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Gardens and Wild Flowers of Sicily Gardens and Wild Flowers of Sicily Baggage Allowance Travel We advise you to check the baggage allowances carefully as you are likely to be charged the excess Passports if you exceed the weight limit. Maximum weights Please ensure your 10-year British Passport is not for single bags apply. out of date and is valid for a full three months beyond the duration of your visit. EU, Andorra, With Easyjet your ticket includes one hold bag of up Liechtenstein, Monaco, San Marino or Switzerland to 23kg plus one cabin bag no bigger than 56 x 45 x valid national identification cards are also 25 cm. Overhead locker space is limited on board acceptable for travel to Italy. the aircraft and on busy flights your cabin bag may have to go in the hold. Visas Please contact the airline for further information Visas are not required for British and EU nationals. http://www.easyjet.com/en/planning/baggage For all other passport holders please check the visa requirements with the appropriate embassy. Labels Italian Consulate-General: “Harp House”, 83/86 Please use the luggage labels provided. It is useful Farringdon Street, London EC4A 4BL. to have your home address located inside your Tel: (0)20 7936 5900. Fax: (0)20 7583 9425. suitcase should the label go astray. Email: [email protected] Website: Departure Tax http://www.conslondra.esteri.it/Consolato_Londra The departure tax is included in the price of your Open Mon-Fri 0900-1200 flight tickets. Transfers On arrival in Catania, transfer to Capri Leone and the Hotel Antica Filanda (2 hours 30 minutes Tickets approx.). Included with this documentation is an e-ticket, which shows the reference number for your flight. EasyJet have now replaced all of their airport Special Requests check-in desks with EasyJet Baggage Drop desks. If you haven’t already, please notify Travel Editions Therefore you must check-in online and print out of any special requests as soon as possible to allow your boarding passes before travelling. Checking in sufficient time to make the necessary online also provides the opportunity for you to pre- arrangements. Please note that some airlines may book seats, if you wish, at an extra cost. charge for use of wheelchairs. Online check-in is available any time prior to travel using the reference number provided. Please see the enclosed e-ticket for more information or visit; www.easyjet.com Please check that the details on your documentation are accurate and that all names are spelt correctly and match the names on your passport. Your flight ticket is non-transferable and non-refundable. No refund can be given for non- used portions. Accommodation Hotel Antica Filanda, Capri Leone A result of the Arab control of the island in the 10th th Located just outside the village of Capri Leone, on and 11 centuries, apricots, melons, raisins, a hillside and surrounded by olive trees, with views saffron and couscous often feature in dishes – of the Tyrenian Sea and the Aeolian Islands. such as Couscous al pesce. Facilities here include an excellent restaurant, bar Typical sweets include Cannoli (crusted tube filled and a garden with outside swimming pool which is with ricotta and sugar), Cassata (rich, creamy open during the summer months. The comfortable ricotta filled cake), Gelato (possibly invented in bedrooms with private bath/shower with Hydro- Sicily), and the lighter Granita (sweetened and massage shower, air-conditioning, TV, telephone, flavoured crushed ice). free wi-fi, safe and minibar. Table service is common in most restaurants and For more information please visit the hotel’s website: bars. Usually, a discretionary service charge is http://anticafilanda.me/ added to your bill in restaurants and bars, and no further tipping is required. Santa Caterina Hotel, Acireale The 4* Santa Caterina Hotel enjoys a panoramic location overlooking the sea and facilities include a Drink swimming pool with solarium. The restaurant The world’s largest wine producer, Italy is home to comes with a magnificent view. The recently some of the oldest viticulture regions. Named restored bedrooms are comfortable with private according to their grape variety or after their bath/shower, hairdryer, air-conditioning, TV, free village or area of origin, excellent wines are wifi and fridge. produced throughout Italy and Sicily, with local wines offering great value and quality. With an For more information please visit the hotel’s website: ideal climate and soil (thanks to Mount Edna) http://www.santacaterinahotel.com/en grapes have been grown in Sicily since the Greeks first colonised the island. The dry white and rosé wines are excellent accompaniments to the seafood dishes, whereas the Nero d’Avola Food produces sumptuous hearty reds. Inspired by the many cultures that have settled on The most famous Sicilian wine, the fortified the island these past two millennia, Sicilian cuisine Marsala, is similar to sherry and port and comes in has a touch