– BRONTE – MT ETNA – MILAZZO – LIPARI – VULCANO – CASTELBUONO – – TRAPANI – PACECO – MARSALA – AGRIGENTO – PIAZZA ARMERINA – MARZAMEMI – SYRACUSE – – SCICLI – – VITTORIA – RAGUSA

An exciting and unique opportunity to combine your love of good food and wine with your passion for travel - a fully-escorted 15-day holiday-with-a- difference in the beautiful Mediterranean island of . This exclusive small-group tour is fully escorted by Rosa Mitchell – renowned for her successful Sicilian-inspired Rosa’s Canteen restaurant in Melbourne - and her husband Colin. Rosa’s passion for Sicily - its rich history, spectacular scenery, welcoming people, delicious food and tantalising wines - is the foundation and inspiration for this specially crafted tour. It’s packed full of features and highlights, many of which are unique to this tour. And, all included in the price!

 Fully escorted by Rosa and Colin, with additional Ristorante Cin Cin, wine tastings at 4 different services in Sicily from a professional Tour Manager wineries, a visit to a pistachio producer, and a and additional expert commentary by local guides chocolate tasting in Modica during tours and visits while in Palermo, Monreale,  Spend 2 nights in the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Agrigento (Valley of the Temples), Piazza Armerina the with the added highlight of a cruise () and Syracuse to the island of Vulcano  A limit on tour numbers to a maximum of 18 guests  All the other must-see UNESCO World Heritage Sites ensures a greater level of comfort and individual are included: The Arab-Norman Palermo, Cathedral attention Churh of Monreale, the Archaeological Area of  Start each day with a delicious buffet breakfast (B) Agrigento, the Villa Romana del Casale, Syracuse and  On 8 special days savour pre-arranged highlight the Late Baroque Towns of the (Catania, lunches, two particularly special ones being a ‘Cooking Modica, Noto, Ragusa and Scicli) Class’ lunch at the Ristorante Cin Cin in Palermo and a  Stay in quality accommodation, in boutique-style, long lunch at the exclusive Tenuta Manca di Geracello premium city hotels or intimate family-run near Piazza Armerina (L) establishments with a special highlight of a 2-night stay  8 evening meals are provided, with wine, including a at an ‘Agriturismo’ property in the Caltagirone area welcome dinner in Catania, a very special farewell  Travel in comfort and style in deluxe air-conditioned dinner in Ragusa and a dinner in each of Rosa’s vehicles throughout, with private group transfers on favourite restaurants in Lipari, Palermo, Marsala, arrival and departure Caltagirone Area (2), Syracuse and Noto (D)  And, you won’t have to tip on this tour. The Sicily with  The carefully-crafted itinerary provides for a Rosa’s tour has a unique ‘No Tipping’ policy which comprehensive but leisurely-paced programme of means we take care of hotel porterage, hotel and sightseeing, daily excursions, scenic drives and restaurant service charges (for meals included in the privately guided tours, many being exclusive to this programme) plus taxes and gratuities, including tour, such as: a Cooking Class with Vincenzo gratuities for local guides and the end-of-tour gratuities Clemente and Rosa at the well-known traditionally given to the Tour Manager and Driver

HOW TO- Contact Rosa at [email protected] - or phone Colin on 0428 177915 BOOK.. or contact Paul at EuroVista Holidays. Phone 1300 780 586, Email: [email protected]

