Taste of Sicily – The luxury tour to the west coast – 8 days 7 night
1. Arrival in Palermo and transfer to your Hotel**** in the town’s centre.
Meeting with Travel Sicilia local responsible, welcome drink and tour briefing
Welcome dinner in a historical mansion, one of the most famous “Palazzo” in town where the heirs are still living.
2. After breakfast, meet your guide for a walking visit of the old Historical fresh fruit and food market, one of the biggest and oldest in Europe. For lunch, we will suggest to have a taste of “popular street food” in a charming “friggitoria”!
In the afternoon, visit of the Botanical Garden and the harbor quarter with its “Piazza marina”
Dinner on your own in local fresh fish restaurant personally selected by Travel Sicilia.
3. Meet your guide and drive to the medieval town of Erice. Snack on your own tasting typical local delicatessen.
Drive to Marsala to visit the amazing salt pans and the tiny island of Mothia – At sunset, arrival to Bonagia and cous-cous lesson in noble family historical summer mansion where the owner will introduce you to the secret of this old Arab recipe. At the end of the lesson and the dinner, visit to their wine cellar.
4. Free morning at leisure and shopping – Lunch on your own in a suggested restaurant. At 03.30 meet your guide for a walking tour to discover more about Palermo – Aperitif and dinner in a charming Cultural Centre and restaurant that take place in an historical building recently restored.
Visit to the Spasimo and its garden in a fascinating atmosphere.
5 Meet your guide and visit to San Giovanni degli Eremiti Church and its magnificent cloister and to the Cappella Palatina . Lunch on your own. After lunch, drive to Monreale to discover the magnificent Norman Arab cathedral decorated with golden moisaics.
Aperitif in a suggestive and important “Palazzo” of Palermo, considered one of the most impressive in Sicily, where the famous scenes of the movie “the Leopard” where shut.
Dinner on your own in a suggested restaurant .
Options: According to the Opera House calendar or the Sicilian Puppet Theatre, it would be interesting to assist to one of those events.
6 Drive to Segesta to admire one of the best preserved Greek Temple in the world. Lunch in a very charming farm house belonging to an old aristocratic family.
The origins of this 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.
Back to hotel – dinner on your own in a suggested restaurant .
7 Meet you guide to complete your tour of Palermo – Visit to Villa Niscemi and the Chinese Palace, an “exotic folly” built for the pleasure of the Borbon King. – Lunch at Mondello’s local restaurant right on the beach. Back to hotel and time for leisure.
Farewell dinner in a historical “Palazzo” of the 19th century surrounded by rich collections of precious objects and important furniture.
8 Transfer to Palermo’s airport
This tour has been quoted on the basis of 8 participants.
Price per person € 2.400,00 includes:
• Private transfer from\to airport
• 7 night accommodation in Hotel 4 stars in B&B
• English speaking Driver&Escort
• Bus 8 seats for whole period
• Gasoline, tolls and parking included
• 7 nights Hotel**** accommodation in b&b
• 2 dinner in historic house
• 1 dinner in restaurant in town
• 1 lunch in restaurant
• 1 lunch & wine tasting in Farm house
• 1 visit & drink in historical private Mansion in Palermo
• 1 cous cous cooking lesson & dinner
• 4 full day guided tours
• 2 half day guided tours
• VAT
• Agency fee
This itinerary is subject to variations depending on opening times, weather conditions and other events.
Price is calculated on the basis of 8 persons; for less or more participants it will be recalculated.
Price does not include: entrance tickets, free meals and whatever not mentioned in “price includes”
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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