of Greek, Spanish, Arab, and of course oro (golden), ambra (amber), or rubio (ruby), in a Italian to it. The surrounding sea provides plenty of range from sweet to dry varieties. The golden, seafood, the rich, fertile soil of the island is perfect sweet, sometimes sparkling dessert wine Moscato for growing olives, citrus fruit, aubergine, is very pleasing. tomatoes, pistachios and almonds – the results are Sicily also produces excellent liqueurs, such as Ala, a varied, fresh, and mouth-watering combination. Averna, Fichera, and some that can also be found Traditional dishes include Caponata (side dish of on the mainland – Limoncello, Grappa, Anisette aubergine, capers and sweet balsamic vinegar), and Amaretto. Maccu (Fava bean soup), Arancini (fried rice ball – a traditional snack), and Sfincione (Sicilian pizza, Meals included in the price of your holiday are: thick base with various delicious toppings). Breakfast – daily; Pasta dishes are also popular – try Spaghetti ai Lunches – 3 lunches included ricci (sea urchin pasta), the aubergine, tomato, Dinners – 3 dinners are included at the Hotel basil and ricotta Pasta alla norma (originally from Antica Filanda Catania), or Manicotti (similar to cannelloni, tubes of pasta filled and baked) – as is seafood, freshly caught, served simply grilled, boiled or fried. As for meat, the most frequently seen are lamb and goat. Destination This tour explores some of this wild flower bounty, Reserve, which extends for about 380 hectares, along with excellent local cuisine. As well as wild there is a remarkable variety of environments: it flowers, we will visit a selection of beautiful public goes from the brackish lake environments to the and private gardens, and explore the oak and beech coastal marine sands, to the steep slopes and to the woodlands of the beautiful Nebrodi Regional Park. areas overlooking the sea. Most of the visits will be undertaken on foot, so comfortable walking shoes are essential for this For more information about Laghetti de Marinello, visit: tour. https://www.tindari.org/riserva-naturale-marinello Places of interest included in your tour: Le Stanze in Fiore Le Stanze in Fiore by Canalicchio is the name of an Nebrodi Park ancient citrus grove transformed into a The park is a very rich and impressive natural contemporary garden, welcoming and natural, full landscape, with Mount Soro standing as the highest of colors, scents, rare plants and water. The name peak in the park at 1850 meters: from here the view derives from the fact that it consists of several is breathtaking, with Mount Etna and the Aeolian rooms, open air rooms with different styles. Islands behind, which can be seen looking north. Rossella Pezzino de Geronimo created it, starting in The low population density of the area has allowed 2000, around the family country villa, built in the the preservation of the natural habitat of the area neoclassical style in the nineteenth century, mixing and its overall integrity. The flora is typical old Mediterranean flowering plants and tropical Mediterranean varieties especially at low altitudes, and sub-tropical plants. The garden is divided into with great examples of chestnut and oak trees that different zones, connected with each other, along a predominate at a higher altitude. The fauna is very sloping path that rises from the bottom upwards. numerous, and some specimens still live in the wild, Among the different "rooms", there are the such as pigs that move in a group or limited herds nineteenth-century one, with a vintage greenhouse of Sanfratellani horses that roam along the valleys full of exotic plants, the Oriental Garden and the of the Park. The avifauna is also well represented, Contemporary Garden. thanks to the large natural bodies of water that quench the thirst of the large birds particularly For more information about Le Stanze in Fiore, visit: during the period of migration: among the most https://luoghi.italianbotanicalheritage.com/le-stanze-in- fiore-di-canalicchio important exemplary, with a little luck, it is possible to admire the golden eagle and the large griffins. Parco Paternò del Toscano For more information about Nebrodi Park, visit: A few steps from Etna, on ponds and lava outcrops, https://www.visitsicily.travel/en/nature/regional- the Paternò del Toscano Park extends for about 3 parks/the-park-of-nebrodi/ hectares, a special terraced rock garden designed by the landscape architect Ettore Paternò. The Laghetti di Marinello manor house was built in the 1950s, at the highest At the foot of the Tindari promontory is the point of the property. The park consists of citrus characteristic lagoon of the " Laghetti di Marinello " groves and vineyards, characteristic of the Sicilian which together with the lakes of Ganzirri landscape, and from the garden itself, composed of constitutes the last examples of brackish coastal Mediterranean and exotic plants from all over the environment present in north-eastern Sicily.
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