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Day
1: Palermo
arrival
Arrival at the airport, transfer to the hotel. Welcome drink, free dinner and
overnight.
Day
2: Palermo - Monreale
After breakfast, visit the city of Palermo
with the Cathedral, the Martorana Church as well as a panoramic tour of the historic
centre, and depart to Monreale. Visit the Cathedral and the Benedectine Cloister.
After lunch time at leisure or possibility of an optional tour to the Catacombs,
Mount Pellegrino (the sacred mountain of Palermo) and the village of Mondello.
Free dinner and overnight. Day
3: Segesta - Erice- Selinunte
After a buffet breakfast depart
for Segesta. Visit of the Doric Temple dating back to the V° century B.C.;
visit of Erice ,a small and charming medieval town located 750 mt above the sea
level. Lunch at the restaurant. In the afternoon visit of Selinunte, ancient Greek
colony, visit of the archeological area. Ovenight in Selinunte or Agrigento. Day
4: Agrigento - Piazza Armerina
After breakfast visit of the Valley
of the Temples including the Temple of Juno, Concordia, Heracles, Zeus and Castor
and Pollux. Continue to Piazza Armerina. Lunch at the restaurant. After lunch
visit of the Roman villa del Casale, famed for its well preserved mosaics dating
back to the III°-IV° century A.D. Continue to Catania. Overnight. Day
5:
Siracusa
/ Catania
After breakfast visit of Siracusa the wealthiest of the ancient Greek towns. Visit
of the archeological area including the famous latomie of Paradise and the "Ear
of Dyonisos", the Greek Theatre and the Roman Anphitheatre. Continue the
visit of Ortigia island with the famous Cathedral and the Aretusa Fountain. After
lunch departure for Catania; panoramic tour of the city. Time at leisure. Overnight.
Day
6 : Mt Etna- Taormina
After breakfast, weather conditions permitting,
excursion to Mount Etna, the highest and most active volcano of Europe, ( 1800
mt). Continue to Taormina. Visit of the Greek Theatre, and free time for shopping.
Return to Catania, overnight. Day
7: Messina - Cefalù
After breakfast, depart to Messina,
the city of the Strait, only three kilometers away from the Calabrian coast. Continue
to Cefalù and visit of the old town with its imposing Cathedral. Time at
leisure. Overnight in Palermo. Day
8: Departure
After breakfast, transfer to the airport. | 
