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1st Day /Saturday
: PALERMO
Transfer on your own to your hotel. Welcome cocktail
. Dinner and overnight at your hotel
2nd Day/Sun : PALERMO – SEGESTA –
ERICE – MARSALA
After breakfast, depart for Segesta to visit the
Doric Temple of the 5th century BC. and the Greek Theater. Lunch on
your own in Erice and visit of the medieval town. Proceed to Trapani
stopping for wine tasting and a visit in Trapani to the Salt Museum
with its mines and ancient windmills. Dinner and overnight at your
hotel in Marsala
3rd Day/Mon :
MARSALA – MOTHIA – SELINUNTE - AGRIGENTO
After breakfast depart by boat to Mothia Island; the
most important Phoenician colony in Sicily. Then continue to Cusa
quarry. Lunch on your own in Selinunte. Visit the Acropolis and proceed
to Agrigento. Dinner at your hotel and visit by coach to the lighted
Temples. Overnight.
4th Day/Tuesday :
AGRIGENTO – PIAZZA ARMERINA – CALTAGIRONE – S.M. GANZARIA
After breakfast visit the Archaeological Museum and
the famous Valley of the Temples. Then proceed to Piazza Armerina.Lunch
at a local restaurant.Visit the famed Villa Romana del Casale with its
3.500 square meters of mosaics. Continue to Caltagirone, the Baroque
town well known for its ceramics. Dinner and overnight at your hotel in
San Michele di Ganzaria, a typical agricoltural village.
5th Day/Wednesday
: S.M. GANZARIA – PANTALICA-PALAZZOLO ACREIDE-SIRACUSA
After breakfast, leave for Pantalica. Be sure to wear
comfortable shoes to walk through beautiful mountains where an ancient
civilization was born during the Bronze age. Proceed to Palazzolo
Acreide, the ancient Greek colony of Akrai and visit the Theater. Lunch
in a typical restaurant along the river. Proceed to Syracuse. Visit the
Archaeological Museum. Dinner and overnight at your hotel.
6th Day/Thursday :
SIRACUSA – NOTO – MODICA - RAGUSA
After breakfast, tour Siracusa including the most
famous Greek theater of Sicily, the legendary Dyonisius’ Ear, the Roman
amphitheatre, the Latomie. Visit the island of Ortigia, historical
center of Syracuse, as well as treasure of Baroque style. Lunch on your
own and leave for Noto famed for its Baroque style. Stop in Modica, also
know for its Baroque architecture. Continue to Ragusa. Dinner in a
local resturant. Overnight at your hotel.
7th Day/Fri :
RAGUSA–CATANIA – MT ETNA – TAORMINA
After breakfast, depart for Catania, enjoy an
orientation tour of the city then,
conditions permitting, continue to Mt.
Etna, the highest and the most active volcano of Europe climbing to
1.800 meters. Possibility of an optional excursion by cable-car to 3.000
meters. Lunch on your own, then descend and proceed to Taormina . Dinner
and overnight at your hotel.
8th Day/Sat :PEDARA
- MESSINA – R CALABRIA – TAORMINA
After breakfast PANORAMIC visit of Messina and depart
for Reggio di Calabria by hydrofoil. Visit of the museum with the famous
“Bronzi of Riace”. Continue to Taormina. Free time for lunch on your
own. Visit of the Greek Theater . Time at leisure . Dinner and overnight
at your hotel.
9th Day/Sun :
TAORMINA AREA– LIPARI- VULCANO –LIPARI
After breakfast, depart for Milazzo . Depart by
hydrofoil to reach Lipari the greatest amoung the Aeolian Islands.
Visit of the village and possibility of a visit to the Archaeological
Museum (optional). Lunch on your own . Continue to Vulcano and visit
the village .Return to Lipari . Dinner and overnight at your hotel .
10th Day/Monday :
LIPARI – STROMBOLI – LIPARI
After breakfast, free time to enjoy the village.
Lunch on your own. After lunch, optional excursion to Stromboli (to be
paid locally) with its volcano and the “Sciara”. Return to Lipari.
Dinner and overnight at your hotel.
11th Day/Tue:
LIPARI – TINDARI – SANTO STEFANO CAMASTRA - TUSA
Breakfast at your hotel. Morning at leisure with
time for lunch on your own. Embark for Milazzo, then proceed to Tusa,
stopping on route in Tindari for a view on the sand-tongues and the
old town ruins and small stop in Santo Stefano di Camastra, famous for
its ceramics. Dinner and overnight at your hotel in Tusa.
12th
Day/Wednesday: TUSA - CASTELBUONO – CEFALU – SOLUNTO – PALERMO
After breakfast depart for Castelbuono , a small
village in the Sicilian inland visit of the Cathedral and the Castle
built by the Ventimiglia family. Proceed to Cefalù and visit of the
Cathedral. Lunch on your own. Continue to the archaeological park of
Solunto. Proceed to Palermo. Dinner and overnight at your hotel.
13th Day/Thursday:
PALERMO
Breakfast at your hotel. In the morning visit the
Archaeological Museum and enjoy a nice walk in the historical center of
the town visiting the Martorana Church, S. Cataldo, the Praetoria Square
and the Quattro Canti. Free time for lunch on your own. Afternoon at
leisure. Dinner on your own and overnight at your hotel.
14th Day/Friday:
PALERMO
Breakfast at your hotel. In the morning visit the
Palatine Chapel, the Cathedral, St. John of Eremits and Monreale with
its exquisite Cathedral and Cloister. Lunch on your own. In the
afternoon visit the Catacombs, Mondello (to be paid locally). Dinner
and overnight at your hotel
15th Day/Saturday:
PALERMO
Breakfast at the hotel. End of your Tour
IN THE SIGHTSEEING TOURS ENTRANCE FEES ARE NOT INCLUDED
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