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Secret Sicily Reserve your spot at https://www.uncovrtravel.com/tours-sicily or call your Uncovr Tour Host, Jason Wertz at 1-213-884-8050 SECRET SICILY - LITTLE ITALY, A COUNTRY WITHIN A COUNTRY - 6 DAYS Let us uncover for you an Italy defined by its rich and diverse history, its stark topography, its social rococo and an Italy that is deeply paradoxical and in some ways a separate universe, a world unto itself. Discover Baroque hilltop towns, ancient olive groves, acclaimed wines and a rich and unique culinary tradition that expresses the many diverse cultures that settled on the land. As with all our tours, we travel deeper to avoid the masses and to carefully craft authentic local-inspired experiences. Trip Highlights - Your 6 Day Journey • Scenic Daily Bike Rides to inspire the senses and burn off those calories from all the scrumptious food eaten the night before • Discover the Baroque hilltop towns in south-eastern Sicily • Discover a chocolate inspired by the Aztecs • Fall in love with Sicilian Gastronomy over a lesson uncovering its secrets • Experience the wines of Mount Etna and a terroir as unique as the island 2020 Tour Dates Our 6 Days in Sicily has not yet been scheduled. Contact us to request the dates you would like. Featured Luxury Accommodations Nights 1&2 Monaci Delle Terre Nere Zafferana Etnea Nights 3&4 A.D.1768 Ragusa Night 5 Henry’s House Isola di Ortigia 2020 Booking Options Duo $3,280 $600 Deposit Solo $3,630 $600 Deposit * Journey inclusions might change based on availability. However, our promise to deliver uniquely curated local experiences will dictate any potential changes. JOURNEY DEEP INTO SICILY IN 2020. ITINERARY - 9 DAYS OF TRAVEL DAY 1 DAY 4 We begin our six-day tour in Catania where we travel to the We’ll spend the afternoon discovering Sicily Baroque hilltop active volcano Mount Etna, a most dramatic experience in towns of Noto aboard an iconic Fiat 500. Should you have itself. We’ll then check in to the stupendous hotel Monaci a sweet tooth, the fabled Caffè Sicilia will cover every delle Terre Nere, where we will be able to taste the volcanic base, from cannoli to gelati and granita, four generations wines that characterize the region. For dinner, we’ll cover all strong. We’ll discover Modica’s dark secret at a generation- the senses in an evening of art and wine at Pietradolce. old chocolate factory, and we’ll stroll through Scicli on an aromatic tour with an expert before sitting down for a DAY 2 special evening dinner at his restaurant, Gli Aromi, a delight On the second day, guests can opt to ride on horseback for all the senses. in the Nebrodi national park, and then discover the gold standard: the pistachio in Bronte, the pistachio that needs DAY 5 police protection, with the founder of the only organic Those who desire can take a ride assist coastal bike ride on cooperative. In terms of sustainability, we’ll learn to protect the fifth in the province of Syracuse to the Isola di Ortigia, Etna’s vines at Santa Maria La Nava, and we’ll end the evening the fabled birthplace of twin gods Artemis and Apollo. with a special family-style cellar dinner in the company of a After checking in to our charming hotel in Syracuse, we’ll dedicated vintner. relish in serendipity time in the ancient city, a jewel of art and archeology founded by the Ancient Greeks. We’ll DAY 3 have dinner at an atmospheric and spend our last evening We’ll cross Sicily on day three, making our way to the south- culturally, watching a true Greek drama in performance at eastern point of the trinacria, transferring deep into Val di the Syracusean Hellenic theatre. Noto. We’ll spend two nights at a historic hotel, and you’ll be encouraged to enjoy serendipity time in the hilltop town DAY 6 of Ragusa. The afternoon will be dedicated to the movement We’ll end our tour on a wine-note at the renowned Fausta of “slow food,” and we’ll sit down for a special family-style Mansio wine company before we bid farewell, transferring dinner at a manor on a hill. back to Catania airport, engulfed by the senses that have been involved in creating this exquisite journey. MEET YOUR HOSTS Jason Wertz “In curating UNCOVR journeys, I draw upon what I love most about travel, which is to get to know people on a more personal basis. So we go where the locals go and do what the locals do. We create a more intimate, more personal travel experience, recognizing that the real value of travel is emotional. Each time I return home changed, better. My goal with UNCOVR is that our guests do, too.” Pietradolce At the heart of their philosphy is a love for the land which is equalled by the respect with which they treat it. They look to the rich local traditions for all that is best in them and then combine these with a wise use of modern viticultural techniques to give life to their passion: the wines of Etna. Enrico Russino at Gli Aromi “The AROMAS” was born twenty years ago from the love for the Hyblean earth and from the passion for medicinal and aromatic herbs. More than 200 different varieties are produced and sold , both from the south east coast of Sicily and from different parts of the world such as the sages of ornament, with unique colors and portions! Over the years, the Russian family has created a wonderful place dedicated to aromas but not only, where to have an experience. Sonia Spadaro Mulone, Santa Maria la Nave The love between our family and the vines is very old and goes back to 1954, when Giuseppe Mulone, called Peppino, a gentleman farmer from Regalbuto, in the province of Enna, moved with his family to Catania, looking for better and steadier living conditions. He found his first work on Mount Etna, where Nonno Peppino took part in the harvests at Zafferana. Lorenzo Piccione, Frank Cornelissen, Salvatore Grigoli, Benjamin Spencer, Pianogrillo Frank Cornelissen Winery Etna Pistacia Bio Etna Wine School.
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