Best of Sicily
Day 1 - Depart USA Overnight flight to Rome.
Day 2 - Arrive Rome (2 nights) On arrival at Rome Fiumicino airport you're met and transferred to your hotel. The rest of your day is at leisure. This evening, enjoy a Welcome Dinner and drink in a Trattoria with your Tour Director. (Welcome Dinner)
Day 3 - Rome sightseeing & at leisure Today's highlight is a visit to the Sistine Chapel. Then we make our way to St. Peter's Basilica before we cross to ancient Rome for a walking tour stopping at the Forum to admire the Colosseum. Next our local guide shows us the Circus Maximus — scene in the past of 'Ben Hur' style chariot races. All made clear and enjoyable by the use of an audio system. Then free time to perhaps visit the Catacombs. (Buffet Breakfast)
Day 4 - Rome — Bay of Naples We drive into the Campania and past the Abbey of Monte Cassino to the Bay of Naples. Here we cruise to the Isle of Capri. With a local guide, we ascend to Capri town by funicular and then enjoy a walking tour including a stroll in the gardens and a view of the Faraglioni Rocks. Maybe visit the Blue Grotto before sailing back to Sorrento for a brief orientation and a drive into the hills to our hotel. (Buffet Breakfast/ Dinner)
Day 5 - Sorrento — Taormina (Giardini Naxos) (3 nights) After some time on your own, we travel via Salerno and on through Calabria to board our ferry and cross the Straits of Messina. Then into Sicily we make our way to the seaside resort, Taormina, where we spend the next three nights. (Buffet Breakfast / Dinner)
Day 6 - Taormina orientation & at leisure This morning after breakfast an orientation includes the Corso Umberto and views of Mount Etna. Later, enjoy free time perhaps to shop for hand-made lace on the Corso. (Buffet Breakfast)
Day 7 - Syracuse Excursion Today we head to Syracuse where a local guide takes us to visit the celebrated archeological Greek Theatre, the Roman Amphitheatre and more. Later, we walk on Ortygia island to see such incredible buildings as the Temple of Apollo - excavated in 1943, the first large temple built by the Greeks in Sicily. Then we will return to Taormina where we enjoy dinner in a typical restaurant. (Buffet Breakfast / Highlight Dinner)
Day 8 - Taormina (Giardini Naxos) — Piazza Armerina — Enna — Agrigento We visit Piazza Armerina to visit and see the mosaics of the Roman Villa of Casale. From here, we stop at Enna, the highest Provincial capital in Italy en route to Agrigento. Here our local guide takes us to visit the Valley of Temples in the city which was one of the most opulent at the time of the Greeks. We dine at our hotel tonight. (Buffet Breakfast / Dinner)
Day 9 - Agrigento — Selinunte — Palermo (2 nights) Today we're off to Selinunte to visit the Dorian Temples and the Acropolis. Then, on to Erice to visit the Castle gardens before we reach the Sicilian capital, Palermo. (Buffet Breakfast / Dinner)
Day 10 - Palermo sightseeing & at leisure Our morning sightseeing with a local guide takes us to the Piazza Bellini and the Cathedral. Later, we will stop to view the Conca d'Oro from Monreale and visit the Cathedral before a visit to beautiful Mondello.(Buffet Breakfast)
Day 11 - Palermo — USA 'Buon viaggio' to your newly made friends as we transfer you to Palermo Airport for your onward flight. (Buffet Breakfast)
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