12 Sicily Farm and Pistachio Tours Worth the Day

1.Pistachio Ravioli, Pasta Home Cooking Class w/ Wine

★★★★★★★★★★4.7 · 204 reviews · 3 hours · from $100Our pick

Join Angela in her Catania home for a small-group pasta class focused on pistachio-filled ravioli. You’ll make dough, prepare the filling, shape the pasta, and sit down to a three-course meal with wine, water, coffee, and Sicilian hospitality. Angela’s son Victor may help translate.

“Angela was absolutely lovely! Welcomed us into her home with open arms, we had a good laugh and Angela was very funny. It was some of the best pasta I’ve ever had! Thank you so much Angela!”

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2.Alcamo Farm Animals and Aromatic Garden

★★★★★★★★★★4.0 · 45 reviews · 1 hour 30 minutes (approx.) · from $42

At Bio Fattoria Augustali near Partinico, you’ll walk through olive groves, vineyards, citrus trees, and an aromatic garden before meeting horses, donkeys, goats, chickens, and rabbits. Feed the animals, try milking a goat, ride a gentle donkey, and finish with bread, honey, olive oil, juice, and wine for adults.

“Amazing place worth visiting. Our kids enjoyed interacting with the animals. The food is amazing and staff warm and welcoming. Can highly recommend this place.”

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3.Pozzo di Gaspare Farm Guided Tour with Tastings

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 34 reviews · 2 hours · from $41Best value

Meet guide and owner Giuseppe at Pozzo di Gaspare, a 42-hectare farm near Catania. Walk among olive, blood orange, and almond trees, see an 18th-century hand-dug well, and finish with the farm’s EVO oil, bread, olives, cheeses, cured meats, and orange salad.

“Walking on handcrafted family crafted magma stones and taking in the views of Mount Etna, while learning and witnessing the dedication and craft and hearing the knowledge that Giuseppe has about oranges, olives and almonds is a truly wonderful experience that any self certified foodie (like me) adores and searches for. Then to be treated to a local Sicily meal that was grown on the farm that you walk around is truly one the best experiences that can be had. If you have the opportunity please go and visit.”

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4.Visit to the olive grove, oil tasting and lunch at the farm

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 31 reviews · 2 hours (approx.) · from $78

At Terra Surti near Sortino, you visit a family-run olive mill, learn how Sicilian oil is produced, taste extra virgin olive oil and local foods, and sit down to a farm brunch of bruschetta, cheese, salami, pizzolo, dessert, water, and wine.

“Awesome day, exceeded my expectations! Tour was very interesting, we even had the opportunity to pick olives!”

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5.Guided Tour of Etna with Farm Visit & Food Tasting

★★★★★★★★★★4.6 · 30 reviews · 7 hours · from $81

Start with hotel pickup in Catania, then climb to Rifugio Sapienza at 1,920 meters for Etna’s craters and lava flows. Walk with a multilingual guide, enter a lava cave with helmet and torch, and finish at an organic farm with wine, honey, oil, and local foods. An optional high-altitude trip costs extra.

“Francesco,la nostra guida,è stato molto professionale e simpatico.Con le sue spiegazioni ci ha insegnato tutto quello che c’era da sapere sull’Etna.Ottima anche la degustazione vini con piatti locali”

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6.Food Experience at our Farm in Noto Hills

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 17 reviews · 3 hours 30 minutes (approx.) · from $148

Meet Fabio and Annarella at Noto’s Belvedere, then ride a few minutes to their private Three Farms Island estate. Walk among carob, almond, olive, lemon, and fruit trees, gather seasonal produce, and share a plant-focused Sicilian meal with farm olive oil, Nero d’Avola, white wine, and homemade limoncello.

“The best way to experience Sicily. Fabio and Annarella were the most wonderful hosts and it was the best Italian meal that we had. The farm was stunning and he was so helpful to pick us up closer to the public transportation since we were coming from Syracuse. Could not have asked for a better day.”

