Tout Itinerary:
Day 1: Arrival at Catania airport and transfer to the accommodation.
A welcome dinner in the evening provides the first taste of Sicilian food and wine and a small introduction about the plans for the rest of the course. Overnight.
Day 2: Breakfast and then straight into the kitchen with the chef for your first cookery course. The class begins around 9 a.m. and typically lasts for 3-4 hours with lunch afterwards. In the afternoon, visit Mulino Cavallo, where the current owners have maintained the traditional water mill and the old dwellings used up until the beginning of the 19th century by their family. You can see how they still use the mill to produce excellent whole meal durum wheat flour. Then, we go for a walk at the Cava Ispica to visit the archeological site of the Parco Forza and visit an organic winery near the coast to taste their wines. Tonight's dinner will be at your host's favorite restaurant-pizzeria for a "giro pizza", literally a "round" of pizzas dash; going through different kinds of pizza, including the restaurant's trademark seafood pizza. Return to your accommodations and overnight.
Day 3: Breakfast followed by your second cooking lesson. After a rest (and an appraisal of your achievements), take off for an exploration of the coast starting from the Vendicari Nature Reserve visiting the newly restored Tonnara and then move to Noto, which beyond the magnificent architecture, hides many culinary specialties such as wonderful honey, sweet wines and almond-based sweets. Return to Modica in time for dinner on your own. Overnight.
Day 4: Today is dedicated to visit the COS bio dynamic winery to understand their wine-making process and choice o producing organic wines in terracotta jars. After lunch we go to Ragusa Ibla to visit the old Baroque town. Tonight you will enjoy some of Modica's rustic delicacies such as scacci and arancini as well as a variety of cheese accompanied with some delicious wines. Overnight.
Day 5: After breakfast, depart to the beautiful historical city center of Siracusa, Ortygia. Here you will be free to wonder around the fish market and explore the city center where you can see the Temple of Apollo, the Duomo with its magnificent Baroque façade and Doric temple columns (which was originally a Doric temple), the legendary Arethusa Fountain and the Norman Maniace Castle. You may also want to do some shopping in Ortygia! After lunch at a local restaurant, return to Modica for an afternoon culinary lesson at the school followed by dinner. Overnight.
Day 6: This is the last day in the kitchen for your fourth cookery course. Today you pay tribute to one of the most important products of South-East Sicily, chocolate! Modica is famous for its chocolate and chocolate-based sweets, whose routes can be traced back to Mexican traditions brought to Sicily via the Spaniards. You visit the world-famous chocolate lab of Bonajuto, for a private tour and a chance to taste their latest creations. Following, there is time for you to explore Modica further and for any last-minute shopping in the historical city center. Tonight, sit round the table for your farewell dinner!
Day 7: Transfer back to Catania airport. Arrivederci!
Notes:
Airfare is not included in the tour price.
Prices:
US$2750 based on double occupancy
US$300 single supplement
US$2450 non-cooking companion (sharing double room)
Price Includes:
- Six nights accommodation with private bath
- Four hands-on cookery courses
- All breakfasts, lunches, dinners, all with drinks included, and any tasting sessions
- Transportation during program
- Arrival and departure transfers from/to Catania airport at prearranged time
- Entrance fees anywhere it is required
- Fees and material for the cookery course
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