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Sicily at Leisure 2009
(6 nights/7 days):
This tour is PRIVATE, organized using an English speaking driver escort. Clients must visit monuments unaccompanied. The driver escort provides basic historical information to prepare clients to visit sites independently, but is not a licensed local guide (and by Italian Law cannot accompany clients inside sites). If clients need the Licensed Local Guide, they must pay a surcharge and we will arrange for local guide to meet them directly on the spot.

 

 

RATE IS LAND ONLY

 

Price pp in double occupancy

price based on a minimum of 2 paying people
Euro
890,00 (3 star)

Euro 1.130,00 (4 star)

Euro 1.370,00 (First Class)

Euro 1.640,00 (Luxury)

 

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ITINERARY (5 nights/6 days):

Palermo (2 nights) Taormina (3 nights)

 

Departure daily: ON REQUEST

 

Period:

January 1, 2009-December 20, 2009

 


Day 1: Palermo

Welcome to the warm, beautiful and pleasant island of Sicily!

Upon arrival at Palermo airport please proceed through the Passport Control and collect your luggage inside the customs area. Outside of customs, you will find the driver waiting holding a sign with your full name. Transfer to the hotel.

 

Day 2:  Monreale & Palermo 

This morning enjoy a city-sightseeing tour of Palermo and Monreale through

the "Hop on and Hop off" concept of sightseeing enjoyed around the world. You'll receive a ticket valid all day so you can get on the bus and get of shopping at as many of the important sites as you'd like throughout the day. (BB)

 

Day 3: Palermo/Agrigento/Piazza Armerina/Taormina

(From November 1, 2008 the Roman Villa of Casale in Piazza Armerina will be closed for a hard renovation and honestly, we absolutely don't know which will be the estimated new opening date. We will swap this visit with a stop in Caltagirone—a town important for Sicilian pottery and ceramics. We will walk through the city center and climb the famous steps decorated with local and colored ceramics. Time at leisure for shopping in the Sicilian ceramic shops—)

Today you will meet your Driver-Escort and drive across the vast countryside showcasing Sicily’s great variety of sceneries.  We soon arrive in Agrigento, whose history dates back to 580 BC. Independent tour of the Valley of the Temples, a magnificent cluster of Greek ruins overlooking the Mediterranean Sea. Later, we depart for Piazza Armerina for an independent visit of the ruins of the  Roman Villa of Casale. The mosaics discovered here are celebrated among scholars of antiquity. Afterward, we drive along the coast to Taormina, the world famous resort town of Sicily. (BB)

 

Day 4: Taormina/Etna Jeep Ride/Taormina

Today  you will be picked up at your hotel by an off-road driver/escort and transferred to Etna Volcano. You will enjoy a lovely Jeep experience through the Etna area: Mount Fontana (view of Bove Valley), the Thieves Cave (grotta dei ladroni), extinct craters of Sartorius Mounts, and lava flow from the 2002 eruption. Light lunch at a farmhouse to taste typical Sicilian dishes. Off-road drive along the Linguaglossa-Castiglione and Alcantara Gorges area. This afternoon return to Taormina hotel. (BB L)

 

Day 5: Taormina

All day long at leisure to explore the town on your own (BB)

 

Day 6: Taormina/Catania

Time to say goodbye to Sicily as we are transferred to Catania Airport (CTA) for our return flight. (BB)

 

Meal Legend: BB Buffet Breakfast L Lunch 

 

FEATURED PROPERTIES IN THIS TOUR

FEATURED PROPERTIES IN THIS TOUR

 

Rating

Palermo

Taormina

3 star

Hotel Joli

Hotel Cristal

Hotel Isabella

Hotel Continental

4 star 

Hotel Residenza d'Aragona

Hotel Politeama

Grande Albergo Sole

Mercure Palermo Centro

Hotel Villa Diodoro

Hotel Miramare

First Class

Hotel Plaza Opera

Hotel Principe di Villafranca

Hotel ai Cavalieri

Centrale Palace Hotel

Hotel Montetauro

Hotel Villa Angela

Baia Taormina Hotel

Luxury

Grand Hotel Wagner

Grand Hotel et des Palmes

Grand Hotel Villa Igiea

San Domenico Palace Hotel

Grand Hotel Timeo

Grand Hotel San Pietro

Hotel may be substituted with similar categories

 


 

What is Included:

ü       One main round trip airport transfers for services done between 8:00AM to 7:00PM

ü       Palermo: Two nights accommodation in standard room

ü       Taormina: Three nights accommodation in standard room, no sea view rooms

ü       Daily breakfast

ü       Car/Vehicle with air conditioning

ü       English speaking Driver Escort as per program

ü       All sightseeing and excursions as specified in the itinerary

ü       One Hop-on Hop-off ticket

ü       One collective jeep ride to Etna Volcano

ü       One light lunch at farmhouse in Etna Volcano with mineral water and house wine

ü       Hotel & City Taxes

What Is Not Included:

ü       Intercontinental Flight

ü       Gratuities to Driver Escort

ü       Porterage at airport

ü       Licensed Local Guide (available on request)

ü       Beverages and meals not mentioned in the program

ü       Travel Insurance

ü       Airport Transfers between 8:00PM to 7:00AM require payment of the night-use supplement of Euros 20,00 per person each way

ü       Optional services

ü       Admission fee payable directly on the spot (the average rate is eur 8,00 per person for each entrance)

ü       Luggage handling fee at hotel

 


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