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7.Catania Home Cooking: Pistachio Ravioli, Sicilian Pasta & Wine

★★★★★★★★★★4.0 · 11 reviews · 3 hours (approx.) · from $106

Meet in Catania for a three-hour home cooking class led by a local host, with fresh pistachio ravioli, caserecce, gnocchetti, Norma sauce, Trapanese pesto, bruschette, Sicilian dessert and local wine. The class is offered in English, limited to six people, and ends at the meeting point.

“This was the most unprofessional and unsanitary experience we have ever had! Upon arrival, we were escorted into a cluttered apartment and asked if we minded that the host had two old dogs. Surprise! The dogs were big and constantly under our feet in the kitchen during prep. They were mangy and coughed and huffed throughout. Our host smoked adding to the discomfort. No sanitizer, hosts’ hair was not covered and bare hands used on pasta. Two very simple dishes that a child could handle. Dessert was a gelatin type pudding already prepared. On the bright side, the cook’s soon was a good translator. We would hv left but our…”

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8.tour with tasting in the Bronte pistachio plantations

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 10 reviews · 2 hours (approx.) · from $63

Meet Samantha at her family’s organic pistachio farm in Bronte for a gentle two-hour walk through orchards grown on volcanic soil. Learn how pistachios are farmed, then sit down to taste sweet and savory Bronte products, including local produce and meats.

“My family and I had the greatest time at Samantha’s organic pistacchio farm in Bronte Sicily. She took us on a tour (not too much walking) of the orchard that has been in her family over 200 years and explained to us the farming practices that it takes to grow the pistacchio fruits. We have a profound new appreciation for the amount of effort, ingenuity, and precision it takes to maintain, harvest, and process pistachios. Last but not least the food was LOVELY, the produce grown on Samantha’s land and the meats sourced from within town. Would 10/10 recommend to anyone interested!!”

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9.Bronte: Tour e degustazione nelle piantagioni di pistacchi

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 7 reviews · 1 day · from $58

Walk through a Bronte pistachio plantation with Samantha, learn how the famous nuts are grown and harvested, then sit down to local sweets, savory bites, lunch, and a glass of wine. Italian and English tours are available, with comfortable shoes essential.

“It was a great experience. Samantha was a delight,kind and made our arrival easy. Always in contact with us. Showed our group around and the food was delicious. We will definitely recommend this tour.”

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10.Private Etna tour and pistachio lunch in a pistachio farm

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 7 reviews · 1 day 7 hours 30 minutes (approx.) · from $300

Spend about 7.5 hours with guide Raffaele exploring Etna’s old and new lava flows, extinct craters, and caves, then enjoy a seasonal Sicilian meal at a family pistachio farm. Hotel pickup covers Catania, Taormina, nearby Etna towns, and selected ports.

“We had a tour guide (Raffaele) who was fantastic. He took us to Etna, give us god information, just enough. We went to a pistachio farm, it was great. I recommend that tour to any one who wants to have a different experience”

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11.Etna private tour in 4×4 & Sicilian food farm experience

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 7 reviews · 7 hours (approx.) · from $150

Spend about seven hours on Etna with a private English-speaking guide and 4x4 transport. Visit lava fields, side craters, Valle del Bove, and a helmeted lava-tube cave, then return to MontataGrande for a Sicilian farm tasting with wine, honey, oil, pistachio, and local dishes.

“Fantastic day! Did a private tour with Luca who was an incredible guide, I don't think he stopped giving us information for the 4 hours we were with him - he had great English and was extremely knowledgeable.”

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12.Slowlife Family Farm: From Garden to Table

★★★★★★★★★★4.3 · 6 reviews · from $164

Join hosts Jess and Carlo at a 16-year off-grid farm near Syracuse. Walk the organic garden and ancient archaeological site, gather ingredients, turn wheat into pasta, and share a Sicilian meal with local wine and olive oil.

“Amazing! Highly recommend taking this tour. Jess and Carlo are excellent, welcoming hosts. You can really feel their compassion and love for their incredible project and land. They make you feel like you are a part of it. This is more than a tour. It is a beautiful life experience. The property is beautiful with a rich history. We really enjoyed learning about all of the past civilizations that inhabited their land. We loved how they are incorporating their personal stamp with honoring and respecting the vast amount of history on their property. Learning about the revival of their ancient garden and the milling wheat was a delight. We learned…”

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