Sicily: a pinch of extra passion

15/04/2011 Italy

Unique and unforgettable, Sicily lies in the heart of the Mediterranean and is your right choice for a successful event.

It offers every kind of different location for your meetings: modern conference centers up to 1200 places, more than 200 meeting hotels around the region, charming and exclusive venues.

Today, it is much easier to work here because Sicilia Convention Bureau chooses the best facilities and the best local suppliers capable to offer not only traditional conference services, but also many different activities.

The landscape is so various that everything becomes possible here, including:

Off Road Driving, Soft Air, Quad tours and Trekking on the slopes of the Mount Etna, the ideal setting for adrenalin-packed activities;

Rafting and Canyoning in the Alcantara Gorge, a canyon carved out of lava with 25-metre-high rock faces, the perfect background to an exciting day of sports and entertainment; Diving, fishing and sailing in the sea of Sicily, one of the most beautiful in the Mediterranean, with its crystal clear water, fascinating sea beds, and rich sea life and flora, the Excursions in a Ferrari, on Yachts and luxury Charter vessels, for those looking to taste the wild luxury of Italian “dolce vita”; Golf by the sea or with a volcano view in one of the 5 large, modern and well-equipped golf courses in Sicily;

Fun Cooking: to learn cooking traditional Sicilian dishes together with colleagues, as if you were in a real restaurant’s kitchen; Wine Tasting, including the chance to visit Sicilian wine cellars and savouring local wines and flavours; Grape harvesting to learn how to produce the nectar of the Gods. Moreover there are some more programs that are possible just in Sicily: Grape harvesting at night, or competing during the famous kite festival of San Vito Lo Capo, experiencing the thousand and one variations on the theme of Couscous, relive the ancient Greek atmosphere in the historical theatres.

These are just a few examples of what can be done in Sicily, and our partners are also skilful organizers of tailor-made training programs involving arts, theatre, music, painting and dance.

In short, Sicily makes your event memorable just two steps away from the hustle of city life, in a slice of heaven just round the corner.