ITINERARY

Departure Dates:
APR 02, 09, 16, 23, 30
MAY 07, 14, 21, 28
JUN 04, 11, 18, 25
JUL 02, 09, 16
AUG 06, 27
SEP 03, 10, 17, 24
OCT 01, 08, 15, 22, 29
NOV 12, 19

Day 1: Palermo
Transfer to your hotel on your own and meet tour escort. Dinner and overnight.

Day 2: Palermo/Segesta/Marsala/Trapani/Palermo
Buffet breakfast at hotel and journey to Segesta, a large archaeological zone, with a magnificent Doric Temple, located within a beautiful natural setting, one of the best-preserved Greek architectural sites. Continue to Marsala, known for its sweet wines. Visit a wine cellar and sample some Marsala during a special wine tasting session. Drive along Trapani’s coastline and stop for a Sicilian lunch in a restaurant and return to Palermo. Your tour director can suggest restaurants that offer traditional local cuisine for dinner on your own.

Day 3: Palermo/Monreale/Optional Cefalu/Palermo
Buffet breakfast, morning tour of Palermo, featuring Quattro Canti - a splendid example of Spanish Baroque architecture, the Palace of the Normans and its superb Palatine Chapel, the Cathedral, and the famous Benedictine Abbey of Monreale. Here, admire a 12th century cathedral, housing very fine mosaics representing a complete cycle of the Old and New Testaments. Balance of the day at leisure or optional tour to Cefalù. Special dinner at local restaurant. Overnight at hotel.

Day 4: Palermo/Corleone/Ficuzza/Palermo
Buffet breakfast at hotel. Depart in the morning to the area of Corleone, known for being the place where Mafia phenomena was born but also known nowadays for being the place where Mafia is firmly fought. First, a cooking lesson: prepare some of the most genuine and traditional Sicilian dishes. After the cooking lesson, enjoy this special lunch. After lunch, an interesting lecture: One of the inhabitants of Corleone, born in the UK, will present a fascinating discussion on the topic of the Sicilian Mafia but also explaining the origins and the steps Corleone inhabitants have taken to eliminate organized crime. Back to Palermo. Farewell dinner at your hotel.

Day 5: Palermo
Buffet breakfast at hotel. End of the tour. Note: Itinerary may be changed or inverted without notice, due to technical reasons.

Package Includes: • First class hotels for 4 nights • 8 included meals (as per itinerary) • 1/4 litre wine , 1/2 L water + coffee or cappuccino served with lunch and dinner • 1 wine tasting in Marsala • 1 cooking lesson • 1 special lecture in Corleone area • Deluxe motorcoach or minivan (according to # of pax) with A/C • Professional tour director • Sightseeing as indicated, local guides where necessary

Not Included: • Transfers in/out • Entrance fees, beverages • Anything not specified