Gourmet Food Safari to Sicily & Malta 2025

Event Details

Join us to explore the best of the east coast of Sicily with its centuries-old food culture and impressive towns and cities as well as visits to producers of wine, pistachios, buffalo milk, gelato and chocolate. We start in Catania and explore some of the ancient sites including the Greek Amphitheatre, Ursino Castle and Cathedral. We’ll explore the famous open-air market and eat at one of its bustling restaurants; crunch through the volcanic soil of Etna and taste wines from one of Sicily’s top wineries; swim at a private beach in Ortigia with a picnic of the best panini on the planet; spend time in produce markets and with producers including a buffalo milk farm with exceptional buffalo ricotta cannoli.

Highlights include tasting seafood right on the water; enjoying an evening aperitivo on a stylish rooftop at sunset; eating at some of our favourite local restaurants and enjoying a unique cooking class where we grind our own flour from ancient grains at a 17th century mill to make scacce – a typical street food in Ragusa.

Our guide in Sicily is Placido who is an accredited guide and a pistachio farmer on the slopes of Etna – he offers a special perspective of food and culinary history on the island.

We catch the fast ferry to Malta and at dusk sail in to Valletta’s magnificent harbour with its sandstone ramparts, church domes and impressive buildings and marinas.

We’ll have 4 glorious nights in the 5-star Phoenicia Hotel before catching the ferry for 3 nights in the luxurious 5 -star Kempinski Hotel in Gozo. Across the islands we are guided by locals who share their insights into their unique country across with bespoke experiences including an evening with a farmer and a chef and some hands-on cooking in the wood fire. We visit salt producers and bakers, musicians and cheesemakers and immerse in the food traditions of Malta and nearby Gozo.

Highlights include a morning in speedboats visiting picture perfect coves and caves with clear turquoise water, a Michelin star dinner with one of the top chefs and travelling across the breathtaking harbour to immerse in history told through food.

This itinerary allows you time to explore other parts of Sicily before joining us…and you have the option of staying further on Gozo or Malta.