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.

Not all Italian cooking happens indoors. In Sicily, a lot of great cooking happens outside on the grill. Two of our favorite people sharing a little aperitivi down by the cliffs near the hotel. A truly immersive experience. Paola harvesting salt in Trapani, Sicily on our cooking and wine adventure vacation in Italy. Along with other delicious fruits, we enjoy our relaxing boat rides around the Isola di Favignana, Sicily One of our first photos featuring the floating-on-air fishing boat on the sea in Favignana, Sicily. Incredible. We take our guests on private boats to see the incredible grottos and crystal blue waters in Marettimo, Sicily. During our boating excursions in Favignana, we relax, get in the water and cool off with some refreshing fun! While out on our early morning fishing excursion, we see the most spectacular sunrises in Favignana, Sicily. We make authentic Sicilian arancini from scratch on our Favignana, Sicily Vacation weeks. These rice balls are delicious Busiate is a wonderful Sicilian pasta similar to fusilli. It's a fantastic pasta that holds sauces wonderfully deli Maita thinks she made a great catch while out on our fishing boats in Favignana. Sadly, she had to return it to the sea Dinner is served as we are treated like royalty on a private boat in the Favignana Harbor. A delicious Sicilian meal We make fresh ricotta cheese at a private country villa in Favignana Another exclusive Culture Discovery event. One of our favorite things on any of our vacations is when we harvest the fiore di sale in Trapani, Sicily Love birds cooling off while getting hot in the crystal blue waters on one of our Favignana vacations Such great friends in Favignana that we make pizza and fresh ricotta cheese with in their private country home. Fun beyond compare while we harvest salt at the saline in Trapani, Sicily - Truly a unique experience! Historic tuna cannery in Favignana harbor where the Florio family ran one of the largest fishing operations in Italy. Guests enjoying some down time and taking in the customary aperitivi or happy hour - Italian style! Another great night at the country villa in Favignana, Sicily where we make cheese, pizza and harvest honey! At Macelleria Campo in Valderice, we have an amazing time making fresh sausages and having a fantastic lunch there! We explore the pre-historic cave drawings in Levanso, Sicily. These hieroglyphics date back over 10,000 years! Michael and Ivan - longtime friends enjoying some fun and pasta on the boat in Favignana, Sicily Ivan shows the group how to make proper bruschetta on our cooking and adventure on the islands of Sicily We make pizza from scratch at a private country home in Favignana. It's also where we make fresh ricotta and honey& Our tour leaders, class instructors are our family in Favignana that will soon be your family once you meet them! A local Sicilian Shepherd on the Island of Favignana, Sicily on our cooking and wine vacations. Rosario, our Favignana,Sicily boat captain being his fun-loving self with his new best friend, Mr. Octopi! Our friend's farm has lots of surprises as they even raise their own goats to get milk and also make cheese from. Our guests get to help make the ricotta and pecorino cheese by stirring the pot of fresh milk that will become cheese&#x There's a technic and an art to everything. Mostly just have fun! Getting the fiore di sale from the flats in Great photo of our guest appearing to do a lot of heavy lifting. We do harvest salt - but not all of that! We have the use of a private cove near our hotel in Favignana, Sicily. Go for a swim, lay out by the water in Italy The Blue Grotto of Capri has nothing on the amazing grottoes of Marettimo, Sicily. Truly amazing and spectacular. Sophie made the hike up the salt mountain in Marsala, Sicily Glynn enjoying some fresh cannoli in Favignana, Sicily on our cooking and adventure on the islands of Sicily vacation We take this boat out on excursions around the island of Favignana. We fish and visit coves and bays and eat great food& Actually, they really did the leg-work and harvested the fiore di sale that you see in the photo. We take the salt home. On all our Italian cooking vacations we make fresh pasta in one form or another. Pastas are typically regional recipes. The historic Florio Tuna Cannery in Favignana harbor is truly fascinating to see how the locals lived off the sea! Erice offers some of the most stunning views on the western side of Mainland Sicily. Fresh Sicilian tomatoes! We use exclusively in this delicious Busiate pasta dish made from scratch in cooking class