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Culture and Street Food: Catania on the table
The historical market "Fera 'O Luni"
Culture and Street Food: Catania on the table
The historical market "Fera 'O Luni"
The historical market "Fera 'O Luni"

Culture and Street Food: Catania on the table

By Etna 'Ngeniousa
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Overview

Our itinerary will allow you to discover all the aspects of the local food and wine culture, in a journey through history, taste and traditions: from granita, to arancino, to Sant'Agata's olives, to seltz and lemon. Catania street food and Sicilian cuisine are a mix of different flavours and influences.
The tour will take you to the heart of the Pescheria historical market, a stone's throw from Piazza Duomo, among thousands of colours and voices. Here sounds, scents, flavours tell the storey of this land, in the middle of the Mediterranean.
An exciting and surprising storey to be savoured!

Activity location

  • A' Piscaria Mercato del Pesce
    • Piazza Alonzo di Benedetto
    • 95131, Catania, Italy, Italy

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Piazza del Duomo
    • Piazza del Duomo
    • 95100, Catania, Sicilia, Italy

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What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's includedTasting of "Olivette di Sant'Agata" traditional almond paste sweets dedicated to the patron saint of the city
  • What's includedWhat's includedTasting of one chosen from: arancino, cipollina or granita
  • What's includedWhat's includedNon-alcoholic traditional local fruit drink
  • What's includedWhat's includedEntrance ticket to the sites

Know before you book

  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Service animals allowed
  • Public transport options are available nearby
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Activity itinerary

A' Piscaria Mercato del Pesce
  • 25m
Suggestive historical fish market, which takes place a stone's throw from Piazza Duomo, among thousands of colours and voices, in the historical context of the ancient Spanish walls of the XVI century. and the Amenano, the mysterious underground river that runs through Catania. Here sounds, scents, flavours tell the storey of this land, in the middle of the Mediterranean
Monastero dei Benedettini
  • 20m
In the unique and fascinating context of the masterpiece of the Catania baroque, we will be able to taste some typical specialities of the Etna street food (arancino or cipollina) or a refreshing granita
Santuario Sant'Agata al Carcere
  • 30m
  • Admission ticket included
A journey through history and tradition, in the place that perhaps more than any other is linked to agatine devotion. Looking out from the small window that tradition associates with the Martyr's prison, we will be able to tell the storey of the Olivette di Sant’Agata and other sweets related to the figure of the Patron Saint of Catania.
Monumento a Vincenzo Bellini
  • 15m
Telling the storey of the Swan of Catania, is also making a gastronomic journey from the famous "Pasta alla Norma" to the recent creation of "Cigni di Bellini", in which the chocolate of Modica hides a surprising heart !!!

Location

Activity location

  • LOB_ACTIVITIESLOB_ACTIVITIESA' Piscaria Mercato del Pesce
    • Piazza Alonzo di Benedetto
    • 95131, Catania, Italy, Italy

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • PEOPLEPEOPLEPiazza del Duomo
    • Piazza del Duomo
    • 95100, Catania, Sicilia, Italy

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