Day 01 Saturday - CATANIA:
Day One Saturday - PALERMO: Transfer on your own to your hotel. Welcome cocktail and orientation meeting with your tour escort. Dinner and overnight at your hotel. (D)

Day 02 Sunday - 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. (B, D)

Day 03 Monday - 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 followed by a visit to the lighted Temples. Return to your hotel. (B, D)

Day 04 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 agricultural village. (B, D)

Day 05 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. (B, L, D)

Day 06 Thursday - SIRACUSA, NOTO, MODICA, RAGUSA: After breakfast, tour Siracusa including the most famous Greek theater of Sicily, the legendary Dyonisius’ Ear, the Roman amphitheatre and 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. (B, D)

Day 07 Friday – 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 the Taormina area. Dinner and overnight at your hotel. (B, D)

Day 08 Saturday - TAORMINA AREA, MESSINA, REGGIO DI CALABRIA, TAORMINA AREA: After breakfast PANORAMIC visit of Messina and depart for Reggio di Calabria by hydrofoil. Visit the museum with the famous “Bronzi of Riace”. Return to Taormina. Free time for lunch on your own. Visit the Greek Theater . Time at leisure . Dinner and overnight at your hotel. (B, D)

Day 09 Sunday - TAORMINA AREA, LIPARI, VULCANO,LIPARI: After breakfast, depart for Milazzo. Depart by hydrofoil or ferry to reach Lipari the greatest among the Aeolian Islands. Visit the village with the 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. (B, D)

Day 10 Monday – LIPARI, STROMBOLI, LIPARI: After breakfast, free time to enjoy the village. Lunch on your own. After lunch optional excursion to Stromboli (to be paid locally) with its volcano and the “Sciara” and to enjoy the village. Return to Lipari. Dinner and overnight at your hotel. (B, D)

Day 11 Tuesday – 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 a small stop in Santo Stefano di Camastra, famous for its ceramics. Dinner and overnight at your hotel in Tusa. (B, D)

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

Day 13 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 and Mondello. Dinner on your own and overnight at your hotel. (B, D)

Day 14 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. (B, D)

Day 15 Saturday - PALERMO: Breakfast at the hotel. End of your Tour. (B)

Land package - 15 days/14 nights:
valid for travels between October 2006 - October 2007

Package includes:
- 14 nights accommodation at First Class Hotels
- Extensive sightseeing as outlined in itinerary
- Air-conditioned transportation to all sightseeing tours/excursions
- Meals as outlined (B-Breakfast, L-Lunch, D-Dinner)
- All local tax and service charges

Hotel(s) and location:
- 4* Astoria Palace Hotel, Palermo
- 3* President Hotel, Marsala
- 4* Kore Hotel, Agrigento
- 3* Pomara Hotel, S.M Ganzaria
- 4* Mediterraneo Hotel, Ragusa
- 3* Park Hotel, Siracusa
- 4* Caparena Hotel, Taormina
- 3* Eolian Hotel, Vulcano
- 3* L'Atelier Sul Mare, Castel di Tusa 

- Rates are NET in US dollars
- Rates are per person based on double occupancy
- Subject to availability
- Rates are subject to change due to currency fluctuation
- Some entrance fees are not included ($75.00)