends etc) and Your budget. We will send You the name of accomodation with access to pictures and key information which You have to know before to choose the final option. Transfers Preferred transportation method will be included in Itinerary and taking into account to create perfect timetable, to choose proper accomodation (for example with parking access) and to structure your tours & activities around the island. Please notice that we can provide You with private transfer & driver and take care of any costs related to this. While any costs of the rental car or public transportation will be incurred by Your own. Tours & Activities Usually we are the direct provider of all the Tours & Activities included in Your Itinerary. But very rarely we can use services of our partners Travel agents specialized in certain specific Activities or geographical areas. All the Tours & Activities can be organized on shared or private basis in accordance with Your wish. Price & Inclusions In a world of constant changes please note that our costs are merely informative as all services have to be confirmed at the time of the booking. Quotes are valid up to 15 days from the date they are sent and they may suffer modifications. Hotel availability and prices cannot be guaranteed until booked and may not be fully protected at the time of the quote. Some hotel rates fluctuate almost every day. Full price of Your Multiday Tour, is approximately equal to budget You mentioned in Request, and usually based on the following services included: Accommodations with specified type of meal (if arranged with us)      Personalised Itinerary      Private Transfer & Driver service (if required)      All Tour & Activities (incl. Guide’s service, food, drinks and entrance fees)      Sicily Activities Brochure with main local info and restaurant recommendations      Restaurant Booking upon request      24 hours of coordination and support during your travel      Everything which is not included are considered to be at Your own costs. Final Itinerary You will receive the Final Itinerary by email from Your personal travel expert as soon as you will finish to create it together. You will get it together with all the useful information and contacts You need for your travel. Payment Usually we request 30% of full price of Your Travel as deposit in order to secure and confirm a booking unless You will agree other conditions with Your personal travel expert. The rest amount should be prepaid fully 30 days before arrival. If bookings are made within 30 days of departure, full payment must be received immediately to secure and confirm a booking. Payment can be done with Your Credit Card, Wire transfer or PayPal without any additional supplements. Support during Your Travel Please be free to contact Your personal travel expert for every need you may have during your travel. He will assist You with all the useful information 24 hours per day.

Enjoy seamless and comfortable adventures in Italy with this kid friendly tour & activity from Catania. Choose your dates and secure your spot while it’s still available!

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Included

3 nights in double rooms at the 4-star Hotel Ariston

2 nights in double rooms at the 4-star Hotel Domus Mariae Benessere

2 nights in double rooms at the 4-star Hotel Garibaldi

Please be aware that all accommodations are subject to change until 4-6 weeks before the departure date. Final accommodation details will be provided to you with your finalised travel documents.

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8 Breakfasts

6 Lunches

1 Dinner

Other meals are not included to give you the maximum flexibility in deciding where, what and with whom to eat.

vegetarian

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Arrival and departure transfers

Taormina Lifestyle Gourmet Walking Tour

Taormina Cooking Class

Etna Food & Wine Tour

Noto Walking Tour With Lunch

Ortigia Food & Wine Tour

Syracuse Winery Tour With Lunch

Palermo Streetfood Tour

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Mercedes Minivan throughout tour

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You will have plenty of time to rest and relax at your accommodation. An experienced, English-speaking guide will pick you up and be your guide for the day during your activities and excursions.

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Map

Attractions

Mercato
Teatro Massimo BelliniTeatro Massimo Bellini
EtnalandEtnaland
Noto Antica: Porta montagnaNoto Antica
Siracusa, Ortigia Island from the air at sunset, Sicily, Italy. Isola di Ortigia, coast of Ortigia island at city of Syracuse, Sicily, Italy. Aerial view. June 2023Isola di Ortigia
Orion fountain, IV Circoscrizione, Messina, Sicily, ItalyOrion fountain

Daily Itinerary

Day 1 – Day 1: Arrival in Taormina

Day 1

Day 1 – Day 1: Arrival in Taormina

  • Taormina
  • Catania - Arrival day
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  • Teatro Massimo Bellini
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Upon your arrival at Catania airport, a driver will escort you to your charming hotel in Taormina. Once settled, join your local guide for a leisurely stroll through the heart of Taormina. Discover the town's soul and lifestyle, visit its key monuments, and indulge in traditional pastries, ice cream, and coffee. Enjoy two foodie stops for a tasting of local cheeses, salumi, bread, olives, and wine, followed by a sampling of typical Sicilian sweets, liquors, and coffee. Spend the rest of the evening at your leisure in sparkling Taormina.

