Western Sicily & Egadi Island Tour | Sicily tour
- Category: Tours in Europe
- Sicily & Malta
- Tour Code: SM001
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Includes:
- Personal Travel Guide
- Nights in Hotels
- Half Board (Breakfast and Dinner)
- Insurance (Doctor 24H)
- VAT and Service Taxes
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Not Included:
- Inputs and personal extras
- Transfer service on arrival and departure
- Any taxes
- Entry fee for person
- All that is not expressly indicated
- Day 1: CATANIA
- Arrival in Catania. Check into hotel. Dinner and overnight stay.
- Day 2: CALTAGIRONE - PIAZZA ARMERINA - AGRIGENTO
- After breakfast in hotel we will join a morning excursion to Caltagirone, famous for its ceramic tradition and baroque style. Time at leisure. We will then visit Piazza Armerina to see the ruins of a Roman Villa of Casale. Lunch on your own. In the afternoon, you will visit the Valley of Temples. You will admire the Temple of Hera (Juno), Concordia, Herakles (Hercules). Dinner and overnight stay in Agrigento.
- Day 3: SELINUNTE - MARSALA - MOTHIA - ERICE - PALERMO
- After breakfast in hotel we will join a morning excursion to Selinunte. Afterwards, visit of the salt-mines and excursion to the little and fascinating Mozia Island. Mozia is a little paradise in the middle of a nice lagoon; here Phoenix have built a prosperous colony. Thanks to its position and surrounded by the lagon water (Stagnone), Mozia became soon an interesting site to conquer. In fact it was destroyed and forgotten and only at the end of the last century it was “discovered” again. Here, you will have free time to explore the local area. In the afternoon depart for Florio winery based in Marsala. In the past, Florio winery welcomed illustrious visitors such as the noted General Giuseppe Garibaldi and the King of Italy Vittorio Emanuele III. After, you will visit Erice, enchanting medieval village, with typical lanes and little roads. Transfer to Palermo, accommodation at hotel, dinner and overnight stay.
- Day 4: PALERMO - MONREALE
- After breakfast you join a guided tour of Palermo to see the Cathedral, the Norman Palace, the Botanical Gardens, Politeama and Massimo Theatres. Lunch on your own. Continue to Monreale, where you can admire the imposing Norman cathedral (called the eighth wonder of the world) and the splendid cloister. In the evening, return to the hotel dinner and overnight stay.
- Day 5: PALERMO - TRAPANI - FAVIGNANA
- After breakfast you will be transferred to Trapani and then embark for Favignana. Check into hotel. Here, you will have free time to explore the local area. Dinner and overnight stay.
- Day 6: FAVIGNANA -MARETTIMO
- After breakfast, departure towards Marettimo Island (by boat), the tallest and most mountainous of Egadi Islands. Here the boat ride is full of charm, as the coast of marettima is full of caves and overhangs. Then follows the beautiful Cala Bianca where the walls reach a height of four hundred meters. Here, you will have time to explore the local area. Lunch on your own. In the evening return to Favignana. Dinner and overnight stay at the hotel.
- Day 7: FAVIGNANA
- After breakfast, you will have free time to explore the city centre of Favignana. Dinner and overnight stay.
- Day 8: RETURN
- Following a continental breakfast at the hotel, embark for Trapani and then depart to Palermo airport. End of services.
- Category: Tours in Europe
- Sicily & Malta
- Tour Code: SM001
-
Includes:
- Personal Travel Guide
- Nights in Hotels
- Half Board (Breakfast and Dinner)
- Insurance (Doctor 24H)
- VAT and Service Taxes
-
Not Included:
- Inputs and personal extras
- Transfer service on arrival and departure
- Any taxes
- Entry fee for person
- All that is not expressly indicated