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Private Tours in Italy
Sightseeing in Sicily
Private tours from Cruise Port Messina
Sicily Factories and Mount Etna
Morning. At your arrival in Messina port, you will be welcomed by your tour guide/driver and depart for an excursion to Sicily's factories and Mount Etna. Your first stop will be in a honey factory on the slopes of Mount Etna . Here you’ll taste a variety of Etna Honey: pistachio, strawberry, hazelnut, honey and orange. We will travel through the many varied vegetable and fruit areas on the slopes of mount Etna, arriving at an altitude of 2,500 feet, we will be above the tree line. we will have a perfect view of the three silvestri craters and the river of lava (a remnant of the 1983-1985 eruption ). We will have time to walk around the crater.
Lunch on your own, afternoon we descent to come back to the port but we’ll stop to a Jewelry factory. Receive a very warm welcome and cocktail from the staff. Tour the small workshop and see the jewelry makers at work. Watch as they create their individual masterpieces of fine Italian gold and unique jewelry pieces. Learn how some are made with Sicilian amber and shells with lava from Mt Etna. See their unique collection within their exhibition room, with an option to buy.
Back to the ship.
Price includes : Private transportation, English speaking driver/guide, full day tour. Visit of the honey factory and taste / visit of jewelry factory
Cooking Class and Ceramics
Morning. At your arrival in Messina port,
you will be welcomed by your tour guide/driver and depart for Castroreale for
cooking class at a nice manor house.
A small manor immersed in greenery, in the heart of Sicily, far from the
frenetic city life. The Manor is a charming, ancient ochre-walled building
consisting of 10 comfortable rooms, each with different decorative features and
furniture, provided with a private bathroom, and small balcony with a view over
the hills, the swimming-pool or the garden.
Participate at
cooking class. Your instructor, Chef Mrs Jannelli will teach you to prepare the
family recipes passed down to her by her grandmother. You will learn how the
marriage of three kitchens: Sicilian, French and Dutch has created a cuisine as
intriguing and complex as Sicily’s own baroque heritage.
The cooking class will be followed by a Lunch. After lunch,
proceed to Santo Stefano di Camastra, a
town-museum with old, modern and architectural works, as well as paintings and
sculptures. The city offers some public decorations characterized by a
monumental structure. Here an indissoluble bond between urban culture and arts
of ceramics is to be found. Have a ceramic demonstration.
Afternoon back to the ship.
Price includes : Private transportation, English speaking driver/guide, full day tour, cooking class, lunch and ceramics demonstration.
Giardini Naxos - Taormina and Castelmola
Morning. At your arrival in Messina port, you will be welcomed by your tour guide/driver and depart for Giardini Naxos, considered Sicily's oldest Greek city. It is located just a few kilometres from Taormina (in the locality known as Giardini-Naxos) near Cape Schisò. Little remains here except for structural foundations and the pavement stones of ancient streets, but Naxos was once a flourishing city much larger than ancient Taormina. It was founded by the Chalcidensians as Sicily's first Greek colony in 735 BC. Lunch on your own. Depart for Taormina. Walk through the historical centre of this beautiful town, famous for its Greek-Roman Amphitheatre and its enchanting view of the Ionic Sea and Mt. Etna. Taormina has been an exclusive Sicilian hotspot, since the beginning of the 19th century, and is where many noble and rich families of Northern Europe spent winter due to its mild climate. Nowadays, Taormina is famous for its "dolce vita" life style. This town also known as “the Queen of Sicily” has been an exclusive Sicilian hotspot, since the beginning of the 19th century. After a walking tour, visit the Greek-Roman Amphitheatre and enjoy the views of the Ionic Sea and Mt. Etna. Free time x shopping . Afterwards, we continue the exploration to Castelmola, this village occupying a strategic position up behind Taormina, centers around the picturesque little Piazzetta del Duomo. In one of the bars in the main square we will have the chance to taste the famous "almond wine".
Afternoon back to the ship.
Price includes : Private transportation, English speaking driver/guide, full day tour.
