SICILIAN HIGHLIGHTS – 6 Days/5 Nights

Itinerary

Day 1 Saturday: Palermo
Upon arrival to Palermo airport own transfer to your hotel. Tonight, enjoy a Welcome Dinner at local restaurant. (D)

Day 2 Sunday: Palermo – Monreale
Morning walking tour through the old centre includes a visit to the lovely Capo Market. Continue to the Massimo Theatre square and visit the Palatine Chapel and Hall of King Roger II, the Four Corners and the great Pretoria Square with the lovely fountain. Afternoon dedicated to the visit to Monreale to admire the 6340 square meters gold mosaics into the Dome. Return to Palermo. Enjoy dinner on your own. (BB)

Day 3 Monday: Cefalu’ – Piazza Armerina
Today departure to Cefalù, a charming coastal town, has a massive Norman Cathedral with outstanding mosaics. Here we will visit to the city centre and enjoy a walk in the main street to reach the Cathedral. Then drive through the interior of Sicily to reach Piazza Armerina. Time at leisure for your own lunch. Then you will tour the remains of one of the most sumptuous villas of the late Roman Empire whose floor mosaics comprise the most vital and colorful manifestation of Roman figurative art in Europe. Continue across the island to reach Taormina. Dinner at hotel. (BB D)

Day 4 Tuesday: Catania – Siracusa
Today departure to Catania, the city of lava and standing in the ominous shadow of Mount Etna. The town is called the city of “black and white”: white plaster and marble and black lava form major parts of its architectural adornment. Here we will visit the old centre of the city in the Piazza Duomo with the fountain of the ancient elephant. Then we will drive to Syracuse. On arrival walk in the island of Ortygia, the picturesque and densely built original centre of Syracuse. Enjoy the lunch at local restaurant. During afternoon we will visit the magnificent of the Archaeological Park where we will admire the 5th-cent BC Greek Theatre, the stone quarries and the Roman Amphitheatre and the Paradise Quarry. Then back to Taormina (BB L)

Day 5 Wednesday: Taormina
Today at leisure to rest or shopping or optional Etna volcano jeep ride (BB)

Day 6 Thursday: Taormina – Catania
Time to say goodbye to Sicily. Own transfer to Catania airport. (BB)

Tour Details

The tour includes
* Palermo: 2 nights in First class Hotel, standard room
* Taormina: 3 nights in First class Hotel, standard room – no sea view
* Deluxe van/mini coach with air conditioning, no toilet
* English speaking Tour Director/Driver as per program
* Buffet continental breakfast daily * Welcome drink
* Welcome dinner with group set menu, 3 course
* 1 dinner at Hotel with group set menu, 3 course
* 1 lunch at local restaurant in Siracusa with group set-menù, 3 course
* All sightseeing, tasting and excursions as specified in the itinerary
* Hotel & City Taxes

Not included
Inter-continental flight; gratuities to Tour Director and Driver; Porterage at airport; Baggage handling of one piece of luggage at hotel; gratuities to Tour Director and Driver; beverages and meals not mentioned in the program; travel insurance; New Year Gala Dinner; cablecar to Etna Vulcano (subject to weather); admission fee for all sites and other activities as per itinerary; airport transfers (Palermo airport to hotel and from Taormina hotel to Catania airport).

Our Hotels
Hotels may be substituted with similar category
Palermo: Hotel Politeama
Taormina: Hotel Lido Caparena

Prices per person
Double/twin share: $1850 Single: $2220
Easter Departure (March 22): supplement $222 per person

Departure Dates:
Each Saturday from December 29, 2007 to December 20, 2008.