Regional Institute of Wine and Oil

The Planetaestate Guesthouse

The Planetaestate Guesthouse Contrada Passo di Gurra – ex SS 115 sp 79, Km 91 – 92013 Menfi (AG) Tel.: +39 0925 1955460 Email: [email protected]; [email protected]; Web: www.planetaestate.it

Accommodation facilities: YES Rooms: 14; Beds: 28 Price per room per night: from €160 to €220 Restaurant: YES Seats: 30 Wine tasting: YES Guided tour of the company: YES Direct sales: YES Bottles produced: 2,300,000 Hectares of vineyards: 371

“La Foresteria” Planeta-estate is PLANETA's place dedicated to hospitality, cuisine, wine and the territory. The Foresteria appears like a typical village of rural houses located on the hill and is surrounded by productive vineyards and olive groves that extend up to the beach of Porto Palo on the crystalline sea of Menfi in the province of Agrigento, a few kilometers from the Planeta wineries and the center of an area rich in archaeological sites and nature reserves. The Foresteria is the ideal place for a "gourmande" holiday in the heart of ancient and sunny Sicily, where you can savor Mediterranean rhythms, tastes, traditions and scents in complete relaxation.
ROOMS
The fourteen large rooms with private terrace have ever-changing colors and furnishings, as in the country manor houses, which favor the pastel shades of the walls, the reds and ochers of the carpets and the yellows and blues of the Burgio and Caltagirone ceramics. The flowerbeds of thousands of different aromatic plants decorate the rooms from which they take their name.
Type of rooms: 9 classic double rooms with a king size bed, 4 superior twin rooms with 2 queen size beds, 1 twin de luxe room with 2 queen size beds.
Room services: air conditioning, daily cleaning, satellite LCD TV, telephone, iPod dock speakers, boiler, safe, hairdryer, pool and beach towels, wi-fi connection, minibar (extra), laundry (extra).

SERVICES
Bar
– bar service with coffee shop, spirits and cocktails
– summer bar by the pool
Restaurant
– internal room with a view of the vineyard and a 30-seat convivial table
– panoramic terrace with tables seating up to 40
Tasting and business room
– a large wooden table and the cellar
– meeting room for 12 people with basic technical equipment
Relaxation room, TV area, computer area with wi-fi connection, two game tables.
Hall, Four conversation and reading areas, Fitness area, An exercise bike, a treadmill, two body trainers, a Turkish bath with shower and bath, Pool area, Outdoor pool with lounge chairs and umbrellas, pool bar with seats seating, Beach equipment, Beach umbrellas and beach towels available to guests, Parking: 20 parking spaces and access for minibuses, Bicycles: bicycles for adults and children available to guests, Facilities for disabled people, Lift and large rooms, Animals, Small and medium-sized pets allowed, Babysitting, Babysitting service on request (for a fee), Newspapers, National and foreign newspapers available,

SERVICES ON REQUEST
– visit and tasting of oils and wines with the possibility of purchase and shipping
– wine and food experience
– guided excursions
– equipped beach in Porto Palo di Menfi awarded the Blue Flag

VISITS TO THE CELLAR AND OLIVE MILL
A short distance from La Foresteria you can visit the Planeta Family estates Ulmo, Dispensa and Capparrina dedicated to the production of wines and oil. The services offered are visits to the vineyards and olive groves, the cellars and the oil mill with tastings and lunches in the cellar. During the grape or olive harvest period, guests of the Foresteria can actively participate, upon request.
The 16th century Ulmo baglio in Sambuca di Sicilia on the shores of Lake Arancio is immersed in an extraordinary landscape and is the main place dedicated to welcoming our guests

WINE & FOOD
At the guesthouse we offer surprise thematic wine tasting tours, tailored exclusively for customers, which accompany the 4-course menu. Through a dynamic approach, territories and varieties are explored. The extensive wine list offers all Planeta wines and its best vintages, a selection chosen by Planeta of wines from Sicily and the rest of the world, and a special list with 50 wines among the most precious and rare labels from the Caveau of Family

COOKING LESSONS WITH CHEF ANGELO PUMILIA
“In Sicily, Water, Earth, Fire and Air materialize in an extraordinary variety of food and wine treasures which we, the bastard children of this generous Mother and numerous conquering fathers, are lucky enough to be able to nourish ourselves with”. CHEF ANGELO PUMILIA
The cooking lessons are held in the authentic beating heart of "La Foresteria" by Planeta, the large tiled kitchen overlooking the dining room and the terrace, the convivial space par excellence within the structure. A member of the Planeta team is always present at the lessons who introduces and tells one of the ancient family recipes with fun historical and gastronomic anecdotes linked to the territory.
The lessons are themed. The common thread is usually linked to the period in which the course takes place or to the seasonal products of the area.

WALKS
On foot or by bike, on the cycle path that connects Porto Palo with Menfi created from the 5 kilometer long old disused railway, in the enchanting hilly countryside of the Menfi area, on the La Segreta Nature Trail immersed in the uncontaminated nature and vineyards that surround the Orange Lake in Sambuca di Sicilia, in the nearby natural reserve of the mouth of the Belice
SUGGESTED EXCURSIONS IN THE SURROUNDINGS
• Porto Palo
• Memphis
• Sambuca from Sicily
• Sciacca
• Gibellina
• Caltabellotta
• Erice
• archaeological site of Selinunte
• archaeological site of the Valley of the Temples and the kolimbetra garden
• archaeological site of Segesta
• “Ettore and Infersa” salt pans – Salt museum – Mozia island
• museum of the dancing satyr – Mazara Del Vallo
• oriented natural reserve of the mouth of the Belice
• Torre Salsa oriented nature reserve

CLOSURE: January after the holidays

How to reach us:

From Palermo: A29 Palermo / Mazara del Vallo motorway, exit at the Castelvetrano junction, merge onto the Castelvetrano/Sciacca SS 115 highway and exit at the MONTEVAGO junction.
Continue in the OPPOSITE direction to Montevago, towards the sea (there is a sign for FORESTERIA).
After 2.7 km turn left towards Menfi, Porto Palo
Continue for 2.6 km and turn left. After 500 meters entrance on the left
From Trapani: A29 motorway towards Palermo, after about 40 kilometers take the exit for Mazara del Vallo, at the Castelvetrano junction merge onto the Castelvetrano/Sciacca SS 115 highway and exit at the MONTEVAGO junction. Continue in the OPPOSITE direction to Montevago, towards the sea (there is a sign for FORESTERIA)
After 2.7 km turn left towards Menfi, Porto Palo.
Continue for 2.6 km and turn left; after 500 meters entrance on the left