Our activities in Sicily
We provide a wide range of activities.
Discover the posibilities below!
Outlet shopping with Guiseppe
Giuseppe and his brothers are our drivers while we are in Palermo. They take us anywhere we want to go to. In the Sicilia Outlet Village you can shop till you drop. Gucci, Prada, Versace, Armani, Dolce&Gabana, are just a few to mention of the famous Italian designers. Otherwise Jimmy Choo will make your (fashion)heart beat faster. This program is variable. Giuseppe though has the instruction only to speak Italian to our language ladies. He is a “fashion lover” himself, which is not that common here like it is in Milan.
Cocktail workshop with Giulia
Giulia has a gift. She can look at anyone and then make the most delicious cocktail. Mixing – often secret – ingredients for that person. We will learn to make our own very special cocktail with her. Her grandmothers name was Rosalie.
Visit the theatre or an opera
Traditional Sicilian shows with a lot of music, dance, singing and laughter in a small local theatre like Teatro Ditirammu. Depending on what is available we will arrange tickets and visit the famous Massimo in Palermo or the Massimo Bellini in Catania to enjoy an opera performance.
Fables & facts. Hollywood versus Sicily
Movie night with Giorgia: The Godfather in Italian and a very interesting lesson about the fables and the facts in the film.
Private chef Marco
You can cook with him or just watch him to work… Marco prepares delicious dishes that look like art and taste like heaven. You definitely should bring your camera.
Sightseeing with Alessia
A Siciliana who knows and loves every brick and their story in her city Palermo. You will love this city even more after her sightseeing tour… in Italian, naturally.
Making limoncello with Roberta
Ever wondered how to make your own authentic limoncello? Roberta will teach you all secrets of making perfect limoncello.
Making Sicilian granita with Franco
A classic Sicilian breakfast is sugary granita with a hefty wedge of brioche. In this workshop, Franco will shows us how granita is made traditionally. We’ll start by picking our lemons ourselves in his garden.
Pasta or dolci workshop
Making pasta with Peppe and learn about the perfect espresso from Daniele.
EtnaHub - Cooking with Roberta
Step into the past when you enter into Roberta’s baronial home constructed in 1800 from millstone derived from the Etna volcano. Her charming old kitchen will be where you will learn to cook traditional Sicilian dishes with a view of Etna and have the opportunity to sample delicious Sicilian wines while we cook.
Intuitive soul painting with Gabriella
Feel out what you most want in life in Gabriella’s intuitive painting workshop, in which we’ll discover our deepest wishes and begin to uncover exactly what we’re here for through the medium of art. What we often can’t find the words for, we’ll express by painting and for everything in between, we’ll use Italian to communicate with each other.
SicilYoga with Caterina
Flex your way into a better knowledge of the Italian language. Caterina is a yoga teacher with zero ego and maximum inspiration. She’ll take us through a classic vinyasa flow in Italian, set in a beautiful garden in Catania, for a relaxing afternoon class before heading out for a group dinner.
Street food tour with Marco
Sicily is the street food capital of Europe, so it makes sense that we would of course sample the best of what is on offer in the island’s most thriving cities of Palermo and Catania. Marco, our charismatic guide will take us through the markets and initiate us in the art of true Sicilian cibo (food!) Tasty food with a tasty guide, as an accompaniment.
Making caciocavallo cheese with Pina
Learn how traditional Italian cheese is made and get hands on in a real countryside setting surrounded by cows, cats and dogs in a rural country cottage. Using all the power a wooden spoon and our newly acquired language can harness, we’ll make cheese with Pina and then of course, sample it.
Photography walking tour with Mario in Catania
Learn to finally use your camera or flex your photography skills and tap into your artistic eye with Mario, a talented young photography teacher from Acireale who’ll be taking us on a walking tour around Catania’s famous fish market. En route, we’ll undoubtedly bump into people Mario knows - he’s the man about town in Catania.
I Tesori di Venere jewellery making workshop
Learn to fabricate beautiful, elegant jewellery from the lava stones and cactus that Etna provides. We’re welcomed into the home of lovely Mariavenera, in which she’ll teach us to make bracelets, necklaces from her Etna treasure.
Hiking at mount Etna
No trip to Catania would be complete without tackling the mighty summit of Etna. We won’t make it to the top in just one afternoon but we’ll spend a good couple of hours out in nature, hiking the volcano and chatting volcanic stories and histories in Italian.
Wine tasting
We at LaLaLupa are big fans of a good glass of wine and the Sicilian stuff is no exception. In this activity, we’ll head close to Etna with Francesco at his Gambino wine estate and towards the west coast with Nicola & Guido at Elios Sicily in order to sample some fine wines with exemplary pairings.
Le Panier bags with Saro
Learn to make a beautiful Italian leather purse with craftsman Saro. Hidden down a quiet side street of Acireale in Sicily, Saro will take us on a tour of his studio before we get hands on with the leather and begin to craft our own.
Cooking with the duchess
It is not every day that you have a chance to be entertained by Italian aristocracy in their Palazzo. Here in Palermo, Nicoletta Polo Lanza Tomasi hosts cooking workshops for us out of her palace home, followed by a banquet in the palace dining room with the duchess herself.
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