DAY 01: PALERMO
On arrival transfer on your own to your hotel. Enjoy a welcome cocktail and dinner. D

DAY 02: PALERMO - CEFALÙ - CAPO D’ORLANDO - TAORMINA - CATANIA
After a buffet breakfast, depart to Cefalù, a charming coastal town and former fishing village, which is home to a breathtaking Norman Cathedral with dazzling mosaics. Take a stroll to the city center and down the main street to the Cathedral and a medieval wash-house built in 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. Proceed to Catania. B/L/D

DAY 03: CATANIA - MOUNT ETNA
with lunch AT a farmhouse - CATANIA After a buffet breakfast, weather conditions permitting, excursion to Mount Etna, the highest active volcano in Europe. Lunch at a farmhouse on the slopes of Etna and wine tasting of local production, then 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,” the 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). B/L/D

DAY 04: CATANIA - SYRACUSE - NOTO - RAGUSA
After a buffet breakfast, depart to Syracuse to visit the most beautiful Greek colony of Sicily. Visit to the archaeological area including the famous Latomie of the Paradise, the Greek Theatre, the Roman Amphitheatre and the Dyonisios “Ear.” Visit the island of Ortigia, the small baroque old city center of Siracusa, built by the Aragonians where you can admire the Cathedral and the “Fontana Aretusa.” Lunch in a local restaurant then, in the afternoon, depart to Noto, one of the most beautiful cities in Sicily renowned for the harmony and unity of its Baroque style, named 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 examples of Baroque architecture. Enjoy an aperitif in a nice bar in the main square by the Dome, “Basilica di San Giorgio.” B/L/D

DAY 05: RAGUSA - MODICA - PIAZZA ARMERINA - AGRIGENTO
After a buffet breakfast, stop in Modica, one of the most picturesque cities in the province and of all Sicily where we will stop in a chocolate shop to have a taste of the famous Modica’s chocolate still made the same way the ancient Aztecs made chocolate in Mexico. Depart to Piazza Armerina and visit the world famous Villa Romana del Casale with the richest, largest and most complex collection of late Roman mosaics in the world. Lunch in a local restaurant. Continue to Agrigento: to 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. Dinner at Hotel Della Valle then an unforgettable panoramic tour of the Valley of the Temples illuminated. B/L/D

DAY 06: AGRIGENTO - SELINUNTE (farmhouse lunch) - SEGESTA - PALERMO
After a buffet breakfast, depart to the Archaeological park of Selinunte, the largest in the Mediterranean area with the impressive Temples and Acropolis. After the visit stop in a local farmhouse (famous for olive oil production) where before lunch, we will have a wine and oil tasting of local production. Proceed to Segesta to visit the Doric Temple rich with history and surrounded by a unique landscape then to Palermo. B/L/D

DAY 07: PALERMO - MONREALE - (ERICE OPTIONAL) - PALERMO
After a buffet breakfast, this morning we visit the Capital of Sicily, one of the richest towns on the island for history and art, to see the Cathedral, the “Palatina” Chapel and take a panoramic tour of the town (the “Quattro Canti”, the Opera House, the Pretoria Square). We continue to Monreale to admire the Cathedral with its splendid 12th century mosaics and the cloister of the Benedictines monastery with Moorish architecture. Lunch will be taken at the hotel followed by an afternoon at leisure to explore on your own or take optional excursion to Erice, a medieval town full of myth, history and art that sits on top of Mt. Erice, overlooking the city of Trapani and the Egadi Islands. B/L/D

DAY 08: PALERMO
After a buffet breakfast, tour ends transfer on own to airport. B