TOUR of 4 days/3 nights

"Profumo di Grano" 

For groups who want to learn, except the typical circuits, an identity story, rituals and traditions linked to the agriculture of the inhabitants of the inland areas of central Sicily. 

PERIOD: during summer 

The tour includes accommodation in a boutique hotel, full board, excursions, welcome, guides and assistance, a minivan with a driver.

Airport/hotel transfers and return are guaranteed only on request.

Recommended airport of arrival and departure Fontanarossa of Catania distance 108 km.

TOUR’S PROGRAMM 

On the first day: arrival at the hotel in Caltanissetta, check-in and welcome cocktail, dinner and overnight stay;

On the second day: breakfast and departure for Borgo Santa Rita;, arrival, welcome and introduction to the collection and spagliatura activities; beginning of the collective harvest of local ancient wheat, with “ancient way” scythe; lunch break with tasting of typical local products by Maurizio Spinello of Forno Santa Rita; resumption of activities with the “wood thresher” and the so-called “facimu aria”; transfer to a local mill, guided tour of the stone mill, its flours and the production process; return to the hotel, dinner at a typical restaurant with live music;

On the third day: breakfast and departure for the Cancemi farm, arrival at the company, welcome and introduction to the workshop course on "bread making" by Salvatore Carletta (Antico Forno); experiential laboratory with flour of local ancient grain (Russello, Timilia, etc.) for the creation of baked products (loaves of bread, biscuits and sweets) with relative final tasting; walk in the experimental cereal fields; transfer to Borgo Prestianni and relative visit; return to the hotel and dinner;

On the fourth day: breakfast, check-out and departure.

Notes: minimum group for 6 people

Reservation through agency: Fabiola Rizza Viaggi di Caltanissetta, tel. +39 0934 585984 +39 3392246425