Top Experiences in Donnafugata Castle (Castello di Donnafugata)

Tour of the area where the fiction “Inspector Montalbano” is set.

Are you ready to discover Vigata, Marinella and Montelusa? Do you want to walk in the same streets where Montalbano investigates? With our tour you will have a film holiday! With our tour you can visit Montalbano Sicily and discover the history and culture of Ragusa, Scicli, Modica, Punta Secca, Donnalucata and the Donnafugata Castle. We will accompany you among the most famous monuments, among splendid churches and baroque palaces, we will cross the Iblea countryside and arrive at the sea. We will be able to advise you on the tastiest typical specialties and experiences to live: it will be an unforgettable journey!

Discover the most authentic corner of Italy with us in a private tour. Ragusa - Modica - Scicli is a background corner for Montalbano fiction and a splendid Sicilian Baroque World Heritage. The reality is immersed in an atmosphere between the past and the present, in the experience of unforgettable emotions
+ Capture the beauties of the splendid land
+ Skip the queue to pass through the best Montalbano fiction spots
+ Bring back home Sicilian hospitality and good memories
+ Feel like in an old Italian film
+ Learn the mystic story of the jutting balconies supported by grotesque masks
+ Admire Jesus in Skirt and Madonna on a Horse
+ Visit secret local clubs
+ Admire the most beautiful palaces and churches

Discover Sicily!
Join Santa Margarita Tours in this exciting 7-day gastronomic adventure where you will live like a local on the exquisite 18th-century villa for the whole stay, let a Michelin star chef teach you authentic Sicilian recipes in a fun and lively cooking class and try the most delicious wines in a winery at the foot of Etna. This package will be a unique private experience in Sicily. Delightful excursions to famous Baroque cities: Ragusa, Modica, Caltagirone and Chiaramonte Gulfi, accompanied by professional guides. You will visit local winemakers and artisans, a cheese and olive oil factory and ceramic workshops. And of course we will taste everything slowly “Sicilian style”. Immerse yourself in a week-long gastronomic adventure, where each day brings a delectable new experience. The best thing is everything is inclusive so you won't have to worry about anything!

Discover the most authentic corner of Italy with us in a private tour. Ragusa - Modica - Scicli is a background corner for Montalbano fiction and a splendid Sicilian Baroque World Heritage. The reality is immersed in an atmosphere between the past and the present, in the experience of unforgettable emotions
+ Capture the beauties of the splendid land
+ Skip the queue to pass through the best Montalbano fiction spots
+ Bring back home Sicilian hospitality and good memories
+ Feel like in an old Italian film
+ Learn the mystic story of the jutting balconies supported by grotesque masks
+ Admire Jesus in Skirt and Madonna on a Horse
+ Visit secret local clubs
+ Admire the most beautiful palaces and churches

Discover the most authentic corner of Italy with us in a private tour. Ragusa - Modica - Scicli is a background corner for Montalbano fiction and a splendid Sicilian Baroque World Heritage. The reality is immersed in an atmosphere between the past and the present, in the experience of unforgettable emotions
+ Capture the beauties of the splendid land
+ Skip the queue to pass through the best Montalbano fiction spots
+ Bring back home Sicilian hospitality and good memories
+ Feel like in an old Italian film
+ Learn the mystic story of the jutting balconies supported by grotesque masks
+ Admire Jesus in Skirt and Madonna on a Horse
+ Visit secret local clubs
+ Admire the most beautiful palaces and churches

09,30 pick up in hotel and drop off at  01,30 pm.

From you residence in Eastern Sicily. In the tour to visit scenes of the set of "Inspector Montalbano", the are mainly concentrated in Ragusa (Vigata), the area of a moving beauty, that the shots Sironi have been able to exploit and make it ideal for the stories and the characters. Scicli, here we can visit the Montelusa police office. Afterwards we will visit the seaside house of Inspector Montalbano, with its balcon up the beach. Marinella is a name invented, but the one seen in fiction is PUNTA SECCA. We will also visit Modica and here we offer you a tasting of Modica chocolate.It is very important for us to have the details of your pick up and meeting with our driver. You must tell us where we will pick up: what name your hotel has; what address does your hotel or your b & b have and in which city; It is very important for us to have a info of your pick up details, city name, your hotel and address where our driver will meet you.

Our cars are registered for public use, equipped with the required municipal authorizations and have free access to limited traffic areas and preferential lanes in all cities.
Free bottled water wi fi.
Our drivers are equipped with the qualifications required for driving public service vehicles.
Guided tours of the itineraries are available on request.
NB. THE LISTED EXCURSIONS INCLUDE A / R TRANSFER ONLY.

Take a tour of Sicily to see all the most important locations of the famous TV series, 'Inspector Montalbano.' Visit the police station, Vigata, Marinella's beach, Montalbano's house, Don Balduccio's Palace, main church, restaurant on the beach, amazing countryside and sea spot.

Your private driver will accompany you throughout the day to let you know all the places where the Inspector Montalbano drama was filmed. Furthermore, it is a tour that includes a fascinating journey between Modica and Scicli: two masterpieces of Sicilian Baroque that are very widespread in eastern Sicily. In particular we will visit the Municipal Palace of Scicli and other archaeological sites of notable importance, Modica with its unmistakable Chocolate and Ragusa Ibla with all its splendor.
We will also make a stop in Punta Secca, a splendid seaside village where the "Casa di Montalbano" is located with the possibility of stopping for lunch at the "Enzo a Mare" restaurant to taste some typical fish-based dishes (place frequented by the Commissioner Montalbano).
Finally we will visit the Donnafugata Castle, an ancient noble residence chosen to reconstruct the house of the Mafia boss Balduccio Sinagra.
As soon as the Tour is finished we will return to the destination requested.

You will start the tour from Syracuse and head towards Ragusa Ibla. Once in the heart of the Ragusan town, you will visit the places that served as the backdrop for the fiction, such as: the Giardino Ibleo, the square of Vigata and the characteristic Cathedral of San Giorgio.

Leaving Ragusa Ibla, immersed in a vast expanse full of carob and olive trees, you will see the Castle of Donnafugata: from its terrace you will enjoy a breathtaking view and the different scenes from the fiction can only resurface in your mind.

Once in Punta Secca, you will admire Montalbano's house, after a walk along the seafront, you will also have some free time to taste the typical products of this area.

Before returning to Syracuse, Scicli will be waiting for you, a real jewel of Sicilian Baroque art. Between the visit to the Palazzo del Municipio (the room of the Quaestor of Montelusa) and the one to Palazzo Iacono (the Police Headquarters of Montelusa) you cannot help but imagine yourself inside the fiction.