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Erice & Marsala: Salt, Olive Oil & Wine with lunch included
4.5
8 Ratings
Palermo
Explore Erice and Marsala: ancient streets, marzipan candies, olive oil tasting, scenic Salt Way Road, and world-famous Marsala wine. Lunch included. Book now!
Duration:
8 hours
Cancellation:
1 day
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Highlights
- Palermo - Transfer from Palermo to Erice. Meet our driver and transfer to Erice. The estimated driving time would be around 1 hour
- Erice - Erice is 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.
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Marsala - Enjoy a typical lunch in local farmhouse.
This is included in the tour. - Riserva Naturale Regionale delle Isole dello Stagnone di Marsala - This place is an amazing spot where today is produced the sea salt in western Sicily with the old tradition system
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Palermo - Transfer from Marsala Saltpans to Palermo.
This is an Estimated Schedule: We cannot guarantee the exact duration of stops and travel times. We will do our best to respect this schedule.
Order of the stops may be inverted for technical reasons.
What's Included
- Independent visits as per itinerary
- English speaking driver
- In-vehicle air conditioning
- One lunch in an Olive Oil farmhouse
- One visit to a winery in Marsala with wine tastings
What's Not Included
- Pick-up/Drop off at hotel
- Licensed Tourist guide
- Admission fees
- Meals and Beverages not specified
- Gratuities and Tips
Additional Information
Today at 8:15 AM, be ready at the pick-up location to meet our driver and depart for Erice uptown. The Elymians established the medieval town of Erice, which was a significant religious site dedicated to the goddess Venus. Stroll through its ancient streets and visit some of the renowned homemade pastry shops, famous worldwide for marzipan candies and other treats like almond and pistachio pastries.
Enjoy a light lunch at a local Sicilian olive oil producer’s farmhouse.
This afternoon, we will drive along the picturesque Salt Way Road, where sea salt is still produced using the ancient Phoenician method preserved over the centuries. We will then proceed to Marsala, globally renowned for its wine. Marsala wine originates from the western regions of Sicily, named after the town of Marsala.
Later, we will return to Palermo with an estimated arrival time of 4:00 PM.
Guaranteed departure with a minimum of 2 travelers.
- Minimum drinking age is 18 years
- Please advise any specific dietary requirements at time of booking
- Please advise any mobility restriction at time of booking
- Winery could be closed on Italian holidays. In case we will guarantee a glass of wine per person at Olive Oil Producer
- Comfortable walking shoes recommended
- The duration of the tour is approximate, the exact duration will depend on the day and traffic conditions
- Please, note that the tour does not include a tourist guide. The Tour is operated by an English speaking driver
Location
P.za Giuseppe Verdi, 59
Piazza Giuseppe Verdi
Please be at the meeting point 10 minutes earlied the scheduled departure
Stand outside the entrance of Restaurant "Al 59".
Due to traffic the pick-up could be arranged with a flexibility of approx 15 minutes
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
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Lawrence_b
May 17, 2023
Enjoyable and full day - 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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Denise_m
May 3, 2023
Cantina Donna Franca visit with Paola experiencing the divine 3 course lunch Donna Franca’s chef prepared was of course - 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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78phmsft
Feb 10, 2020
Everything was excellent. The staff was professional and polite. The car is in perfect condition. - The whole tour was perfect. Everything was matched to the highest standard.
Local guide was knowledgeable. Very interesting topics.
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Judy_t
Oct 6, 2019
En enjoyable n fun trip - 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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Donna_r
May 31, 2022
No salt or olive oil! - 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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Cttravelers03
May 30, 2022
No salt or olive oil! - 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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