Discover & Taste Tour
Saturday, April 29
Individual arrival at **Domina Coral Bay Sicilia Hotel **and check-in.
5:30PM tasting session to discover the extra virgin olive oil properties and description of the main cultivars of Italian olives and a guided sensorial analysis of 5 extra virgin olive oils.
Special “OIL SENSATION” dinner. A delicious menu with extra virgin olive oils of EXCELLENCE, that can add value to any dish.
Sunday, April 29
Breakfast at the hotel. Transfer to Palermo for the tour dedicated to Street Food.
Photo by Maman Voyage on Flickr
A guide will escort you to the discovery of the most popular focaccia’s bakeries, with a stop at the famous Mercato del Capo to taste the finger-licking muffuletta cunzana, with EVOO, cheese, tomato and oregano.Visit to one of the historic Sicilian bakeries to taste the famous _cannolo _will complete the Street Food tour.
In the afternoon visit of Monreale and its magnificent Cathedral. Return to the hotel.
Showcooking Dinner “The extra virgin olive oil meets...”, a route full of surprises and unexpected combinations between the oil and the best recipes of the Sicilian tradition, prepared live by the hotel’s Chef.
Monday, May 1
Breakfast at the hotel. Transfer to Bagheria to visit the famous Villa Palagonia and the Anchovy Museum. An unusual stop-over to discover ancient documents and tools used for fishing and salting anchovies.
Photo by Eleonora on Flickr
Fish tasting with local olive oil and wine.
Return to the hotel and time at leisure. Buffet dinner at the hotel.
Tuesday, May 2
Breakfast at the hotel. Transfer to Agrigento and guided tour of the Valley of the Temples, a Unesco World Heritage site, famous for its outstanding beauty.
Photo by Pellufa on Flickr
Visit to the temple of Juno, the temple of Concordia and the temple of Heracles. You will also admire also theTemple of Olympian Zeus, the Olympeion field, the Tomb of Teron and the Bizantine Necropolis with the Fragapane Cave. Lunch in a reserved restaurant.
Return to the hotel late afternoon. Buffet dinner.
Wednesday, May 3
Breakfast at the hotel. Transfer to Palermo and guided tour of the city’s center with its historic Cathedral. Not to be missed the Martorana’s Church, Piazza Pretoria and its large fountain, famous for its nude statues of nymphs.
Photo by Leandro Neumann Ciuffo on Flickr
Lunch at hotel. Afternoon at leisure. Buffet dinner at the hotel.
Thursday, May 4
Morning at leisure. Breakfast and lunch at the hotel.
In the afternoon transfer to Palermo to visit the Norman Palace and the precious Palatine Chapel, the Massimo Theatre.
Photo by gnuckx on Flickr
Return to the hotel.
Tasting dinner with the IOOC Contest jury, during which techniques of pairing oil-food-wine with the best recipes of the Sicilian cuisine will be showcased.
Friday, May 5
Breakfast at the hotel.
Photo by Verity Cridland on Flickr
Transfer to Palermo and guided visit of a magnificent Arabic-Norman heritage, the Zisa and the Cuba Palaces. In the afternoon guided visit to the Catacombs of the Capuchin Monks, a mysterious and fascinating underground place, underground, hosting over 8000 mummified corpses, perfectly preserved and wearing clothes dated from the 1600's to the 1900's. Among them, Rosalia Lombardo is considered the most beautiful mummy in the world; she died in 1920 at the age of two years old. Her body resembles a life-size doll, complete with eyelashes and hair.
Return to the hotel and lunch.
Afternoon at leisure to relax.
Typical Sicilian dinner.
Saturday, May 6
Breakfast at the hotel. Check-out and departure
Rate per person: Euro 654,00 pp
The rate includes:
7 overnights in a DBL standard room at Domina Coral Bay–Sicilia Zagarella hotel
Continental breakfast
lunch and buffet dinner, as per program (soft drinks included)
“OIL Sensation” Special Dinner (soft drinks included)
"Street Food" lunch in Palermo (mineral water included)
Showcooking dinner (soft drinks included)
Guided session of extra virgin olive oil tasting
Tasting dinner drinks included
Fish tasting with olive oil(soft drinks included)
lunch, with soft drinks included, in Agrigento
Typical Sicilian dinner
Excursions and guided visit to Palermo and to the Monreal Cathedral, as per program, including transfers and Italian/English speaking guide.
Excursion to Agrigento with visit to the Valley of Temples, including transfers and Italian/English speaking guide.
Excursion to Bagheria with visit to Villa Palagonia and to the Anchovy Museum
The rate does not include:
anything not mentioned in the ”the rate includes” items list.
Single supplement: Euro 33,00 per night
Program
Discover&Taste
29 aprile – 6 maggio 2017
Domina - Via A.Maffei n. 1 - 20135 Milano tel 02/55004.338 mail [email protected]
