Photos - Cooking & Adventure on the Islands of Sicily

Photos - Cooking & Adventure on the Islands of Sicily

Following is a collection of random photos from this itinerary. To see more full-size photos, visit our photo galleries.

We take our guests on private boats to see the incredible grottos and crystal blue waters in Marettimo, Sicily. Our tour leaders, class instructors are our family in Favignana that will soon be your family once you meet them! Two great friends, Scippio and Rosario love to have a great time and love our guests that come visit us in Favignana Great photo of our guest appearing to do a lot of heavy lifting. We do harvest salt - but not all of that! Having some fun exploring and wine tasting at a winery in Marsala, Sicily. During the salt harvest season in Trapani, Sicily - The workers build these salt mounds completely by hand. Guests show off their haul of salt after a morning harvest in Trapani, Sicily. Pulling in to the harbor in Marettimo, Sicily, we are greeted by a fleet of sleek, private fishing boats. On all our Italian cooking vacations we make fresh pasta in one form or another. Pastas are typically regional recipes. Our guests have an amazing experience learning to cook authentic Sicilian and other Italian recipes. Along with other delicious fruits, we enjoy our relaxing boat rides around the Isola di Favignana, Sicily Maita thinks she made a great catch while out on our fishing boats in Favignana. Sadly, she had to return it to the sea At Macelleria Campo in Valderice, we have an amazing time making fresh sausages and having a fantastic lunch there! We have fresh sausages and tomatoes along with the amazing Sicilian bread during a lunch in Favignana. As we wait for the sunrise on our fishing boat, we relax on the calm seas in Favignana, Sicily on our cookery vacations Fun beyond compare while we harvest salt at the saline in Trapani, Sicily - Truly a unique experience! Our boats take us to the beautiful Cala Rossa bay in Isola di Favignana, Sicily during our cooking and wine vacations. Busiate pasta, a spring-like pasta is a Sicilian version of the more commonly known fusilli pasta. Another great night at the country villa in Favignana, Sicily where we make cheese, pizza and harvest honey! Michele is one of our fisherman friends. He's the real deal, along with Rosario, these two show us some great times Busiate is a wonderful Sicilian pasta similar to fusilli. It's a fantastic pasta that holds sauces wonderfully deli Fun with sausages. Hot off the grill, Melissa shows off her new sausage "do" right before her wonderful lunch Not all Italian cooking happens indoors. In Sicily, a lot of great cooking happens outside on the grill. Micheal and Gibarosso in this great photo from Gibarosso's country home in Favignana, Sicily. He was an original. Our guests having some fun during the salt harvest at the saline in Trapani, Sicily. Our friend's farm has lots of surprises as they even raise their own goats to get milk and also make cheese from. We explore coves and grottos on our Favignana, Sicily cooking and wine Vacations in Italy. We make these popular and delicious Sicilian Almond Cookies fresh from scratch during our Favignana cooking classes! We make fresh ricotta cheese at a private country villa in Favignana Another exclusive Culture Discovery event. Jokes are flying during our super-fun sausage-making class at Campo Butcher Shop near Erice, Sicily There's a technic and an art to everything. Mostly just have fun! Getting the fiore di sale from the flats in During our boating excursions in Favignana, we relax, get in the water and cool off with some refreshing fun! Sicilian busiate pasta is an amazing dish. Rich and complex in flavor, yet very accessible recipe to make yourself! Before we get our boots to harvest the salt, we tour the museum and learn the history of the amazing "saline" Our guests often take the trail up to the Castle of Santa Caterina when they have some time off. We explore the pre-historic cave drawings in Levanso, Sicily. These hieroglyphics date back over 10,000 years! Francesco shows our guests the fun art of making fresh sausages right out of the grinder. The shop is in Valderice. When available and in season, some guests are lucky enough to enjoy sea urchin caught fresh off the coast in Favignana. Our guests at the marina in Favignana, Sicily getting ready for their next adventure out on the high seas! We make Pasticcini di Mandarle- Sicilian Almond Cookies at one of our cooking classes in Favignana, Sicily Our guests have the vacation of a lifetime getting to the beach or out for a hike in Favignana, Sicily. It's beauti Two of our favorite people sharing a little aperitivi down by the cliffs near the hotel. A truly immersive experience.