Day 01 – Thu 19 September changing as we Arrival Catania (3 nights) ascend the On arrival at Catania Airport, we’ll be mountain. At met and transferred to our hotel. This 1,900 metres the evening we’ll join Rosa, Colin and our scenic situation Tour Manager for a welcome dinner at is dominated by one of Rosa’s favourite restaurants, the black lava and it delightful Ristorante Antica Marina, is here we’ll stop located in a characteristic quarter of Catania near the at Rifugio Sapienza to view the now dormant Crateri Piazza Duomo and the Wall of Carlo V in the historic heart Silvestri. If the weather and volcanic activity allows it’s of the city. (D) possible to take a cable-car and an off-road vehicle (accompanied by experienced mountain guides) up to Day 02 – Fri 20 September 2,800 metres. (As we won’t know the conditions until we’re Catania – Excursion to Bronte & Castiglione di Sicilia on the mountain this option is not included in the tour price The pistachios of Bronte, known as ‘green gold’, are world but can be purchased on the day). We’ll descend from the famous. This morning we’ll drive on the slopes of Mt Etna mountain in the late afternoon and this evening perhaps to visit Bronte town and a producer of pistachio products. take a light meal in our hotel or stroll into the surrounding We’ll spend time neighbourhood to discover a nearby trattoria for dinner. (B) learning about the

