8 days / 7 nights
Arriving at Catania airport, take your car and drive to your hotel in Taormina area. Overnight
Departure to Randazzo to visit this medieval town and the Norman cathedrale in lava stone. Usually, on sunday there is a typical Sicilian Market . Proceed and have lunch in a typical restaurant including typical Sicilian dishes and wine. Proceed towards Castiglione di Sicilia and visit the old town. Drive back to the Farmhouse for typical Sicilian dinner and overnight. We suggest you to taste the pistachio and almond sweet . In the way back , stop in the Alcantara’s gorges to swim in its cold waters. Drive back to your hotel and overninight
Departure to Taormina, the pearl of Sicily with the well-known Greek Theater and the cathedral through the characteristic streets of Taormina. Don’t miss to try the delicious granita, a semi-frozen dessert made from sugar, water and various fruit juices. Continue direction Etna , to visit an old sicilian Farmhouse and visit its wine cellar. Learn and taste our famous sicilian wine from Etna area. Return to the hotel and overnight.
Departure towards Piazza Armerina and visit the magnificent Villa Romana del Casale where you can admire the richest and largest collection of Roman mosaics in the world. Proceed to Enna to visit the ruins of the "Castello di Lombardia". This area is famous for the production of mozzarella di bufala . Continue towards Castelbuono to reach a typical Sicilian farmhouse. Return to the farmhouse and overnight.
Discover the nature of Madonie reserve crossing typicall sicilian villages starting with visit of the medieval town of Geraci Siculo with its fountain overview and the fresh water going down the fountain of the village. Then proceed towards Gangi (one of the most beautiful place in Italy), to discover the Cathedral Santa Maria with its characteristic middle age Bell Don’t forget to taste, local products of the Madonie, like for example our sicilian ricotta. We suggest you to visit the village of Petralia Soprana, the highest town in the Madonie. In the evening, Return to the farmhouse and overnight.
Visit the medieval town of Castelbuono: and walk along the typical road and stop at "Fiasconaro Pastry shop" to have a taste of the famous homemade “Panettone”, a traditional italian Christmas cake. Don’t miss to taste “La Manna” , is a natural sap, a sugary substance of an ash tree. We recommend you to visit the “Gole di Tiberio” (better during the morning for the trick of the light on the water). Free time to visit the Rural life museum. Return to the farmhouse and overnight.
The best way to visit Palermo, is to walk through the old city rich in magnificent Byzantine, Arab-Norman and Baroque buildings. Visit San Giovanni degli Eremiti ,the Norman's Palace , the Palatine Chapel and the Cathedral of Palermo. Don’t miss to taste the "arancine" (fried rice balls), "sfincione" (tipical pizza with onion) and "panelle", (fried chick pea fritters). Drive to Monreale to admire the cathedral with golden mosaic and the Benedictines cloister, considered the finest example of the Norman architecture in Sicily. Don’t miss to taste the typical Sicilian dessert “Cannoli”. Return to your farmhouse for a typical Sicilian dinner and overnight
Departure to the airport of Catania. Please, take your car and go to the terminal and have a nice flight back home!