This 3-day wine weekend in Sicily includes excursions to Mount Etna and local wineries on Friday. On the Etna excursion, participants will have an aperitif and wine tasting with local delicacies on top of old craters, followed by lunch and more wine tasting at a traditional winery. Saturday offers a free day at the hotel. In the evening there is a wine tasting dinner pairing local Etna wines with food prepared by a chef, including meeting the winemaker. Sunday is another free day at the hotel before checkout.

1. WINE WEEKEND IN SICILY
21-24 OCTOBER 2021
THURSDAY 21 OCTOBER
• Arrival and check in @Belmond Grand Hotel Timeo (3 pm)
• Afternoon and night at leisure
FRIDAY 22 OCTOBER
• Breakfast @Belmond Grand Hotel Timeo
• 10.00 – 16.00: excursion to Etna aperitiv on the old craters and wine tasting with lunch
An exclusive tour to discover the highest active volcano in Europe. Perhaps you wouldn’t automatically
associate the vast, dark craters and lunar-like landscapes with fine cuisine, yet Mount Etna’s fertile soil
nurtures some truly amazing produce. In this awesome setting, on top of old craters, a surprise is
waiting for aperitiv time: a sommelier poised to pour you a glass of Etna sparkling wine and serve it with
tasty local delicacies. As lunchtime approaches, guests can discover Sicilian cuisine with a wine tasting in
one of the traditional wineries on Etna, or heading to a small town near the Alcantara Gorge, where a
group of local women passionate about traditional Sicilian cooking have formed a project called Le
Mamme del Borgo, who open their doors to guests for traditional cooking classes.
• Night at leisure
SATURDAY 23 OCTOBER
• Breakfast and day at leisure @Belmond Grand Hotel Timeo
• 20.00: Wine night - tasting menu at Otto Geleng by chef Roberto Toro pairing with Etna wines and
meeting the winemaker
SUNDAY 24 OCTOBER
Day at leisure @Belmond Grand Hotel Timeo and check out (12 am)