The classic Tour – from here to there – 8days/7night
Teatro Massimo - Palermo
Program:
Day 1st
Arriving at Palermo and meeting with your English speaking Driver&Guide who will follow you for the whole tour. The program on your first day will be arranged according to the time of your arrival.
Overnight at your accommodation. (4 or 5 stars hotel, charming B&B)
Dinner on your own. We would be pleased to suggest a list of restaurants personally selected.
Day 2nd
Full day guided tour of Palermo.
Walking tour of the centre and its main historical buildings and visit of the food street market, one of the oldest of the Mediterranean area.
For lunch we would suggest to have a taste of “street food” served in an old and charming “Friggitoria” (deep fried house)
According to the Opera House calendar or the Sicilian Puppet Theatre, it would be interesting to assist to one of those events. Dinner on your own in a suggested restaurant
Option to Day 2nd:
A full day experience with an exceptional “guide and chef for passion” who will lead you around the heart of the town and to the old food market where, according to the menù of her cookery class, you will buy the ingredients necessary for your exercise. Then you will all move to her mansion, one of the most beautiful historical “Palazzo” in town, where the lesson and the dinner will be held.
For lunch you could have a light lunch together or move to your hotel and be back to Palazzo at about 4 pm.
This option will cost extra € 195 per person
Day 3rd
8.30 am. Meet your guide and drive to Monreale to visit its astonishing Norman Cathedral.
Lunch in a very charming farm house belonging to an old aristocratic family just few km away from Monreale.
The origins of this aristocratic family can be traced back to the XIII century.
The present owner attends to grape-growing in his vineyards extending over about 100 hectares.
Surrounded by green hills entirely cultivated, you will have a genuine lunch and wine tasting of the
farm wines and oil and again you will come in touch with the famous Sicilian welcoming.
After lunch, drive to Segesta to visit one of the most beautiful Greek archaeological site and back to your hotel.
Dinner on your own.
Day 4th
Transfer to the east coast of the Island.
On the way to Brucoli, in the area of the worldwide famous town of Siracusa, visit to the Roman Villa del Casale in Piazza Armerina. Entirely restored, the site offers to the visitors the view on hundreds of square meters of precious mosaics
For lunch we will stop in an ancient “baglio”. It is a fortified farm of the XVII century, typical example of old Sicilian latifundium with its perfectly maintained architectural structure.
Here you will enjoy old traditional tastes thanks to the “cooking of the monsù” (the home chef).
After lunch we will drive to reach your next accommodation in an elegant exclusive private dwelling of the 18th century recently restored.
Surrounded by an immense farm and a marvelous Italian style garden, this property host a horse breeding of excellent descend.
Welcome dinner at the Villa with family traditional and excellent meals.
Day 5th
Free time in the morning to enjoy your residence.
At tea time, visit to a famous garden of an old Princess who will be pleased to open her Villa and to take you around the magnificent garden she personally created during the years.
Drive to Caltagirone. Dinner in “Trattoria” and night visit of this special little town famous for its pottery.
Day 6th
Departure by 9.00 am. to Siracusa and visit of Ortigia, the historical centre and heart of the town.
For lunch we will enjoy the aristocratic charm of a Private 18th century Mansion in the main square of Ortigia. To meet the owner (according to his availability) will be an unforgettable experience. Visit of the noble floor and its interesting collections. Brunch and wine tasting of his wines production will be served in the elegant cellar of the building.
After lunch, drive to Noto, declared in 2002 World Heritage site, and famous as “the stone garden” due to the amazing carved stones that decorates churches and important buildings.
Back to your Villa by 7 pm. and dinner.
Day 7th
Full day excursion to Mount Etna.
Pick up at your villa at 8.30 am. A bus will drive you to Catania centre where you will meet your expert guide and departure with Land Rover 110 (8 pax per car. But if you prefer we can quote this experience with 2 cars to be more confortable)
You will visit the “Bove valley” and properly equipped by the organization descending the “Thieves Cave” (for all) a 50 mt. tunnel just few meters above the ground level, then walking along the estinguished craters of “Mounts Sartorius” from where you will admire the incredible landscape of the last eruption 2002\3.
Tour will continue to the “Alcantara river gorges”, natural border between Catania and Messina territories.
At the end (or before) of the excursion at the gorges, lunch in a local farmhouse where typical Sicilian food will be served.
Return to your villa by 7 p.m. and dinner.
Day 8
Transfer to Catania airport. End of our services.
Price per person calculated on the basis of 8 pax since € 1.830,00
Price includes:
• Mini bus Mercedes Sprinter 2007 16 seats and English speaking Driver&Guide for the whole tour
• Gasoline, toll, full board for the driver and parking
• 3 night accommodation in B&B de charme (double rooms)
• Lunch and wine tasting in Farm house nearby Monreale
• 4 night accommodation in private Villa in Brucoli (Siracusa) 4 double rooms half boarded.
• Brunch and wine tasting in Private noble mansion Siracusa
• Lunch in Private dwelling nearby Piazza Armerina
• Visit and refreshment at Princess Garden
• Dinner in local restaurant at Caltagirone.
• Full day excursion to mt. Etna including lunch in farm house
• Transfer in\out the airport
• Full insurance cover during transportation
• Agency fees and VAT
Price does not include:
• Tickets to museums and archaeological sites(free over 65 years) and what is not mentioned as “price include”
• Meals where not specified.
The programmes which we offer are exclusive and attempt to include, apart from the better known Sicilian locations, also elements which lead to a better understanding of the thousands of years of history which have passed over this island.
Obviously we are ready to consider all types of programmes, keeping in mind that our aim is to create “ad hoc” itineraries and always to offer something different with particular attention to the quality of the service.
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