Tier 4
Join the Grand Tour – A Subscription Box Worth Having
For those who want the island to arrive, almost entirely, in a single parcel.
Some letters are read in an evening.
This one is unpacked slowly, piece by piece, across a whole week.
The Grand Tour is our most immersive Sicily subscription box — not simply a letter, but a small, weighty parcel that carries the island’s flavours, scents, and stories together, the way Sicily itself rarely arrives in just one form.
Each month, before the box is sealed, I gather what the season has given us. What’s ripe. What’s been pressed, jarred, or baked in the weeks before. What a particular village has just finished celebrating. Then I write, and I pack, and I send it all to you, by post, the slow way.
You won’t know exactly what arrives until you open it.
That’s rather the point.
What Arrives in Your Sicily Subscription Box Each Month?
A Wax-Sealed Letter from Sicily
At the centre of every Grand Tour box is the same letter our other readers receive — written from a different corner of the island each month, carrying its festivals, folklore, landscapes, and the small daily observations that don’t make it into guidebooks.
This is still, first and always, a letter.
Everything else is what gathers around it.
Three Authentic Sicilian Recipe Cards
Three dishes this month, drawn from kitchens across the island — a coastal classic, perhaps something from the mountains, and one that ties back to whatever feast or harvest the letter is describing.
Collected together, they begin to read like a cookbook written one month at a time.
Five Vintage-Style Stickers
The largest sticker set of any tier — five small, collectible illustrations inspired by Sicilian life: citrus groves, painted carts, coastal towns, volcanic landscapes, and the island’s quieter folk traditions.
For journals, letters, postcards, or simply for keeping.
One 40g Cake of Artisan Sicilian Soap
Crafted by local makers and scented differently each month — lemon, orange blossom, wild herbs, olive — a small daily ritual drawn from the island’s own ingredients.
One 100g Slab of Authentic Modica Chocolate
Made using a centuries-old method unlike conventional chocolate production, this is one of Sicily’s most treasured culinary traditions, and one of the most requested items in every tier we send. Our chocolate come from the top 4 suppliers in Modica.
We source our chocolate slabs from one of the top 4 producers in Modica –
- Sabadi is widely rated as the best Modica chocolate, having won the Tavoletta D’Oro (Gold Bar) award for Best Modica Chocolate for 15 consecutive years (2011–2025) from the Compagnia del Cioccolato.
- Antica Dolceria Bonajuto: The oldest chocolate shop in Modica going for more than 150 years (established 1880), known for its traditional bean-to-bar craftsmanship and historic confectionery heritage.
- Antica Dolceria Rizza: A family-run producer since 1935, celebrated for its pure, additive-free chocolate and high-quality single-origin options.
- Giannetti Artisans: Renowned for classic flavors like cinnamon, vanilla, and chili, offering a 60% cocoa dark chocolate with a traditional grainy texture.
*Please note – ALL Chocolate, even those marked biological, will have traces of nuts and milk for those with allergens.
A Bag of Sicilian Herbs
Wild oregano, rosemary, or thyme, gathered from the same hillsides that appear in your letters — the kind of thing a Sicilian grandmother keeps in an old jar by the stove, used by the pinch, never measured.
And Whatever the Season Allows
This is where the Grand Tour becomes something closer to a discovery than a delivery.
Unlike a typical Italian food subscription box, The Grand Tour leads with a story — the food and treasures that arrive each month are a way of tasting the letter, not the main event.
Some months, you’ll find a small bottle of Sicilian olive oil (100ml) alongside a jar of honey, jam, or chutney made from whatever fruit the island has just finished harvesting.
Other months, the oil makes way for something else entirely — a hand-painted Sicilian tile, perhaps, tucked in alongside the jars.
What arrives depends on the season, the harvest, and — quite honestly — on weight. Postage from Sicily is not gentle on a parcel, so each box is kept close to 500g, which means every month is a small act of deciding what the island can fit in the post this time.
No two boxes are quite the same.
That’s not a limitation. It’s the whole idea.
Why a Sicily Subscription Box and Not Just a Letter?
Because some things about Sicily can’t be written down.
The smell of warm bread isn’t something a letter can carry. Neither is the taste of chocolate made the old Modica way, or the particular scent of soap pressed with island herbs.
A letter tells you about Sicily.
A subscription box lets you taste it, smell it, hold it — while you read.
Perfect For
- Readers who want the fullest possible experience of island life
- Past visitors who want their holiday memories to linger
- Those who have not quite had the time to experience Sicily first hand, but want to
- Gift-givers searching for something genuinely unlike anything else
- Slow travel and slow living enthusiasts
- Home cooks building a real Sicilian pantry, one box at a time
- Anyone who has loved the letters and wants more of the island alongside them
Get your Subscription Box and Begin the Grand Tour
Join The Grand Tour and receive:
- a wax-sealed letter
- 3 recipe cards
- 5 collectible stickers
- 1 artisan Sicilian soap
- 1 70 -100 g authentic Modica chocolate
- 1 bag of Sicilian herbs
- And a rotating seasonal selection — perhaps oil, or honey, jam, chutney, and/or a small handmade treasure from the island — delivered to your door each month
The Grand Tour is €48 ($55.00 USD) a month. We post internationally and postage is included in the price. You may cancel at any time.
Our next available membership opening is for the August edition of Letters From Sicily
To ensure every parcel receives the care and attention it deserves, we release a limited number of subscription places each month.
We post globally on the first Monday of each month. Postage is included in your subscription. Feel free to cancel anytime.
If you would like to begin your journey with us, simply join the waiting list below. When spaces become available, we’ll contact you personally to confirm your preferred subscription tier and complete your membership.
Whether you’re interested in receiving our monthly letters, collectible keepsakes, or authentic Sicilian treasures, we’d be delighted to welcome you.
Join the waiting list today and be first in line for our August mailing.