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1 day “Palermo”
  Gathering of the participants in the meeting place. We will leave to go to Sicily in the morning. We will stop for free time for lunch. Arrival in Sicily in the evening. Meeting with our tour Manager and check in. Dinner and overnight stay.
 

2 day “Palermo and Cefalù” 

   Breakfast., departure to go and visit Palermo, whose history started in the 3rd millennium b.c., thanks to some sicane populations, and went on during the centuries with various dominations among which the Arabian, the Normandy and the Sveva, of which we still have important evidences. We will approximately visit the town stopping to the ancient Cathedral, raised in the Norman era; we will visit the Palatin Chapel, the most significant part of the Norman palace, well known in the world thanks to the mosaic and the wooden decorations on the walls and the ceiling, the church of San Giovanni degli Eremiti, inside which you can still see the rest of a Arabic mosque, and of the Martorana, church built in 1143, where the frescos and the mosaics on the dome have a really great effect. The visit will end in the zone of Massimo theatre to live the atmosphere of the “Del Capo” market, one of the most famous of the city which reminds many aspects of an Arabic souk. Return to the hotel for lunch. In the afternoon we will visit the panoramic Cefalù and its Arabic-Norman Cathedral. Return to the hotel for dinner and overnight stay.
 
3 day “Palermo, Monreale and Erice”
Breakfast, departure from the hotel to go and visit Monreale, ancient hunting reserve, and considered the maximum example of the Sicilian Arabic-norman art. Return to the hotel for lunch. In the afternoon departure to visit Erice, considered the best preserved medieval centre of the island. Panoramic visit of the town. Return to the hotel for dinner and overnight stay.
 
4 day “Palermo, Selinute and Agrigento ”
Breakfast. In the morning departure to Selinunte, which was one of the biggest Greek towns in Sicily in the past, nowadays it’s considered the most important archaeological sites in Sicily. Meeting with the tour manager and visit of the temples and the Acropolis. At the end of it typical product and local wine tasting. Free time for dinner. In the afternoon departure to Agrigento. It is a very old town founded in 581 BC. with the name Akragas and known in every part of the world thanks to the old “Valley of Tamples”, “the most beautiful town among the ones where mortals live”, as the greek poet Pindaro sang. At the end of the visit, check in. Dinner and overnight stay.

5 day “Agrigento, Piazza Armerina, Caltagirone and Giardini Naxos.”
Breakfast. Departure from the hotel to Piazza Armerina and to go and visit the Roman Villa del Casale, built between the beginning of the 4th century AC., and considered one of the most important archaeological centre in Sicily for the splendid mosaics on the floor. In the afternoon we will go to Caltagirone “the queen of the mountains”, the oldest inhabited centre where the production of ceramic has very old origins. Panoramic visit with tour manager of the historical centre, where you can admire the Stairs of S. Maria del Monte completely covered with majolica tiles. We will then go to the Giardini di Naxos. In the evening arrival at the hotel for dinner and for the overnight stay

6 day “Giardini Naxos, Siracusa and Catania ”
 Breakfast. Meeting with the tour manager and departure to Siracusa, wonderful town extended on the east coast of the island; it is one of the most important archaeological centre of the old Greece. We will visit the archaeological park to see: the elliptical roman amphitheatre dug mostly in the rock, the Greek theatre, which is the maximum expression of the old Greece, the latomia of Paradise, a huge cave of limestones, partly arranged as a garden, where you can find the Ear of Dionisio, an artificial grotto famous for the excellent acoustic, that makes the sounds higher. In the afternoon we will leave for Catania, a splendid baroque town, set on the slops of Etna, on the Ionic sea. A short panoramic tour of the town will follow and then we will go back to the Hotel. Dinner and overnight stay.
 

7 day “Giardini Naxos, Taormina and Etna ”

 Breakfast. Departure to go and see the Etna, one of the greatest active volcanos on the earth. We will go up to 1900 mt to admire the green craters and the lava flow that surround the sides of the volcano. In the afternoon we will visit Taormina, a picturesque small medieval town, laid down on a short terrace of the east coast of Sicily, between the rocks and the sea with the Etna in the background in a wonderful coloured scenario. You can admire: the Greek theatre, the Cathedral, Corvaja and Ciampoli palaces and you can walk down the characteristic small streets of the historical centre. Return to the Hotel for dinner and overnight stay.
 

8 day “Riviera dei Ciclopi ”
 

 Breakfast. Check out. In the morning departure to visit the Riviera dei Ciclopi, a shore at the feet of Etna characterized by the black lava stones; it is full of small sea villages with baroque architecture. Visit of Acireale with the scenographic Piazza del Duomo, surrounded by building of 18th century. Departure to go back to Sorrento. During the journey stop for free time for lunch and in the evening the final meeting. End of the tour.