to 5 p.m. in the winter.
Activities
Practice your favorite sports, learn
something new, or explore the island
with Verdura’s many lessons, courses
and excursions available to guests of all
ages and abilities. Enjoy the pure blue
water with water sports including waterskiing, wakeboarding, windsurfing and
sailing or stay on dry land at the Sunball
Tennis Academy, which hosts guest
tournaments, special tennis camps and
events with famous former professional
players. Guests compete against hotel
staff in a friendly weekly soccer match
at the resort’s full-size soccer pitch, a
perfect facility for team training that
hosted the German national team as
they trained for the 2010 World Cup.
Children ages five to 16 can participate
in the resort’s Juventus Summer
Training Session with the world’s best
soccer coaches coming from the Italian
soccer team’s entourage.
Take a bicycle on routes within
Verdura’s grounds and along the coast to
experience the Sicilian landscape. Learn
the secrets of authentic Sicilian cuisine
at cooking lessons from Verdura’s own
celebrity chef or executive chef and then
pair it with the perfect cocktail from a
mixology class or a wine introduced by
the resort’s sommelier.
Explore Sicily with ease from
Verdura, to the Baroque seaside town of
Sciacca’s ancient sights and churches, a
20-minute drive west, and the Valley of
the Temples in Agrigento, a 40-minute
drive. The island’s capital, Palermo, can
be reached in just over an hour and the
Aeolian, Aegadian and Pelagian islands
can be reached by helicopter. From sky
diving to wine tours to private flights
over the island, Verdura helps guests
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