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SICILY
ALSO FEATURED:
SICILY: Island of Light, Crossroads of Cultures
May 13-22, 2019
Personally led by OSE owner Alex Ros
TRIP FEATURES:
•The finest hotels.
•Top guides, carefully vetted and extraordinarily knowledgeable.
•Fantastic Sicilian food with menus showcasing the island’s varied cuisine.
•Wine tastings at wineries in Marsala & Mount Etna.
•Enchanting Taormina —which Goethe called “a corner of paradise”— with its spectacular views of Mt Etna.
•Historic Syracuse, one of the most powerful cities of antiquity, with its archeological treasures and lovely old town.
•The picturesque towns of medieval Erice on a hilltop & beautiful Cefalu on the coast.
•Amazing mosaics at Palermo & Monreale.
•Excellently preserved Greek ruins at Segesta and Syracuse.
•Private cooking class at a palace in Syracuse.
•Special tastings of almond cookies & marzipan at a world-‐famous pastry shop in Erice, and of honey on Mount Etna.
•A thoughtfully planned itinerary including time at leisure for “dolce farniente” (“the sweetness of doing nothing”).
ITINERARY OVERVIEW
May 13, 2017 Depart USA
May 14 Arrive Palermo, Italy
May 15 PALERMO | MONREALE
May 16 Palermo: ERICE | MARSALA | SEGESTA
May 17 Palermo | CEFALU | Taormina
May 18 TAORMINA
May 19 Taormina | MOUNT ETNA | Siracusa
May 20 SIRACUSA sightseeing
May 21 SIRACUSA cooking class & at leisure
May 22 Fly home from Catania
Optional Extension:
May 22 Siracusa | NOTO | MODICA | RAGUSA
May 23 Ragusa | CALTAGIRONE | PIAZZA ARMERINA
May 24 Ragusa | AGRIGENTO
May 25 Agrigento | SELINUNTE | Mazara del Vallo
May 26 Fly home from Palermo
MAP
( Main Itinerary in Blue | Extension in Brown )
FEATURES ON THE EXTENSION:
•Beautiful baroque architecture in the southeastern towns of Noto, Modica, and the UNESCO World Heritage town of Ragusa.
•Meet artisans who make the world famous majolica ceramics in Caltagirone.
•Taste world-‐famous chocolate in Modica.
•See the amazing mosaics of the Villa Romana de Casale by Piazza Armerina.
•Marvel at stunning seaside Greek ruins in Agrigento and Selinunte.
For more information, call 1.800.978.8890
FEATURED ITINERARIES:
COMING UP NEXT:
PHOTOGRAPHY TRIP OVER HOLY WEEK
March 25-April 5, 2018
With internationally-acclaimed photographer David Wells
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Photography:
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