growing of the nuts Day 04 – Sun 22 September and tasting some of Catania – Milazzo – Lipari (2 nights) the many products This morning we’ll which are made take a coastal from them. Next drive to the port of we’ll have a Milazzo where comprehensive introduction to the wines of Sicily. First we’ll embark on we’ll visit Planeta Sciaranuova vineyards (pictured) where our hydrofoil to the we’ll taste wines from five regions of Sicily. The Aeolian Islands, a passopisciaro wine of Etna, a recently revived wine made group of eight from an ancient local grape variety grown on the slopes of volcanic islands off the north coast of Sicily. Lipari is the Mt. Etna, a wine from Menfi, a wine from Noto, a wine from largest of the group and is famous for its ancient export of Capo Milazzo and a wine from Vittoria. This will be obsidian. We’ll arrive at the port of Lipari in the early followed by a lunch of traditional Sicilian cuisine, each afternoon and after settling into our hotel we’ll drive to the course paired with a Planeta wine, before a short drive Tenuta Castellaro where we’ll enjoy brings us to the Planeta Feudo di a sampling of their island wine Mezzo winery in Castiglione di accompanied by tasty Aeolian Sicilia where we’ll learn more of the specialties and stirring local music. process of wine-making, visit their Tonight the time is yours to perhaps barrique and take a walk through a eat in the hotel or wander into town vineyard of 120 year-old vines. We’ll and choose a waterfront eatery for return to Catania in the late your evening meal. (BL) afternoon for a relaxing evening in our hotel. (BL) Day 05 – Mon 23 September Day 03 – Sat 21 September Lipari – Excursion to Vulcano Island Catania – Sightseeing & Excursion to Mt Etna The island of Vulcano is the southernmost island of the Today we’ll explore Catania, also known as the ‘Black group. It has three volcanoes and is a land of lava, black Pearl’ of the Mediterranean Sea because of its baroque sands and yellow sulphur rocks. A short private boat trip palaces constructed from the black lava stone of the area. will get us there and we can choose to circumnavigate the Our morning visit will include the very famous, very island and perhaps swim in one of its beautiful grottoes, or colourful and bustling fish market and the Piazza Duomo remain in the town and enjoy the beaches, take a mineral- where we’ll view the Cathedral dedicated to St Agata. rich mud bath, walk to one of the volcano craters or linger is the highest active volcano in Europe and a over a lunch of locally caught sword-fish washed down with definite must for all visitors to Sicily. This afternoon our local wine! Dinner tonight is at another of Rosa’s notable circuitous drive takes us through many villages typically local restaurants, the Kasbah. (BD) built almost entirely of lava. The landscape is constantly Day 06 – Tue 24 September Fontana della Vergogna, or the ‘Fountain of Shame’. This Lipari – Milazzo – Castelbuono – Monreale – Palermo evening there’s an opportunity to pursue our own interests (2 nights) or, if more food is needed, dine in one of the many eating This morning we take the ferry back to the port of Milazzo places close to our hotel. (BL) where we join our coach for the coastal drive which takes Day 08 – Thu 26 September us to Palermo. En route we’ll stop for lunch in the small Palermo – Trapani – Paceco – Marsala (1 night) town of Castelbuono in the Madonie Mountains. After lunch This morning we’ll drive to Trapani, an ancient Phoenician at Ristorante Nangalarruni we’ll also have the opportunity trading port and a very to visit the Pasticceria Fiasconara to sample the sweet important town during pastries of the region made from manna. Our next stop is the Middle Ages. We’ll at Monreale, the Norman ‘Mons view the Castello del Regalis’, which is situated at the Mare before we head foot of Monte Caputo. The to Paceco via the majestic dome of its Cathedral area’s famous salt was built in the 12th century by pans and a visit to the the Norman King, William II and Salt Museum is 6,340 square meters of (pictured) along with a tasting of the local product. We’ll polychrome and gold mosaics. share a light lunch at the Fontanasalsa (Olive Oil Mill) in This gives rise to its local name Paceco before we continue to our vineyard hotel close to of the golden bible, referring to Marsala. There’ll be time to relax before we drive into the the mosaics telling the stories of the Old and New city to dine at the San Lorenzo Osteria, another of Rosa’s Testament. We’ll also visit the Benedictine cloister, which favourites and one of the most highly-rated eateries in the completes one of the most magnificent testimonies to the city. (BLD) Norman conquest of Sicily. On arrival in Palermo we’ll settle into our hotel before we explore the surrounding area to find a trattoria or ristorante for our evening meal. (BL) Day 09 – Fri 27 September Marsala – Agrigento – Caltagirone Area (2 nights) Day 07 – Wed 25 September Our day begins with a ‘pick-me-up’ when we visit the Palermo – Market Visit, Cooking Class & Sightseeing Cantine Pellegrino for a First up today guided tour along with a we’ll join Rosa tasting of their celebrated and celebrated Marsala wine! (pictured, chef, Vincenzo is Rosa next to a Clemente, on a traditional painted cart on visit to one of display at Cantine Palermo’s popular Pellegrino). Then our markets where drive brings us to the we’ll purchase southern coast of Sicily and the town of Agrigento with its local ingredients for later use in our cooking class at marvellous Valley of the Temples, undoubtedly one of the Vincenzo’s Ristorante Cin Cin. While in the market Rosa Island’s most famous historical attractions. In this splendid will be delighted to introduce us to Sicilian street-food and archaeological park we’ll admire the collection of ancient afterwards we’ll gather in Cin Cin where, with expert Greek temples including the beauty of the Temple of guidance from Rosa and Vincenzo, Concordia (pictured) among the we’ll prepare our lunch...to be enjoyed best preserved of the temples, with the restaurant’s resident house the Temple of Juno, built just wine! This afternoon we’ll join our local prior to the Temple of Concordia guide on a tour of Palermo where a and badly damaged by an special highlight is a visit to the earthquake during the middle Palatine Chapel inside the Royal ages, and the Temple of Castor Palace, rich in mosaics and Byzantine and Pollux, a Doric temple built decorations. Next is the Cathedral of Palermo, a around the 5th century A.D. We’ll sumptuous example of Norman architecture, where we’ll continue our journey to the area visit the Imperial and Royal tombs. We’ll also see the 16th of Caltagirone and our special agriturismo accommodation century Pretoria Fountain which, after its unveiling, so where this evening we’ll enjoy a dinner of local specialities outraged the locals that it was forever known as the in their restaurant. (BD)

