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8-day tour of Bucolic Sicily
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8 Days
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Offered in: German
Overview
The "adventure trip" and "sustainable" tour for those who want to get to know the most authentic Sicily with all its facets. We will explore the numerous UNESCO sites of Sicily: Greek temples and theaters, Roman architecture, cathedrals and domes of Norman origin and Arabic testimonies, without ever neglecting the mythical landscape with its breathtaking views, crystal clear seas and everything that characterizes this extraordinary land . Short and easy walks in nature reserves and nature parks with all the species-rich flora that become magical in every season will further enrich this trip. Special attention is paid to the typical Sicilian cuisine, which is rich in knowledge and tradition with its simple but tasty ingredients and will fascinate every visitor.
What's Included
- Private transportation
- Sample Ericini cookies
- Entry to Monreale Cathedral and cloister € 10 per person
- Entrance to the Zingaro nature reserve € 5 per person
- Entrance to the Valley of the Temples € 10 per person
- Entrance to the Villa Romana del Casale € 10 per person
- Entrance to the Neápolis Archaeological Park € 10 per person
- Entrance to Ortigia Cathedral € 2 per person
- Royal tombs in the Palermo Cathedral € 1.50 per person
- Palazzo dei Normanni and Cappella Palatina € 18.00 per person
- Eremo di Santa Rosalia € 3.00 per person
- Kolymbethra Garden in Agrigento € 5.00 per person
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What To Expect
Welcome to Sicily
1 Stop
Valderice
Arrival in Palermo or Trapani Reception by our staff and transfer to the booked accommodation in the Trapani area.
• Admission Ticket Free
Accommodations : Hotel Baglio Santacroce 3 * (or equivalent)
Meals : Dinner
Zingaro Park, San Vito lo Capo, Erice, Trapani
4 Stops
Riserva Naturale dello Zingaro
After breakfast drive to Scopello to the Zingaro Park (€ 5.00 p.p), a beautiful nature reserve by the sea. The dwarf palm (Chamaerops humilis) grows here, the only wild-growing palm species in Europe that has large populations here. A hike by the sea is planned.
3 Hours • Admission Ticket Not Included
San Vito lo Capo
Lunch break in San Vito Lo Capo, the most beautiful seaside resort on the west side of the island and one of the 5 most beautiful in Italy. Also famous for its culinary specialty the "cous cous", which was imported by the Arabs.
1 Hours • Admission Ticket Free
Chiesa Madre - Duomo di Erice
Further on to Erice on Monte San Giuliano at an altitude of 750 meters. The panoramic views from here are unique enjoys, be it to Trapani and the Egadi Islands as well as to Monte Cofano. You will take a stroll through the picturesque medieval streets and see the main church "Santa Maria dell 'Assunta".
• Admission Ticket Free
Erice
Continue with the walk, the mighty city walls from Phoenician times and the remains of the Venusburg. A sample of the delicious Ericini (biscuits) should of course not be missing before we leave Erice.
• Admission Ticket Free
Accommodations : Hotel Baglio Santacroce 3 * (or equivalent)
Meals : Breakfast, Dinner
Palermo, Monreale, Cammarata
5 Stops
Duomo di Monreale
Early in the morning departure for Palermo. A unique mix of cultures makes Palermo one of the most interesting cities in Europe. As First you visit one of the most important sacred buildings of the Middle Ages, the Monreale Cathedral and its cloister. "The most beautiful house of God in the world" with 6240 square meters of golden mosaics, it is the largest iconographic Bible in the world. The architecture of the basilica is a masterpiece of Norman-Sicilian church architecture. Wherever you look, the niches, the sides of the sanctuary, the ships, you will see mosaics with acts of sacred history everywhere. The magnificent cloister gives the guest such an impression of grace that one would like to stay there forever.
1 Hours 30 Minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included
Norman Palace
Then continue towards the center of the city, here you visit the Palatine Chapel in the Norman Palace. (€ 18.00 p.p.) The Royal Palace or Castle of the Norman rulers and therefore also called the Norman Palace is the Palatine Chapel, which is the first to be visited, built on the occasion of the coronation of Roger II as the first king of the Sicilian Empire. We can't stop being amazed, we adore the gold mosaics, the beams decorated with stars and stalactites and listen eagerly to the comments of the tour guide, further through the rooms of the palace here are especially the room of the winds and the room Roger II and that admire the oldest parliament in the world.
1 Hours • Admission Ticket Not Included
Cattedrale di Palermo
The cathedral with the royal tombs (€ 1.50 p.p.), plus Quattro Canti, the Martorana church, Piazza Vigliena. right in the heart of the historical center of Palermo
1 Hours 30 Minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included
Palermo
Afterwards you take an orientation tour through the capital of Sicily so that you get an impression of the most important testimonies of the entire city, such as B. Piazza Politeama with the wonderful theater, the largest opera theater building in Italy Theatro Massimo, the most famous and noble shopping street Via Libertà and the tourist port of Palermo before we leave the capital.
• Admission Ticket Free
Cammarata
Tonight you will be served a typical dinner with specialties from the area.
• Admission Ticket Free
Accommodations : Agriturismo Casale Margherita 3 * (or equivalent)
Meals : Breakfast, Dinner
Sican Mountains Park
6 Stops
Lercara Friddi
Highly interesting places, breathtaking landscapes and Mediterranean delights, this is how you could spend this day in summarize in a few words. Drive via Lercara Friddi, (place of origin of Frank Sinatra's father).
• Admission Ticket Free
Prizzi
On to Prizzi, where a walk in the Corso is planned and on to Palazzo Adriano.
