SICILY MINI TOUR I 5 days 4 nights (Code VDS)
In Historical Hotels • Saturday departures

ITINERARY

Day 1: Palermo
Independent arrival at your hotel. Meeting with the participant. Dinner and overnight.

Day 2: Palermo/Monreale/Palermo
Buffet breakfast at your hotel. In the morning visit of the town of Palermo that includes: the Palatine Chapel, the Cathedral of Palermo. Continue to Monreale to visit the Cathedral and its Cloister. Lunch at your own. In the afternoon, time at leisure to enjoy this Sunday afternoon in the Sicilian capital or possibility to participate to an optional excursion (to be paid locally) to Cefalù where we will visit the famous Cathedral and Castelbuono, a beautiful village on the Madonie mountains which will give us a slide of the Sicilian inland’s way of life. Return to Palermo. Dinner and overnight at your hotel.

Day 3: Palermo/Segesta/Erice/Marsala
Buffet breakfast at your hotel and then departure to Segesta to visit the Doric Temple placed on a hill surrounded by beautiful landscapes. After the visit we will keep on the medieval village of Erice, viewing the city of Trapani. Erice will draw our attention thanks to the tiny and stony medieval streets. Time at leisure for lunch. We will then continue to Trapani to view the salt windmills and then to Marsala. We will close this exciting day with a special dinner, but before that we will be delighted by a wine tasting of the well-known Marsala wine. Accommodation at your hotel.

Day 4: Marsala/Agrigento/Piazza Armerina/Catania
Buffet breakfast at your hotel and departure to Agrigento where we will visit the amazing Valley of the Temples, keeping in their stone the weight of an important history. These Temples are better preserved than the Temples in Greece. Continue to Piazza Armerina. Free time for lunch. In the afternoon visit by your own the Roman Villa del Casale famous for its more than 3500 sqm of well-preserved mosaics. After the visit continue to Catania. Dinner and overnight at your hotel.

Day 5: Catania
Buffet breakfast at hotel. End of the tour.


PACKAGE INCLUDES:

  • Welcome cocktail
  • 2 nights hotel in Palermo
  • 1 night hotel in Marsala
  • 1 night hotel in Catania
  • 3 dinners at hotel
  • 1 dinner in local restaurant
  • 4 buffet breakfasts at hotel
  • 1 wine tasting
  • Deluxe motorcoach
  • Local guides where necessary
  • English speaking tour escort
  • Porterage at hotels

PACKAGE DOES NOT INCLUDE:

  • Transfer in/out
  • Entrance fees
  • Personal extras, tips
  • Anything not specifically mentioned in "Rates Include"

DEPARTURE DATES:

Mar 01, 08, 15, 22, 29
Apr 05, 12, 19, 26
May 03, 10, 17, 24, 31
Jun 07, 14, 21, 28
Jul 05
Aug 23, 30
Sep 06, 13, 20, 27
Oct 04, 11, 18, 25

OUR HOTELS (OR SIMILAR 4 STARS):

  • Palermo: Ai Cavalieri
  • Marsala: Baglio Oneto
  • Catania: Hotle Villa del Bosco

 

RATES PER PERSON IN CANADIAN DOLLARS (LAND ONLY)
accommodation
double room
single room
3rd bed reduction
01/03 - 25/10
758
963
5%
 
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