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Full-day excursion by dinghy to Favignana and Levanzo
Live an unforgettable experience aboard our Joker Boat Clubman 26, at the most beautiful archipelago in Sicily
<p style="font-size:14px;line-height:1.6;color:rgb( 87 , 100 , 111 );margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em">Spend a day with us on our dynghy at the Egadi Islands during your summer vacation. Shades of color, wild landscapes and hidden corners visible only from the sea will frame this unforgettable experience. See Favignana, the largest among the Egadi Islands, called the "butterfly on the sea" for the very particular shape it takes and Levanzo, the smaller, yet wonderful island with its crystal clear waters. A day that will allow you to discover the island from a different perspective. Unique sceneries, hidden corners and crystal clear water will be the backdrop of this tour.</p><p style="font-size:14px;line-height:1.6;color:#57646f;margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em"><br /></p><p style="font-size:14px;line-height:1.6;color:rgb( 87 , 100 , 111 );margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em">Departure is set at 09:30 from the port of Marsala and after 30 minutes of sailing we will have reached Favignana at which our experienced skipper will give you some information about the location and safety rules on board this fast and comfortable craft. The first stop will be at Cala Azzurra, one of the most beautiful and evocative places on the island where the water is tinged with a thousand shades reminiscent of an exotic place. This will be the right time to put on your fins and mask and explore the marine world!</p><p style="font-size:14px;line-height:1.6;color:#57646f;margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em"><br /></p><p style="font-size:14px;line-height:1.6;color:rgb( 87 , 100 , 111 );margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em">At 11:00. we will reach Cala Rossa, recognized among the most beautiful coves in Italy, located in the northeastern part of Favignana. Cala Rossa has an intense contrast of colors between the turquoise blue waters and the acrid-colored rocks that surround it giving it a unique, almost dreamlike appearance. At 12:00 we will reach the pier to disembark on the island where you can spend about 1 hour and explore the alleys dotted with ancient stores.</p><p style="font-size:14px;line-height:1.6;color:#57646f;margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em"><br /></p><p style="font-size:14px;line-height:1.6;color:rgb( 87 , 100 , 111 );margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em">At 13:00 we will sail to Levanzo divided from Favignana by 3 nautical miles, approximately 20 minutes of navigation. Here the stop will be at the Faraglioni where it will be time for a break for light lunch accompanied by good Sicilian wine. </p><p style="font-size:14px;line-height:1.6;color:#57646f;margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em"><br /></p><p style="font-size:14px;line-height:1.6;color:#57646f;margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em">We will then sail to reach Cala Fridda in the south of the island. Here the clear waters are characterized by a cooler temperature given the presence of springs. At 16:30 we will then arrive at Cala Minnola, which is so named because of the small fish that inhabit it, clearly visible by snorkeling. Here we will have a small aperitif accompanied by prosecco before taking the road to Marsala where we will arrive around 18:00.</p>
€ 132
Private tour
Take a private Chef in your villa or apartment or simply by our location!
Enjoy the experience with your personal chef in your house.
Enjoy the experience with your personal chef in your house. Taste the best local ingredients, prepared through the high cookery knowledge of a professional chef, Giuliana, gradued at the Italian cookey school, experienced in traditional cuisine, with a modern influence and an italian as well.<br/><br/>During the preparation of the meal, guests can follow all the steps. Everything will be set and brought by the chef, apart plates and cutlery.<br/><br/>The menu is based on 4 dishes: apetizer, fisrt and second dish, sweet. Usalllybased on seasonal organic ingredients, and mostly fish. Different menu, or in case of any food allergies, please inform us before.
€ 213
Cooking Class in a Sicilian countryhouse
Prepare a menu, surrounded by nature and an incredible landscape and sea view, and finally have lunch looking out over the Mediterranean and the Aeolian Islands.
<p>With the help of the hosts and cooks Patrizia and Giuliana, mother and doughter, author of a recent culinary book, you will discover how to prepare typical sicilian dishes, working around our table outside among several giant olive trees. It is the chance to know more about the culture and history in Sicily, because Patrizia is a guide as well, and a passionate woman on history and locale traditions. Her doughter Giuliana Is a Chef who combines the Sicilian culinary tradition with other influences, since She has been travelling around the world. Guests will prepare a menu, sourrended by Nature and an incredibile landscape and view on the Sea, so they have lunch also looking at the mediterranean sea and the Eolian Isles.</p><p><br>The course is for that a complete sensorial experience, a perfect combination between good food and wines, nature, view, sea, olive trees, history and local traditions. What would you desire more?</p>
€ 230
Sicilian Salt Tour from Trapani
A walk to discover this enchanted and timeless place, where the history of this land is intertwined with the tradition of cultivation and harvesting of salt.
