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Our “Cooking Class Sicily” in Taormina is the one for you if you are you curious about Sicilian food and you want to learn to make Sicilian pasta.
The Cooking class Sicily is one of the most fun among our day tours from Messina port. When we talk about Sicilian food the first things that come to mind are pizza and pasta: with our staff you’ll have the opportunity to participate in a cooking class Sicily during which you can learn all the secrets of making Sicilian pizza and maccheroni together with the help of a local chef who accompanies you in this fun and tasty experience. After the class, you will taste everything that you have prepared, with a glass of local wine.
The “Cooking class Sicily” will take place in a typical sicilian restaurant situated in Taormina. Nominated the Pearl of the Mediterranean sea, Taormina is one of the most famous tourist destination in Sicily. At the end of the experience you’ll visit the town, where you can enjoy a relaxing moment between culture and shopping.
The Cooking class Sicily starts from Messina Cruise Port or from Travel Agency Discover Messina Sicily, located in the city center. On request, departure from your accommodation located in Messina area.
We are going to have a panoramic tour of the city. We will see the famous statue of the Virgin
Mary of the Letter, the Fountain of Neptune, the St. Francis Church and the Palace of Culture.
Arrived in Taormina, we are ready to start our cooking class Sicily! We walk along Corso Umberto, the pedestrian area, in order to reach the restaurant. During the walking you can admire the most important monuments of the town: Porta Catania, the Cathedral, the Minotaur fountain, 9th April Square, Porta Messina); at the restaurant we will meet our chef, and with him we will learn the secrets of the Sicilian pasta, also making Sicilian pizza. In the meanwhile, we will also taste some other typical Sicilian food, wine and Sicilian appetizers. At the end of the day tour you will have a clear idea of what a Sicilian meal is!
The Cooking class Sicily will end to the starting point. We share a goodbye, hoping to meet our guests back in Sicily soon.
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Departure times are set according to the arrival and departure time of cruise ships based on the calendars that we know in advance. Return on time is 100% guaranted, and we wait for our guests to arrive if the ship is late disembarking.
At the check-out, you can see and decide what you want to pay according to the group size you choose.
At the check-out you will be asked to fill a form with basic info: name, mobile phone number, e-mail, name of the ship ecc. If a discount code is available, this is the moment to use it.
*Please, be sure to share with us a correct phone number because we will use it to share important reminiders and notes for your trip in advance.
You have the option to pay with a deposit of 40% if the total due amount is more than 500€. We will later charge your card for the balance within 15 days to the tour departure.
Sara was a dream tour guide. She was friendly, knowledgeable and became part of our family while we explored the beautiful town of Taormina. We learned how to make pasta and were shown several different ways to roll macaroni. We then made pizza dough and added toppings to our pizzas. This was our favorite tour on our 9 day cruise. Sara, the town, the food and wine were all the highlights. We had 5 children with us 8,5,3,2 &1 and this was the perfect tour to keep them entertained and involved. We will be back!
Great Pasta and Pizza Class!
Outstanding adventure! We had a great time visiting Taormina and making pasta and pizza! Pepe met us at the ship in Messina and took us to Taormina. He guided us through the town and left us in the capable cooking class hands at Porta Messina. After class, we ate our creations with wine and drink. We had a little time for shopping, then back to the ship. A great excursion in Messina!
Great cruise excursion!
This was a fantastic tour! Cecilia was so fun and shared many interesting tidbits about Sicilian life. My 2 tween daughters loved the pasta and pizza making and everything was delicious. We also enjoyed the free time to walk around the Main Street and do some shopping! Highly recommend.
Exceeded my expectations
Our entire experience exceeded my expectations. There were 9 people in our group. Our guide was Alessandra and she was wonderful. She kept us organized but also really cared that we had a wonderful time. We walked through Taormina to the restaurant (Porta Messina). They gave us each an apron as a souvenir. They taught us how to make pasta (which was a surprise to us). Then we sat down at a beautifully set table with fruit, bread, cheese, meat, wine and water. After sampling these treats, we went back to the cooking space and they taught us to make pizza dough. There were many chefs/waiters helping our group. Then they taught us to make the crust and then we went into the kitchen in small groups and topped our pizza. We ate our pizza (amazing sauce, toppings and crust). After pizza they gave us each an amazing pistachio cannoli and lemoncello.
After the class we had about an hour to wander around and shop before boarded the bus to go back to the port.
The experience felt leisurely and fun but we also fit a lot in.
Great experience!
How often do you make your own Sicilian pizza in Italy?
The staff of the tour company especially Claudio made this an amazing experience. Enjoyed doing something a little different. We were picked up from the ship and transported to a mountain town while explaining the history of Sicily as we drive through it. Claudio our guide walked with us through town giving us tips on where to go after our pizzas on our free time and was very interesting and funny. He made pizza with us and was there to help with any translations needed. Just a great trip!