Tour Details
- 5 Days / 4 Nights – Tuesday/Saturday
- Exclusive small groups tour up to 20 pax
Departure Dates Summer 2025: from Palermo on Tuesdays
| LOW SEASON (LS) | HIGH SEASON (HS) |
|---|---|
| June – 3rd, 17th, 24th | May – 6th, 13th, 20th, 27th |
| October – 7th, 14th, 21st | July – 15th |
| August – 26th | |
| September – 2nd, 9th, 16th, 23rd, 30th |
Rates:
| Rate per Person | Low Season | High Season |
|---|---|---|
| In Double Room | $1749.00AUD PP | $1899.00AUD PP |
| Supplement for a single room | $410.00 | $410.00 |
| 3rd pax in triple room | on Request | |
Rate Includes:
- Four nights’ accommodation in 4* hotels
- Board: 4 Breakfasts at Hotel.
- Visit of a cellar and Wine tasting on Mount Etna
- Transportation de Luxe motor coach* with wi-fi *a minivan with English Speaking driver, normally not equipped with wifi, will be provided if the number of participants is equal to or less than eight
- English speaking Tour Escort* and Local Guides where necessary
- Whispers Kit (for group with more than 10 passengers)
- Porterage at hotels
- Tour staff assistance
- As an added bonus we include entrance tickets to sites and museums.
Rate Does Not Include:
- Transfers in/out
- City Tax: to be paid directly at the Hotel.
- Beverages (excluded water at meals in the Hotels)
- Everything which is not clearly specified under “rate includes”
1st Day / Tuesday PALERMO
Independent arrival at the hotel in Palermo, accommodation, and overnight.
2nd Day / Wednesday PALERMO
After a buffet breakfast, Free time at disposal for visit Palermo and for lunch.
In the afternoon, appointment with your guide to start the guided tour of the city. First, visit the Cathedral, one of the most important architectural monuments. We will continue our visit by walking along Corso Vittorio Emanuele to reach “I Quattro Canti di Città” Piazza Pretoria, Piazza Bellini and the Church of Santa Caterina.
Accommodation at hotel and free time at disposal for shopping and dinner.
Overnight.
3rd Day /Thursday PALERMO – MONREALE – CEFALU’ – MESSINA - TAORMINA
After a buffet breakfast departure to visit the town of Monreale, situated on a hill at few kms far from Palermo in panoramic position. Visit of the Cathedral, one of the most beautiful monuments in the world with its Moorish architecture, housing very fine mosaics representing a complete cycle of the Old and New Testaments in Arab-Norman style.
Continue to Cefalù, a former fishing village, now a charming coastal town. Enjoy a walk to the city centre and down main street to reach the Arab-Norman Cathedral and the medieval washhouse built in the rock.
Free time at disposal to explore the town and shopping and lunch on your own. Proceed to Taormina through the coastal road passing through Messina from where we’ll have the chance to admire the suggestive scenery of the Strait of Messina.
Accommodation at your hotel and free time at disposal for dinner.
Overnight.
4th Day /Friday TAORMINA – MT. ETNA (wine tasting) – TAORMINA
After a buffet breakfast, excursion to Mount Etna, the highest active Volcano in Europe. Weather conditions permitting, across fascinating landscape with different kind of vegetation, a mixture of citrus groves, vineyards and fruit trees. We will reach a height of 1800 metres to visit the Sylvester Craters where we’ll enjoy a spectacular panorama over the Ionian Sea.
Stop at a local winery on the eastern slopes of Etna and visit a prestigious cellar. We will have the opportunity to taste different local wines accompanied by local cheese and cold cuts.
In the afternoon back to Taormina, charming city called “the pearl of the Ionian Sea”: enjoy time at leisure for shopping or walking through its tiny streets. Possibility to visit the Greek-Roman Theatre on your own, with its spectacular view of Giardini Naxos and Mount Etna.
Free time for dinner and overnight.
5th Day / Saturday TAORMINA
After buffet breakfast, end of the tour.
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