SICILY · FARM TOURS
Every trip has one spare morning. These 9 farm tours in Sicily are worth spending it on, priced and timed so you can decide quickly.
Spend 90 minutes at Bio Fattoria Augustali near Partinico, walking through olive trees, vines, citrus, and an aromatic garden before meeting goats, donkeys, horses, chickens, and rabbits. You can feed hens, milk a goat, ride a gentle donkey, make a herb bouquet, and taste farm bread, honey, olive oil, juice, and wine. Small groups are limited to 15 people.
At Terra Surti near Sortino, you’ll tour a family-run olive mill, taste extra virgin olive oil and traditional Sicilian foods, and sit down to brunch with bruschetta, cheese, salami, pizzolo, dessert, wine, and water. The two-hour visit stays at the farm and may include olive picking when conditions allow.
“Very informative tour about growing and production of Olive Oil in Sicily. An authentic experience at a farm with its own olive press. Lunch was tasty too and a generous amount.”
Meet Fabio and Annarella at Noto’s Belvedere, then ride a few minutes to their regenerative farm in a protected natural area. Walk among carob, almond, olive, and citrus trees, gather seasonal produce, and share a mostly plant-based Sicilian meal with farm olive oil, Nero d’Avola or white wine, and homemade limoncello.
“It was excellent experience to have a delicious lunch in the shade of an old Carob tree on the land of Fabio e Annarella. Inspiring to see how these young people continue the Sicilian tradition of hospitality and sustainability! Thank you.”
Join Carlo and Jessie near Noto for a five-hour farm day built around Sicilian food, family stories, and open-fire cooking. Pick vegetables in an organic garden, make ricotta ravioli from freshly milled wheat, taste local cheese and wine, and eat beside the river. Vegetarian, vegan, and gluten-free diets are welcome.
At Terra Surti near Sortino, guide Federica leads you through old olive groves and explains cultivation, harvesting, and oil production. You may help gather olives, inspect the mill machinery, taste the fresh oil, and sit down to a Sicilian lunch with wine. The three-and-a-half-hour visit suits food lovers, families, and day trips from Syracuse or Catania.
Spend about seven hours exploring Mount Etna in a private 4x4 with an English-speaking guide. Visit lava fields, side craters, the Valle del Bove, and a lit volcanic cave before a farm lunch and tasting of Etna wine, honey, oil, pistachio, and Sicilian specialties. Guides may include Luca, Piera, Alessio, Carmelo, or Fabrizio.
Meet Paola at Palermo Centrale, take the train to Roccapalumba-Alia, and cook at her family farmhouse with Paola and Mariella. You’ll make tagliatelle, ravioli, gnocchetti, and cannoli using Sicilian recipes and farm produce, then enjoy breakfast, lunch, local wine, and a family welcome before returning to Palermo.
Join Chris and Barbara for a private four-hour visit to a small pistachio farm in Bronte. Meet the farmer, learn how Sicily’s famous green pistachios are grown, and sit down to bruschetta, pistachio pasta, grilled meat, dessert, water, and local wine. Pickup is available when selected.
Spend about three and a half hours with Fabio and Annarella at their farmhouse near Noto. Tour their biodiverse farm, cook three seasonal vegetarian dishes, then share the meal with wine from Fabio’s father, dessert, and limoncello. The private class is offered in English, with gluten-free options available.
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