Day 1 - Arrive at Palermo and welcome by our driver.
Transfer to Palermo city and check in at a charming four star hotel. Dinner
on your own and overnight.

Day 2 - Cooking Lesson:  Erice / Palermo 
Morning: Breakfast in hotel. Departure for Baglio for a cooking lesson. The chef at Baglio will teach guests how to prepare some of the most representative recipes of the culinary tradition of the province of Trapani. All participants will help prepare the dishes for the lunch. Transfer to Erice, a nearby medieval town, located at the top of the homonymous mountain set 751 meters  above the sea level and overlooking the whole Western region, the Mediterranean Sea and the Egadi Islands. Walking visit of its characteristic historical centre. Back to the hotel. Dinner on your own  and overnight.

Day 3 - Agrigento / Piazza Armerina
Morning: Breakfast in the hotel. Departure to Agrigento to visit the beautiful Valley of the Temples, one of the most representative sites of Greek civilization in the Mediterranean area. Visit to the Temple of Hercules,
the Temple of Juno, the Temple of Castor and Pollux and the wonderful Temple of Concord. Lunch on your own in Agrigento.
Afternoon: Travel to Piazza Armerina, a small town in the south-central part of the island, and visit the Villa Romana del Casale, a Roman country villa of the 3rd century, famous for its precious mosaics. Transfer to a charming Farmhouse between Piazza Armerina and Caltagirone. Check in at the farmhouse. Time for rest. Typical dinner. The cuisine is based on authentic food such as pasta, ricotta, salsiccia, local meat and vegetables. Overnight at the farm.

Day 4 - Modica / Siracusa/ Taormina
Morning: Breakfast in hotel. Departure for Modica.
11:00am: Cooking lesson with a chef-teacher of traditional regional cuisine. Lunch in the typical restaurant  including the dishes prepared during the lesson. Taste the famous chocolate then leave for Syracusa. Visit Siracusa, which during the Greek Age was one of the more powerful cities on the island. Visit to the archaeological zone: the Greek Theatre, the Roman Amphitheatre, the Ear of Dyonisus and the Latomie. Walk through the historical centre on the Ortigia Island to admire the Cathedral, the Aretusa fountain and the ancient streets. Time for shopping. Transfer to Taormina. Check in at the hotel. Dinner on your own. Overnight.

Day 5 - Taormina – (Optional  Etna and its  Wines on application).
All day on your own in Taormina. Dinner on your own. Overnight.

Day 6 - Cooking Lesson: The Cuisine of the Country/The Madonie Park
Morning: Breakfast in hotel. Transfer to Polizzi, a small village 70 kilometres away from Palermo, surrounded by cheerful countryside and green pastures. Polizzi lies in the Madonie Mountains’ Natural Park. This internal region between the Northern Coast and Central Sicily has a wealth of ancient small villages, where many people still live according to the Sicilian traditions. In Polizzi guests will have a half-day cooking lesson in a Farmhouse or a nice restaurant . The owner of the farm will teach them to prepare some of the most popular and essential recipes according to the local tradition. Lunch. Afternoon: Visit to Polizzi Generosa, an ancient village rich in historical and artistic attractions. Visit to the Park’s Museum. During the walk through the town’s medieval streets, guests will have a break for a sampling of typical sweetmeats. Check in at a farmhouse near Polizzi. Time for rest. Dinner. Overnight.

Day 7 - Arab-Norman and Baroque Palermo/Food Market/Monreale
Morning: Breakfast in hotel. Transfer to Palermo for a full-day visit to this ancient town that has been a crossroad for civilization in the Mediterranean for ages and ages. Here, visit and seek out signs of its ancient “grandeur”: the Norman Palace and the Palatine Chapel, the church of San Giovanni degli Eremiti, the Cathedral, Quattro Canti square, etc. Walk through the streets of the historical centre, and visit the town’s popular Vucciria market. Lunch on your own in town. Afternoon: transfer to Monreale, an ancient village near Palermo, famous for its wonderful Norman Cathedral and the adjoining cloister, architectural masterpieces of King Roger II. Return to Palermo, with time for a stroll through the city. Check In at  the hotel.  Farewell dinner at a typical restaurant  where guests will enjoy superb and refined dishes based on typical recipes from local culinary traditions. After dinner, sightseeing tour of “Palermo By Night”. Back to the hotel and overnight.

Day 8 - Departure
Breakfast in hotel. Transfer to the airport in Palermo or own arrangement
for the next destination