Chiostro di Monreale

Alla scoperta dei magnifici monumenti Arabo/Normanni  di cui Palermo vanta un’inestimabile repertorio:
La particolarissima chiesa di San Giovanni degli Eremiti con le sue rosse cupole ed il chiostro incantato;
Il palazzo dei Normanni, antica reggia dei re Normanni ed in seguito dei Vicerè, con le antichissime stanze di Re Ruggero decorate da incredibili mosaici raffiguranti animali e soggetti floereali e che cela al suo interno quel gioiello che è La Cappella Palatina considerata il massimo esempio dell’arte AraboNormanna.
L’imponente Duomo di Monreale, uno dei siti monumentali più famosi ed ammirati d’Italia interamente decorato a mosaici fondo oro e dominato dall’immensa figura del Cristo Pantocratore.
il tour si svolgerà a piedi durante la mattinata, mentre per il lunch saremo accolti in una delle più esclusive dimore aristocratiche della città – una villa di “ sollazzo” poco fuori dal centro abitato e che vanta la più antica a vasta camera dello scirocco di Sicilia.
Nel pomeriggio si proseguirà alla volta di Monreale.
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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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With active volcanoes, stunning beaches, a spectacular climate and dramatic gorges and mountains, Sicily is a fascinating and beautiful island. It is also the largest island in the Mediterranean and, thanks to its strategically vital position and fertile land, its history is one of an endless series of invaders and colonizers, each of which has left its trace in the architecture, in the food, in its traditions, and in the character of its people.

“ Sicily has a history and outlook derived not from its modern parent but from its erstwhile foreign rulers from the Greeks who first settled the east coast in the eighth century BC, through a dazzling array of Romans, Arabs, Normans, French and Spanish, to the Bourbons seen off by Garibaldi in 1860. Substantial relics of these ages remain temples, theatres and churches scattered about the whole island. But there are other, more immediate hints of Sicily’s unique past. A hybrid Sicilian language, for a start, is still widely spoken in the countryside; the food is noticeably different, spicier and with more emphasis on fish and vegetables; even the flora echoes the change of temperament– oranges, lemons, olives, prickly pear cacti and palms are ubiquitous. Add to this some tremendous beaches and a dozen or so fascinating offshore islands, and you have enough to keep you busy for a lifetime, let alone a holiday…

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Questo articolo è stato pubblicato il martedì, 7 luglio 2009 alle 13:58 e classificato in sicily. È possibile seguire tutte le repliche a questo articolo tramite il feed RSS 2.0. Puoi lasciare un commento, oppure fare il trackback dal tuo sito.

Day 1 – Palermo

Arrival at the airport at 02.30 pm – Private transfer to the hotel – Afternoon on

your own – Aperitif and welcome – Welcome dinner with typical Sicilian food -

Overnight in Palermo, hotel ****

Day 2 – Palermo and Monreale

Full day with your guide/driver – Visit of Monreale (cloister and cathedral) -

Lunch in a farmhouse and wine tasting (fresh local produces) – Visit of Palermo

(the best selection of monuments) – Dinner on your own – Overnight in Palermo,

hotel ****

Day 3 – Agrigento and Piazza Armerina

Full day with your guide/driver – Drive to Agrigento – Visit of the archeological

area (the world wide famous Greek temples) – Lunch on your own – Drive to

Piazza Armerina – Visit of the Roman Villa del Casale (3rd-4th century AD) -

Drive to Ragusa – Dinner in hotel (the best restaurant in Ragusa) Overnight in

Ragusa, hotel ****

Day 4 – Ragusa and Noto

Full day with your guide/driver – Visit of Ragusa Ibla – Lunch on your own – Drive

to Noto – Visit of Noto (the most important Baroque town) – Drive to Siracusa -

Dinner on your own – Overnight in Siracusa, hotel ****

Day 5 – Siracusa

Full day with your guide/driver – Visit of the archeological area (the Greek theatre

and other interesting ruins) – Lunch on your own – Visit of the archeological

museum (Paolo Orsi museum) – Dinner on your own – Overnight in Siracusa,

hotel ****

Day 6 – Mount Etna and Taormina

Drive to Mount Etna and private trip – Lunch and wine tasting – Drive to

Taormina in late afternoon – Time on your own to relax – Dinner on your own -

Overnight in Taormina, hotel ****

Day 7 – Taormina

Half day with your guide/driver – Discovering Taormina with your guide (the

Roman theatre and the nice monuments) – Easter lunch – Afternoon on your own

(time for shopping and visiting nice yards) – Dinner on your own – Overnight in

Taormina, hotel ****

Day 8 – Departure

Private transfer to Catania airport – departure 10.20 am

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Questo articolo è stato pubblicato il sabato, 20 giugno 2009 alle 20:10 e classificato in The Classic Tour: From East to West. È possibile seguire tutte le repliche a questo articolo tramite il feed RSS 2.0. Puoi lasciare un commento, oppure fare il trackback dal tuo sito.