When
From April through June and September through October.
Check in Monday at 3:00 pm
Check out Friday at 10:00 am
Price
Single Room: €2,900
Double Room: €5,500
Maximum participants: 14
Example Program
3:00 to 5:00 pm | Check-in
7:30 pm | Welcome aperitivo and dinner
9:00 am | Breakfast
10:30 am | Cooking lesson followed by lunch (Sample menu: panelle, involtini di carne, cavatelli con pesto di salvia, biancomangiare)
4:00 pm | Visit the winery Tasca D’Almerita for a tour and wine tasting followed by a lovely countryside walk back to Case Vecchie.
7:30 pm | Delicious homemade dinner at Case Vecchie
7:45 am | On the road to see local shepherd and cheese-maker perform his daily ritual of ricotta making. Picnic breakfast at the cheese farm
10:30 am | Return to Case Vecchie
12:30 pm | Sicilian cheese tasting at the table followed by lunch
6:00 pm | Cooking lesson on Sicilian desserts
7:30 pm | Aperitivo in the courtyard followed by dinner
9:00 am | Breakfast
10:30 am | Cooking lesson followed by lunch
5:30 pm | Amaro tasting in the town of Valledolmo
7:30 pm | Pizza dinner out on the town or farewell dinner at Case Vecchie
9:00 am | Breakfast
10:00 am | Goodbyes and departure
Planned activities and schedules may change at short notice due to seasonal rhythms of life in Sicily.
Info
Included
Accommodation
5-night stay at Case Vecchie or in one of the nearby cottages.Shuttle Transfer
Group shuttle service from/to Roccapalumba train station, upon request.Meals
All meals are included. Lunch and dinner are served with wines from the Tasca d’Almerita estate. Typical menus and cooking lessons feature three or four courses.Excursions
Guided visits and local experiences as indicated in the program.Lessons
All cooking classes and other activities specified in the course schedule.
Not included
Transportation
Private transportation to and from Case Vecchie is not included. Take a look here to know what is the best way to reach us.Flight
Airfare is not included.Insurance
Travel insurance must be arranged independently by participants.
Unfortunately, we are unable to accommodate guests with celiac disease or a vegan diet due to the limited availability of specific ingredients in our rural and isolated location.
Our signature four-night stay at Case Vecchie is an invitation to slow down and settle into the rhythms of rural Sicily. Here, surrounded by rolling wheat fields and ancient olive groves, you’ll explore the island’s food landscapes: through the ingredients, the stories, and the people who tend them. But it’s also a time to rest. To breathe deeply. To let the pace of the land reshape your own.
Case Vecchie is a home, and those who join us become family.
You’ll share meals crafted from the season’s harvest, learn hands-on in the kitchen, and sit at long tables where conversation lingers as long as the light. This is a place for those who seek something deeper than tourism—an experience where food becomes connection, and Sicily reveals itself slowly, bite by bite.
Your stay includes two hands-on cooking classes, three shared lunches, four abundant breakfasts, and four seasonal dinners—each designed to introduce you to the breadth of Sicilian cuisine and local ingredients. Meals are paired with Tasca d’Almerita wines, and you’ll visit the nearby Tenuta Regaleali winery, where the Tasca family’s wine journey began in the 1950s—on the very land where Case Vecchie stands today.
