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- Palermo’s Arab-Norman UNESCO sites
- Street food experience in Palermo
- Stunning Monreale Cathedral (UNESCO site)
- Medieval walled town of Erice
- Trapani Nature Reserve and salt pans
- Agrigento’s Valley of the Temples (UNESCO site)
- Outstanding mosaics at Villa Romana del Casale (UNESCO site)
- Archaeological Park of Neapolis in Syracuse (UNESCO site)
- Wine tasting
- Sicilian cooking class
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- Round-trip air Transportation from listed cities
- 10 nights’ accommodations in Deluxe, Superior First Class, and First Class hotels
- 22 Meals: 10 Breakfasts, 5 Lunches and 7 Dinners
- Extensive sightseeing as described, including all entrance fees
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Meals: Dinner
We arrive today in Palermo, capital of Italy’s autonomous region of Sicily. This evening we gather at our hotel for a briefing on the journey ahead, followed by a welcome dinner.
Meals: Breakfast and Lunch
On this morning’s walking tour, we discover 2,700-year-old Palermo’s twin claims to fame: impressive architecture and world-class street food. Highlights include Palermo Cathedral and Palazzo Reale, both part of Arab-Norman Palermo, a...
Meals: Breakfast and Lunch
A full day of touring takes us first to the medieval walled town of Erice. Perched atop a mountain nearly 2,500 feet above sea level, Erice offers panoramic views of the valley below, the port town of Trapani, and the Tyrrhenian Sea b...
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
En route to Agrigento today, we stop in nearby Monreale. Sitting on the slopes of Monte Caputo, Monreale looks over La Conca d’Oro, or “the Golden Shell,” a richly fertile valley studded with groves of orange, olive, and almon...
Meals: Breakfast and Dinner
This morning we visit the Valley of the Temples, a UNESCO site and archaeological zone whose ruins of fallen Doric temples and sanctuaries date to Greek rule in the 5th century BCE. Known in its heyday as “the most beautiful city of ...
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
We travel across Sicily’s southern reaches today to Syracuse (Siracusa), stopping along the way in Piazza Armerina to visit Villa Romana del Casale, an elaborate 4th-century CE villa and UNESCO site boasting one of the richest...
Meals: Breakfast and Dinner
Today we discover what this city is best known for: the Archaeological Park of Neapolis, a UNESCO site that comprises a range of ancient monuments. We begin our explorations at the 5th-century BCE Greek theater, the 16,000-seat amphi...
Meals: Breakfast and Dinner
This morning is free to savor the amenities and bucolic setting of our hotel. This afternoon we embark on a cruise along Sicily’s Ionian coast dotted with tiny islands and caves. We see historic Ortigia Island, the Spanish Wall, and ...
Meals: Breakfast and Lunch
We depart Syracuse this morning and make our way up the coast to Mt. Etna, one of Europe’s largest active volcanoes. The ancients believed conical snow-topped Etna to be the forge of Vulcan, god of fire; today, modern-day Sicilians ha...
Meals: Breakfast and Dinner
This morning we embark on a walking tour of this delightful medieval town set on a rocky terrace overlooking the Ionian Sea. Highlights include the 3rd-century BCE Greek theater, where gladiators once battled; the 13th-century fortre...
We transfer today to the Catania airport for our return flight to the U.S.
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