SICILY TOUR “CONCORDIA”

WINTER 2008-2009

MONDAY

EVERY MONDAY FROM NOVEMBER 03^RD 2008 TILL MARCH 23^RD  2009 (LAST DEPARTURE)

Monday: Palermo

Arrival in Palermo. Transfer to the hotel by your own. Dinner and accommodation.

Tuesday: Palermo- Monreale- (Erice)-Palermo

Breakfast at the hotel. In the morning departure to Monreale and visit the Cathedral as well as the Cloister. Visit keeps on with Palermo including: Palatine Chapel, Palermo’s Cathedral as well as a panoramic tour. Lunch at hotel. Afternoon at your own or possibility to participate to an optional (to be paid locally) excursion to Erice, small medieval village situated in Trapani’s province as well as the salt mills. Back to Palermo. Dinner and accommodation.

Wednesday : Palermo –  Segesta - Selinunte  with lunch in a farmhouse-  Agrigento

Breakfast and departure to Segesta to visit the Doric Temple. Continue to Selinunte: visit by your own of the archaeological area. After the visit, we will have a special lunch in a local farmhouse (famous for its olive oil production). We will have some food tasting and wine tasting. After lunch, departure to Agrigento and visit the Valley of the Temples, known for its well preserved Greek Temples. Dinner and accommodation at hotel.

Thursday : Agrigento – Catania - Siracusa

Breakfast at hotel. Departure to Catania and visit the second biggest city in Sicily. In particular we will visit the Cathedral, the famous Via Etnea, but also the beautiful Fish market. Lunch at a local restaurant and continue to Syracuse. Dinner and accommodation at hotel.

Friday: Siracusa – Noto-Siracusa with a special dinner in a local restaurant

Breakfast at the hotel and departure to Noto to admire the Cathedral which has been renovated after many years. Back to Syracuse. Lunch at hotel. In the afternoon. visit  Siracusa: founded between 734 – 733 b. C. It is in a splendid position in the east of the Sicilian coast; it stretches out over the sea with the island of Ortigia, where the major testimonies of its glorious past are: The Minerva Temple, today a catholic church, the legendary Arethusa Fountain, Apollo Temple, the Greek Theatre, the  Roman Amphitheatre near the Latomie and the Ear of Dionysus. Dinner in a local restaurant in Ortigia, the fascinating historical center of the city. Accommodation at hotel.

Saturday: Siracusa – Etna with lunch in a farmhouse –Taormina area

Breakfast to the hotel and then departure to Mount Etna:

it is the highest active volcano in Europe (3345 mt).The bus will bring you up to the “Rifugio Sapienza” 1800 m. Visit of the extinguished Craters of Mounts Silvestri. Wonderful variety of fauna and flora and  moony landscapes can be seen on the way. The special ambient created during the centuries under nature, culture and history is inimitable all over the world. We will proceed to a farmhouse where we will taste the most special Sicilian dishes. Continuation to Taormina: pretty and romantic town on the Mount Tauro (204 mt). Spare time to visit  the famous Greek Theatre with a splendid view of the Mount Etna and the Ionian sea or to do shopping and to stroll through the picturesque lanes of the city centre.  Dinner and overnight at the hotel.

Sunday : Taormina area – Messina –  Cefalù - Palermo

Breakfast at the hotel and departure to Messina, sightseeing tour of the city and its famous Cathedral. Continuation to a farmhouse or restaurant to lunch very typical products of the island. We will proceed to Cefalù's splendid fishermen’s village and seaside resort. Visit of the huge Norman Cathedral, founded in 1131 by Roger II and of the Medieval Lavatory. Time at leisure to stroll through the narrow lanes of the historic centre full of shops and restaurants. Continue to Palermo, dinner and overnight to the hotel.

Monday : Palermo

Breakfast at hotel. End of our services

RATES PER PERSON – WINTER 2008/2009

SPECIAL TRANSFER PALERMO AIRPORT/HOTEL PALERMO OR VV

RATE PER PERSON (valid only on Mondays in connection with our Concordia tour) :

$35.00 per person one way (min. 2 pax)

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