Day 10 – Sat 28 September continue to the Caltagirone Area – Excursion to Villa Romana del archaeological park Casale with its remarkable Today we visit the renowned Villa Romana del Casale, a Greek and Roman short drive from Piazza Armerina. This splendid Roman ruins. Now part of a villa owes its fame to its magnificent mosaic floors World Heritage Site (pictured), thought to be the work the park contains of North African artists, which are the Greek Theatre, rather striking due to the variety one of the biggest of colours used and the incredibly in the Greek world, the Latomias, big stone quarries with interesting subjects depicted. the famous ‘Ear of Dionysius’ and the Roman Lunch today is a very special Amphitheatre (pictured), created at the time of Augustus. event when we’ll visit the After visiting Ortigia for dinner the previous day it’s certain exclusive Tenuta Manca di that by this time we’ll all agree …that Ortigia is particularly Geracello, a private ‘estate’ close wonderful at night! So, this evening we’ll enjoy more of its to Piazza Armerina where we’ll ambience when we stroll among its narrow streets to find a enjoy a sumptuous local meal accompanied by their local trattoria or ristorante for our evening meal. (B) excellent wine! We’ll also have an opportunity to sample the select olive oil produced on the estate. Later in the Day 13 – Tue 01 October afternoon we’ll return to our agriturismo accommodation Syracuse – Excursion to Modica, Scicli & Noto and a light dinner to top off a memorable day. (BLD) This morning we have most of the morning to do as we please. Perhaps take a leisurely breakfast followed by Day 11 – Sun 29 September shopping in the Ortigia Street Market or take coffee at one Caltagirone Area – Caltagirone Town – Marzamemi – of the many cafes in the area? Later in the morning we’ll Syracuse (4 nights) depart for our drive to Modica where we’ll first visit the Sicily is famous for its ceramics and today we’ll visit the city legendary Antica Dolceria Bonajuto, the oldest chocolate of Caltagirone, one of the liveliest baroque towns in central factory in Sicily, to taste chocolate still made by using the Sicily and known old Aztec method. We’ll follow with a light lunch at the throughout as Osteria dei Sapori Perduti, one of Rosa’s lunch-time ‘The City of Sicilian favourites! Afterwards we’ll take a short drive to Scicli. Ceramics’. The main Many of us will be familiar with the Montalbano TV series landmark of the city is which is filmed in Ragusa, Noto (pictured), Modica and the 142-step Scicli. In Scicli we’ll discover that the ‘police station’ in the monumental Staircase fictional town of ‘Vigata’, where Inspector Montalbano plies of Santa Maria del his trade, is actually Monte, built from 1608 in the old part of the town. Each the town hall of step is decorated with different hand-decorated ceramics, Scicli in the using styles and figures derived from the millennial tradition beautifully of pottery making. En route to Syracuse we’ll drop into the preserved baroque enchanting seaside village of Marzamemi...an ideal spot to street of Via take time for lunch. This evening we’ll enjoy dinner at one Mormino Penna. of Rosa’s more intimate eateries, the Osteria La Gazza And the police HQ Ladra in Ortigia, an endearing restaurant known for its in the fictional town ‘home-style’ cooking! (BD) of ‘Montelusa’ is located a few steps down the road from the town hall, in Palazzo Iacono. After exploring Scicli a Day 12 – Mon 30 September short drive brings us to the town of Noto. This baroque Syracuse – Sightseeing jewel was created after the earthquake of 1693 when the Syracuse was the most important Greek city of antiquity reconstruction built many majestic palaces using the soft which flourished on the coast of Sicily, a formidable local limestone which, over time, loses its glaring seafaring power which was nearly the equal of Athens. Our whiteness and develops a beautiful golden or rosy hue. local guide will join us this morning for a tour of Ortigia The town is famous for its ice-cream so we’ll visit the Caffe Island, the heart of the ancient city where time seems to be Sicilia and Dolceria Corrado Costanzo to try a ‘granita’. caught between the mediaeval and baroque eras. We’ll This evening we’ll enjoy dinner at the Ristorante Crocifisso, admire the architectural splendour of its ancient mediaeval the Noto restaurant whose chef is influenced by the tastes streets, baroque structures and classic churches before we of his city. (BLD) Day 14 – Wed 02 October This evening we remain in Ragusa’s Ibla and it’s here that Syracuse – Excursion to Vittoria and Ragusa Rosa has reserved the best for last…tonight we’ll enjoy a After another leisurely start to our day we’ll take a late- very special farewell to Sicily dinner at the exclusive morning drive to the Vittoria region Michelin-starred Ristorante Duomo! where we’ll visit the well-known COS Salut! (BLD) Winery to taste their local product accompanied by a light lunch. We’ll Day 15 – Thu 03 October then drive to the spectacular town of Depart Syracuse via Catania Ragusa (pictured) where we’ll visit its Our tour ends after breakfast with a Ibla (Old Town) with its imposing transfer to Catania Airport for onward Piazza Duomo and Cathedral journeys. (B) dedicated to Saint John the Baptist.

