DAY 1 (THURSDAY): ROME
BENVENUTI A ROMA! 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 2 (FRIDAY): 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 3 (SATURDAY): 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 4 (SUNDAY): 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 OVERNIGHT. BREAKFAST ARE NOT INCLUDED ON THE BOAT.
DAY 5 (MONDAY): 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 6 (TUESDAY): PALERMO, MONREALE, (ERICE), PALERMO
BUFFET BREAKFAST AT YOUR HOTEL. IN THE MORNING, DEPARTURE TO MONREALE AND ENJOY
THE VISIT OF THE CATHEDRAL FAMOUS FOR ITS MOSAICS AS WELLAS THE BENEDICTINE
CLOISTER. IN THE MORNING VISIT KEEPS ON WITH THE SICILIAN CAPITAL WICH INCLUDES
THE PALATINE CHAPEL IN THE ROYAL PALACE,PALERMO’S CATHEDRAL AS WELL AS A
PANORAMIC CITY TOUR. LUNCH AT HOTEL. AFTERNOON AT LEISURE OR POSSIBILITY TO
PARTICIPATE TO AN OPTIONAL EXCURSION (TO BE PAID LOCALLY. WILL BE OPERATED WITH
A MINIMUM OF PARTICIPANTS) TO ERICE, SMALL MEDIEVAL VILLAGE IN THE TRAPANI’S
PROVINCE.DINNER. OVERNIGHT AT YOUR HOTEL.
DAY 7 (WEDNESDAY): PALERMO, SEGESTA, MARSALA, SELINUNTE (WITH
LUNCH AT A LOCAL FARMHOUSE), AGRIGENTO
BUFFET BREAKFAST AT YOUR HOTEL. DEPARTURE TO SEGESTA TO VISIT THE DORIC
TEMPLE SURROUNDED BY A SPLENDID LANDSCAPE. CONTINUE TO MARSALA AND ENJOY A
PANORAMIC VISIT OF THIS SMALL CITY FAMOUS FOR ITS WINE. CONTINUE TO SELINUNTE
WHERE WE WILL BE ENJOYING A SPECIAL LUNCH AT A LOCAL FARMHOUSE INCLUDING AN OIL
TASTING FAMOUS IN THE AREA. IN THE AFTERNOON FREE VISIT AT LEISURE TO THE
ARCHAEOLOGICAL AREA. AFTER THE VISIT, DEPART TO AGRIGENTO. DINNER. OVERNIGHT AT
HOTEL.
DAY 8 (THURDSAY): AGRIGENTO, PIAZZA ARMERINA, CATANIA
BUFFET BREAKFAST AT YOUR HOTEL AND EXPERIENCE THE VISIT OF THE VALLEY OF THE
TEMPLES WHERE WE WILL BE ABLE TO ADMIRE THE BEST PRESERVED TEMPLES IN THE WHOLE
MAGNA GRECIA. DEPART TO PIAZZA ARMERINA, LUNCH AT A LOCAL RESTAURANT AND VISIT
THE VILLA ROMANA DEL CASALE FAMOUS FOR ITS MORE THAN 3500 SQM METERS OF WELL
PRESERVED MOSAICS. DEPARTURE TO CATANIA AND ENJOY A PANORAMIC VISIT OF THE
SECOND BIGGEST CITY IN SICILY. DINNER. OVERNIGHT AT HOTEL.
DAY 9 (FRIDAY): CATANIA, NOTO, SIRACUSA (WITH A SPECIAL
DINNER AT A LOCAL RESTAURANT) CATANIA
BUFFET BREAKFAST AT YOUR HOTEL. DEPARTURE TO NOTO TO ADMIRE THE CATHEDRAL
WICH HAS BEEN RENOVATED AFTER MANY YEARS. CONTINUE TO SYRACUSE. LUNCH AT A LOCAL
RESTAURANT. AFTER LUNCH ENJOY A GUIDED TOUR OF THIS VENERABLE CITY HIGHLIGHTS
THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL PARK, GREEK THEATER, LATOMIA DEL PARADISO AND CAVE OF
DYONISIUS’ EAR. BACK TO CATANIA. DINNER. OVERNIGHT AT HOTEL.
DAY 10 (SATURDAY): CATANIA, ETNA (WITH LUNCH AT A FARMHOUSE),
TAORMINA AREA
BUFFET BREAKFAST AT HOTEL AND METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PERMITTING,
EXCURSION TO MOUNT ETNA, THE HIGHEST ACTIVE VOLCANO IN EUROPE (3345 MT).THE BUS
WILL BRING YOU UP TO THE “RIFUGIO SAPIENZA” 1800 M. VISIT OF THE EXTINGUISHED
CRATERS OF MOUNTS SILVESTRI. WONDERFUL VARIETY OF FAUNA AND FLORA AND MOONY
LANDSCAPES CAN BE SEEN ON THE WAY. THE SPECIAL AMBIENT CREATED DURING THE
CENTURIES UNDER NATURE, CULTURE AND HISTORY IS INIMITABLE ALL OVER THE WORLD. WE
WILL PROCEED TO A FARMHOUSE WHERE WE WILL TASTE THE MOST SPECIAL SICILIAN
DISHES. CONTINUATION TO TAORMINA: PRETTY AND ROMANTIC TOWN ON THE MOUNT TAURO
(204 MT). SPARE TIME TO VISIT (BY YOUR OWN) THE FAMOUS GREEK THEATRE WITH A
SPLENDID VIEW OF THE MOUNT ETNA AND THE IONIAN SEA OR TO DO SHOPPING AND TO
STROLL THROUGH THE PICTURESQUE LANES OF THE CITY CENTRE. DINNER. OVERNIGHT AT
HOTEL.
DAY 11 (SUNDAY): TAORMINA AREA, MESSINA, CEFALŮ, PALERMO
BUFFET BREAKFAST AT HOTEL AND DEPART TO MESSINA FOR A PANORAMIC
VISIT OF THE CITY INCLUDING SOME BEAUTIFUL VIEWS ON THE STRAIGHT WHICH SEPARATES SICILY FROM THE MAINLAND. CONTINUE TO
CEFALŮ. LUNCH AT A LOCAL RESTAURANT. CEFALŮ IS A SPLENDID FISHERMEN’S VILLAGE AND SEASIDE RESORT. VISIT OF THE HUGE NORMAN
CATHEDRAL, FOUNDED IN 1131 BY ROGER II AND OF THE MEDIEVAL LAVATORY. TIME AT LEISURE TO STROLL THROUGH THE NARROW LANES OF
THE HISTORIC CENTRE FULL OF SHOPS AND RESTAURANTS. CONTINUE TO PALERMO. DINNER. OVERNIGHT TO THE HOTEL.
DAY 12 (MONDAY): PALERMO