30 Minutes • Admission Ticket Free
Palazzo Adriano
We continue to Palazzo Adriano, which was founded by the Albanian exiles who founded it in ancient times with customs and traditions. But we will not only visit a beautiful church "Santa Maria Assunta" of the Greek-Byzantine rite. Here Giuseppe Tornatore shot his award-winning OSKAR film "Nuovo Cinema Paradiso".
1 Hours • Admission Ticket Free
Eremo di Santa Rosalia alla Quisquina
Then we will visit the hermitage of Santa Rosalia alla Quisquina, a mystical and very fascinating place in the heart of the forest where the life of the Virgin is told, as well as the patron saint of Palermo. In addition to the "cave", the hermitage includes the church, the crypt and the monastery rooms such as the cells, the kitchen and the refectory
1 Hours • Admission Ticket Not Included
San Giovanni Gemini
To end the day, visit one of the most popular recreational areas in the province of Agrigento, San Giovanni Gemini, in whose mother church is housed the Black Christ "Gesù Nazarè", who reveals a fascinating story.
30 Minutes • Admission Ticket Free
Cammarata
Stroll in the heart of Cammarata, the pride of the district, which thanks to its unique urban landscape (which extends on a steep slope from 600 to 950m high) with its narrow courtyards, steep climbs and stairs of the Arab quarter leaves every visitor delighted .
• Admission Ticket Free
Accommodations : Agriturismo Casale Margherita 3 * (or equivalent)
Meals : Breakfast, Dinner
Agrigento, Piazza Armerina
4 Stops
Valle dei Templi
Here you will visit the world cultural city, which Pindar described as the "most beautiful city of mortals". You will take a long walk through the Valley of the Temples and see, among others, the Hera, Concordia, Zeus, Castor and Pollux temples and the Temple of Heracles, which will seduce you into the mythical city of antiquity. (€ 10.00 per person)
2 Hours • Admission Ticket Not Included
Giardino della Kolymbethra
We extend our walk to the Kolymbetra Gardens, an insider tip for nature lovers. (€ 5.00 p.p)
40 Minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included
San Leone
Free time and lunch break on the most beautiful beach promenade in Agrigento.
1 Hours • Admission Ticket Free
Villa Romana del Casale
Continue to Piazza Armerina. Here you will visit the Roman Villa del Casale, which presumably served as the luxurious country house of a member of the Roman aristocracy, which in turn is a world cultural asset of the first order. The floors of the 40 rooms are covered with almost completely preserved mosaics, which cover a total area of approx. 3,000 square meters. Dinner and overnight in an agriturismo in the Piazza Armerina area.
1 Hours 30 Minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included
Accommodations : Agriturismo Torre di Renda 4 * (or equivalent)
Meals : Breakfast, Dinner
Caltagirone, Noto, Siracusa
5 Stops
Staircase of Santa Maria del Monte
First you visit the monumental staircase that leads to the church "Santa Maria del Monte".
1 Hours • Admission Ticket Free
Noto
After that you drive to Noto, the represent the world cultural heritage of the Sicilian Baroque in the south-east as it were with 7 other cities.
1 Hours 20 Minutes • Admission Ticket Free
Parco Archeologico della Neapolis
Then you will reach Syracuse, the largest and most powerful city of the Greek era. Here you first visit the archaeological zone, see the "Latomie del Paradiso" and the Seiler grotto, as well as the Ear of Dionisus, the theater, the sacrificial altar of Hieron and the Roman amphitheater. (€ 10.00 p.p)
1 Hours 30 Minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included
Duomo di Siracusa
Continue to Ortigia, here you can see the old town of Syracuse and take a walk to the Arethusa spring, the cathedral and the Apollo temple. Dinner and overnight in a beautiful country house in the Etna - Catania area.
1 Hours 30 Minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included
Fonte Aretusa
Go to the legendary Fonte Aretusa source of inspiration for poets and artists
• Admission Ticket Free
Accommodations : Agriturismo Tenuta di Roccadia 3 * (or equivalent)
Meals : Breakfast, Dinner
Etna, Taormina (optional)
2 Stops
Mount Etna
Enjoy the amenities of your accommodation (pool, horse riding, hiking, bocce ball, and country activities), or you may want to explore the area independently? Only a few KM away are the archaeological excavations of Lentini, the Regional Archaeological Museum of Carlentini and the UNESCO Area of Pantalica. With intercity buses you can easily reach the second largest city on the island, Catania, which is 30 km away. Or take part in our optional excursion to Etna and Taormina. You drive through lemon and orange plantations with unique landscape panoramas to the largest still active volcano in Europe, Mount Etna. The ride takes you to the "Silvestri Crater" at an altitude of around 2,000 m. From here you can optionally take the cable car up to 2,600 m. Or by jeep up to approx. 3,000 m. The hiking trails that can be explored here are numerous.
3 Hours • Admission Ticket Not Included
Ancient Theatre of Taormina
Continue to Taormina. Visit the ancient theater and stroll through the medieval streets.
1 Hours 30 Minutes • Admission Ticket Included
Accommodations : Agriturismo Tenuta di Roccadia 3 * (or equivalent)
Meals : Breakfast, Dinner
Arrivederci Sicilia
1 Stop
Catania
"Just a few words"... ... It was a wonderful week Transfer to the airport After breakfast, depending on the departure, transfer to the airport and return flight to the home airport or an extended stay.
• Admission Ticket Free
Additional Info
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Specialized infant seats are available
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Operated by Sicanians.com
Cancellation Policy
You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.
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