8-Day Hiking & Discovery in Sicily

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Today, you'll explore the island of Vulcano, relax at the beach, try the mud baths and hike to the crater. The warm mud is considered an excellent treatment for rheumatic pains and skin diseases, and rolling around in it can be fun or recline in the dozens of submarine fumaroles which emit steam at high pressure, perfect for a hydromassage. From the volcano harbour, you'll climb the crater on a 3-hour hike. It's visibly smoking crater and acrid sulphurous fumes make a great first impression.

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Today, you'll take a hydrofoil to Stromboli in the morning and spend the day enjoying this beautiful tiny island with black beaches and white houses. In the afternoon, you'll take the hike up to the edge of la Sciara del Fuoco (desert of fire) and try to get a glimpse of lava explosions at sunset. On the way back, you'll stop at the restaurant, l'Osservatorio, for a nice pizza with a magnificent view of the volcano.

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Today, you'll say goodbye to the tiny island of Stromboli and sail to Taormina, a beautiful medieval town overlooking the sea with its incredible Greek theatre. Here, you can walk to the hilltop village of Castelmola and take in the magnificent views over the Ionian coast. Alternatively, you can stroll around the narrow streets of Taormina with many boutiques or go for a swim in the Isola Bella Natural Reserve.

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Today, you'll leave Taormina with your mountain guide, to reach the northern slopes of Mount Etna. Your guide will take you to different places, hiking or with the car, to show you the history of Mount Etna's activities over the centuries. After a couple of hours on the wilderness of Mount Etna, you will go to one of the many wine cellars on the volcano to have lunch and taste local wine. What a brilliant end to an active day!

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In the morning, attend a cooking class in Taormina. You'll meet the chef and go shopping with him in Taormina's market. You will then cook the ingredients collected from the market whilst learning local recipes that you will then taste for lunch. The entire class will be a brilliant chance to refine your cooking skills all in the charming setting of Taormina. In the afternoon, you'll take a transfer to Syracuse.

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Once the largest city in the ancient world, Syracuse delights with piazzas and ancient Greek ruins. Walking around the city you admire Baroque buildings and ancient temples and soak up all this history over a coffee or glass of wine in the piazza. A must visit is the open-air museum Archeologico Neapolis where artefacts range from the Bronze Age to Norman domination. Enjoy the great Mediterranean flora with olive trees, cypresses, pines, palms, carob trees, pomegranates, oranges and lemons.