Cooking West Sicily

 

 

Proposed duration: 4 nights / 5 days

Period: spring and autumn, April/May and October/November Basic location: Trapani (surroundings) - Single rooms or single use - Short trips and group travel 

Full board programme (breakfast, lunches and dinners) - Proposed food & wine experiences and cooking classes

 

Proposed itinerary/programme:

 

Arrival / First day

- Transfers from airports (possibility of landing in either Trapani or Palermo) 

Staggered arrivals in the afternoon at residences around Trapani

 - Afternoon: orientation and presentation of experiences, with welcome drink - From around 19.00: transfer to the historic centre of Trapani for a stroll and dinner at a typical restaurant, returning to the hotel at around 23.00

Second day

- From 8.00 am: Wake up and breakfast - From about 10.30 am to 2.30 pm: visit to a typical baglio and relative farm with vegetable garden, cooking workshop dedicated to pasta with Trapanese pesto and lunch at the farm 

- From 14.30 to 19.00 approx: Visit to Erice with ascent by coach and descent at sunset by panoramic cable car 

- From 19.00 to about 22.00 Typical Sicilian dinner at a family-run Agriturismo 

-Return to hotel at about 23.00

 

Third day

- From 08.00: wake up and breakfast

- From 09.30 to about 11.30: tour of Trapani's fishing port with fishermen and tasting of local fish bruschettas

- From 12.00 to 16.00 approx.: cooking class at the villa in the countryside of a Trapani chef

- From 16.00 to 19.00 approx.: visit to the salt pans of Trapani and Marsala

- From 7.30 p.m. to 10 p.m. approximately: wine tasting and sunset dinner at the winery

- Return to the hotel at about 10.30 p.m.

 

Fourth day

- From 08.00 am: wake up and breakfast

- From 09.30 to 12.30 approx.: visit to the Segesta Archaeological Park

- From around 13.30 to 15.30: visit to the village of Scopello and the Frederick's Panoramic Park with lunch of cunzato bread and Sicilian street food

- From about 4 to 6 pm: visit to Alcamo winery with bottling experience and wine tasting

- From about 7 pm Final evening at typical Baglio, with a cooking lesson dedicated to Trapanese fresh pasta and dinner to follow

- Return to the hotel at around 11.30 pm

 

Fifth day / Departure

- Wake up and breakfast

- Room checkout (with the possibility of late checkout for those who request it)

- Transfers to airports