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Taormina is a gorgeous destination known for beaches, clear blue water, and great food, but what about activities and things to do? If you want a break from the pool and some excitement, you can book a day trip to Mt. Etna (bring a sweater), a cooking class, boat tours, and more.  There are even vineyards nearby! Choose from the below options and book quick as activities sell out in summer months! 

Sicily is the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea. South of the Italian Peninsula, the gorgeous island is home to Mount Etna, the most active volcano in Europe. And near Mount Etna sits Taormina, a gorgeous resort town perched on the side of a mountain. When in Italy, visit Sicily (and enjoy the best Sicilian food and wine)!

You want to see it all when you come to Italy, which means you have to plan carefully and maximize that precious vacation time. Whether you want to explore Tuscany, Venice, Rome, or the Amalfi Coast, you'll find the perfect tour for you. We're Italy experts and have cultivated years of relationships at the top sites. What does that mean for you? You'll enjoy skip-the-line entry and exclusive access to restricted areas at top monuments like the Colosseum and Vatican Museums.

Visit a local market and learn the secrets to making a traditional, 3-course Sicilian meal 

<p>At the Porta Messina Arch in Taormina, meet your friendly, professional chef along. From here, your chef will guide you through the town’s local market, where you’ll help choose the freshest, seasonal ingredients to make your decadent, 3-course meal. Once you’ve acquired all you need to complete your menu, follow your animated chef to a nearby Sicilian restaurant. After a quick coffee break, learn about what makes Sicilian produce so special and begin creating your feast. Your skillful chef will lead you through the steps of making fresh pasta from scratch, cooking delicious vegetables, and searing meat and fish to perfection.</p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Times; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">Join the rest of your group for a luxurious lunch, feasting on your homemade creations while enjoying local wine. Before leaving, you’ll be awarded with the ultimate souvenirs—an official certificate and your own apron to take home with you!</p><h2 style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Times; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">Sicilian Cooking Class with a Local Chef Description</h2><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Times; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">Your 4-hour class includes:</p><ul style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Times; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"><li><p>Local, professional chef</p></li><li><p>Guided visit to local food market</p></li><li><p>Homemade, 3-course meal with wine and coffee</p></li><li><p>Course certificate and apron</p></li><li><p>Maximum group size of 15</p></li></ul><p><em><span class="NormalTextRun  BCX0 SCXP258133279" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; touch-action: pan-x pan-y; position: relative; text-decoration: none;">During certain Italian holidays, the market may not be open, and the tour will take place fully at the restaurant.</span></em></p><h2 style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Times; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">Local Market Tour</h2><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Times; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">Before putting on your chef’s hat, you’ll meet your friendly, master chef and the rest of your intimate group at the Porta Messina Arch, near the historical center of Taormina. Begin your introduction to Sicilian cuisine with a guided walk through the town’s local food market. Your senses will be heightened as you stroll through the many fruit and vegetable stalls, savoring the aromas of fresh produce and chatting with animated vendors.</p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Times; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">With the help of your trusty chef, choose the perfect fresh, seasonal ingredients that you’ll use to bring your authentic, 3-course menu to life.</p><h2 style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Times; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">Back to the Restaurant for a Coffee Break</h2><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Times; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">Once you’ve chosen your produce from the market, your chef will guide you and the rest of your enthusiastic group to a nearby, charming restaurant, where you’ll put all these delicious ingredients to use. In the spirit of keeping things authentic, pause for a coffee break at the restaurant before strapping on your apron.</p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Times; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">Before getting started, your chef will go over the menu for the day while detailing how Sicily’s unique landscape provides the island which exceptional produce. Learn about how the volcanic soil’s fertile dirt allows vegetables to thrive, and how the captivating waters surrounding the island give way to some of the most mouthwatering seafood in the Mediterranean.</p><h2 style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Times; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">Aprons On, It’s Time to Cook!</h2><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Times; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">Now that you’ve settled into your station and learned more about the classic dishes you’re about to create, it’s time to tie your apron on and get to work. With the guidance of your masterful chef, you’ll learn the secrets to making fresh pasta from scratch, along with the traditional ways to cook vegetables and how to flawlessly sear meat and fish.</p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Times; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">Only using the freshest of ingredients, the exact menu will be dependent on what’s currently in season. However, you can expect classically delectable, Sicilian dishes such as eggplant parmigiana or fresh pasta al pesto di pistacchi- a mouthwatering pesto sauce made from pistachios.</p><h2 style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Times; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">Buon Appetito!</h2><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Times; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">Finally, it’s time to feast! Join the rest of your foodie-friends at the table and dig into your incredible, 3-course meal. Cheers with a glass of local wine as you savor the delectable flavors of each bite. To commemorate your hard work and newfound culinary skills, after lunch you’ll receive an official certificate for completing the course, along with your very own apron to take home!</p>

Tour Overview

A big appetite and an open mind. We also recommend wearing comfortable shoes as the tour includes walking and an umbrella in case of rain.

What to bring

Local, professional chef 

Guided visit to local food market 

All ingredients and tools included

Group size of max 15 people 

Delicious 3-course meal with local wine 

Receive official certificate and apron  

Guide gratuities

Hotel pick-up

What's included

You'll meet your friendly guide at the Porta Messina Arch in Taormina.

Meeting point

Your class starts at a town market where your guide will teach you about local ingredients​

Market fresh ingredients

You'll have a chance to speak with the people who help to keep this market running!​

Meet local vendors

Your guide will give step-by-step instructions to make the perfect pasta dough​

Learn to make fresh pasta

This particular type of pasta has been beloved in the region for generations​

Sicilian maccheroni

The exact menu of your class will change depending on what is in season!

Seasonal dishes

Finish the class by enjoying the deliciously fresh meals you've made!​

Buon appetito!

Ending point

Itinerary

Guided By A Local Chef, Visit The Market To Grab Ingredients Before Heading To A Restaurant To Learn The Sicilian Way To Cook Pasta, Vegetable, Fish, & Meat.

Finding an authentic culinary experience in Sicily can be challenging, but this class makes it easy. A master Sicilian chef will guide you through a local market to select fresh ingredients, then teach you how to create your own 3-course traditional Sicilian meal. Learn the secrets of making pasta from scratch, using vegetables in traditional ways, and cooking fish and meat to perfection. To top it off, enjoy a glass of local wine as you savor the fruits of your labor!

Sicilian Cooking Class with a Local Chef in Taormina

Visit a local market and learn the secrets to making a traditional, 3-course Sicilian meal

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