Italy – Best Sicily Wine Tasting Tour

Welcome to Catania, Sicily!

Arrive at Catania Airport, meet with the driver to transfer to your accommodation either in Taormina or at the foot of Mount Etna. Free time to rest. At the evening dinner and overnight in the hotel.

Taormina - Lunch in a vineyard and wine tasting in Castiglione di Sicilia

After breakfast departure with a private van to the first 2 wineries of the tour. Choose among Cottanera, Terre Nere, and Tornatore. Lunch in a restaurant or at one of the wineries (for example Cottanera can host you for lunch in the restaurant or even for a special lunch or dinner surrounded by the vineyards!). Return to the hotel and evening at leisure.

Taormina - Enjoy The Breathtaking Volcano Mount Etna

After breakfast, a departure from the hotel with a van to reach the meeting point in Zafferana Etnea to start the daily excursion to the top of Mount Etna to enjoy the breathtaking views of the volcano and the lunar landscape surrounding its top. You’ll reach 9850 feet (3000 meters) and the summit craters aboard a Unimog. Lunch in a refuge and return to the foot of the volcano in the early afternoon. Then continuation to one of the cellars not visited the day before, finally, after the visit and tasting, back to the hotel for rest.

Syracuse - Explore Taormina and famous Greek Theater and Wine Tasting in Siracusa

After breakfast, check-out from the hotel and departure with a van to Taormina (if not already there) to visit with a private English-speaking guide this famous village on the top of the hill with its renowned Greek theatre. Afterward, continuation toward Syracuse with a stop in a winery for tasting and lunch. Arrival in Syracuse city center mid-afternoon, check-in and free time, dinner and overnight.

Syracuse - Visit The Baroque Capital, Noto

After breakfast, depart with a van to reach the area of Noto to visit Planeta Buonivini and Feudo Maccari. Noto is the largest town of Sicily for an extension. Defined as the "Baroque Capital" in 2002, its old town has been declared World Heritage by UNESCO.

Stop in Noto to admire one of the masterpieces of Sicilian baroque cathedrals before getting back to Syracuse.

Agrigento - Visit Neapolis and Agrigento with stop to wine tasting in Occhipinti

Breakfast and check-out from the hotel, meeting with your private English-speaking guide to tour this city with Greek origins. Visit Neapolis and its theatre where still today during summer you can attend to Greek tragedies. At the end of the visit, continuation to Agrigento with a stop for lunch in Modica and then in the early afternoon meeting at Occhipinti estate to visit and taste its wines. Arrive in Agrigento in the late afternoon. If possible we’ll book Villa Athena, the only hotel located in Temples Valley, right in front of Concordia Temple.

Ragusa - Visit at Donnafugata Winery In Licata

After breakfast, meeting with the guide to visit the temples close by. At the end of the visit, departure with van toward Licata or nearby for lunch before the visit at Donnafugata winery. Licata, town and Mediterranean port, southern Sicily, Italy, situated at the mouth of the Salso River northwest of Ragusa. Finally short drive to Ragusa to the hotel.

Depart for Home

Depending on the flight schedule, time at disposal for a half-day guided tour of Ragusa Ibla and its marvelous center. Farewell lunch in a refined restaurant in the city center. In the afternoon, grouped or single departures to reach Catania airport for the flight back home.