2012 | Sicilian Gateway Tour | 5 days
East to West Side: Tuesday from Taormina

Sicilian Gateway Tour ~ East to West Side
4 nights/5 days
Taormina (2 nights) Palermo (2 nights)
Language: English Only



Day 1 (Tuesday) Catania/Taormina
Welcome to the warm, beautiful and pleasant island of Sicily! Upon arrival at Catania airport please proceed through the Passport Control and collect your luggage inside the customs area. Then independent transfer to your hotel In Taormina. The balance of the day is at leisure.

Day 2 (Wednesday) Taormina
Today is at leisure or Optional Excursion. (BB)

Day 3 (Thursday) Taormina/Piazza Armerina & Agrigento/Palermo
Following breakfast, we drive through the interior of Sicily to reach Piazza Armerina to view the ruins of the Roman Villa of Casale (Admission Fee: not included). The mosaics discovered here are celebrated among scholars of antiquity. Later we continue to Agrigento. This afternoon we visit the finest of all ancient Greek sites—the complete Doric Temples (Admission Fee: not included). Then we continue to Palermo, the capital of Sicily. (BB)

Day 4 (Friday) Palermo Walking Tour
Palermo, licensed tourist guide included for maximum 4 hours
This morning enjoy an half day guided walking tour to see the lively Capo Market, a large open air street market that captures the flavor of Palermo's Saracen Arab past. Capo is a blend of general confusion and a jumble of vendors' stalls, winding toward the old gate --Porta Carini-- of what used to be the city wall. Then we walk to the Cathedral and we continue by seeing Piazza Pretoria and Via Maqueda, whose “four corners” converge Palermo at a quartet of baroque palaces left over from the heyday of Spanish rule dating from 1560. This afternoon is at leisure. (BB)

Day 5 (Saturday) Palermo
Time to say goodbye to Sicily.  Independent transfer to Palermo airport. (BB)

 Meal Legend: BB Buffet Breakfast L Lunch or Light Lunch  D Dinner
 

FEATURED PROPERTIES USED:
Taormina: Hotel Villa Diodoro, first class
Palermo: Hotel Plaza Opera, first class

Hotel may be substituted with similar categories

DEPARTURE from Catania (CTA)
4 nights / 5 days
Taormina (2 nights) Palermo (2 nights)  Departure from Catania | Tuesday  Guaranteed (with a minimum of 2 clients)
Small size group: Limited to 25 people
Style of Accommodation: 4 star superior

Meals:
-4 breakfasts.
 

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36 Guaranteed Departure Dates:

January: 17, 31 | February: 14, 28
March: 13, 27
April:  3 (Easter), 10, 17, 24
May: 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 | June: 5, 12, 19, 26
July 3, 10, 17 | August: 28
September: 4, 11, 18, 25
October: 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 | November: 6, 13
December: 4, 11

LOW SEASON: November 6-March 27
PEAK SEASON: April 3-October 30

Prices below are land-only and do not include airfare and airport transfers:

Low Season
Eur 620,00 in triple occupancy
Eur 660,00 in double/twin occupancy

Eur 830,00 in single occupancy
Peak Season
Eur 720,00 in triple occupancy
Eur 760,00 in double/twin occupancy

Eur 930,00 in single occupancy

Surcharge, per person:
Easter Dep. (April 3): Eur 120,00
Round Trip airport transfers: Eur 70,00
 

HOW TO BOOK:
A deposit eur 250,00 per person is required to save the space.
You can pay this amount using the credit card through our secure payment system.

As soon as we receive the deposit we send you the confirmation by H24.

ADMISSION FEE:
The price of this tour does not include the Admission Fees, which are usually around Euros 8,00/10,00 per person payable directly on the spot. If you are over 65 or under 18 years old and you have EU or Commonwealth Passport,  the admission fees are free of charge for you showing your document (or copy of your document) on the spot.