Sicilian Odyssey - Private Tour of Sicily

What's Included

Meeting and pickup

Itinerary

Day 1
Palermo
1 stop
1
Palermo
Arrival at airport. Meeting with driver and transfer to the hotel. Dinner at Your own and overnight.
Day 2
PALERMO
5 stops
2
Santa Maria dell'Ammiraglio (La Martorana)
In the morning visit of Palermo with local guide: walking in the pedestrian area of the historical centre of Palermo, one of the largest in Europe; with Martorana Church, Piazza Bellini, Piazza Pretoria, “I Quattro Canti di Città”, making a pleasant walking along Corso Vittorio Emanuele, the ancient “Cassaro”, Piazza Bologni, the Cathedral and the Palatine Chapel inside the Norman Palace.
4 hours • Admission ticket not included
3
Piazza Bellini
Piazza Bellini
4
Piazza Pretoria
Piazza Pretoria
5
Quattro Canti
“I Quattro Canti di Città”, making a pleasant walking along Corso Vittorio Emanuele, the ancient “Cassaro”
6
In the afternoon You will enjoy the unique experience of Palermo’s planetary garden.
2 hours • Admission ticket not included
Day 3
Palermo – optional excursion to Monreale – “Palermo from Above”
2 stops
7
Monreale
Morning at leisure in Palermo, possibility to book an half day excursion to Monreale (private car and local guide). Monreale is a small town, situated on a hill at few kms far from Palermo in panoramic position; the Cathedral is one of the most beautiful monuments of the world with its Moorish architecture, housing very fine mosaics representing a complete cycle of the Old and New Testaments. Then visit the cloister.
3 hours • Admission ticket free
8
Palermo
In the afternoon you will enjoy a unique experience of “Palermo from the above”.
2 hours • Admission ticket free
Day 4
Palermo – Mazara del Vallo
1 stop
9
Breakfast at hotel and departure to Mazara del Vallo, a small fisher town in the south-western side of Sicily, the ancient hystorical centre includes many monumental churches and it has an Islamic architecture, with the typical tiny streets of the arab Kasbah. You will enjoy to discover “The Kasbah” and why not taste the real couscous in one of the typical restaurant.
6 hours • Admission ticket free
Day 5
Mazara del Vallo – Eraclea Minoa- Realmonte- Agrigento
2 stops
10
Breakfast at hotel and departure to Agrigento. Along the way stop in Eraclea Minoa, an ancient greek town and a roman colony, and at Scala dei Turchi, a unique panoramic site by the sea
1 hour • Admission ticket not included
11
Valle dei Templi
In the afternoon visit of the “Valley of Temples”, UNESCO site, famous for many greek temples concentrated in the same area: the Temple of Concorde is the best preserved one.
2 hours • Admission ticket not included
Day 6
Agrigento – Piazza Armerina – Catania
3 stops
12
Piazza Armerina
Breakfast at hotel and departure to Piazza Armerina.
13
Villa Romana del Casale
Arrival after 2 hours and visit of the roman Villa del Casale, UNESCO site, famous for the mosaics covering the floor rapresenting hunting, mytological and leisure scenes of the roman age.
2 hours • Admission ticket not included
14
Catania
In the afternoon continue to Catania, the second greatest town of Sicily. Accommodation at hotel. Walking tour in the hystorical centre with the Cathedral and Via Etnea.
2 hours • Admission ticket free
Day 7
Catania – optional excursion Etna and Taormina
1 stop
15
Catania
Buffet breakfast at hotel and full day at leisure in Catania. Possibility to book a full day excursion to Etna and Taormina. In the morning visit Etna, the highest active volcano in Europe. You will reach 1900 mts and You will visit the 3 crateri Silvestri. Visit of a winery where you will enjoy a winetasting and a light lunch. Continue to Taormina, the most famous Sicilian town, known as the “pearl of the Mediterranean Seawhere you will visit the town with the greek theatre, the Cathedral, Palazzo Corvaja
8 hours • Admission ticket free
Day 8
Catania
1 stop
16
Catania
Breakfast at hotel. Transfert to Catania airport. End of services

Additional info

• Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
• Public transportation options are available nearby
• Suitable for all physical fitness levels

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