SEVEN DAYS IN SICILY

6 Nights 7 Days
Your own apartment in a beautiful farmhouse surrounded by vineyards
Daily Breakfast
Chef’s Welcome Lunch
Guided Tour of the Vineyards and Winery
3 Cooking Classes with Sicily’s most famous Chef, followed by lunch and local wines
Two way transfer from Catania airport

You can customise your program by increasing or decreasing the number of cooking classes
 Your farmhouse
At the foothills
of Mt Etna, in
the village of
Santa
Venerina, the
most
picturesque
part of SE
Sicily

For more photos of the beautiful farmhouse,

see
Happyhourshk on picasa
Or happyhourshk on facebook
 Your apartment

Single/Double Rooms and

Apartments for 4-5 people. Simply
and beautifully furnished, with
fully equipped kitchenette
 The Vineyards
26 hectares of vineyards
distributed over large terraces.
Grape varieties: local specialties
like Nerello Mascalese, Nerello
Mantellato, Caricante, Catarratto
and international – Cabernet and
Chardonnay
Welcome Lunch with the Chef’s
Sicilian Delicacies
Antipasti, two pastas,
main course, dessert,
fruit, wine, water, coffee

Sicilian food is a
delicious mix of
Italian, Spanish,
Arab, Greek and
African
influences
 Tour of the Winery
and Wine Tasting

Family winery, active

since 1860.
Modernised in 1999.
 Daily Breakfast

Warm croissants,
eggs, cold cuts,
delicious jams and
marmalades made on
the premises, cereals,
fruits, juices, coffee
and more
3 Hands-on Cooking Classes with
Chef Eleonora Consoli
followed by lunch with local wines
For more photos and
details of Eleonora’s
cooking class , see
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facebook
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Chef Eleonora Consoli is the pre-eminent food personality in Sicily.

She has a daily food column, appears regularly on TV, has written a
number of books and has spread the charms of Sicilian food
worldwide for the last 30 years. You will learn the art of Sicilian
cooking from her at her Antica Casa Siciliana in Viagrande, just 20
minutes drive from the farmhouse.
 Itinerary
• Day 1: arrive at Catania airport. Transfer by car to the farmhouse
– Welcome Lunch with Sicilian specialties
– Evening: wine tasting with the family that has owned the farmhouse for 5
generations
• Day 2: Cooking Class 1 with Eleonora Consoli, followed by lunch.
– Rest of the day free. (suggestion: trip to seaside resort of Taormina)
• Day 3: Guided Tour of the Vineyard and Winery.
– Rest of the day free ( suggestion: trip to Mt Etna )
• Day 4: Cooking Class 2 with Eleonora Consoli, followed by lunch.
– Rest of the day free ( suggestion: trip to seaside town of Siracusa)
• Day 5: Free ( suggestion: trips to the Baroque towns of Modica, Ragusa,
Noto)
• Day 6: Cooking Class 3 with Eleonora Consoli, followed by lunch.
– Rest of the day free. ( suggestion: trip to Agrigento to see Valley of Temples)
• Day 7: transfer by car to Catania airport

Breakfast and Wine Tasting at the farmhouse ( included) every day

 Optional Extra: Corse Intensivi
Master the art of Sicilian cooking: Add a 3
Day Intensive Course with Chef Eleonora
and stay B&B at her lovingly restored 200
year old home

2 cooking classes each day; 3 hours each

Breakfast, lunch, dinner, local wine
 Suggested Excursions
• Excursions to Mt Etna by 4 wheel drive and cable car; or
hiking with a Guide if you prefer
• Day trips to
– The picturesque seaside resorts of Taormina and Siracusa
– Agrigento, to see the dramatic Valley of Temples
– The beautiful Baroque towns – Ragusa, Modica ( UNESCO
heritage city), Noto

We are happy to provide contacts and information for all

these trips or any other assistance you require
 Eat at The Best Restaurants
Ask for the
HAPPY HOURS SICILY GOURMET LIST

The most highly recommended

restaurants in Eastern Sicily, with
addresses, phone numbers and driving
directions
 For more photos of the beautiful
farmhouse, vineyards, winery, Eleonora’s
classes
see
Happyhourshk on picasa

or
happyhourshk on facebook
Buon Vaggio
Buon Appetito

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