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Have a devouring passion for good food? Then this six-hour epicurean excursion is for you.

Like the majority of Italy, Sicilian cuisine is a melting pot of Greek, Spanish, French and Arab influences. Through the centuries these conquerors left behind their favorite ingredients like rice, saffron, raisins, nutmeg, clove, pepper, pine nuts, cinnamon and olives. Married with Sicily's abundant fish and home grown vegetables and you have a delicious bounty of culinary delights.

Experience Sicily's delicious past with a pilgrimage to Villa Trinità. Located on the slopes of Mount Etna in the town of Mascalucia, the Villa sits on soil once tilled by Roman farmers and later buried under lava. Discover how the soil has blossomed with new life with a tour of this seven-acre estate. Then, meet the owners and taste Sicilian recipes over lunch.

Your full-day adventure begins at the pier as you settle in your seat and travel to the ancient town six miles north of Catania. As you travel the short distance it may be hard to imagine that the area was covered by molten lava and ash during Mount Etna's eruption in 1382.

Centuries later, the Bonajuto family purchased the land plus the 17th century villa and quickly set about creating a lush and vibrant farm full of Sicily's famous fruits and vegetables.

After stepping off of your coach, you'll begin a tour of the garden, which boasts a large collection of palm trees, succulents, flowers, shrubs, exotic fruit trees and a citrus grove.

By now, you've probably worked up an appetite. Next, you'll be escorted to the restaurant by Salvatore and his wife Donna Maria for a cooking demonstration featuring a number of time-honored Sicilian recipes. Depending on what's fresh and available in the market that day you may have a plate of polpette in foglie di limone - meat balls wrapped in lemon-tree leaves.

Then, you'll sit down for a delizioso meal accompanied by hearty Etna wine and lively conversation.

At the end of the day, you'll board the coach with memories of your day and a recipe that you can share with friends and family upon your return home.