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Description

Sicily combines sun, fresh food, natural beauty, and enough history, art and architecture to satisfy even the most accomplished traveler. This service trip offers an entirely unique home stay experience. The entire group, together with our counselors, stay at a Sicilian familys estate, in our own living quarters, giving us unparalleled insider access to the rich Sicilian culture.

Our project site is a farming estate constructed over 200 years ago and located in the midst of vineyards and fruit orchards on the foothills of Mt. Etna. The estate is being converted for use as an accommodation and cultural center for those in need from the lower-income areas of nearby Catania. We will be working on various projects involving the renovation and improvement of the property, both indoors and out.* The work is tough, but we are rewarded every day with spectacular views of the Sicilian countryside and the friendships that we make with each other and our warm Sicilian host family.

In addition to our service project, we will also take day trips to explore the treasures of Sicily. Well journey to the Valley of the Temples in Agrigento to admire some of the best preserved Greek temples in world, check out the unique Greco-Roman heritage of Syracuse, hit the beaches at the nature reserve in Vendicari, and trek up the massive volcano, Mt. Etna. This trip offers intimate contact with Sicilys people and land, and has routinely provided a life-changing experience for all involved.

* Participants will be awarded with a certificate for 40 hours of community service work at the end of the summer.

Highlights

- Participate in a worthwhile community service project in the midst of incredible natural beauty.
- Live in a rustic Sicilian country house surrounded on all sides by vineyards and fruit orchards.
- Learn to cook with a Sicilian family, the curators of the project.
- Hike up towering Mt. Etna, the largest active volcano in Europe.
- Marvel at the ancient Greek temples in Agrigento.
- Swim in the sparkling blue Mediterranean at a coastal wildlife preserve.

Travel Teens is the only teen travel company featured on the Travel Channel!

It was also recently featured on the Forbes Traveler website!

For more information on these programs, please contact Travel Teens through the contact link at the top or at the bottom of this page.

Type of Programs

• Community Service / Volunteerism
• Cultural Exploration

Languages

• English

Cost in US$:

2,985 USD plus airfare

This Program is open to

American, Asian, Australian, Canadian, European, Kiwi, South African and Worldwide Participants.

Participants Travel to Italy

in Groups

Typically Participants Work

in Groups

Application Process Involves

• Online Application plus Application Assessment
• Physical Exam/Health Records

Typically The Application Process Time is

1 week

Travel For Teens's Mission Statement

Travel for Teens believes that teen travel should be both fun and enriching. Our programs feature choice in what you do, see, and experience, a dynamic that sets us apart from superficial tours that herd large groups from one site to another. We visit the best of the mainstream attractions while offering the opportunity to explore the culture from a less touristy perspective. We interact with our host cultures, taking cooking and dance lessons, performing valuable service work to help local communities, and conversing with the people who have spent their lives living in the places we journey to. We have crafted our unique programs to engender love for travel, hunger for learning, curiosity about differences, appreciation of similarities across cultures, and an understanding of what it means to be a global citizen.

Year Founded

2003