Best of Sicily: Palermo, Agrigento, Ragusa, and Taormina
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After arriving in Palermo, check into your hotel, then spend the afternoon exploring this capital of Sicily. Founded in the 8th century BC by Phoenicians, this city has known Greek, Roman, Byzantine, Ostrogoth, Arab and Norman masters, and shows traces of many of thes...
Your guide will meet you in your hotel lobby for a private half-day tour of Palermo and Monreale. You will first drive to Monreale, located on a small hill just outside Palermo. In the 9th century the Arabs captured Palermo and turned its cathedral into a mosque. The ...
This morning after breakfast, you will pick up your rental car and drive south for two hours across the island to Agrigento and the splendid Valley of the Temples—home to eight Greek temples built between 510 and 430 BC. This stunning collection of buildings will leave you thinking you’re in Greece!
After breakfast, you will meet your local guide for a four-hour tour of the temples. Then you will take the 1 ½ hour drive to Piazza Armerina, where you will have a private guided tour of the Villa del Casale—a large Roman country villa with magnificent mosaics, some ...
After breakfast at your hotel, you’ll drive 1½ hours to Siracusa on Sicily’s east coast. In ancient times, Siracusa was an important Greek city-state, during certain periods as important as Athens. Archimedes was born here, and some of Sophocles’ plays premiered here....
After breakfast, your English-speaking guide will meet you at your hotel for a private walking tour of Taormina lasting between 3 and 4 hours. Perched on a rocky promontory above the sea, Taormina has been the most popular tourist destination in Sicily for over two ce...
Today is a free day for optional excursions. You can take a cable car down to one of the beautiful beaches; or take a drive along the coastline and admire the many attractive offshore islands in this area. There are also handicraft shops in Taormina that offer typical local products.
After breakfast at your hotel, drive 45 minutes to Catania, where you will drop your rental car, before continuing on to your next Avanti adventure.
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