Short Sicily Sun Tour 2025
Hotel & Excursions Package • 4 nights • Sunday arrivals
Guaranteed with a minimum number of 2 pax
Tour program
SUNDAY: TAORMINA AREA
Arrive at Catania Airport. After having collected your luggage, optional group transfer to the hotel. On this day there are no planned activities, the rooms will be ready after 14:00 and enjoy the city. At the hotel you will find the program. Dinner and overnight.
Breakfast in the hotel and departure with the tour escort to the Mt. Etna, the highest peak of Sicily and the most active volcano in Europe. The territory surrounding the volcano constitutes the “Park of Etna”, one of the largest protected areas in Italy: You will be astonished about the great variety of vegetation and landscapes that we will meet along the way before arriving at the “Silvestri Craters” (about 1.900 mt). From here on you will have the optional excursion by jeep and cableway (extra cost).
After having tasted some local Sicilian specialty come back in hotel. TAORMINA (OPTIONAL) Walking you will discover the amazing town of Taormina, hear tales about the history and the evolution of Sicilian culture. Pass by beautiful old buildings, including the 15th-century Palazzo Corvaja and an ancient Greek Roman theatre the 2nd largest classical theatre in Sicily (TICKET not included).
Discover the medieval area of the town with its narrow streets and old shops.
MONDAY: ETNA INCLUDED & TAORMINA AFTERNOON (OPTIONAL min 10 pax)
Breakfast in the hotel and departure with the tour escort to the Mt. Etna, the highest peak of Sicily and the most active volcano in Europe. The territory surrounding the volcano constitutes the “Park of Etna”, one of the largest protected areas in Italy: You will be astonished about the great variety of vegetation and landscapes that we will meet along the way before arriving at the “Silvestri Craters” (about 1.900 mt). From here on you will have the optional excursion by jeep and cableway (extra cost). After having tasted some local Sicilian specialty come back in hotel.
TAORMINA (OPTIONAL) Walking you will discover the amazing town of Taormina, hear tales about the history and the evolution of Sicilian culture. Pass by beautiful old buildings, including the 15th-century Palazzo Corvaja and an ancient Greek Roman theatre the 2nd largest classical theatre in Sicily (TICKET not included). Discover the medieval area of the town with its narrow streets and old shops.
TUESDAY: SYRACUSE
Breakfast in the hotel and departure to Syracuse, one of the most interesting archaeological sites of the island with its Archeological Park (extra cost) the Roman Amphitheatre, the Greek Theatre, the Ear of Dionysus, the Cave of the Cordari, Island of Ortigia, the most ancient nucleus of the city with its stunning cathedral. Re-entry in hotel. Dinner and overnight
WEDNESDAY: AGRIGENTO
Breakfast in the hotel. Meeting with tour escort and departure to Agrigento where you will visit the Temples’ Valley, including the Temple of Juno, the Temple of Concorde (one of the best preserved Doric temples in the whole Greek world), the Temple of Hercules, the Temple of Castor and Pollux. Dinner and overnight in Palermo.
THURSDAY: PALERMO
Breakfast in the hotel. Check out at 10:00. Optional transfer to Palermo airport or possibility to have a post tour in Palermo.
Tour price
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Arrival dates in hotel 4* STANDARD Per person in double room |
April 13-20-27 |
May 04-11-18-25 |
June 15-22 |
|
Rate in 4* in HB in Double room Standard |
515 |
545 |
585 |
|
Suppl. for single room (**) |
120 |
120 |
145 |
|
3rd bed reduction |
10% |
10% |
10% |
|
Pre and post tour in BB p.p.p.d. |
70 |
80 |
90 |
Supplement Easter 17.04-22.04 € 10,00 p.p.p.d
Package rates are per person for the whole program, valid with Min. 2 pax.; if 1 pax there will be a transfer supplement because the rate has been calculated on a minimum of 2 persons
The Rates Includes
- 3 HB in hotel 4* Taormina area
- 1 HB in hotel 4* in Palermo
- Excursions “Etna” and “Syracuse”
- Tour leader Multilingual in German and English
- Multilingual local guides at Valley of Temples
- Tasting Sicilian products where mentioned
(**) Single room means with a single bed, not the double, twin or DUS type of room
The rate does not include
- City taxes
- Lunches and all the drinks at meals
- Porterage and personal expenses
- Tips to the guide and driver (optional)
- Entrance fees to monuments and archaeological sites
- Headphones on request € 3,00 per day
- Everything is not mentioned in “the rate includes”
Optional Transfers
- from Catania airport to hotel in Taormina area one-way euro 40 per person
- Private transfer € 110 per car
Selected Hotels 4*
Taormina area:
- Caeasar Palace/Antares/Sporting Baia or similar (*)
- Palermo: Astoria Palace, San Paolo Palace or similar (*)
Optional excursions
Walking in Taormina English guide min. 10 pax € 35.00 p,p.
(*) It could happen and in case of problems the hotels indicated may be replaced with others of the same category located in the same towns or up to 30 km distance where will be possible to realize the program. In case of hotels full booked we reserve to invert the tour and/or confirm the booking in a middle-class
General conditions
Important information:
- Tours are guaranteed with a minimum number of 2 passengers;
- The hotels shown in the programs may be replaced by others of the same category;
- It is advisable to book optional excursions when booking
- Some trips could be a combination of multiple You should expect some group members to join or leave the tour between tour segments.
- We try to carry out the tour as in the programs but a change in emergency or bad weather conditions could be possible with alternative
- The tour programs could undergo variations, with respect to what has been published, for reasons of technical or logistical orders, without however substantial changes to the program itself.
- Tour operator is entitled to change the itinerary of the excursion if it considers it appropriate or due to force
- Tour operator is not responsible for accidents, delays, damage or loss of luggage or personal belongings, nor for damages caused by third parties or others like floods, storms, landslides, earthquakes, political unrest, epidemy, terrorists attacks, strike.
Cancellation policy:
- Cancellations up to 15 days before departure with full
- Cancellations from 14 to 8 days before departure, penalty of 30%
- Cancellations from 7 to 4 days before departure, penalty of 50%
- In case of cancellation within 3 days before departure, penalty of 100%
- There will be no refund for no shows or voluntary interruption of an already started trip
Admission Fees
- In order to skip the queues in the museums or in the archeological parks we need to make the reservation in advance: Pre-bookings of entrance tickets are mandatory on the first day of the tour.
- Tickets are non-refundable
The rate does not include:
- Lunches
- Drinks
- Tips and extras of a personal nature
- Porterage service
- City tax to be paid on spot
- Entrance to monuments and archaeological parks
- Anything not expressly indicated in "the rate includes”