Photos - Cooking & Adventure on the Islands of Sicily

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An incredible Culture Discovery exclusive experience where guests get to squeeze honeycombs and harvest their own honey& One of our alumni guests, Maita knows how to relax and have a great time while in the sun on the boat around Favignana. Sicilian Almond cookies are delicious. We make them from scratch on our Favignana, Sicily vacation weeks. So Good! Making fresh cannoli from scratch on our Sicily cooking vacation classes in Italy Our fishing boat appears to be floating on air, but is really in the crystal clear waters of Favignana, Sicily Our friend's farm has lots of surprises as they even raise their own goats to get milk and also make cheese from. Sophie made the hike up the salt mountain in Marsala, Sicily We have the use of a private cove near our hotel in Favignana, Sicily. Go for a swim, lay out by the water in Italy We make fresh ricotta cheese at a private country villa in Favignana Another exclusive Culture Discovery event. Our tour leaders, class instructors are our family in Favignana that will soon be your family once you meet them! Maita thinks she made a great catch while out on our fishing boats in Favignana. Sadly, she had to return it to the sea While out on our early morning fishing excursion, we see the most spectacular sunrises in Favignana, Sicily. Along with other delicious fruits, we enjoy our relaxing boat rides around the Isola di Favignana, Sicily Such great friends in Favignana that we make pizza and fresh ricotta cheese with in their private country home. While out on our island cruise in Favignana, Sicily, we drop anchor and enjoy the cool seas to take a nice plunge! Ivan shows the group how to make proper bruschetta on our cooking and adventure on the islands of Sicily Our guests having some fun during the salt harvest at the saline in Trapani, Sicily. The Blue Grotto of Capri has nothing on the amazing grottoes of Marettimo, Sicily. Truly amazing and spectacular. Paola harvesting salt in Trapani, Sicily on our cooking and wine adventure vacation in Italy. We never know what we're going to reel-in from the sea. This time it was lobster! So, lets make pasta! Melissa and her mother Nancy, have been on many Culture Discovery Vacations. Throughout most of Italy. See you soon Love birds cooling off while getting hot in the crystal blue waters on one of our Favignana vacations One of our boat captain, Michele's, wonderful and delicious fresh-catch sauté on the boat in Favignana, Sici We go out on the private boats during the week and explore the island from the sea on our cooking and adventure tours Historic tuna cannery in Favignana harbor where the Florio family ran one of the largest fishing operations in Italy. We make Pasticcini di Mandarle- Sicilian Almond Cookies at one of our cooking classes in Favignana, Sicily As we wait for the sunrise on our fishing boat, we relax on the calm seas in Favignana, Sicily on our cookery vacations Having some fun exploring and wine tasting at a winery in Marsala, Sicily. The historic Florio Tuna Cannery in Favignana harbor is truly fascinating to see how the locals lived off the sea! The founders of Culture Discovery Vacations, Michael and Paola enjoying some time on the boat with guests in Favignana. A local Sicilian Shepherd on the Island of Favignana, Sicily on our cooking and wine vacations. Before we get our boots to harvest the salt, we tour the museum and learn the history of the amazing "saline" We stay in the cutest "Casitas" during our vacation week in Favignana, Sicily. Each place is wonderfully accom One of our first photos featuring the floating-on-air fishing boat on the sea in Favignana, Sicily. Incredible. Rosario, our Favignana,Sicily boat captain being his fun-loving self with his new best friend, Mr. Octopi! We have lots of fresh made pizza going in the wood-burning oven at the country villa with family and friends. Francesco shows our guests the fun art of making fresh sausages right out of the grinder. The shop is in Valderice. Busiate pasta, a spring-like pasta is a Sicilian version of the more commonly known fusilli pasta. Guests enjoying some down time and taking in the customary aperitivi or happy hour - Italian style! There's a technic and an art to everything. Mostly just have fun! Getting the fiore di sale from the flats in Guests learning about how Limoncello is made during our Limoncello class in Amalfi, Italy. These boats in Marettimo, Sicily appear to be floating on air - when really it's just the water that is incredibly