Winery of Etna and Taormina
Morning. At your arrival in Messina port, you will be welcomed by your tour guide/driver and depart for villages at the slopes of Etna to visit the famous wineries of the east coast in Sicily. Ttransfer to the ancient estate located on the slopes of the volcano Etna. The farm, which belongs to a noble family, is surrounded by extensive vineyards and has a panoramic view of both Mt. Etna and the sea. Mt. Etna is the highest volcano in Europe. The climate and the volcanic soil help give wines a unique mineral taste typical of the region around Mt. Etna. In the Tenuta they produce some of the best wines of the area: Etna Rosso, Etna Bianco and the extraordinary Brut. Wine tasting and guided visit to the wine cellar with a member of the family. Lunch and afterwards departure for Taormina. Meet your local guide for a walk through the historical center of this beautiful town, famous for its Greek-Roman Amphitheatre and its enchanting view of the Ionic Sea and Mt. Etna. Taormina has been an exclusive Sicilian hotspot, since the beginning of the 19th century, and is where many noble and rich families of Northern Europe spent winter due to its mild climate. Nowadays, Taormina is famous for its "dolce vita" life style, this town also known as “the Queen of Sicily” has been an exclusive Sicilian hotspot, since the beginning of the 19th century. After a walking tour, visit the Greek-Roman Amphitheatre and enjoy the views of the Ionic Sea and Mt. Etna. Free time for shopping
Afternoon back to the ship.
Price includes : Private transportation, English speaking driver/guide, full day tour.
The Godfather Tour: Savoca - Taormina
Morning. At your arrival in Messina port, you will be welcomed by your tour guide/driver and depart for an Excursion to Savoca, the filming location for the Corleone scenes in Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather II movie. Visit the Bar Vitelli, where the character Michael asked the padrone for his daughter's hand in marriage. Enjoy a short stop where you will be offered a local refreshment drink made of crushed ice called a ‘granita’ . After viewing the square continue on to Taormina. Lunch on your own. Guided visit through the historical center of this beautiful town, famous for its Greek-Roman Amphitheatre and its enchanting view of the Ionic Sea and Mt. Etna. Taormina has been an exclusive Sicilian hotspot, since the beginning of the 19th century, and is where many noble and rich families of Northern Europe spent winter due to its mild climate. Nowadays, Taormina is famous for its "dolce vita" life style . After a walking tour, visit the Greek-Roman Amphitheatre and enjoy the views of the Ionic Sea and Mt. Etna. Free time for shopping or beach.
Price includes : Private transportation, English speaking driver/guide, full day tour.
Pizza cooking class and Taormina
Morning.
At your arrival in
Messina port, you will be welcomed by your tour guide/driver and depart for a
typical Pizzeria.
The “pizzaiolo chef” is waiting
for you to give your the class how to prepare a good pizza. You will be divided
in teams to create your own pizza and at the end you’ll be judged by chef!
This cooking class offers the group
the opportunity to participate in a unique hands-on cooking lesson
to learn to make the pizza.
After lunch,
continue to
Taormina for
a guided visit through the historical center of this beautiful town, famous for
its Greek-Roman Amphitheatre and its enchanting view of the Ionic Sea and Mt.
Etna. Taormina has been an exclusive Sicilian hotspot, since the beginning of
the 19th century, and is where many noble and rich families of Northern Europe
spent winter due to its mild climate. Nowadays, Taormina is famous for its
"dolce vita" lifestyle. After a walking tour,
visit the Greek-Roman Amphitheatre and enjoy the views of the
Ionic Sea and Mt. Etna. Free time for shopping.
Price includes : Private transportation, English speaking driver/guide, full day tour, pizza cooking class and lunch
Tindari and Messina
Morning: At your arrival
in Messina port, you will be welcomed by your tour guide/driver and departure
for Tindari. 
It
was founded as the Greek colony of Tyndaris in 396 BC, and was located on the
high ground overlooking the Tyrrhenian Sea in the Gulf of Patti. The Battle of
Tyndaris took place off the coast in 257 BC. It has a famous sanctuary and is
also famous for the poem Vento a Tindari, written by Salvatore
Quasimodo. Local legend tells that the lagoon was created after a pilgrim
who came to see the Madonna and refused to pray to the Madonna. The woman
accidentally dropped her baby into the ocean and the Madonna made the land rise
to save the baby. The sands of Marinello have taken shape of the profile of the
Madonna.
Lunch on your own. Back to Messina for a visit.
Messina is the third largest city of Sicily and the capital of the province which bears its name, founded by Greek colonists in the 8th century BC, it was originally called Zancle (scythe) because of the shape of its natural harbor. You will visit Piazza Municipio, Via Garibaldi, Piazza Cairoli (heart of the town), Via Cannizzaro (University and Law Court) and Corso Cavour in your city drive. A stop will be made at Cathedral Square. The Cathedral’s bell tower houses an unusual astronomical clock that moves through a 15-minute cycle of evangelical scenes at mid-day. Enjoy an inside visit to this Norman-style Cathedral with a façade featuring one-light windows and a small rose window at the center.
Price includes : Private transportation, English speaking driver/guide, full day tour.
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