1st Day /Saturday : PALERMO
Transfer on your own  to your hotel. Welcome 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.  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, a typical agricultural 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  in a local restaurant.  Overnight at your hotel.

7th Day/Fri : RAGUSA–CATANIA – MT ETNA – PEDARA
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 Pedara . Dinner and overnight at your hotel. 

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

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

10th Day/Monday : LIPARI – STROMBOLI – LIPARI
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 Lipari. Dinner and overnight at your hotel.

11th Day/Tue: 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 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. Afternoon  at leisure.  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.  In the afternoon visit  the Catacombs, Mondello. Dinner and  overnight  at  your hotel

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

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Highlights: The most important archeological and historical sites in Sicily will be covered in the cities of: Palermo, Segesta, Erice, Marsala, Mothia, Selinunte, Agrigento, Piazza Armerina, Caltagirone, S.M. Ganzia, Pantalica, Siracusa, Noto, Ragusa, Catanina, Mt. Etna, Messina, Vulcano, Stromboli, Tindari, Capo D' Orlando, Cafalu' & Solunto.

Entrance Fee Total: $115.00 (approximately)
    
Included: 14 Nights Accommodations, 14 Breakfasts, 2 lunches, 13 dinners, All Ground & Sea transportation as stated in itinerary, Services of a tour leader, Local Guides and Taxes.
 
Not Included: Not Included: Airfare, roundtrip transfers from/to airport/hotel, entrance fees to all excursions, telephone, passport fees, visas (if necessary), items of a personal nature, meals and beverages not specified, travel insurance, optional excursions, single supplement charges.
   
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