<p>2600 years of history told through a tour of 3 different salt pans, in sections covered by minibuses and stretches on foot, walking through the salt tanks, thus discovering their differences. The visit to the salt museum, inside an ancient mill, will show how it was in the past and today, this hard work of collection, handed down from generation to generation by successive families in the ownership of the salt pans. Today a part of salt is still harvested by hand, and this very precious part, once called white gold, can be admired while it surfaces crystallizing on the surface of the water of the tanks that make up the "saline's path". salt crystal and flavored salt flower will make this experience even more memorable. </p>
€ 56
Sicilian Cooking Class in Palermo
This Palermo cooking class is not only a fun and valuable cooking experience but also a fascinating journey through Sicilian food and culture.
This Palermo cooking class is not only a fun and valuable cooking experience but also a fascinating journey through Sicilian food and culture.<br/><br/>Taking place in one of the most beautiful Palermo historic building, meet your Sicilian cook in the morning in order to go together to buy food in a local market. Once the shopping is done, it is time to go home and start cooking together. Prepare 4 dishes (a complete truly Sicilian menu) while drinking local Sicilian wines and discovering more about this beautiful region.
5.00
( 214 Reviews )
€ 170
Day trip to the acropolis of Selinunte from Trapani
A journey into the nature of a sun-scorched earth, with the colors of gold and sand that will make this day unforgettable.
<p style="font-size:14px;line-height:1.6;color:rgb( 87 , 100 , 111 );margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em">An hour's drive leads to the southern coast of Sicily, Selinunte, the largest acropolis in Europe. Given the vastness of the archaeological park, 270 hectares, the visit is made by taking advantage of a golf car to easily reach every point of interest and then visit each site on foot. Along the fascinating route through ancient history, we can delight ourselves with a refreshing Sicilian granita with seasonal fruit ice. An archaeological guide (optional) will unveil the deeds and ancient battles of the peoples who have succeeded here, making this journey in past centuries and in the architecture that has come down to us even more interesting. We will observe the sandy coast of this part of Sicily having lunch (optional) directly on a beach terrace with a menu based on fish and typical local products. For those who wish, you can take a refreshing dip in the bay of Marinella di Selinunte.<br /></p>
4.00
( 2 Reviews )
€ 204
Sicilian Wines and cheeses Tasting in Palermo
Accompanied by fantastic cheeses and local products, relax and learn more about the beautiful Isle of Sicily and its typical grapes.
Come and taste the best wines and Sicilian cheeses, introduced by an expert of wines and typical local products. Meet at the time more convenient for you and then start discovering the wonderful world of Sicilian wines in an historic Palermo's building (built in the XVII century). Accompanied by fantastic cheeses and local products, relax and learn more about the beautiful Isle of Sicily and its typical grapes.
€ 145
Market Tour, Traditional Cooking and Limoncello class
During the class you will prepare the authentic sicilian Limoncello with the lemons that the chef grows in her land nearby the Nebrodi park, and a full course sicilian menu based on fish, meat or vegetarian on request, totally three dishes.
Our meeting point is at 10.30 am at Porta Carini, entrance gate to Capo Market, where we pick up all the fresh ingredients we need for our cooking class. Afterwords we will be in our location situated in a charming historical and noble XVII cent. Palazzo, located in front of the Cathedral called Palazzo Asmundo. Here we will cook for all the morning. What you will prepare is a full course sicilian menu based on fish, meat or vegetarian on request, totally three dishes. We will start from an appetizer of local olives cheeses and Monreale bread with extravergine olive oil with a glass of wine. However the menu is seasonal, so it changes. During the class you will prepare the authentic sicilian Limoncello with the lemons that the chef grows in her land nearby the Nebrodi park.<br/><br/>At the end of our cooking day you will receive the certificate signed by the Chef and a small botthe of our home-made limoncello to carry back home!
€ 173
Private tour
Market tour and Private Cooking Class
Private and customized cooking class, to share the experience with your partner and or people you travel with.
Private and customized cooking class, to share the experience with your partner and or people you travel with. And of course you will choose your ingredients!<br/>Many informations about traditional stories and local cooking by an expert cook and guide!
€ 1120
Handmade Sicilian Pasta Cooking Class
Learn how to make three different types of Sicilian pasta and a sweet serving of Sicilian dessert with the help of an expert instructor.
Learn how to make three different types of Sicilian pasta and a sweet serving of Sicilian dessert with the help of an expert instructor. Then toast your fellow chefs with some local red wine and sit down to enjoy the fruit of your labors. This small-group workshop is limited to 12 people to keep the experience as intimate as possible.
€ 180