Land Only package - 15 days / 14 nights: 
valid for travels April 12 2008 - October 11 2008

Itinerary:

1st Day /Saturday: PALERMO
Transfer on your own to your hotel. Dinner and overnight at your hotel.  (D)

2nd Day/Sunday: PALERMO – SEGESTA – ERICE – MAZARA DEL VALLO
After breakfast, depart for Segesta to visit the Doric Temple of the 5th century BC. and the Greek Theater.  Lunch on your own in Erice and visit the medieval town. Proceed to Trapani and visit the  Salt Museum  with its mines and ancient windmills. Dinner and overnight at your hotel in Mazara. (B, D)

3rd Day/Monday: MAZARA DEL VALLO – MOTHIA – SELINUNTE - AGRIGENTO
After breakfast depart by boat to Mothia Island; the most important Phoenician colony in Sicily. Then continue to Cusa quarry. Lunch on your own in Selinunte. Visit the Acropolis and proceed to Agrigento. Dinner at your hotel and visit by coach to the lighted temples. Overnight.  (B, D)

4th Day/Tuesday: AGRIGENTO – PIAZZA ARMERINA – CALTAGIRONE – S.M. GANZARIA
After breakfast visit the Archaeological Museum and the famous Valley of the Temples.  Then proceed to Piazza Armerina.  Lunch at a local restaurant.  Visit the famed Villa Romana del Casale  with its 3.500 square meters of mosaics. Continue to Caltagirone, the Baroque town well known for its ceramics. Dinner and overnight at your hotel in San Michele di Ganzaria. (B, L, D)

5th Day/Wednesday: S.M. GANZARIA – PANTALICA-PALAZZOLO ACREIDE-SIRACUSA
After breakfast, leave for Pantalica. Be sure to wear comfortable shoes to walk through the mountains where an ancient civilization was born during the Bronze age. Proceed to Palazzolo Acreide, the ancient Greek colony of Akrai and visit the Theater. Lunch in a typical restaurant along the river. Proceed to Syracuse. Visit the Archaeological Museum. Dinner at the hotel and overnight. (B, L, D)

6th Day/Thursday: SIRACUSA – NOTO – MODICA - RAGUSA
After breakfast, tour Siracusa including the most famous Greek theater of Sicily, the legendary Dyonisius’ Ear, the Roman amphitheatre, the Latomie.  Visit the island of Ortigia, historical center of Syracuse, as well as treasure of Baroque style. Lunch on your own and leave for Noto famed for its Baroque style. Stop in Modica, also know for its Baroque architecture. Continue to Ragusa. Dinner in a local resturant.  Overnight at your hotel.  (B, D)

7th Day/Fri day: RAGUSA – CATANIA – MT ETNA – TAORMINA
After breakfast, depart for Catania and enjoy an orientation tour of the city then, conditions permitting, continue to Mt. Etna, the highest and the most active volcano of Europe climbing to 1.800 meters. There is the possibility of an optional excursion (pay locally) by cable-car to 3,000 meters. Lunch on your own, then  proceed to Taormina . Dinner and overnight at your hotel. (B, D)

8th Day/Saturday: TAORMINA - MESSINA – REGGIO DI CALABRIA – TAORMINA
After breakfast depart for Messina: Panoramic visit of the city and depart for Reggio di Calabria by hydrofoil or ferry. Visit the museum with the famous “Bronzi di Riace.” Continue to Taormina. Free time for lunch on your own. Visit the Greek Theater . Time at leisure. Dinner and overnight. (B, D)

9th Day/Sunday: TAORMINA AREA – LIPARI – VULCANO - LIPARI
After breakfast, depart for Milazzo. Depart by hydrofoil or ferry to reach Lipari the greatest among the Aeolian Islands. Visit the village and enjoy the possibility of a visit to the Archaeological Museum (optional – piad locally). Lunch on your own. Continue to Vulcano and visit the village. Return to Lipari. Dinner and overnight at your hotel. (B, D)

10th Day/Monday: LIPARI – STROMBOLI – LIPARI
After breakfast, free time to enjoy the village. Lunch on your own. After lunch optional excursion to Stromboli (to be paid locally) with its volcano and the “Sciara” and time to enjoy the village. Return to Lipari. Dinner and overnight at your hotel. (B, D)

11th Day/Tuesday: LIPARI – TINDARI – SANTO STEFANO CAMASTRA - TUSA
Breakfast  at your hotel. Morning at leisure with time for lunch on your own. Embark  for Milazzo, then proceed to Tusa, stopping on route  in Tindari for a view of the sand-tobues and the old town ruins and a small stop in Santo Stefano di Camastra, famous for its ceramics. Dinner and overnight at your hotel in Tusa. (B, D)

12th Day/Wednesday: TUSA - CASTELBUONO – CEFALU – SOLUNTO – PALERMO
After breakfast depart for Castelbuono , a small village in the Sicilian inland.  Visit the Cathedral and the Castle built by the Ventimiglia family. Proceed to Cefalù and visit the famed Norman Cathedral. Lunch on your own. Continue to the archaeological park of Solunto. Proceed to Palermo. Dinner and overnight at your hotel. (B, D)

13th Day/Thursday: PALERMO
Breakfast  at your hotel. In the morning visit the Archaeological Museum and enjoy a nice walk in the historical center of the town visiting the Martorana Church, S. Cataldo, the Praetoria Square and the Quattro Canti. Free time for lunch on your own. Afternoon at leisure. Dinner on your own and overnight at your hotel. (B, D)

14th Day/Friday: PALERMO
Breakfast at your hotel. In the morning visit the Palatine Chapel, the Cathedral, St. John of Eremits and Monreale with its exquisite Cathedral and Cloister. Lunch on your own.  In the afternoon optional visit to the Catacombs and Mondello (to be paid locally). Dinner and overnight at  your hotel. (B, D)

15th Day/Saturday: PALERMO
Breakfast at your hotel. End of your tour. (B)

What's Included:

• Gran Turisimo Bus
• Overnights  in 3*/4* hotels
• Tour escort speaking English, Spanish, French
• Local guides on key archeological sites
• Crossing  on hydrofoil Milazzo/Lipari/Vulcano/Lipari/Milazzo
• 14 breakfasts, 2 lunches, 13 dinners
• Crossing by hydrofoil Messina/Reggio/Messina
• Boat to Mozia

Not Included:

• Transfers from/to the airport
• Beverages with meals
• Entrance fees
• Lunches on your own as per  itinerary
• Excursion to Stromboli

Hotels:
- 4* Astoria Palace Hotel, Palermo
- 4* Mahara, Mazara del Vallo
- 4* Grand Hotel Dei Templi, Agrigento
- 3* Pomara Hotel, S.M Ganzaria
- 4* Mediterraneo Hotel, Ragusa
- 4* Caesar's Palace, Giardini Naxos
- 4* Villa Augustus, Lipari
- 3* Park Hotel, Siracusa
- 4* Caparena Hotel, Taormina
- 3* Eolian Hotel, Vulcano
- 3* L'Atelier Sul Mare, Castel di Tusa