Tour and event
Rural Tours
Thanks to the strategic location of the B&B La Sirena, you will have the opportunity to hike in rural places to enjoy the smell and scents of the countryside, having the pleasure of tasting seasonal fruit and vegetables. According to the structure, you can take advantage of organized tours to cultural and gastronomic places, famous for products and typical and genuine foods. Depending on the period of stay, you will have the opportunity to experience personally seasonal customs such as the grape harvest (vendemmia), the olives harvest with resulting taste of oil. You can immerse yourself in the local routine with also the preparation and tasting of homemade bread baked in a wood oven and the typical Cuzzola.
Cultural Tours
A car service of the B&B La Sirena will guide you to interesting places such as:
- Syracuse, whose art and history draw visitors from all over the world. Among the relevant sites is the famous amphitheater where ancient Greek tragedies are performed.
- Caltagirone, famous for ceramics locally produced.
- Tindari, with its beautiful sanctuary of the Black Madonna which is linked to an ancient legend
- Alcantara Gorges, reaching a height of 25 meters and are a real canyon originated from ancient lava flows, crossed in the middle by the icy waters of the river Alcantara
- Savoca, famous in the world as the setting for scenes from the film "The Godfather"
- Castelmola, where you can sip a tasty almond wine, observing the beauty of the place.
- Taormina, pearl of the Ionian Sea, with its Greek Theatre and its beauty praised in Italy and Abroad
- Isola Bella, with guided tours in the nearby caves
- Forza D'Agro, a small jewel set on a top of the Agrò valley
- Etna, the highest volcano in Europe still in activity, still offers breathtaking performances with its eruptions and recently recognized UNESCO World Heritage
- Ortigia, small island on which stands the oldest part of Syracuse
- Agrigento, with its Temples Valley
Events in Santa Teresa di Riva
Since 2006, the council organizes, in collaboration with some associations in the city, the "Riva White Night " which takes place in mid-August and attracts thousands of people from the entire eastern Sicily.
The Ionian Carnival, an event that sees the parade of large floats, made on site, followed by parades and masked a multitude of people. The first edition of this event was at the first half of the eighties; from 2013 also it held the Summer Carnival, with the floats paraded in the days of the previous Carnival.
Spring Festival, artistic and cultural festival began as the spring awakening, provides for the parade of floats adorned with flowers, of Sicilian carts, flag-waving, of artists from different backgrounds and of course, the "Spring" personified by the most beautiful girl in the city .
Fortnightly oper air market on Wednesday with the retail sale of food, clothing, furniture and small appliances. Its position is in the actual Market square (Piazza Mercato) on the left bank of the Agrò creek..