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LUOGHI D'INTERESSE
AGRITURISMO IL CASALE ORGANIZES LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURAL AND CULTURAL TOURS. WE CAN SUGGEST SOME.
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Castle of Donnafugata (Km 20)
At a distance of about twenty Kilometres slands the castle of Donnafugata, surrounded by a large park with interesting botanic varieties.
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Ragusa Ibla (Km 25)
The tour of the town start with San Giorgio Dome, an impressive specimen of Sicilian baroque, continues trought the splendid Villa Comunale(public gardens) at the far end of Ragusa Ibla. Very-well maintained, it offers beautiful sights of the mountains rangers and down over the Irminio.
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Marina di Ragusa (Km 9)
About 9 Kilometres from the chief town is Marina di Ragusa, a pleasant seaside resort with its good receptive facilities , its services and its numerous restaurants.
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Modica (Km 30)
today Modica it is “one-hundred churches town”,the birth- place of Salvatore Quasimodo, a 20th century writer and 1959’s Nobel Prize, and of Tommaso Campailla, an 18th century scientist and philosopher. It is the town of the famous bridge( among the tallest in Europe), overlooking the whole town and joining the new and the old Modica.
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Pantalica (Km 40)
Today, little survives of the original town, save an incredible number of tombs in the steep limestone cliffs.
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Vendicari (Km 50)
The Vendicari Nature Reserve is open throughout the year and provides a rare and protected habitat for migratory species and a peculiar kind of Mediterranean vegetation.
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Piazza Armerina (Km 60)
Most visitors come to Piazza Armerina to see the Roman villa located a few kilometres outside the town. Its floors are all done in mosaics which depict scenes from daily life, such as hunting and athletic games.
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Noto (Km 60)
In a region populated by olive and almond trees, Noto sits on a plateau dominating the valley of Asinaro and it is , today, a tiny Baroque jewel endoned with an opulent beauty.
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Greek theater in Syracuse (Km 80)
Located at the head of a beautiful bay, it’s one of Sicily’s most prestigious town. Syracuse is built on an ancient Greek settlement, and, today, more than any other modern town, manifests a visible continuity from its ancient Greek past, both historical and mythological .Its Greek theatre is still used in Summer for performances of Classical Greek and Latin play.
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Volcano Etna (Km 100)
Sicily’s greatest natural attraction is also its highest active volcanoes in Europe (3350 above the sea level). Over 1,200 square metres of Etna’s surface is covered with solidified lava. Etna offers skiing in the winter months, with opportunities of excursion in spring and summer time.
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Agrigento e la "valle dei templi" (Km 110)
Agrigentooffers one of Italy’s archaeological jewels, the Valley of the Temples. In the Valley of the Temples are the ruins of numerous temples, but also a necropolis, houses, streets and everything else one would expect to find in an ancient city.
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Taormina (Km 179)
Taormina stants in a beautiful site on a 700 ft plateau with wonderful views along the coast to Mount Etna. The heart of the town is piazza 9 Aprile, a paved square with unrivalled viws to the sea.
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OUR TYPICAL PRODUCTS
("ricotta", "caciocavallo", fresh cheese, meat, wine) |
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| Ricotta |
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ricotta is a milk product rather thick and grainy, which can not be considered as a cheese, is produced from his serum, but not from milk. The name "ricotta" is derived from the fact that the heat treatment of serum is actually the second firing after that conducted for the production of cheese, the serum is in fact re-cooked.
Ricotta was already known and used by the ancient Romans, but his success came in the Middle Ages.
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| The cheeses |
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"Ragusano", historically called Ragusan "Caciocavallo" (Sicilian Cosacavaddu) , is a DOP( Protected Designation of Origin) Italian cheese. The name derives from the ancient custom of hanging forms astrike a stick placed horizontally. It is only produced in the province of Ragusa, with milk from cows of the Modican breed.
"Ragusano" is a semi-hard cheese made of spun paste. The crust is thin, smooth, pale yellow marked. The paste is smooth, compact with very slight small holes, white or yellow more intense outside and less inside. The taste is aromatic, pleasant, fuse in the mouth, usually mild and slightly sweet when the cheese is young, becoming spicy to maturing age.
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| The wine |
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The Nero D'Avola Sicilian red wine has the Denomination of Controlled and Guaranteed Origin (DOCG), the Denomination of Controlled Origin (DOC) and IGT.
Tasting the Nero d'Avola has an intense ruby red color, with violet, very lively; the aroma is not easy to understand, certainly spicy, shows hints of prune, cherry, blackberry, blackcurrant, raspberry and chocolate, leather and tobacco.
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