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Grand Tour 2
Starting from Palermo
DAY 1 SATURDAY
Palermo
Independent arrival at Hotel Principe di Villafranca in
Palermo. Enjoy a welcome cocktail. Dinner and overnight in
your hotel.
DAY 2 SUNDAY
Palermo- Cefalú- 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, homemade 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.
DAY 3 MONDAY
Catania, Mount Etna - with lunch in a farmhouse-, Catania
After a buffet breakfast , weather conditions permitting,
excursion to Mount Etna, the highest volcano active 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", Piazza
Duomo with the Cathedral and the "Liotru" statue,
symbole of the city, the Roman Amphitheatre, the Opera House
(external visit), the University, and the noble Place of
Biscari (external visit). Dinner and overnight in your hotel. DAY 4 TUESDAY
Catania, Siracusa, Noto, Modica, Ragusa with
Sicilian typical products tasting
After a buffet breakfast depart to Siracusa 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. Afternoon departure
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
Modica, one of the most picturesque cities of all Sicily, rich
of important churches such as San Giorgio and San Pietro
and panoramic tour. Continue to Ragusa, a city that is divided
in 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 a tasting of Sicilian typical products in a nice bar in
the main square by the Dome, "Basilica di San
Giorgio". Accommodation, dinner and overnight at Hotel
Mediterraneo Palace.
DAY 5 WEDNESDAY
Ragusa, Caltagirone, Piazza Armerina, Agrigento.
After a buffet breakfast visit Caltagirone, famousfor the
production of ceramics and pottery: visit of a ceramics
laboratory and opportunity of shopping. Continue to Piazza Armerina to visit the worldwide
known Villa 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 for a visit of the Valley of the Temples
including the Temple of Juno, Concord, Heracles, Zeus and
Castor & Pollux. Dinner at Hotel Della Valle. After dinner enjoy a
panoramic tour of the illuminated Valley of the Temples.
Overnight in Agrigento
DAY 6 THURSDAY
Agrigento, Selinunte with lunch in 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 Hotel Principe of
Villafranca
DAY 7 FRIDAY
Palermo, Monreale, ( Erice
Optional), Palermo
After a buffet breakfast, morning visit of the capital
of Sicily, one of the richest towns in the islands 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.
DAY 8 SATURDAY
After a buffet breakfast end of tour. The
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