By Carriage through the Sicilian Countryside with Brunch - Augustali Farm
Meet the mare Olivia and enjoy the carriage ride in the hills among organic vineyards and citrus orchards.
A little stop on the hill, you will be able to admire the sea.
Visit the farm animals.
Taste Sicilian specialties and enjoy wines from the winery.
The Experience in Brief:
- Meeting with the mare Olivia
- Carriage ride
- Hillside stop
- Visit to winery with wine tasting
- Animal area visit
- Brunch with five typical Sicilian dishes
Please report in advance any food allergies and intolerances or special needs.
There are many ways to experience an area, and one of them is the wonderful horse-drawn carriage ride to discover the Sicilian countryside.
With our blonde mare Olivia we will pass through the vineyards and olive groves of the farm to get to the top of the hill to admire the sea.
- The visit in the 'animal area will take us into the wonderful world of equines to learn about their curiosities and habits up close.
- We will enrich this unique experience with a visit to the winery to discover together the process of winemaking, aging and bottling. Here we will taste two wines directly from the tanks. We will linger in the winery lobby to learn about the tools of farm life.
- In the garden veranda or in the tasting room of the winery we will prepare a tasty brunch with five Sicilian specialties including local cheeses, tasty salami, vegetables from our garden, homemade bread with extra virgin olive oil, delicious citrus jellies, organic honey. All enriched by the tasting of wines that evoke all the warmth of the Mediterranean: a versatile, fresh and savory white wine typical of the hilly territory and a red wine with character and a fruity bouquet. We are happy to welcome you to our Bio farm and put at your disposal all the green spaces: the vast lawn, the small Mediterranean garden dedicated to aromatic plants, the organic citrus grove, the animal area.
My name is Finella: I am a mother of 4 children, wife of a winemaker and entrepreneur in the world of wine and gastronomy.
I studied and worked in Sicily between Palermo, Marsala and had some study and work experience abroad; but the passion for my land prevailed and, together with my husband we decided to bet on the family farm.
I had a dream: to create a place of relaxation in the middle of the countryside, where you can breathe family air, taste genuine dishes, enjoy good wines, and be in contact with animals and Mother Nature. In 2012, believing strongly in the educational and therapeutic approach of the countryside, I began to transform the family vineyard and olive grove into an "educational" classroom and created the first Educational Farm in the area. A year later I accidentally approached the wonderful world of bees and since then I became so passionate that I created an apiary, became a beekeeper and raise 7 families of bees; I welcome guests from all over to share this growing passion. But taking care of endangered insects was not enough for me and I ask for a fostering of a little donkey from Pantelleria to the Region of Sicily: "Quercia" arrives on the farm and from there I buy more donkeys; seeing my guests (big and small) happy to spend time on the farm leads me to take horses, chickens, rabbits, baby goats and other docile and tame animals.
But the other great passion, that for the land, the vineyards leads me to build the winery and produce authentic wines that are an expression of our territory. We make a vineyard in the hills for carriage rides, complete a tasting room among barrels and barriques . For 10 years I have been cultivating this dream and see it come true day by day and I would like to share it with you!
The Activity will last about 2 hours and 30 minutes.
Availability:
- All year round Monday through Friday 3:00 p.m.