ITINERARY
Day 1: Arrival in Palermo
Arrival at Palermo airport. Warm welcome through English-speaking guide and transfer with bus to the hotel. Dinner and overnight at the hotel.
Day 2: Palermo – Cefalu – Capo d’Orlando – Messina
After a buffet breakfast drive along the Thyrrenian coast. Stop in Cefalù, well known for its beautiful Norman Cathedral and medieval wash-house built in the rocks. Proceed to Capo d’Orlando for lunch. Continue to Messina. Sea conditions permitting, embark to Reggio Calabria and visit the famous “Bronzi di Riace”. Return to Messina. Dinner and overnight at the Hotel in Messina.
Day 3: Messina – Mount Etna – Taormina - Messina
After a buffet breakfast, conditions permitting, excursion to Mount Etna the highest active volcano of Europe. Continue to Taormina. Lunch at a local restaurant. In the afternoon visit the Greek Theater and enjoy time at leisure. Return to Messina, dinner and overnight at the Hotel.
Day 4: Messina - Catania – Syracuse
After a buffet breakfast departure to Syracuse. Panoramic tour of Catania. Lunch at Jolly hotel Syracuse. In the afternoon visit of the Archaeological area including the famous Latomie of the Paradise. Dinner and overnight accommodation at the Hotel in Syracuse.
Day 5: Syracuse – Piazza Armerina – Agrigento
After a buffet breakfast depart to Piazza Armerina and visit the Villa Romana del Casale, famous for its well preserved mosaics. Continue to Agrigento. Visit the Valley including the Temple of Juno, Concord, Zeus, Pollux etc. Dinner at the Jolly Hotel della Valle. After dinner enjoy an unforgettable panoramic tour of the Valley of the Temples illuminated. Overnight in Agrigento.
Day 6: Agrigento – Segesta – Erice – Trapani – Palermo
After a buffet breakfast departure to Segesta to visit the Doric Temple. Lunch at a local restaurant in Erice, a medieval town full of myth and history. After lunch enjoy an orientation tour of Trapani’s salt mills. Continue to Palermo. Dinner and overnight in Palermo.
Day 7: Palermo – Monreale
Breakfast. Departure to Monreale with visit to the Cathedral “Duomo” plus the Benedictine Cloister in its pure Norman style. Visit the city of Palermo including the Cathedral, the Palatine Chapel in the Royal Palace and a panoramic tour of the historical center. Lunch at Jolly Hotel. In the afternoon leisure time. Dinner and accommodation at the Hotel.
Day 8: Departure Palermo
After a buffet breakfast transfer with guide to the airport of Palermo and flight back home. |
