Itinerary
Rome PALERMO package tour ( 12 days and 11 Nights )
Day 01 - Rome
After you touch down at the airport, make your own way to your hotel. check in and enjoy your first, day and night in italy.
Day 02 - Rome / Naples / Pompeii / Sorrento
After breakfast at your hotel, a coach bus will depart at 7:00am, taking the highway "of the sun"through the regions of Lazio and Campania, where you will see a picturesque view of the Abbey of Montecassino. Upon arriving in Naples, you will go on a short panoramic city tour, seeing sites such as the Mergellina neighborhood, Castel dell'Ovo, Plebiscito Square, the Royal Palace, Maschio Angioino, and the port. Have lunch in a restaurant en route to Pompeii and then visit the excavations
of the famous roman city, destroyed by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 A.D. leaving Pompeii, you will drive along the Sorrentine coast, arriving in Sorrento for dinner and an overnight in your new hotel.
Day 03 - Sorrento / Capri / Sorrento
Board a boat for the island of Capri after breakfast. Depending on weather and sea conditions, you will enter the infamous Blue Grotta in a small rowboat. After, enjoy lunch at a local restaurant and then roam the island at your own pace. Return to the mainland for dinner and your last overnight in Sorrento.
Day 04 - Sorrento / Palermo ( Overnight on ferry boat )
Spend a leisurely morning eating breakfast at your hotel and then exploring Sorrento. That afternoon, depart for Naples harbor, where you will board the Tirrenia/Snav Ferry to Palermo. Let the waves rock you to sleep. Please note, dinner and breakfast are not included on the boat.
Day 05 - Palermo
Arrive in Palermo and make your own way to your hotel before spending a leisurely day around the city. Come back to your hotel for dinner and your first overnight in Sicily.
Day 06 - Palermo / Monreale /( Erice ) / Palermo
After breakfast in your hotel, depart for Monreale and visit the cathedral as well as the cloisters. Back in Palermo, tour the Palatine Chapel, the Cathedral, and take in the sights during a panoramic tour before having lunch at your hotel. Spend
The afternoon in Palermo at your leisure, optional excursions available (suplment payable on the site with a minimum
Partecipants) to Erice, a small medieval village in western Sicily, and the surrounding salt mills of the Trapani region (to be Paid locally). Dinner and an overnight stay at your hotel.
Day 07 - Palermo / Segesta / Selinunte ( With lunch at a local farmhouse ) / Agrigento
Enjoy breakfast at your hotel before departing for Segesta, where you will visit the Doric Temple and enjoy a delicious. Landscape. Continue on to Selinunte to explore its archaeological sites and ruins on your own. After, visit a local Farmhouse known for its olive oil production and partake in a special lunch, featuring local foods and wines. Next you'll Travel south to Agrigento, strolling through its history at the Valley of the Temples, known for its well-preserved Greek Temples. Visit to th Valley , then check in to your new hotel for dinner and some well-earned rest.
Day 08 - Agrigento / Caltagirone (With lunch at a local farmhouse) / Catania
Breakfast at the hotel and departs to Caltagirone. The cith has beeen long famous for the production of pottery, Particularly maiolica and terracotta. The main landmark of the city is the 142-step monumental Staircase of Santa Maria Del Monte, built from 1608 in the old part of the town. Lunch in a popluar farmhoue nearby. After your lunch you'll e Driven to Catania where you'll enjoya nice sightseeing of the city, the capital of Baroqe style. The city has been buried by lava A total of seven times in recorded history, and in layers under the present day city are the Roman city that preceded it, and The Greek city before that. Many of the ancient monuments of the Roman city have been destroyed by the numerous seisms.
Currently, different ancient remains can be seen and visited in the city-centre. Diner and overnight stay.
Day 09 Catania /Noto / Siracusa ( With A Special Dinner In A Local Restaurant ) / Catania
Once breakfast is served at your hotel, spend the morning admiring the recently renovated cathedral in the nearby Baroque Town of noto. Depart to Siracusa for lunch in a local restaurant. In the afternoon , visit of the city. Founded Between 734 - 733 bc, Siracusa is where the past comes alive. See the Temple of Minerva, today a catholic church; the legendary Fountain of Arethusa; Apollo Temple; the Greek Theatre; the Roman amphitheatre near the Latomie; and the Ear of Dionysus.
Eat dinner at a local restaurant in the heart of Ortiga, an island connected to Siracusa by three bridges that is one of the Great ancient capitals of Western civilization, once occupied by Greek Colonists from corinth. Return to your hotel on the Mainland for an overnight stay.
Day 10 Catania / Etna ( With Lunch In A Farmhouse ) / Taormina Area
After your breakfast at your siracusa hotel, Weather condition permitting, board a private bus to Mount etna, the Highest active volcano in Europe, where you'll disembark at Rifugio Sapienza (1800 mt. High), a small village on the southern Slope of Etna, before visiting the Craters of Mount Silvestri. While taking in the panoramic views, you'll spot a wonderful variety of fauna and flora on the moon-like landscape. Next, proceed to a farmhouse for a lunch of the most unique Sicilian dishes before continuing on to Taormina, a beautiful and romantic town located on Mount Tauro. Spend your free Time visiting the famous Greek Theatre, with its splendid views of mount Etna and the Ionian sea, or do some shopping while
Strolling through the picturesque, narrow paths of the city center. Enjoy dinner and relaxation at your new hotel in Taormina area.
Day 11 - Taormina Area / Messina / Cefalù / Palermo
Start the day with breakfast at your hotel and then depart for Messina on a sightseeing tour of the city and sight of the Strait that separate the island from Italy. Then on route to Cefalù will give you a taste of foods and products typical of The island. Once in Cefalù, a splendid fishermen's village and seaside resort, you will have time to leisurely wind your way Through the narrow lanes of the historic center, full of shops and restaurants. Be sure to visit the Norman cathedral, Founded in 1131 by roger ii. Next, you will travel to Palermo for dinner and an overnight in your last hotel. Optional
Tickets to the popular night "puppet show of the PUPI" (minimum of partecipants requested) available and bookable on the Site.
Day 12 - Palermo
Enjoy a final breakfast at your hotel before your tour concludes.
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