MADE IN SICILY TOUR
4 nights / 5 days
2 nights in Palermo, 2 nights in Taormina
4 Star + Hotels !!

WHAT IS INCLUDED:
- Palermo: two nights accommodation
- Taormina: two nights accommodation, sea view room
- Daily breakfast buffet
- Piazza Armerina: one light lunch at country restaurant with set group - menù
- Vehicle/coach with air conditioning, no toilet
- Day 2, Licensed Tourist Guide for a walking tour in Palermo, maximum 4 hours
- Day 3, English speaking Tour Director/Driver-Guide as per program
- All sightseeing, tasting and excursions as specified in the itinerary
- Hotel & city taxes

ITINERARY:
Day 1 (Sunday) Palermo
Welcome to the warm, beautiful and pleasant island of Sicily! Upon arrival at Palermo airport please proceed through the Passport Control and collect your luggage inside the customs area. Then independently transfer to your hotel.

Day 2 (Monday) Palermo Walking Tour
Palermo, licensed tourist guide included for maximum 4 hours
This morning enjoy an half day guided walking tour to see the lively Capo Market, a large open air street market that captures the flavor of Palermo's Saracen Arab past. Capo is a blend of general confusion and a jumble of vendors' stalls, winding toward the old gate --Porta Carini-- of what used to be the city wall. Then we walk to the Cathedral and we continue by seeing Piazza Pretoria and Via Maqueda, whose “four corners” converge Palermo at a quartet of baroque palaces left over from the heyday of Spanish rule dating from 1560. This afternoon is at leisure to explore the town on your own. (BB)

Day 3 (Tuesday) Agrigento & Piazza Armerina
IMPORTANT: the Roman Villa of Casale in Piazza Armerina is going to close for a massive renovation. In case the Villa is closed we are forced to remove this visit and drive from Agrigento straight to Taormina.
Following breakfast, we drive through the interior of Sicily to reach Agrigento. On arrival independent visit to the finest of all ancient Greek sites—the complete Doric Temples (Admission Fee: not included). Later we continue to Piazza Armerina. On arrival light-lunch at country restaurant. This afternoon independent view to the ruins of the Roman Villa of Casale (Admission Fee: not included). The mosaics discovered here are celebrated among scholars of antiquity. Then continue to Taormina, the resort town of Sicily. (BB L)

Day 4 (Wednesday) Taormina
All day long at leisure to explore the town on your own or Optional Excursions. (BB)

Day 5 (Thursday) Taormina/Catania
Time to say goodbye to Sicily. Independent transfer to Catania airport. (BB)

Meal Legend:
BB Buffet Breakfast
L Lunch or Light Lunch
D Dinner

FEATURED PROPERTIES USED FOR THIS TOUR
*Palermo: Hotel Plaza Opera
*Taormina: Hotel Villa Diodoro
Hotel may be substituted with similar category

WHAT IS NOT INCLUDED:
-Intercontinental Flight;
-Gratuities to Tour Director, Local Guide and Driver;
-Porterage at airport;
-Luggage handling at hotel;
-Tips;
-Beverages and meals not mentioned in the program;
-Travel Insurance;
-Airport Transfers;
-Admission fees payable directly on the spot;
-Optional Excursions;
-Licensed local guide.

Notes:
ACCOMMODATION FACILITIES:
When choosing your accommodation please keep in mind that the categories shown beside the hotel descriptions are supplied by the local authorities. Grading may not necessarily reflect your own personal direct comparison with hotels of the same category elsewhere. If unsure feel free to ask us to advice you to help you to choose the accommodation that best suits you

HOTEL ROOMS:
Room assigning is done by the hotel management and is as fair and impartial as the rooms at their disposal allows. Our efforts start weeks before the tour begins when we send a list to each hotel, noting any special requests made by you. Many of you may have requested non-smoking rooms, but because of the tremendous demand for these recently, many hotels are not able to satisfy all the requests. For assistance in operating the TV, heating/air-conditioning or telephone, do not hesitate to contact the front desk staff, they are there to help you.

ROOMS TYPE:
Twin/Double in many countries, a double bed is one bed for two people, a twin room is two twin close together. Single rooms are normally very small. Triple rooms normally is a twin with an extra rool-away bed.

IMPORTANT:
These tour departures are guaranteed in double/twin occupancy.
This tour will be operated with a Driver-Guide from 2 to 5 people.
The Driver Guide is not a Licensed Tourist Guide (Licensed Tourist Guide: are the only professionals -- with a Regional license -- permitted to conduct visits and tours in all sites and museums within a city) and he cannot escort you inside the monuments because this is not allowed by Italian Rules.
From 6 to 15 clients, tour is operated with a Driver, a Tour Escort, and licensed Local Guides where necessary
-Taormina: Two nights accommodation, sea view rooms;
-Daily breakfast buffet;
-Piazza Armerina: one light lunch at country restaurant with set group menù;
-Vehicle/coach with air conditioning, no toilet;
-English speaking Tour Director/Driver Guide as per program;
-All sightseeing, tasting and excursions as specified in the itinerary;
-Hotel & city taxes.