1^st Day /Saturday : PALERMO

Transfer on your own  to your hotel. Dinner and overnight at your hotel

2^nd Day/Sun : 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.

3^rd Day/Mon : 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.

4^th 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.

5^th 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  at the Hotel and overnight.

6^th 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.

7^th 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. 

8^th Day/Sat : 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.

9^th Day/Sun : 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.

10^th 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” and to enjoy the village. Return to Lipari. Dinner and overnight at your hotel.

11^th 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.

12^th 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.

13^th 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.

14^th 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 optional visit of the Catacombs, Mondello (to be paid locally). Dinner and  overnight at  your hotel.

15^th Day/Saturday: PALERMO

Breakfast at the hotel. End of your Tour.

 RATES PER PERSON

Euro 1.759   in dbl/trp room   

Euro 2.119   in SGL/B  room

No reduction for Trp/B

ENTRANCE FEES ARE NOT INCLUDED

LANGUAGES: ENGLISH,FRENCH, SPANISH

OPERATING DATES:

April 12^{th –}April 26^th

May 10^st - 24^th     -  August 30^th

September 13^th- 27^{th      -} October     11^th   

RATE INCLUDES:

-Bus G.T.

-Overnights  in 3*/4*  Htls

-Tour Escort speaking English,Spanish, French

-N.14 Breakfast – N. 2 Lunch – N. 13 Dinner

-Local guides where necessary

Crossing  on hidrofoil Milazzo/Lipari/Vulcano -  lipari/Milazzo

-Crossing on hidrofoil Messina/Reggio/Messina

-Boat to Mozia 

HOTELS :

PALERMO -  4 star  ASTORIA  or similar

MARSALA  - 4 Star MAHARA, Sim.  

AGRIGENTO – 4 star GRAND HOTEL DEI TEMPLI  or similar

SAN MICHELE GANZARIA – 3 Star Htl Pomara or similar

RAGUSA  - 4 star Mediterraneo or Simil

SIRACUSA – 3 star  Htl  PARK or similar

GIARDINI NAXOS  CAESAR PALACE, 4*

LIPARI – 3 Star  VILLA AUGUSTUS  or Sim

TUSA  - 3 Star  L’Atelier sul Mare or

Exact names will be advised 30 days prior Tour departure

RATE DOES NOT INCLUDE
· Transferts
· Beverages
· Entrance fees
· Lunches on your own as per itinerary
· Excursion to Stromboli

Attention

Days 9/10/11: the itinerary could be modified for  technical metereological reasons.