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Days: 8dd 7nt
Price : €649,00
DEPARTURES from CATANIA Guaranteed departures from SATURDAY to SATURDAY 8dd 7nt Full Board first departure APRIL 7, 2007 last departure OCT 13, 2007
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1 - Day one – Catania > Eastern Sicily |
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On arrival at Catania in the afternoon, transfer on your own to your reserved hotel (in Catania, Giardini Naxos or Letojanni). Settle in, dinner and overnight stay. |
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2 - Day two – Eastern Sicily |
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Breakfast at the hotel. A full day excursion on Mount Etna and Taormina. Climbing to 1800 meters, enjoy the excursion walking through cultivated fields (olive groves, citrus groves at 1000 mt), woods (until 2000mt); beyond a vast heritage of craters, lava and ashes. In the course of the excursion, lunch at a local restaurant. In the afternoon, departure for the lovely and picturesque town of Taormina to visit the Greek theatre. Dinner and overnight stay. |
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3 - Day three - Eastern Sicily/Palermo |
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Breakfast at the hotel. In the morning a panoramic tour of Messina, with the Duomo (Cathedral), the main monument of the town and the annexed bell tower that houses the most complex astronomical clock in Italy. Departure for Tindari to visit the archaeological area including the Roman-greek theatre and the Santuary of the Black Virgin. Departure for Cefalù. Along the way lunch at a local restaurant. Visit of the town and departure for Palermo. Arrival at Palermo, settle in, dinner and overnight stay. |
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4 - Day four - Palermo |
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Full board provided by the hotel. In the morning visit of Palermo, rich in history and art. The visit includes the Cathedral, the Church of St. John of the Hermits, The Palatine Chapel, incorporated into the Royal Palace (Palazzo dei Normanni). Departure for Monreale, to see the Duomo and the Benedectine cloister annexed to it. In the afternoon time at your leasure with the option of going on excursion to Mondello and Mount Pellegrino. |
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5 - Day five – Agrigento > Palermo |
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Breakfast at the hotel and departure by coach for Selinunte, an ancient Greek colony to see the archaeological site. Lunch at a local restaurant. In the afternoon visit of Erice, a small and charming medieval village, perched atop a mountain at 751 meters above the sea level, where it is possible to see the remains of the Castle of Venus. Proceed to Segesta, to admire the Doric temple of the 5th cenury, B.C. In the evening arrival at the hotel in Palermo, settle in, dinner and overnight stay. |
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6 - Day six - Agrigento or Porto Empedocle / Eastern Sicily |
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Breakfast at the hotel. In the morning visit of the town of Agrigento and, in particular, the Valley of the Temples: including the Concordia, Ercole, Giunone, Castore and Polluce temples. During the excursion, lunch at the hotel or at a local restaurant. In the afternoon departure for Piazza Armerina by coach, to see the Roman Villa del Casale, famed for its valuable mosaics. Departure for Catania, Giardini Naxos or Letojanni. Settle in, dinner and overnight stay. |
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7 - Day seven – Palermo > Eastern Sicily |
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Half board provided by the hotel. A full day excursion to Syracuse, the most beautiful and great Greek colony in Sicily. The visit includes the famous Fontana Aretusa (Aretusa Spring), the Greek Theatre, the Roman amphitheatre, the Orecchio di Dionisio, (a cave with extraordinary acoustic effects) and the Latomie. In the course of the excursion, lunch at a local restaurant. |
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8 - Day eight – Eastern Sicily > Catania |
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Breakfast at the hotel and departure. End of tour and services. |
NOTE. 1) The tour is named Sicile Vision Catania; nevertheless, the first and last hotel are often located in Taormina, Giardini Naxos, Letojanni or Acireale and other seaside resorts near Catania and not in Catania itself. 2) The visit to Siracusa can be provided either as a full day excursion or as overnight stay at the hotel. (see the list of hotels selected below) 3) The sequel of the escursions may be modified according to local needs (nevertheless, the escursions included in the tour are guaranteed). The price includes: * 54 seats bus GT for the tour: 8 days * accomodation in twin-bedded room with bath or shower, hotel ***/****: (see below) * Full board from 1st day dinner to 8th day breakfast. Lunches and dinners in hotel/restaurant. One lunch in a local restaurant or farmhouse. * beverages (1/2 lt mineral water. 1/4 wine) * Valle dei Templi "by night" tour * local guides: HD Palermo, HD Agrigento Valle dei Templi, HD Siracusa * multilingual tour assistant for the whole tour * VAT and legal taxes
The price does not include: * transfers APT /HTL/APT * entrance fees * other local guides * tips and any extra * anything not expressly stated under the heading "the price includes" Supplements: * single room € 157,00 * high season departures 23 APRIL; 13-20 AUGUST € 48,00 * Mondello and Catacombe excursion (cash payment) € 16,00 3rd bed reduction: adults and children: 30% Special offers: * VACANZA INSIEME (min 4 pax) 4=3: for departure from 11th JUN to 10th SEPT, accomodation in four beds room * PRENOTA PRIMA - for all the reservation done 30 days before the departure, 5% reduction - (supplements not included) HOTELS: Palermo: Excelsior Palace Hotel **** / Baglio Conca d’Oro **** / Hotel San Paolo Palace*** / Genoardo Park Hotel **** (nuovissimo !) / Hotel Jolly**** / Hotel Holiday Inn **** / Hotel Cristal Palace*** / Grand Hotel et des Palmes**** Cefalù (Palermo): Costa Verde**** Trabia (Palermo): Hotel Tonnara di Trabia *** SantaFlavia (Palermo): Hotel Zagarella*** Agrigento: Hotel Tre Torri***/Grand Hotel Mosé***/ Dioscuri Bay Palace **** / Grand Hotel dei Templi**** / Htl Akrabello *** / Htl Caporossello **** / Hotel Dei Pini *** (nuova ristrutturazione) oppure Sciacca: Hotel-Club Torre Macauda Catania: Hotel Jolly**** / Grand Hotel Excelsior*****/Hotel Il Gelso Bianco*** / Hotel Sheraton****/Hotel Parco degli Aragonesi**** Brucoli: Hotel Venus Sea Garden**** Acireale: Park Htl Capomulini**** Giardini Naxos: Naxos Beach Resort**** / Hotel Caesar Palace**** / Hotel Assinos **** Letojanni: Hotel Antares**** Siracusa: Hotel Park***/ Best Western Hotel Palace****/Hotel Holiday Inn **** / Hotel del Santuario ***/ Hotel Jolly ****
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