Food Safari tour of Sicily by air: 4 days, 3 nights

A food technology tour to Sicily will give your students a range of exciting learning opportunities in nutrition and cooking. This tour would also be ideal to consider making cross-curricular, linking to other subject areas. Our Food Safari tours are exclusive to Select School Tours.

Suggested itinerary

Day one
Arrival of the group to Catania Airport
Meet with our bus and transfer to your hotel in Giardini Naxos / S.Alessio Siculo area
Accommodation in the hotel, dinner and overnight

Day two
Breakfast in the hotel
Departure for Catania and visit of the renowned Pescheria Market, Catania’s open-air fish market
Village of Zafferana Etnea – honey laboratory
Visit canteen on the lower slopes of the volcanic mountain
Return to hotel for dinner and overnight

Day three
Breakfast in the hotel
Catania region and visit of an orange plantation
Visit town of Taormina
Transfer to a restaurant for a pizza making lesson
Return to your hotel overnight

Day four
Breakfast in the hotel
Transfer to Catania Airport

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Excursion Ideas

  • Pescheria Market, Catania

    Subject range: Food Technology

    What you’ll experience: A great way for students to understand the importance of seafood on the Sicilian table is a visit to Pescheria Market. Catania’s open-air fish market which takes place in the streets behind Piazza del Duomo every workday morning and students will experience fishmongers at work.
    Select says: Students will see produce such as octopuses, swordfish, clams, sea urchins, mussels, eels, ray, prawns and more!
  • Zafferana Etnea - honey laboratory visit

    Subject range: Food Technology

    What you’ll experience: The area around Mount Etna is famous for its honey, especially around this area and Zafferana Etnea is home to the largest honey producers of Italy. Students will visit a honey laboratory.
    Select says: Find out more about Sicilian honey here.
  • Canteen visit - Mount Etna

    Subject range: Food Technology

    What you’ll experience: Students will visit a canteen on the lower slopes of the volcanic mountain.
    Select says: Some of Italy’s most exciting wines are produced amid the high altitude and volcanic soils of Etna.
  • Orange Plantation

    Subject range: Food Technology

    What you’ll experience: Students will visit an orange plantation in the Catania region. The group will be guided aroung the plantation to experience all the characteristics of this fruit along with the production techniques. They will have the chance to taste the different types of oranges directly from the trees. At the end of this visit, students will be served a brunch consisting of various typical Sicilian produce, of course including an orange salad and marmalade on bread.
    Select says: Afterwards students will visit the beautiful town of Taormina.
  • Pizza Making Lesson

    Subject range: Food Technology

    What you’ll experience: Students will visit a restaurant for a pizza making lesson, learning the skills used in making traditional Italian pizzas.
    Select says: Students will eat the pizzas after the demonstration.

Food Safari trip to Sicily by air: 4 days, 3 nights Accommodation

Hotel Baia degli Dei

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Location: Giardini Naxos

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Located by the sea in the beautiful Bay of Recanati, Giardini Naxos, just a few kilometres from Taormina. You can see Mount Etna from the hotel (the highest volcano in Europe) and the Mediterranean Sea.

Rooms: En-suite facilities. Rooms have a balcony or terrace.

Facilities: Restaurant, air conditioning, restaurant, hall equipped with spacious lounge bar, TV room.