1° Day /SABATO   PALERMO
Independent arrival at Grande Albergo Sole in Palermo. Enjoy a welcome cocktail. Dinner and overnight in your hotel.

2nd  DAY/SUNDAY  PALERMO – CEFALU’ – CAPO D’ORLANDO – TAORMINA - CATANIA
After a buffet breakfast, depart to Cefalù, a charming coastal town, a former fishing village, which is also home to a breathtaking Norman Cathedral with dazzling mosaics. Take a stroll to the city center and down main street to reach the Cathedral and the medieval wash-house built in the rock. Proceed to Capo d’Orlando along the Tyrrhenian coast and stop for lunch. Continue to Taormina called “the pearl of the Ionic Sea”, founded in 400 BC and beautifully located overlooking the sea and the peak of Mount Etna. Enjoy time at leisure to shop for handmade lace, coral jewels, ceramics, home-made sweets and preserves down
“Corso Umberto” or simply walk through the tiny streets. Possibility to visit the fascinating Roman - Greek theatre. Proceed to Catania. Accommodation, dinner and overnight at the Hotel Katane Palace.

3rd  DAY/MONDAY  CATANIA - MONTE ETNA with lunch in a farmhouse - CATANIA  

After a buffet breakfast, weather conditions permitting, excursion to Mount Etna, the highest active volcano in Europe. Across fascinating landscape, we will reach a height of 2000 metres, where we will enjoy a fantastic panorama of the Ionic Sea. Lunch in a farmhouse on the slopes of Etna and wine tasting of local production. Back to Catania, the town known for its original baroque style and for its streets built with black lava stone from mount Etna. Walking tour through Via Etnea, the Baroque street “Via Crociferi”, the Piazza Duomo with the Cathedral and the “Liotru” statue, symbol of the city, the roman Amphitheatre, the Opera House (external visit), the University, and the noble Palace of Biscari (external visit). Dinner and overnight in your Hotel.

4th   DAY/TUESDAY  CATANIA – SIRACUSA - NOTO – RAGUSA
After a buffet breakfast, depart to Syracuse to visit the most beautiful Greek colony of Sicily. Visit of the archaeological area including the famous Latomie of the Paradise, the Greek Theatre, the Roman Amphitheatre and the Dyonisios “Ear”. Visit the island of Ortigia, the small baroque old city centre of Siracusa, built by the Aragonians: here you can admire the Cathedral and the “Fontana Aretusa”. Lunch in a local restaurant. In the afternoon, depart to Noto, one of the most beautiful cities in Sicily renowned for the harmony and unity of its Baroque style and today declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. Proceed to Ragusa, a city that is divided into two parts: the upper part built after the earthquake in 1693 and the lower part that is called Ragusa Ibla, one of the most important testimony of the Baroque architecture. Enjoy an aperitif in a nice bar in the main square by the Dome, “Basilica di San Giorgio”. Accommodation, dinner and overnight at Hotel Mediterraneo Palace.

5th  DAY /WEDNESDAY  RAGUSA - MODICA - PIAZZA ARMERINA - AGRIGENTO
After a buffet breakfast, stop in Modica, one of the most picturesque cities in the province and of all Sicily, mainly to the appearance late Baroque, rich of important churches such as San Giorgio and San Pietro. Stop in a chocolate shop to have a taste of the famous Modica’s chocolate still made the same way the ancient Aztecs made chocolate in Mexico. Depart to Piazza Armerina and visit the worldwide known Villa Romana del Casale: it is the richest, largest and most complex collection of late Roman mosaics in the world Lunch in a local restaurant. Continue to Agrigento: visit of the Valley of the Temples including the Temple of Juno, Concord, Heracles, Zeus, Castor & Pollux that represent the most beautiful example of the Greek Civilization in Sicily. Dinner at Hotel Della Valle. After dinner enjoy an unforgettable panoramic tour of the Valley of the Temples illuminated. Overnight in Agrigento

6th DAY/THURSDAY  AGRIGENTO - SELINUNTE with lunch in a farmhouse - SEGESTA - PALERMO
After a buffet breakfast, depart to the Archaeological park of Selinunte, the largest in the Mediterranean area with the impressive Temples and Acropolis. After the visit stop in a local farmhouse (famous for olive oil production) where before lunch it will be possible to have a wine and oil tasting of local production. Proceed to Segesta to visit the Doric Temple which keeps in its stones the weight of a long history, surrounded by a unique landscape. Proceed to Palermo. Accommodation, dinner and overnight at Grande Albergo Sole

7th DAY/FRIDAY  PALERMO - MONREALE - (ERICE OPTIONAL) - PALERMO
After a buffet breakfast. morning visit of the Capital of Sicily, one of the richest towns in the island for history and art: the Cathedral, the “Palatina” Chapel, and panoramic tour of the town (the “Quattro Canti”, the Opera House, the Pretoria Square). We will continue to Monreale to admire the Cathedral with its splendid 12th century mosaics and the cloister of the Benedictines monastery with Moorish architecture. Lunch in your Hotel. Afternoon at leisure or optional excursion to Erice, a medieval town full of myth, history and art which sits on top of Mt. Erice, overlooking the city of Trapani and the Egadi Islands. Panoramic tour of the salt-woks of Trapani. Dinner and overnight in your Hotel

8th DAY/SATURDAY PALERMO
After a buffet breakfast, end of the Tour 

OPERATING DATES:
EVERY SATURDAY FROM April 3th   TO OCTOBER 30th    INCLUDED (Last departure.

RATES PER PERSON:
Euro 845 in double room
Euro 1.035 in single room
Euro 810  3rd person in trp/b Room

ENTRANCE FEES ARE NOT INCLUDED

RATE INCLUDES:

• Welcome cocktail
• Full board basis (dinner on first day till breakfast on last day)
• Bus GT or minivan with driver/guide for groups with less than 15 pax
• Tour escort
• Local guides where necessary.
• Porterage at hotel.
• Aperitif in Ragusa
• Wine tasting in Selinunte and on Mt Etna
  • Chocolate tasting in Modica

RATE DOES NOT INCLUDE:

• Transfers in/out - Entrance fees -Drinks
• Everything which is not clearly specified under “rate includes”

HOTELS

PALERMO

GRANDE ALBERGO SOLE (4 stars) or similar
Corso Vittorio Emanuele, 291
90133 PALERMO
Tel: 091 6041111 Fax: 091 6110182

CATANIA

KATANE PALACE (4 stars) or similar
Via Finocchiaro Aprile, 110
95129 CATANIA (CT)
Tel: 095 7476111 Fax: 095 507315

RAGUSA

NH  ROMEDITERRANEO PALACE (4 stars) or similar
Via Roma, 189
97100 RAGUSA
Tel: 0932 621944 Fax: 0932 623799

AGRIGENTO

DELLA VALLE (4 stars) or similar
Via Ugo La Malfa, 3
92100 AGRIGENTO
Tel: 0922 26966 Fax: 0922 26412

PRE /POST TOUR ACCOMODATION:
Euro 85  p.p. in DBL/B room  B/B
Euro  120   in Single Bed
Supplement Superior Room  Euro  40  per person

TRANSFER APT Palermo /Hotel or viceversa
One way Group transfer (only available on Saturdays )

Euro 25 p.p PrivateTransfer (no waiting stay) Euro  65  per car

SPOKEN LAGUAGES:
English, Italian and Spanish