Wine Resort Planeta Foresteria, Menfi

This is a wine estate, and the planeta has got the vineyard to prove it. Vintners from all over come here throughout the year and the restaurant's wine list is the perfect match to the food on offer.

Meals are usually shared on large communal table as to experience the Sicilian family life with its emphasis on conviviality and genuine food

The fourteen spacious rooms with private terraces all have different styles of furnishing and decoration with pastel-shaded walls, red and ochre carpets and the yellow and blue of ceramics from Burgio and Caltagirone.

Throughout the year gastronomic events are organised and guests are welcome to take part, whether in the kitchen or among the vineyards.

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Location

Nestled among the vineyards, Planeta Foresteria is a peaceful retreat seamlessly woven into the Sicilian countryside.

If you can manage to tear yourself away from the hypnotic scenery, La Foresteria Planeta is situated just inland from the beaches of Porto Palo di Menfi on the south west coast of Sicily, between Sciacca and the archaeological sites of Agrigento and Selinunte.

Trapani and Palermo airport are just over a hour drive away.

Activities on site or nearby include:

• Borrow a bike and cycle to the beach of Porto Palo
  
  
• Take a wine tour among the cellars of the Planeta family, Sicily's premier wine producer. For more wine tasting take a trip to Marsala
  
  
• Chill out along the beaches of Porto Palo and Sciacca and get your culture fix at the Greek Temples of Agrigento and Selinunte
  
  
• Fancy a round of golf? Verdura Golf resort is 24km away
  
  
• Come is September/October and take part in the grape harvest