Itinerary

1. Day 1 (Sunday) - Palermo Airport > Town

   Day 1 :
   

   Welcome to the warm, beautiful and pleasant island of Sicily! Upon arrival at Palermo Airport please proceed through Passport Control and collect your luggage inside the customs area.Then, independent transfer to your hotel.

   
   
   

2. Day 2 (Monday) - Monreale and Palermo Street Food Half Day Tour

   Day 2 :
   

   After Breakfast at hotel will meet our Guide and departure or Monreale in order to visit the Dome (Admission fee included), a wonderful example of the Arab-Norman art and architecture.Built in 1174 by William II, the Dome represents scenes from the Old and New Testaments all in golden mosaics.

   
   

   We then back to Palermo to continue the itinerary with the Street Food Walking Tour!

   
   

   During the itinerary we will see several monuments like: Piazza Pretoria, the Four Corners (Quattro Canti) and an external view of the Cathedral.We will explore a suggestive and lively open-air market, a place with strong Arab influences, resembling a souk, with picturesque stands of fresh fish, cheeses, fruits and vegetables.During the tour we will have the opportunity to observe local people in their daily activities and to savor foods that a real Sicilian people love to eat! Tasting of typical street food is included.

   
   

   The tour will end in front of the Massimo Theatre-Palermo Opera House (external view), then

   
   

   The balance of the day is at leisure.

   
   

   Overnight in Palermo

   
   
   

3. Day 3 (Tuesday) - Marsala Winery, Lunch and Erice

   Day 3 :
   

   Today meet our staff at hotel and travel to Marsala region along the Salt Way Road. 

   
   

   While travelling we will be fascinated by this unusual landscape: panels of mirror-like water, held by thin strips of earth and white windmills.In Summer now as then in some areas between Trapani and Marsala it is possible to admire piles of salt just harvested.

   
   

   We then visit the Florio Winery: Cantine Florio is one of the oldest wine companies in Marsala and the history of wine in this city is interwoven with the history of this company.It was founded in 1833 by Vincenzo Florio, who after having bought land in the countryside, decided to establish his cellars for wine production in the area.We strictly recommend to read the Lions of Sicily, a novel by Stefania Auci based on the true history of the uncrowned kings of Sicily: the story of a family, restless and ambitious, shrewd and determined to be richer and more powerful than anybody else.Lunch in a very local and suggestive trattoria to taste local delicious dishes.

   
   

   This afternoon departure for Erice, a wonderfully preserved Mediaeval town offering the most breathtaking views and a palpable sense of history.Wander through its ancient streets and visit some of the famous homemade pastry shops world-famous for marzipan candies and other delicacies like almond and pistachio pastries.

   
   

   Then we drive back to Palermo.

   
   
   
   

4. Day 4 (Wednesday) - The Countryside Village Experience

   Day 4 :
   

   Breakfast at hotel.

   
   

   Today will be dedicated to the Countryside Village Experience.We will be deep in the life of a small little village of the inland of Sicily to have an amazing experience based on the interaction with local life having the opportunity to visit a small cheese factory, a Farmhouse, old greek cave-tumbs (if weather permit).

   
   

   Lunch will be done in a local farmhouse where, if we are like, will be able to have a pasta making demostration before have the lunch all together in a perfect Family atmosphere

   
   

   In the afternoon we then continue our tour to Agrigento.

   
   
   
   

5. Day 5 (Thursday) - Agrigento, Winery, Olive Oil and Lunch

   Day 5 :
   

   After Breakfast departure to have an independent visit (with audioguide) of the Valley of the Temples (Admission fee and audioguide: included).

   
   

   Then we drive across an amazing scenic route to get a great Winery and Olive Oil Farm where we stop for a visit, wine, olive oil tastings and a delicious lunch.

   
   

   This afternoon we then continue onto Syracusa.

   
   
   
   

6. Day 6 (Friday) - Syracusa Half Day Walking Tour

   Day 6 :
   

   After Breakfast today we start the visit of Syracuse with a transfer by taxi to meet your guide and enjoy the guided visit of the Archeaological park (admission fee included), whose main highlights of which are the Greek Theatre, the Roman Amphitheatre and the Paradise Quarry.The resulting park is one of the most extraordinary heritage left us by the ancients population and given its degree of interest and importance, is has no equals.

   
   

   Then back to the city center to stroll through the streets of Ortygia Island, the heart of the city center, to visit the Dome (Admission fee included).This delightful pedestrian square is home to the wonderful Cathedral built on the site of an ancient Temple of Athena, as can clearly be seen from the original Doric columns that were incorporated into the building’s main structure. 

