The La Foresteria resort is the hallmark of the hospitality of the Planeta family (www.planeta.it), the ambassadors of Sicily and of its fine wines and oils throughout the world. Located on the southwestern coast of Sicily, in Menfi, a town between Selinunte and Agrigento, it bears resemblance with a typical village of rural homes standing on the hill to watch over the surrounding vineyards and olive groves. An enchanting site located just 4 km away from the crystal-clear sea and the beaches of fine sand of Porto Palo, which has attained 15 Blue Flags, an internationally recognized eco-label awarded to seaside resorts that meet criteria on sustainable environmental management. La Foresteria has 14 spacious rooms, each of which blends together a sense of essentiality and style to offer a vacation truly Mediterranean in spirit in a place of genuine beauty and superb hospitality of the Planeta family. A stay at La Foresteria means enjoying a special vacation and unique experiences: the cooking course that our chef Angelo Pumilia holds to teach you the recipes of the Planeta family and the secrets of traditional Sicilian cuisine, from Sicilian-style pasta with sardines to “true” caponata, from the superb timbale in Ricotta cheese crust to scabbardfish with herbs. Every recipe is made with local ingredients and finely matched with the best Planeta wines. While staying at La Foresteria, you can visit the wine cellar where you can taste wines matched with the dishes of “Casa Planeta”. The resort also offers a wide range of services: a restaurant, a marvelous deck level swimming pool, a relaxing Turkish bath, fitness area, bicycles at your disposal for ride to explore the nearby olive groves and vineyards, guided tours to archaeological sites of Selinunte, Agrigento (Valley of Temples), and Segesta. Please refer to the calendar of events and happenings with all the available offers to choose the type of stay you prefer: wellness, sea, romantic, fine cuisine (and drinking), cultural, weekend, last-minute. www.planetaestate.it

2. Il resort La Foresteria è la più genuina espressione
dell’ospitalità della famiglia Planeta, ambasciatrice
della Sicilia e di pregiati vini e oli siciliani nel mondo.
The La Foresteria resort is the most authentic expression
of the Planeta family hospitality, an ambassador for Sicily
and Sicilian wines and olive oils throughout the world.

3. A La Foresteria potete ritrovare un’atmosfera
familiare, tipica di un’elegante e aristocratica
casa di campagna, circondata da vigneti e da erbe
aromatiche, con la cucina a vista, dalla quale
provengono i profumi del Mediterraneo e della
tradizione culinaria siciliana.
At La Foresteria you can find a family atmosphere,
typical of an elegant and aristocratic country house,
surrounded by vineyards and aromatic herbs,
with an open kitchen redolent of all the scents of the
Mediterranean and traditional Sicilian cooking.

4. Numerosi sono i servizi e le attività a di-
sposizione degli ospiti ideati per offrire
una vacanza indimenticabile: il risto-
rante, una splendida piscina a sfioro, un
gradevole bagno turco e l’area fitness, la
sala degustazione, i corsi di cucina e le bi-
ciclette, ideali per scoprire i vicini uliveti
e vigneti. Qui il relax è a portata di mano.
There are many services and activities desi-
gned to offer guests an unforgettable holiday:
the restaurant, an amazing pool, a pleasant
Turkish bath, a fitness area, a tasting room,
cooking classes and bicycles that are ideal for
discovering the olive groves and the vineyards
nearby. Here relaxation is at your fingertips.

6. Il resort è dotato di 14 ampie camere, che prendono il nome
dalle erbe aromatiche che lo circondano. Ogni camera rappre-
senta il giusto compromesso tra comfort e atmosfera: colori e
arredi sempre diversi che prediligono, come nelle ville di cam-
pagna, le tinte pastello delle pareti, i rossi e ocra dei tappeti e
il giallo e blu delle ceramiche di Burgio e Caltagirone. Tutte le
stanze dispongono inoltre di una terrazza privata.
The resort has 14 spacious rooms, each named for the aromatic
herbs that surround it. Each one strikes a perfect balance between
comfort and atmosphere, with different colors and furnishings that
reflect those of the traditional country villas – pastel walls, carpets
of red and ocher and the yellow and blue ceramics from Caltagirone
and Burgio. Every room also features a private terrace.

7. Il vino è il grande protagonista de La
Foresteria e delle altre tenute della fa-
miglia dislocate per la Sicilia. Planeta
non è uno, ma sei modi di esprimere la
terra in sei cornici diverse. Tante sono
le Boutique Wineries nelle quali si pro-
duce vino, ciascuna con un progetto di
Ulmo, Sambuca di Sicilia (Agrigento)
ricerca e di valorizzazione del territo-
rio: Ulmo, Dispensa, Dorilli, Buonivini,
Sciara Nuova e La Baronia.
Wine is the star attraction at La Foresteria
and at the other family estates dotted
around Sicily. Planeta means not one but
six ways of experiencing the land in five
Dispensa, Menfi (Agrigento) different settings. There are six Boutique
Wineries producing wine, each with its
own research project and its own way of
developing the area: Ulmo, Dispensa, Doril-
li, Buonivini, Sciara Nuova and La Baronia.
La Baronia
Dorilli, Vittoria (Ragusa) Sciara Nuova
Ulmo
Dispensa
Dorilli
Buonivini
Buonivini, Noto (Siracusa)
Sciara Nuova, Castiglione di Sicilia (Catania)

8. Un territorio straordinariamente ricco di sto-
ria e paesaggi incontaminati. A poca distanza
da La Foresteria è possibile visitare le tenute
della famiglia Planeta dedicate alla produzio-
ne di vini e oli.
This is a territory extraordinarily rich in history
and with an unspoiled landscape. Not far from
La Foresteria you can visit the Planeta family
estates dedicated to the production of olive oil
and wines.
La tradizione incontra l’innovazione.
Una cucina creativa ma legata al terri-
torio, presentata in modo elegante dal
nostro chef Angelo Pumilia. Tante ricet-
te che, abbinate ai vini Planeta, vi con-
durranno in un percorso sensoriale con
i colori, i profumi e i sapori della Sicilia.
Tradition meets innovation. A creative
cuisine, but deeply related to the territo-
ry, elegantly presented by our chef Angelo
Pumilia. A wealth of recipes, matched to
Planeta wines, will take you on a sensorial
adventure through the colors, scents and
flavors of Sicily.

9. La Foresteria è inserita in un contesto
culturale e naturalistico d’eccezione. Il
parco archeologico di Selinunte, la Val-
le dei Templi di Agrigento, il mare in-
contaminato di Porto Palo e la Riserva
Naturale del fiume Belice sono soltanto
alcune delle tante mete per iniziare il
vostro viaggio in Sicilia.
La Foresteria is centered in an extraordinary
context of natural beauty and cultural heri-
tage. The archeological park of Selinunte, the
Valley of the Temples in Agrigento, the cry-
stal clear sea at Porto Palo and the Nature
Reserve on the Belice river are only a few of
the many places to start your trip to Sicily.

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