Highlights
Live shepherd's day routine
Follow a local shepherd through pasture, milking and cheese-making inside a traditional Madonie haystack called a 'Màrcato'.
Hands-on cheese production
Watch milk transformed into several types of cheese, each distinguished by its aging time.
Tasting paired with local food
Sample the freshly made cheeses alongside a light lunch of regional specialties.
Stroll in Petralia Sottana
Spend the early afternoon exploring independently the historic center of this Madonie hill town.
Private door-to-door service
Travel in a private air-conditioned vehicle with hotel pick-up and drop-off in Palermo.
The experience
Description
Today you are greeted at Palermo hotel and driven to Sicilian hinterland to enjoy a real cheese making experience which will give you the opportunity to live a day near a local shepherd who makes cheese in a traditional homemade way (not industrial). You will see the “Màrcato”, ancient haystack typically of Madonie, in which inside we will live a real immersive experience based on the everyday life of a shepherd, from the pasture to the milking, from milk to the cooking to transform it into several kinds of cheese, different each other for the time of aging. There will not miss the tastings of several cheeses produced during that day paired with other food (a kind of light lunch).
In the early afternoon independent stroll in Petralia Sottana historic center.
Then we drive you back to Palermo.
Locations
More details
Included
Booking fees
Cheese making demonstration
Cheese tasting paired with other food
English Speaking Driver
Hotel pick-up and drop off
Independent visits as per itinerary
Private Transportation by air conditioned vehicle
Not included
Admission fees
Gratuities and tips
Licensed Tourist guide
Meals and Beverages not specified
Important information
Practical information
- Meeting Point
- Pick-up at your hotel in Palermo.
- Best season
- Spring through autumn is best, when pastures are active and cheese-making follows the traditional seasonal cycle.
- What to bring
- Comfortable walking shoes · Light jacket for mountain weather · Camera · Cash for extra purchases or tips
- Accessibility
- Involves walking on rural and uneven terrain around the shepherd's haystack ('Màrcato') and a self-guided walk through Petralia Sottana's historic center, which may include cobblestones and slopes.