Tour Itinerary:
Day 1: Palermo
Transfer on your own to your hotel. Dinner and overnight at your hotel.
Day 2: Palermo – Segesta – Erice – Mazara Del Vallo
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 : visit the Salt Museum with its mines and ancient windmills. Dinner and overnight at your hotel in Mazara.
Day 3: Mazara Del Vallo – 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.
Day 4: 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 agricultural village.
Day 5: S.M. Ganzaria – Pantalica - Palazzolo Acreide - Syracuse
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 at the hotel and overnight.
Day 6: Syracuse – Noto – Modica - Ragusa
After breakfast, tour Syracuse including the most famous Greek theater of Sicily, the legendary Dyonisius’ Ear, the Roman amphitheater, 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 restaurant. Overnight at your hotel.
Day 7: 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.
Day 8: Taormina - Messina – R Calabria – Taormina
After breakfast, departure for Messina: Panoramic visit of the city and depart for Reggio di Calabria by hydrofoil or ferry. 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.
Day 9: Taormina area – Lipari - Vulcano - Lipari
After breakfast, depart for Milazzo. Depart by hydrofoil or ferry to reach Lipari the greatest among 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 of the village. Return to Lipari. Dinner and overnight at your hotel.
Day 10: 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” and to enjoy the village. Return to Lipari. Dinner and overnight at your hotel.
Day 11: 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.
Day 12: 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.
Day 13: 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.
Day 14: 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 optional visit of the Catacombs, Mondello (to be paid locally). Dinner and overnight at your hotel.
Day 15: Palermo
Breakfast at the hotel. End of your Tour.
Notes:
Airfare is not included in the tour price.
Price Includes:
- Bus G.T.
- Overnights in 3*/4* Hotels
- Tour Escort speaking English,Spanish,French
- Local guides where necessary
- Crossing on hydrofoil Milazzo/Lipari/Vulcano/
- lipari/Milazzo
- 14 breakfast, 2 lunch, 13 dinner
- Crossing on hydrofoil Messina/Reggio/Messina
- Boat to Mozia
Price Excludes:
- Transfers
- Beverages
- Entrance fees
- Lunches on your own as per itinerary
- Excursion to Stromboli
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