SICILY WITH ROSA TOUR 2019 - PRICES

.15 DAYS FOR LESS THAN AU$620 PER DAY.

Prices are twin-share per person in AU$

Code: ROSA Begins: THU (Catania) Ends: THU (Catania)

Tour Begins Ends Price Sgl Supp 03 19 Sep 2019 03 Oct 2019 $9298 $1075

DEPOSIT REQUIRED $2250 per person. Non-refundable and payable within 7 days of receiving confirmation invoice.

EXTRA ACCOMMODATION Prices Per Person Per Night in AU$ Hotel Romano House – Catania Twin $135 Single $210

FLIGHTS Airfares are not included in the tour price as there are many and varied options available in the market place. You should aim to be at the tour hotel in Catania (Hotel Romano House) by 16:00hrs (4.00 pm) on the afternoon of 19 September 2019. We can recommend flights to and from Catania (ex Australia or New Zealand) so if you would like us to assist with finding you the best possible flight times and prices to suit your needs please advise Paul at EuroVista Holidays when booking your tour.

Due to factors associated with international travel it is unrealistic Smoking to expect prices to remain stable - particularly when they are In the interests of other passenger's comfort there is no smoking dependent on foreign currency exchange rates. Prices for this on any of the tour vehicles. tour are based on costs and exchange rates as at 14 November Refunds and Amendment Fees 2018. Should these costs or exchange rates alter or additional No refunds will be made on services that are voluntarily un- fuel surcharges, taxes and other charges or levies imposed by availed (including, but not limited to, missed meals and any government or its agencies, be added, a surcharge may be sightseeing). The Company also regrets that no refunds will be made on the price of your tour at the time of final payment. made for withdrawal from a tour (due to illness or any other Deposits and Payments reason) after the tour has commenced. Due to the nature of this tour and all of the group arrangements Passports/Visas that need to be pre-booked, a $2250.00 non‑refundable deposit Australian passport holders do not require visas to visit Italy. A will be required at the time of booking. Final payment is due on signed national passport is required. or before 19 June 2019. Single Rooms Late Bookings A number of single rooms are available on request at time of Payment in full is required at time of booking for reservations booking. The single supplement must be paid with final payment. made on or after 19 June 2019. If a reservation cannot be Please note: EuroVista Holidays contracts double rooms for confirmed, all funds will be refunded. single use. However, where this is not possible we will provide Cancellation by Passenger standard single rooms. The prices of these are already reflected Cancellations for tours and additional services must be received in the listed single supplement prices. Standard single rooms are in writing and the following fees (indicated as a percentage of the usually smaller and often only have one single bed. total price) will apply if the cancellation is received in our office Luggage Limits and Portage within these designated time periods: Portage at hotels (where available) is limited to one piece of 1. Up to and including 19 June 2019 – Non-refundable Deposit luggage per person (see exceptions above). Airline luggage 2. Between 20 June and 24 July 2019 – 60% restrictions apply to the air travel which may be incorporated in 3. Between 25 July and 21 August 2019 – 75% this touring holiday. 4. Between 22 August and 11 September 2019 – 90% Travel Insurance 5. Between 12 September and 19 September 2019 – 100% Travel insurance for this tour is not included in your tour price. We strongly recommend Travel Insurance to cover cancellation We strongly recommend that you purchase adequate charges. 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-HOW TO BOOK-

Contact Rosa at [email protected] - or phone Colin on 0428 177915

or contact Paul at EuroVista Holidays. Phone 1300 780 586, Email: [email protected]

Space is limited so book early to ensure you’re coming with us!