Photos - Cooking & Adventure on the Islands of Sicily

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Sometimes the fish are biting early, so we head out with the crew and set the lines for our fishing trip in Favignana. Fresh Sicilian tomatoes! We use exclusively in this delicious Busiate pasta dish made from scratch in cooking class An incredible Culture Discovery exclusive experience where guests get to squeeze honeycombs and harvest their own honey& Having some fun exploring and wine tasting at a winery in Marsala, Sicily. During our boating excursions in Favignana, we relax, get in the water and cool off with some refreshing fun! Glynn enjoying some fresh cannoli in Favignana, Sicily on our cooking and adventure on the islands of Sicily vacation Enjoy some down time and soak in the sun at one of the many fantastic beaches of Favignana, Sicily. Our guests are treated to some local seafood delicacies, seaside near the hotel. Truly an immersive experience! Guests having fun waiting for our private boats to take us around Favignana, Sicily on our cooking vacations. There's a technic and an art to everything. Mostly just have fun! Getting the fiore di sale from the flats in Our guests have an incredible time learning to cook authentic Sicilian dishes, like Arancini.
Homemade, Sicilia Along with other delicious fruits, we enjoy our relaxing boat rides around the Isola di Favignana, Sicily Cara loves fresh-from-scratch almond cookies so much that we had to trade some wine for her to share them with us! Paola harvesting salt in Trapani, Sicily on our cooking and wine adventure vacation in Italy. Francesco shows our guests the fun art of making fresh sausages right out of the grinder.  The shop is in Valderice. Fun beyond compare while we harvest salt at the saline in Trapani, Sicily - Truly a unique experience! We make fresh ricotta cheese at a private country villa in Favignana Another exclusive Culture Discovery event. The historic Florio Tuna Cannery in Favignana harbor is truly fascinating to see how the locals lived off the sea! Sicilian Almond cookies are delicious. We make them from scratch on our Favignana, Sicily vacation weeks. So Good! Making fresh cannoli from scratch on our Sicily cooking vacation classes in Italy Our friend's farm has lots of surprises as they even raise their own goats to get milk and also make cheese from. Our boat captains, Michele and Rosario are such gracious hosts - even to the fresh catch!  Just part of Favignana f Enjoy some down time and soak in the sun at one of the many fantastic beaches of Favignana, Sicily. Our guests get to help make the ricotta and pecorino cheese by stirring the pot of fresh milk that will become cheese&#x Before we get our boots to harvest the salt, we tour the museum and learn the history of the amazing "saline" Two great friends, Scippio and Rosario love to have a great time and love our guests that come visit us 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 When available and in season, some guests are lucky enough to enjoy sea urchin caught fresh off the coast in Favignana. Busiate pasta, a spring-like pasta is a Sicilian version of the more commonly known fusilli pasta. Love birds cooling off while getting hot in the crystal blue waters on one of our Favignana vacations Guests love the fresh bruschetta we make in Favignana, Sicily on our cooking and wine adventure vacations During the salt harvest season in Trapani, Sicily - The workers build these salt mounds completely by hand. Two of our favorite people sharing a little aperitivi down by the cliffs near the hotel. A truly immersive experience. Gina made fast friends with this little guy - but then we fried him up and ate him with our amazing lunch on the boat&#x Our guests make fresh sausages at one of our Italian Cooking Classes - Then we have them freshly cooked - So Delicious&# Michael and Ivan - longtime friends enjoying some fun and pasta on the boat in Favignana, Sicily Actually, they really did the leg-work and harvested the fiore di sale that you see in the photo. We take the salt home. We take our guests on private boats to see the incredible grottos and crystal blue waters in Marettimo, Sicily.  Jokes are flying during our super-fun sausage-making class at Campo Butcher Shop near Erice, Sicily Sicilian busiate pasta is an amazing dish. Rich and complex in flavor, yet very accessible recipe to make yourself! Pulling in to the harbor in Marettimo, Sicily, we are greeted by a fleet of sleek, private fishing boats. We explore coves and grottos on our Favignana, Sicily cooking and wine Vacations in Italy.