DAY 1. CATANIA

Arrival at Catania Airport.  Private transfer to country guest house in Catania  or Taormina area. Welcome cocktail  with dinner and overnight.

DAY 2.  CATANIA

Breakfast and lunch at country guest house. Depart for Linguaglossa, one of the many small towns around Mount Etna renowned for its natural and artistic beauty, as well as for its culinary specialties. Stop to sample the local ricotta cheese and see how this cheese is made. Proceed to the wine-producing town of Castiglione of Sicily to visit the year-round wine exhibition boasting wares from the greatest Sicilian wine producers and to explore the historical center with its monuments. Wine tasting at the Valle Galfina wine cellar, which produces Etna Red, White and Rosè Doc. ( Lunch free )  In the afternoon, excursion to Catania with guided tour of the historical center, the Cathedral, Via dei Crociferi, Piazza Università and Teatro Massimo. Back  to the farm   Dinner.  and overnight.

DAY 3. CATANIA

Breakfast and departure to Etna, reaching  up to 1.900 meters  and visit the Silvestrian crater

On the way back Santa Venerina, for testing a  sample the culinary delights of Pasticceria Russo, one of the oldest and best cake shops in the area. Santa Venerina is also home of one of the most important and interesting wine cellars producing Doc wines, Barone Scammacca del Murgo. Stop to sample the wines with their producers in some of the most beautiful natural sorroundings in the area. Lunch at a former noble country home. In the afternoon, panoramic tour of the “ Lemon Riviera”, with its many famous small towns, including Acitrezza, Acireale and Aci Castello. Return to farm.  Dinner  and overnight.

DAY 4.  CATANIA - BUTERA

Breakfast and departure to BUTERA, by stopping and visit the Roman Villa at Piazza Armerina ( lunch free) Proceed and visit “The Tenuta of  Principi di Butera”with wine testing, and proceed to the FARM.  Dinner and overnight.

Day 5.  BUTERA - MARSALA

Breakfast and departure to Marsala with  a stop  at Agrigento for visiting the Valley of Temples ( lunch free) Proceed to Marsala, for a visit of the well known Florio cellar, Accommodation in a Hotel  or Country guest house. Dinner and Overnight

DAY 6 – MARSALA - PALERMO

Breakfast and depart to  Palermo. On the way stop  and visit the  Wine cellar Pellegrino and the salt mines  of Ettore Infersa . ( Lunch  free). ( Possibility to stop at Segesta for visiting the temple and ) Visit of the wine cellar CALATRASI

At San Cipiriello and proceed to Palermo. Accommodation at then Hotel

(dinner free ) Overnight 

DAY 7  PALERMO

Breakfast and H/day  guided visit  of Palermo and Monreale. Lunch and afternoon free. Farewell dinner in a local restaurant and back to the hotel. Overnight

DAY 8  PALERMO

Breakfast and transfer to airport and departure  - End of services

 Accommodation

Rate per person

From 4 to 8

From 9 to 15

From 15 to  25

From 26

 In  DBL or TRP/B

  Sng/b  supplement

Euro   1.800

Euro      210

Euro  1.700

Euro     210

Euro  1.650

Euro     210

Euro  1.600

Euro     210

RATE INCLUDES:

-          Welcome cocktail

-          Accommodation preferable  in Country Guest house or in Hotels of upgrade  category in connection with the number of participants,  in Half board  base

-          Transportation  by  comfortable minibus or coach

-          Lunches  and dinner as per itinerary

-          Farewell dinner

-          Local guide  for the visit of Roman Villa, Agrigento and Palermo

-          Transfer in / out

RATE DOES NOT INCLUDE:

-          Entrance fees  and wine testing fee

-          -Drinks

-          Everything which is not clearly specified under “rate includes”

              ACCOMPANY GUIDE through/out  the tour

*Name of country guest house will be confirmed at time of booking.

*VALIDITY  from  Nov 08  to  Oct 2009”

NOTE:

Tour itinerary's, for technical reasons, can be changed or inverted without notice, by guaranting all previous visits, excursions and services, due also to the metereologic weather conditions

TOUR IS ALSO PERFORMED AT ANY DATES, DURING THE YEAR  WITH A MINIMUM OF  4  PARTECIPANTS 

This program, being it a program for individuals or small group, is flexible  and  allow to make changes according

to the clients wishes ( to be in any case

checked before with the organization ), performing  routes and visits not covered by the normal tours.