Easter week in Sicily April 1-10-2023 Taormina, Etna, Siracusa, Ragusa. Processions, Street Bands, Mystery Play, top Wines.

You want an early holiday in the spring, when it’s not so warm, but the wheather is mild? You have heard many things of Sicily and of its wines, now you wonder where it’s better to go, and which are the finest wines? And, eventually, you perhaps heard of its extraordinary Easter folklore and celebrations? Then, you should join this unique themed trip of ours for the Holy Week. First of all because in April Sicily has a very mild wheather and spring is fully blooming, while the winter is still lingering in Italy. Second, because this trip combines three top destinations, on the eastern coast, a myth for the travellers since the Grand Tour times. Highlights • Taormina and Giardini Naxos • Etna volcano, the craters tour • Alcantara, the pistacchio of Bronte, the best wineries • Syracuse, Ortygia and the archeological Neapolis • The Pantalica canyon, ancient necropolis • The Baroque cities of the Hyblean Plateaux, Modica and Ragusa • Easter celebrations in Taormina, Ferla, Ispica, Ragusa and Modica • Best wine tasting of the Etna, Eloro and Hyblean wine zones Contact us for a custom made program and quote.

Murgia and Salento wines: Primitivo, Gravina, Aglianico, Negroamaro, Alezio wines

Langhe, Turin, Alba, Monferrato, Barolo, Arnèis, Barbaresco, Barbera, Moscato

Vino Nobile di Montepulciano, Orcia, Brunello di Montalcino

Best wines: Amarone, Valpolicella, Ripasso, Bardolino, Franciacorta, Breganze, Soave, and the finest Cabs and Merlots.

• PROSECCO. Conegliano and Valdobbiadene are the original Prosecco country. Asolo is a small artistic town. The Venetian Villa Maser, winery and museum. • VICENZA and Padova. COLLI EUGANEI, and Breganze wines. Merlots, and whites. The world's best Grappa in Bassano. • GARDA LAKE shores. Fresh, gentle wines of Bardolino, Lugana and Custoza. The classic method spumante from Franciacorta. • VERONA. The finest Soave, the classic Valpolicella, AMARONE mythical, powerful Veneto wine. The most scenic, top level ITALIAN OPERA at the Roman Arena, in Verona July and August only.

Arena di Verona Opera Festival. Valpolicella, Amarone, Soave, Prosecco and Sudtyroler Weinstrasse Wines.

CLASSIC ITALIAN OPERA PERFORMACES, TOP VENETO WINES Verona, offers the most classic and scenic Opera fastival, between June and August,  in the open air, in the amazing Roman theathre, the Arena. We took advantage of the summer, to combine our classic Veneto wine tour with the Opera festival.  If wine is an icon of the Italian lifestyle, well, the Opera shows teh essential of the Italian feel for drama, comedy, and their liberating power! So, we spent three days in Verona, enjoying the Aida, and the Nabucco,  while visiting  the Valpolicella, the Soave Hills, and Bardolino on the Garda lake. Then we moved north to the Sudtyroler Weinstrasse, tasting their elegant wines.  Thirds, we crossed the Dolomites,  lodging in Cortina, and  visited Sass Pordoi,  the remains of the Marmolada glacier, the unmissable Lavaredo Three Peaks. In the end, we reached the Valdobbiadene green hills, we lodged in majestic Castelbrando, a our tour came to an end in the Prosecco wine country.

Special season tour, to taste the new olive oil, the truffles, and teh new wine. Best dates in November.

The Wines of the Greeks: Aglianico, Falanghina, Fiano, Greco, Taurasi, Falerno del Massico

Highlights: Sannio Aglianico and Taurasi wines vineyards, Paestum Greek temples, Amalfi and Ravello, Pompei and the Vesuvius, Capri island daytrip. Flegrean fields and Naples, great melting pot of the old world.