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 SIT Package Highlights include:• First class hotels for 4 nights
• 8 included meals - 4 buffet breakfasts + 2 dinners at hotels, 1 lunch at local restaurant in Marsala area, 1 dinner at local in Palermo, 1 lunch at local restaurant in Corleone area (after cooking lesson)
• ¼ wine + ½ mineral water + coffee or cappuccino served with lunch and dinner at hotels & restaurants
• 1 wine tasting at a local cellar in Marsala
• 1 cooking lesson
• 1 special lecture in Corleone area
• Touring by air-conditioned motorcoach or minivan accordingly to the number of participants
• Professional tour director
• Sightseeing as indicated, including local guides where necessary (Palermo)
• Compulsory whispers at Palermo & Monreale cathedral
The price does not include• Transfers in and out
• Entrance fees
• Beverages
• Everything that is not clearly specified under 'Highlights include'
Price per person from Double $864 Single $1128
(Supplement for Easter departure April 22nd $72 per person)
Departure Dates Departing Mondays from Palermo
March 21, 28; April 4, 11, 18, 25; May 2, 9, 16, 23, 30; June 6, 13, 20, 27;
July 4, 11, 18, 25; August 1, 8, 15, 22, 29; September 5, 12, 19, 26; October 3, 10, 17, 24, 31; November 7,14
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A mini tour highlighting the most Important attractions in Western Sicily.
Based in a 4 star hotel in Palermo, you will take part in wine tasting in a
Marsala winery, visit the Doric temples in Segesta and follow the Salt Pan
Road of Trapani.
Day 1 Monday: PalermoArrive at Palermo airport. Transfer to the hotel on your own. Meet with the participants. Dinner and overnight.
Day 2 Tuesday: Palermo, Segesta, Marsala, Trapani, Palermo
Buffet breakfast at your hotel and journey to Segesta, a large archaeological zone with a
magnificent Doric Temple, 420 to 430 BC, located in a beautiful setting
that ranks as one of the best-preserved Greek architectural sites. Continue to the sea town of
Marsala, re-discovered in the 18th century by English merchant John Woodhouse and known
for its sweet wines. Visit a wine cellar and sample some Marsala during a special wine
tasting session. Drive along Trapani’s coastline and stop for a special Sicilian lunch in a
restaurant and return to Palermo. Your tour director can suggest many interesting quality
restaurants that offer ambiance and traditional local cuisine for dinner on your own.
Day 3 Wednesday: Palermo, Monreale, Cefalù (optional), Palermo
 Buffet breakfast and enjoy a morning tour of Palermo, a city full of character. Some highlights include Quattro
Canti – a splendid example of Spanish Baroque architecture, the Palace of the Normans and
its superb Palatine Chapel, and the Cathedral. Then we travel to Monreale and the famous Benedictine Abbey of Monreale.
You will admire a 12th century cathedral, housing very fine mosaics representing a
complete cycle of the Old and New Testaments. Balance of the day is at leisure to relax or take
an optional tour with your tour director to the picturesque fishing village of Cefalů. In the
evening enjoy a special dinner at local restaurant. Overnight at hotel.
Day 4 Thursday: Palermo, Corleone, Ficuzza, Palermo
Buffet breakfast at your hotel and enjoy this special day dedicated to one of the most famous social
phenomena in Sicily. We will depart in the morning to the inland of Sicily, specifically to the
area of Corleone, known as the place where the 'Mafia' was born but nowadays being the place where the Mafia is firmly fought. For those who would like to participate in a cooking class, we will be able to prepare some traditional Sicilian dishes. After the cooking lesson you can enjoy this special lunch. After lunch, there will be an
interesting talk on the Mafia. One of the inhabitants of Corleone, born in the UK, will present
a fascinating discussion on the topic of the Sicilian Mafia but also explaining its origins and what Corleone inhabitants are doing to eliminate organised crime. Back to Palermo. Enjoy
an arrivederci to your travel companions during a festive farewell dinner at your hotel.
Overnight.
Day 5 Friday: Palermo
Buffet breakfast at your hotel. End of the tour.
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