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LICENCE NUMBER: 657/S11 - TUR - REA: 296693 - P.I. 04453840870
"Discover the world in Sicily"
It is the ideal slogan to invite you to visit this fascinating island, point of contact for several civilizations and wonderful place where history has been weaving its threads ever since.
Multilingual (English - Italian - Spanish) group tour with departures from Palermo every Saturday from November 05th till March 24th 2012 (last departure). Departures guaranteed with minimum 2 participants
>Saturday: Arrival in Palermo
Independent arrival at Hotel Principe di Villafranca in Palermo. Enjoy a welcome cocktail. Dinner and overnight in your hotel. Dinner included
>Sunday: Palermo, Cefalů, Capo d'Orlando, Taormina and Catania
After a buffet breakfast, depart to Cefalů, a charming coastal town, a former fishing village, which is also home to a breathtaking Norman Cathedral with dazzling mosaics. Take a stroll to the city center and down main street to reach the Cathedral and the medieval wash-house built in the rock. Proceed to Capo d'Orlando along the Tyrrhenian coast and stop for lunch. Continue to Taormina called "the pearl of the Ionic Sea", founded in 400 BC and beautifully located overlooking the sea and the peak of Mount Etna. Enjoy time at leisure to shop for handmade lace, coral jewels, ceramics, home-made sweets and preserves down "Corso Umberto" or simply walk through the tiny streets. Possibility to visit the fascinating Roman - Greek theatre. Proceed to Catania. Accommodation, dinner and overnight at the EXCELSIOR GRAND HOTEL CATANIA. Breakfast, lunch and dinner included
>Monday: Catania, Mount Etna with lunch in a farmhouse and Catania
After a buffet breakfast, weather conditions permitting, excursion to Mount Etna, the highest active volcano in Europe. Across fascinating landscape, we will reach a height of 2000 meters, where we will enjoy a fantastic panorama of the Ionic Sea. Lunch in a farmhouse on the slopes of Etna and wine tasting of local production. Back to Catania, the town known for its original baroque style and for its streets built with black lava stone from Mount Etna. Walking tour through Via Etnea, the Baroque street "Via Crociferi", Piazza Duomo with the Cathedral and the "Liotru" statue, symbol of the city, the roman Amphitheatre, the Opera House (external visit), the University, and the noble Palace of Biscari (external visit). Dinner and overnight in your Hotel. Breakfast, lunch and dinner included
>Tuesday: Catania, Siracusa, Noto and Ragusa with Sicilian typical tasting
After a buffet breakfast, depart to Syracuse to visit the most beautiful Greek colony of Sicily. Visit of the archaeological area including the famous Latomie of the Paradise, the Greek Theatre, the Roman Amphitheatre and the Dionysius "Ear". Visit the island of Ortigia, the small baroque old city centre of Siracusa, built by the Aragonians: here you can admire the Cathedral and the "Fontana Aretusa". Lunch in a local restaurant. In the afternoon, depart to Noto, one of the most beautiful cities in Sicily renowned for the harmony and unity of its Baroque style and today declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. Proceed to Ragusa, a city that is divided into two parts: the upper part built after the earthquake in 1693 and the lower part that is called Ragusa Ibla, one of the most important testimonies of the Baroque architecture. Enjoy a tasting of Sicilian typical products in a nice bar in the main square by the Dome, "Basilica di San Giorgio". Accommodation, dinner and overnight at Hotel MEDITERRANEO PALACE. Breakfast, lunch and dinner included
>Wednesday: Ragusa, Piazza Armerina and Agrigento
After a buffet breakfast, depart to Piazza Armerina and visit the worldwide known Villa Romana del Casale: it is the richest, largest and most complex collection of late Roman mosaics in the world. Continue to Agrigento. Lunch in a local restaurant. In the afternoon, visit of the Valley of the Temples including the Temple of Juno, Concord, Heracles, Zeus, Castor & Pollux that represent the most beautiful example of the Greek Civilization in Sicily. Before reaching your Hotel, enjoy an unforgettable panoramic tour of the Valley of the Temples illuminated. Accommodation, dinner and overnight at Hotel DELLA VALLE. Breakfast, lunch and dinner included
>Thursday: Agrigento, Selinunte with lunch in a farmhouse, Segesta and Palermo
After a buffet breakfast, depart to the Archaeological park of Selinunte, the largest in the Mediterranean area with the impressive Temples and Acropolis. Proceed to Castelvetrano and stop in a local farmhouse (famous for olive oil production) where before lunch it will be possible to have oil tasting of local production. Continue to Segesta to visit the Doric Temple which keeps in its stones the weight of a long history, surrounded by a unique landscape. Proceed to Palermo. Accommodation, dinner and overnight at Hotel PRINCIPE DI VILLAFRANCA. Breakfast, lunch and dinner included
>Friday: Monreale, (Monte Pellegrino/catacombs/Capo market optional) and Palermo
After a buffet breakfast. Morning visit of the Capital of Sicily, one of the richest towns in the island for history and art: the Cathedral, the "Palatina" Chapel, and panoramic tour of the town (the "Quattro Canti", the Opera House, the Pretoria Square). Continue to Monreale to admire the Cathedral with its splendid 12th century mosaics and the cloister of the Benedictines monastery with Moorish architecture. Lunch in your Hotel. Afternoon at leisure or optional excursion to Monte Pellegrino, the most famous mountain in Palermo, to arrive at the shrine of Santa Rosalia, the patron saint of the city; from the viewpoint enjoy a breathtaking panorama of the Conca d'Oro. Visit the Catacombs of Cappuccini, a haunting experience, where in a maze of corridors are held about 8,000 bodies, embalmed and more or less well preserved. End the afternoon with a walk to the discover of one of the most colorful historical markets of Palermo: "The Capo Market" immersed in an explosion of vegetables, and fruits. Dinner and overnight in your Hotel. Breakfast, lunch and dinner included
>Saturday: Departure from Palermo
After a buffet breakfast, end of the Tour. Breakfast included
PALERMO: Hotel Principe di Villafranca or similar
CATANIA: Grand Hotel Excelsior or similar
RAGUSA: Hotel Mediterraneo Palace or similar
AGRIGENTO: Hotel della Valle or similar
EVERY SATURDAY FROM PALERMO FROM MARCH 31ST TO OCTOBER 27TH 2012 (LAST DEPARTURE)
For organizational reasons, the itinerary may be reversed or modified without notice. In any case BLUESTONE TOURISM ensures the visits and excursions mentioned on the journey
Welcome cocktail, full board basis (dinner on first day till breakfast on last day), bus GT or minivan with driver/guide for groups with less than 15 pax, tour escort, local guides where necessary, porterage at hotels, tasting of typical Sicilian products (wine, chocolate, biscuits, etc) in Ragusa, wine/oil tasting.
Transfers in/out, Entrance fees at monuments (Price for entrance fees for all the tour is € 65,00 per pax updated to the 15.06.11), Beverages, Everything which is not clearly specified under ”rate includes”.
100 % penalty for NO SHOW, 70 % penalty from 1 to 3 days before the beginning of the Tour, 50 % penalty from 4 to 7 days before the beginning of the Tour, 25 % penalty from 8 to 14 days before the beginning of the Tour
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Classic tour of Sicily
Winter 2011/12