   
   

   Later to the colorful daily Street Market, which sells a fantastic array of fruit, vegetables, fish and meat.

   
   

   This afternoon is at leisure or Optional Experience.

   
   

   Overnight in Syracuse.

   
   
   
   

7. Day 7 (Saturday) - Relax in Syracusa

   Day 7 :
   

   Today is at leisure or let us recommend a few Optional Day Tours.

   
   

   TRUFFLE HUNTIG & TIME MACHINE with lunch at restaurant

   
   

   This Tour is a great opportunity to enjoy the countryside, to have found with the Truffle dog and discover an unknown part of Sicily

   
   

   The day will include the truffle hunting, the Time Machine Experience (we like to call this way the discover of the lifestyle of Sicilian in 1800/early 1900) followed by a lunch in a local restaurant based on the truffle hunted!!!

   
   

   Ask for rate

   
   

   CHEESE, WINE & TUNA FISHING VILLAGE with lunch at local winery

   
   

   This tour is operated from Siracusa and is a great solution to discover a cheese maker and taste the fresh cheese, visit an old tuna fishing Village in the southern part of Sicily and have lunch/wine tasting in a local winery.

   
   

   Ask for rate

   
   

   ORTIGIA SAILING EXPERIENCE with snacks on board

   
   

   This Experience is availabe in the morning (fom 10:30am) and in the afternoon (from 4.00pm) and will include a sailing in the gulf of Siracusa with possibility to swim, and enjoy food tasting on board

   
   

   Ask for rate

   
   
   

   Overnight in Siracusa.

   
   
   

8. Day 8 (Sunday) - Modica Chocolate, Ragusa Ibla and Lunch

   Day 8 :
   

   Today departure for Modica.Like the other towns in the Val di Noto, it was badly damaged by the 1693 earthquake and largely rebuilt in Sicilian Baroque style.Palazzi and houses rise from the bottom of the gorge seemingly stacked one on top of the other.Magnificent churches, with their inspiring domes, bell towers and intricate facades, punctuate the red-tiled roofs and one is struck by the uniform beauty of the whole.Modica is also famous because it is the custodian of a 400-year tradition of Sicilian chocolate-making.Today Modica is still specialized in making grainy chocolate, often flavored with chilli-pepper, cinnamon or vanilla, based on Aztec methods and recipes.Chocolate shops abound, and for the real chocoholic, it is sometimes possible to watch the “chocolatiers” at work.A Chocolate Tastings of Modica chocolate is a must.

   
   

   Later onto Ragusa Ibla to visit one of the most fascinating towns in Sicily.

   
   

   Today lunch in a local trattoria to taste the local dishes.

   
   

   This afternoon we then visit Ragusa Ibla: Ragusa has caused many a visitor’s jaw to drop as they first set eyes on the lower part of the town.Essentially Baroque, the Ragusa you will see today dates almost entirely from 1693.Indeed, it was in this year that Ragusa was razed to the ground by a terrible earthquake that hit most of the eastern side of Sicily.Public opinion on where to rebuild the town was divided, and so a compromise was made.The wealthier, more aristocratic citizens built a new town in a different site, now Ragusa “Superiore”,

   
   

   while the other half of the population decided to rebuild on the original site, now Ragusa Ibla.While the upper part has its fair share of architectural delights, it is the smaller Ragusa Ibla down below that really draws visitors.

   
   

   Later we then continue onto Taormina, the world famous resort town of Sicily.

   
   

   Upon arrival in Taormina say Arrivederci to the Driver/Tour Leader!

   
   

   Overnight in Taormina

   
   
   

9. Day 9 (Monday) - Etna Volcano by WD4X4 Land Rover with lunch in a Winery

   Day 9 :
   

   Today we’ll meet the off-road’s driver at our lobby then and transfer to Etna Volcano. 

   
   

   During the tour will be possible to enjoy: a lava flow cave, Ragabo pine forest, the year 2002 eruption lava front, a short hike and the Alcantara river Valley, Piano Provenzana and will be discovered the local vegetation.

   
   

   Lunch is included in a local authentic winery on the slopes of the Volcano where a selection of their production will be tested together with highlights of local food. 

   
   

   Later we return to Taormina.

   
   
   
   

10. Day 10 (Tuesday) - Taormina > Catania Airport

    Day 10 :
    

    Today time to say goodbye to Sicily.

    
    

    Today independent transfer to Catania Airport.

    
    

    Arrivederci Sicilia !