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Archaeological Tour

1st Day /Saturday : PALERMO
Transfer on your own to your hotel. Welcome cocktail and orientation meeting with your tour escort. Dinner and overnight at your hotel


2nd Day/Sun : PALERMO - SEGESTA - ERICE - MARSALA
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 of the medieval town. Proceed to Trapani stopping for wine tasting and a visit in Trapani to the Salt Museum with its mines and ancient windmills. Dinner and overnight at your hotel in Marsala


3rd Day/Mon : MARSALA - 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.


4th Day/Tuesday : AGRIGENTO - PIAZZA ARMERINA - CALTAGIRONE - S.M. GANZARIA
After breakfast visit the Archaeological Museum and the famous Valley of the Temples. Lunch at the hotelZ. Then proceed to Piazza Armerina and 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, a typical agricoltural village.


5th Day/Wednesday : S.M. GANZARIA - PANTALICA-PALAZZOLO ACREIDE-SIRACUSA
After breakfast, leave for Pantalica. Be sure to wear comfortable shoes to walk through beautiful 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 and overnight at your hotel.


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 on your own. Overnight at your hotel.


7th Day/Fri : RAGUSA-CATANIA - MT ETNA - TAORMINA AREA
After breakfast, depart for Catania, 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. Possibility of an optional excursion by cable-car to 3.000 meters. Lunch on your own, then descend and proceed to Taormina area. Dinner and overnight at your hotel.


8th Day/Sat :TAORMINA AREA - MESSINA - R CALABRIA - TAORMINA AREA
After breakfast PANORAMIC visit of Messina and depart for Reggio di Calabria by hydrofoil. Visit of the museum with the famous "Bronzi of Riace". Return to Taormina. Free time for lunch on your own. Visit of the Greek Theater . Time at leisure . Dinner and overnight at your hotel.


9th Day/Sun : TAORMINA AREA- VULCANO - LIPARI- VULCANO
After breakfast, depart for Milazzo . Depart by hydrofoil to reach Vulcano one of the Aeolian Islands. Continue to Lipari to visit the village and with the possibility of a visit to the Archaeological Museum (optional). Lunch on your own . Return to Vulcano . Dinner and overnight at your hotel .


10th Day/Monday : VULCANO - STROMBOLI - VULCANO
After breakfast enjoy an excursion to Stromboli with its volcano and the "Sciara". Free time for lunch on your own and to enjoy the village. Return to Vulcano. Dinner and overnight at your hotel.


11th Day/Tue: VULCANO - 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 on the sand-tongues and the old town ruins and small stop in Santo Stefano di Camastra, famous for its ceramics. Dinner and overnight at your hotel in Tusa.


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


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. In the afternoon visit the Catacombs, Mondello. Dinner on your own and overnight at your hotel.


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. Time at leisure. Dinner and overnight at your hotel


15th Day/Saturday: PALERMO
Breakfast at the hotel. End of your Tour