EXPERIENCES
Terre Rare really is about providing experiences that enable you to live the slow life of Italians while enabling Italians to find happiness and hope through their sharing of their slow lives with others. A perfect circle for both guests and the locals you will meet and learn from.
Our experiences are 100% bespoke and customized and include all of the elements below.
Enogastronomic Experiences
Local Restaurant - Oste di Buon Riposo
Born with the idea of offering its guests a reserved culinary experience, with the use of local raw materials, and vegetables most often from the personal garden, with a touch of modernity and research in tastes and flavors. The environment is in the open countryside, in the center of Sicily, intimate and welcoming, surrounded by nature.
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Caseari di Venti
The Caseificio di Venti has been operating for more than thirty years in the production of typical Sicilian cheeses. It is family-run and raises Comisana sheep. Here saffron is also grown, used to create a typical product of the territory of Calascibetta and Enna, precisely the Piacentinu Ennese. The structure offers the possibility to have lunch and to see the preparation of fresh ricotta.
Important Historical Sides
Villaggio Bizantino Canalotto
The archaeological site which is part of the Rocca di Cerere UNESCO Global Geopark and a place of high historical, archaeological and naturalistic interest. Here there are activities suitable for everyone, from children to teenagers, from Sunday trekkers to more experienced hikers, up to gourmets who are passionate about genuine food, who also want to know its history and tradition.
Alleys of Calascibetta
Take a walk with us in our narrowest alleys full of history. With views not to be missed, ancient noble houses, churches, Arab and Jewish neighborhoods, the second Royal Palatine Chapel of Sicily, and much more!
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Necropoli di Realmese
The Necropolis of Realmese of the IX and VI centuries. B.C. is characterized by 288 cave tombs of the Pantalican type. The use of this necropolis covers an extended period, divided into two main phases: the first from the protohistoric age (from the 9th to the 7th century BC), the second from the Archaic period (7th and 6th centuries BC).
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Villa Romana del Casale
The Villa is the center of an important large estate, with administrative, residential and representative functions. It's more than 3000 square meters of mosaic respond to a precise program both of representation and indicative of the culture of the landlord.
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Breathaking Landscape
Sunsets on the top of Calascibetta
With us you will see sunsets that you never thought could be so colorful!
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Sunrise on Etna
And if you are an early riser with a capital M, you will have the unique opportunity to see the sun rise from our beloved and ancient volcano, Mount Etna
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360° Panoramas
Not to mention the large number of views that surround Calascibetta! Like the view on Enna, on Monte Altesina, on Calascibetta itself and many cities of Sicilian heartland, visible precisely from our minor, but at the same time, precious city. (even at night)
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0,1% light and
auditory pollution
This will allow you to see a starry sky in which, at certain times of the year, you can also see the trail of millions of stars from our galaxy! the Milky Way. Furthermore, you can also hear, if you are a good listener, many cries of nocturnal birds of prey and birds, in the open countryside or, if you are lucky, even inside the town.
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Interaction with Local Sicilians
Have lunch at Giorgio's
Have lunch with Giorgio and his grandparents, they have a lot of stories to tell and home cooking to taste. they live in a country house in Calascibetta.
Let's cook together
We could make homemade pasta in our homes, learn how to make the dough, and then eat it together!
All of these thanks to Giorgio's grandparents, that have transmitted the culture of fresh pasta to him
Pranzo da Andrea
Have lunch at Andrea's home, pick up the vegetables and seasonal fruit yourself that you will eat for lunch!