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Day 2 – Day 2: Culinary Exploration in Taormina

Day 2

Day 2 – Day 2: Culinary Exploration in Taormina

  • Taormina
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  • Orion fountain
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Start your day with a visit to Taormina's bustling Food Market, guided by a local chef. Select fresh produce for your cooking class and learn the secrets of traditional Sicilian cuisine. Savor the fruits of your labor paired with local wines. Spend the rest of the day at your leisure, perhaps relaxing on the picturesque beaches of Taormina.

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Day 3 – Day 3: Journey to Mt. Etna Villages

Day 3

Day 3 – Day 3: Journey to Mt. Etna Villages

  • Taormina
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  • Etnaland
  • Santuario Di Santa Maria Di Valverde
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Embark on an off-the-beaten-path adventure to the villages of Mt. Etna. Marvel at the authentic lava stone houses and lush plantations, and soak in the breathtaking views of volcanic land. Visit an antique family-run winery for a guided tour and a tasting of volcanic wines. Continue your gastronomic journey at a picturesque farmhouse, where you'll enjoy a lunch of seasonal antipasti, homemade pasta, and pastries. Return to Taormina for an evening at your leisure.

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Day 4 – Day 4: From Taormina to Syracuse via Noto and Marzamemi

Day 4

Day 4 – Day 4: From Taormina to Syracuse via Noto and Marzamemi

  • Noto
  • Taormina
  • Syracuse
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  • Mercato
  • Noto Antica
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Meet your private driver and head to the magnificent town of Noto, a UNESCO heritage site known for its baroque architecture. Enjoy a guided walk and taste the famous Modica chocolate and Sicilian ice-cream. Continue to Marzamemi, a charming Sicilian fisherman's village, for a sea lunch at a family trattoria. End the day in Syracuse, where you'll check into your hotel and have the evening to explore this romantic town at your own pace.

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Day 5 – Day 5: Discovering Ortigia, Syracuse

Day 5

Day 5 – Day 5: Discovering Ortigia, Syracuse

  • Syracuse
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  • Isola di Ortigia
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Join your foodie local guide for a walking tour of Ortigia, the old town of Syracuse. Sample fresh fish, typical Sicilian appetizers, homemade pastries, and fragrant wines and liquors at three different food venues. Learn about the history, culture, lifestyle, and gastronomy of the area while passing the most important monuments and hidden gems of the town. The tour ends in the heart of Ortigia, leaving you free to enjoy the town at night.

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Day 6 – Day 6: From Syracuse to Palermo via a Winery Visit

Day 6

Day 6 – Day 6: From Syracuse to Palermo via a Winery Visit

  • Syracuse
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  • Artemision
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Start the day with a visit to an ancient winery in the Syracuse countryside. Enjoy a guided tour of the cellars and the old millstone, followed by a light lunch with local organic products and a wine tasting in the magnificent courtyard. After lunch, embark on a 2.5-hour drive to colorful Palermo. Spend the evening at your leisure, exploring the city or relaxing at your hotel.

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Day 7 – Day 7: Street Food Tour in Palermo

Day 7

Day 7 – Day 7: Street Food Tour in Palermo

  • Palermo
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  • Vista di Mondello
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Sample the best of Sicilian street food during a 3-hour walking tour of Palermo. Led by a local expert guide, explore the culinary world of Sicily's capital, visiting the famous Vucciria and Mercato del Capo outdoor markets. Taste five different Sicilian treats, including 'panelle' (chickpea fritters) and 'arancini' (deep-fried rice balls). Wander through Palermo's old town and pass by its most important highlights. Spend the rest of the day at your leisure, exploring the city or relaxing at your hotel.

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Day 8 – Day 8: Departure from Palermo

Day 8

Day 8 – Day 8: Departure from Palermo

  • Palermo - Departure day
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After breakfast at your hotel, a driver will pick you up and transfer you to Palermo airport in time for your flight. As your culinary journey through Sicily comes to an end, you'll carry home not only delicious memories but also a deeper understanding and appreciation of Sicilian culture and cuisine.

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