With an expert local guide, explore the streets of Castelbuono on a tasting tour of local food and drinks.

Enjoy savoury and sweet bakery treats, artisanal breads, traditional biscuits, wines from the nearby vineyards, freshly-made local cheeses, salamis and sausages from local farms.

The tour includes:

A visit to a dairy just on the outskirts of Castelbuono, where you will see cheese being made from different types of fresh milk (cow, goat, sheep)

Visits to local bakeries. Visit to a delicatessen

Visit to an enoteca (that’s a wine shop with a difference!).

You’ll be transported around the town by shuttle, so no need to walk much.At each stop there’s an opportunity to purchase gifts and souvenirs, as well as trying the free samples.

€60 per person

M|inimum group size: 2

Maximum group size: 8

Duration: approximately 4 hours

With an expert local guide, explore the streets of Castelbuono on a gentle walking tour of local ‘celebrities’ - some of the people who made Castelbuono what it is today.

You may have noticed that the streets in Castelbuono are all named after people. This was an effort initiated in 1865 to recognise the individuals who had given of themselves, gone above and beyond to enrich the lives of the Castelbuonese.

The tour includes visits to houses where the good and the great lived with a narration by the guide, including poets, politicians, engineers, botanists, scientists, war heroes, doctors and nobility.

Please note: We will not be entering any of the properties as they are private dwellings.

You’ll be walking around the cobbled streets of the town, including some hills, so do wear suitable shoes.

€15 per person

M|inimum group size: 2

Maximum group size: 20

Duration: approximately 2 hours

With an expert local guide, explore the streets of Castelbuono on a gentle walking tour of local tourist hotspots - the ‘greatest hits’ of Castelbuono if you like.

The town is best known for, and indeed named after the famous Castle built by the powerful Ventimiglia family in medieval times. But there is a lot more to see in Castelbuono than this focal point.

This tour will guide you through the cobbled streets of the historical centre, visiting the most popular sites of the town including:

The castle including a focus on the chapel of Sant’Anna, The Old Mother Church ‘Matrice Vecchia’, Clocktower / Museum of the Risorgimento, Fiasconaro panettone tasting & shop, The Fountain of Venus, The Ivy Courtyard of the Dominican Monastery.

Please note: The tour price includes the entry fee for the castle

You’ll be walking around the cobbled streets of the town, including some steps and hills, so do wear suitable shoes.

€15 per person

M|inimum group size: 2

Maximum group size: 20

Duration: approximately 3 hours

You may be familiar with the phrase ‘manna from heaven’ - describing a gift from God, or an unexpected stroke of good fortune when all seems lost.

Well… you may not know that manna is a real thing, in fact a natural, organic substance which comes from a very specific species of Mountain Ash tree which is only cultivated commercially in the Madonie region of Sicily nowadays.

The Manna Experience is based in an orchard in the hills above Castelbuono where the climate is ideal to grow the trees which produce manna. Mario, the farmer, will show you how the trees are grown and their lifecycle, and how the manna is harvested. He will explain the medicinal properties and the uses of the ‘white gold’ as it is known.

Please note: The venue for this experience is just out of town. The price does not include transport to the venue, however, this can be arranged separately using the ProLoco shuttle if you do not have a vehicle of your own. It can be reached by foot if you prefer to walk - allow at least 30 minutes

You’ll be walking up some countryside hills, so do wear suitable shoes.

€25 per person

M|inimum group size: 2

Maximum group size: 12

Duration: approximately 2 hours

++ SUMMER ONLY - manna is only harvested when the optimum weather conditions are achieved - after a long dry spell in the summer months when the temperature is around 30 degrees.