Services

A wide range of services and activities are available for guests. They are all designed to offer an unforgettable vacation.
During the day guests can choose from tours on foot or bicycles supplied by La Foresteria, using the gym equipment in the fitness area or simply relaxing in the Turkish bath or swimming pool. Your days will be filled with tastings and cooking lessons. By night guests can meet at the swimming pool or large hall for an aperitif.  This is where the conversation gets started. You can carry on with your chat at dinner, in the large dining room. Everyone sits around a single dining table with thirty seats. In the summer the guests have lunch on the terrace overlooking the vineyards.

Available

  • Bar

    Bar service with coffee, drinks, pastries, distillates and cocktails. Summer bar by the pool

  • Restaurant

    Indoor hall with table with 30 seats and view of the vineyard. Outdoor terrace with panoramic view and tables hosting up to 40 guests

  • Tasting and business room

    Meeting room for 12 people with basic equipment a large wood table and wine cellar

  • Relax room

    TV and Computer area with wi-fi connection, game tables

  • Hall

    Four conversation and reading areas

  • Swimming pool

    Outdoor swimming pool with deckchairs and beach umbrellas, bar with seats

  • Beach

    At a short distance from La Foresteria: Porto Palo beach with lidos available for guests

  • Gym equipment

    Stationary bicycle, Treadmill, two body machines

  • Wellness

    Turkish bath with shower

  • Pets

    Small and medium-sized pets are welcome

  • Newspapers

    Italian and foreign newspapers

  • Bicycles

    Adult and children bicycles available

Paid services on request

  • Restaurant and wine list

    The beating heart of La Foresteria is the kitchen. It features all the equipment needed for the lessons where the main protagonists are the recipes of the Planeta family and traditional Sicilian cuisine, made mainly with local ingredients

  • Cooking lessons with Angelo Pumilia

    Discover the secrets of Sicilian cooking at Planeta with chef Angelo Pumilia in the large kitchen covered with majolica tiles

  • Transfers to and from airports

    Available when booking

  • Planeta wine cellars & oil mills

    Near La Foresteria, you can visit the Planeta family’s Ulmo and Dispensa estates devoted to wine-making and the oil-mill in Capparrina. It is possible to visits the vineyards and olive groves and to the wine cellars and oil-mill with tasting events and lunches in the wine cellar.

  • Laundry

    A fast and efficient laundry service with same-day delivery

  • Guided tours of the surrounding area

    From La Foresteria you can start guided tours of the surrounding area

  • Massage and spa

    Pamper yourself with a massage by highly qualified personnel or a treatment at the nearby spa

  • Babysitting

    For a pleasant stay at La Foresteria we take care of the whole family: starting from the youngest

Other sport activities

  • Golf club (Verdura Resort Rocco Forte Collection)
    Sailing
    Windsurfing and kite surfing
    Canoeing
    Tennis
    Horse-riding courses and horse rides
    Rental: scooters, cars, minivans, rubber dinghies
    Boat rides: old sailboats, motor-boats, boats
    Spas
    Plane ride over the Menfi area