Today h 8.15am be ready at pick up location to meet our driver and departure for Erice uptown. The Elymians settled in the medieval town of Erice, which was an important religious site associated with the goddess Venus. Wander through its ancient streets and visit some of the famous homemade pastry shops—world-famous for marzipan candies and other delicacies like almond and pistachio pastries.
Enjoy a light lunch in a local Sicilian Olive Oil producer Farmhouse.
This afternoon, we drive along the scenic Salt Way Road where the sea-salt is still produced following the old Phoenician tradition preserved during the century. We then continue onto Marsala, known in the whole world for one thing: Wine!
The Marsala Wine comes from the western lands of Sicily and its name derives from the homonymous town.
Later we return to Palermo (estimated arrival time h 4pm)
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Posted By : Annette K
The wine tastings were very informative. Our guide answered all our questions. He was very knowledgeable and explained all the pairing. He even enjoyed some of our humor.
Lunch at the olive oil farm was so delicious. Amazing food. Again, our guide, taught us a few worthwhile tips about olive oil. We were there off season. I would have liked to see the presses and the process of their production.
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Posted On : 2024-05-06 08:25:26 
Posted By : kathyrN6715FA
An excellent tour to see different things. The Olive oil was amazing! I loved the Wine tasting and tour so much. I can't wait to drink more marsala wines now that I experienced them.
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Posted On : 2024-05-05 21:09:45
Posted By : Lawrence_B
A full day with an entertaining and friendly guide. We saw more of the island than we were expecting. The food at lunchtime was also very good. Although foggy at Erice you could tell it was in a beautiful location. We all enjoyed our day.
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Posted On : 2023-05-17 12:29:47 
Posted By : Denise_M
Experience of viewing the agricultural landscape outside of Palermo on the drive to Marsala was a highlight for me. Other highlights included Walking through historic Marsala, visiting the fish market, sampling salami thanks to our local personal driver Francesco, visiting a salt lagoon, tasting flavored salts & especially touring Cantina Donna Franca with owner Paola & experiencing the divine 3 course lunch Donna Franca’s chef prepared was of course a perfect pairing with 3 of their wines. My only disappointment is we were in Marsala & did not get to sample Marsala wines. I would have paid extra for an educational small sample tasting opportunity of dry to sweet Marsala.
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Posted On : 2023-05-03 17:09:15
Posted By : Donna_R
Our driver was fabulous so no complaints there. But there was no olive oil tasting and there was also no tour/opportunity to tour the salt area in Trapani (that was due to school children inundating the salt area). Our guide/driver, Marco, suggested another activity which was great (an archaeological island with ancient artifacts), but we were hoping to learn about the special salt in Trapani.
Segesta was spectacular and the wine tasting thorough, and lunch tasty. But as we didn't do about half what what we paid for, we can't give this tour more than 3 stars.
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Posted On : 2022-05-31 15:47:58
Posted By : CTTravelers03
While we LOVED Marco (our driver and guide) we were unable to experience the salt portion due to school children inundating the place. Marco was able to suggest a visit to a nearby island with some ancient relics which was interesting, but it was not a visit to the salt flats that we had wanted.
Additionally, there was zero olive oil on this tour. The Marsala wine tour was quite long and detailed, and the lunch there was very good, but we were very much looking forward to the olive oil tasting/tour.
The visit to Segesta was wonderful.
Marco was excellent, and everything in his control was great. He gets a 5* rating, but we did not experience about half of what we expected and paid for.
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Posted On : 2022-05-30 17:06:37
Posted By : 78phmsft
The whole tour was perfect. Everything was matched to the highest standard.
Local guide was knowledgeable. Very interesting topics.
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Posted On : 2020-02-10 16:59:40
Posted By : Judy_T
Our tour guide Francesco speaks very good English and is passionate in introducing everything to us. The tour is in general very relaxed with things to see, good food n purchases.
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Posted On : 2019-10-06 03:45:37
