Sicilian Sun

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Say "si!" to Sicily with this 7-night vacation package! You'll stay in charming hotels while being treated to the experience of a lifetime without the hassle; enjoy seamless airport transfers, guided tours, tastings of Sicilian cuisine, luxury transportation and more. This is an escorted tour. It’s perfect if you prefer not to do your own driving and want t...

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Overview

Trip type
Group Tour
Lodging level
Premium - 4 star
Physical level
Easy
Trip pace
Flexible schedule

Highlights

    • Explore the salt windmills of Trapani with a guided tour.
    • Enjoy meals at specially selected, local restaurants, offering an authentic taste of Sicilian cuisine.
    • Admire Norman palaces and Arab domes one day, take in stunning Byzantine mosaics the next.
    • Sample the famous local dessert wines, from Marsala to Zibbibo.
    • Experience the robust flavor of local produce enriched by the flavor of Mt. Etna's volcanic soil.

What's this trip about?

    Say "si!" to Sicily with this 7-night vacation package! You'll stay in charming hotels while being treated to the experience of a lifetime without the hassle; enjoy seamless airport transfers, guided tours, tastings of Sicilian cuisine, luxury transportation and more. This is an escorted tour. It’s perfect if you prefer not to do your own driving and want to see as many sights as you can during your vacation.

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Details

Itinerary focusClassic Highlights
Group sizeIntimate group - 12 max
Age rangeNo age restrictions
Flights and transportRound trip airfare and all internal transport included
Start CitySicily
End CityTaormina

Travel Themes

  • Local Immersion & Homestays
  • Relaxing Retreats

Destinations

  • Europe
  • Italy

Attractions

  • Palermo
  • Piazza San Marco
  • Sicily

Activities

  • Culture
  • Historic sightseeing
  • History
  • Homestays & Cultural Immersion
  • Relaxing Retreat
  • Ruins & Archaeology
  • Wine Tasting

Trip includes

    • Round-trip economy class airfare to Catania (CTA)
    • Round-trip airport transfers in Catania
    • Accommodations in hotels listed, or similar
    • 1 night in Catania at the Hotel Il Principe
    • 1 night in Ragusa at the Poggio del Sole Resort
    • 1 night in Agrigento at the Dioscuri Bay Palace
    • 2 nights in Palermo at the Grand Hotel Piazza Borsa
    • 2 nights in Taormina at the Villa Diodoro
    • Welcome cocktail
    • Daily breakfast, 7 dinners & 2 lunches
    • Sicilian product tastings
    • Transportation via deluxe motorcoach or mini-van
    • Services of an English-speaking tour escort
    • Local tours and entrance fees (as mentioned in the itinerary)
    • Porterage at hotels

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Itinerary

Day 1: Welcome to Sicily!

Accommodation: Il Principe Hotel Catania

Upon arrival at the airport in Catania, you will be met and transferred to your hotel in Catania. The remainder of the day is yours at leisure, until you meet the rest of your travel companions later for a welcome cocktail and dinner at the hotel.

Transfer to hotel

Day 2: Catania - Siracusa - Ragusa

Accommodation: Poggio Del Sole Resort

After a buffet breakfast, depart for Siracusa (Syracuse) and visit the archaeological area including the famous Latomie of Paradise (Latomia del Paradiso) and the Ear of Dionysius.

Continue to the island of Ortigia, ...

Sicilian Product Tasting

Sample the flavors of Sicily today! Sicilian cuisine is unlike any other in Italy. The staple dishes of the region draw inspiration from all of the cultures which established them on the island over the course of history.

In addition to the traditional Italian fare, Sicilian cuisine shows traces from Greek, French, Spanish, and Arab influences.

Day 3: Ragusa – Caltagirone - Piazza Armerina - Agrigento

Accommodation: Dioscuri Bay Palace

Today, after breakfast you’ll depart to Caltagirone - a small town in the heart of Sicily, and UNESCO World Heritage Site. Famous worldwide for the production of pottery, pay special attention to their majolica (Italian tin-gl...

Day 4: Agrigento – Palermo - Monreale

Accommodation: Grand Hotel Piazza Borsa

Enjoy breakfast in your hotel before departing to Palermo. Upon arrival, enjoy time on your own to explore and have lunch.

That afternoon, the group will visit Monreale to see the Cathedral - one of the most beauti...

Day 5: Palermo – Segesta – Erice - Salt Route (Trapani Area) - Palermo

After a buffet breakfast, depart to Segesta to admire the Temple and the Theatre surrounded by an impressive landscape.

Continue to the medieval village of Erice, situated on the top of a hill overlooking the city of Trapani and the Egadi Islands; walk through ...

Day 6: Palermo – Cefalu/Nebrodi Park/Taormina

Accommodation: Villa Diodoro

Following breakfast, travel to Cefalu, a former fishing village that is now a charming coastal town. Enjoy a walk to the city center and down the main street to reach the Arab-Norman Cathedral and the medieval wash-house built in th...

Day 7: Taormina

Today you will enjoy the day at leisure. This evening, enjoy a farewell dinner and overnight at your hotel in Taormina.

Day 8: Depart Italy

Your Sicilian getaway comes to an end today. After breakfast, you will be transferred back to Catania Airport for your return flight home.

Transfer to Catania airport

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Price From $2,575
Price per day$322
Last Updated: 7/19/2019

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The total tour cost includes the tour price (regular or promotional) and the compulsory local payment. The promotional price is subject to change. Check directly with the operator for the latest price offer. The tour operator requires you to pay only the tour price to purchase your travel. The compulsory local payment will be paid when you join the trip. All prices are based on double, twin or triple share occupancy. Solo passengers will be accommodated in a double, twin or triple room according to availability with a passenger(s) of the same gender. Single supplement only needs to be paid if the passenger does not want to share and requests their own room. Discounts can only be applied at the time of booking and cannot be added at a later date, regardless of any changes made to the original booking.

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