SICILY

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SICILY: Island of Light, Crossroads of Cultures

May 2020

Personally led by OSE owner Alex Ros

TRIP FEATURES:

  1. •The finest hotels.

  2. •Top guides, carefully vetted and extraordinarily knowledgeable.

  3. •Fantastic Sicilian food with menus showcasing the island’s varied cuisine.

  4. •Wine tastings at wineries in Marsala & Mount Etna.

  5. •Enchanting Taormina —which Goethe called “a corner of paradise”— with its spectacular views of Mt Etna.

  6. •Historic Syracuse, one of the most powerful cities of antiquity, with its archeological treasures and lovely old town.

  7. •The picturesque towns of medieval Erice on a hilltop & beautiful Cefalu on the coast.

  8. •Amazing mosaics at Palermo & Monreale.

  9. •Excellently preserved Greek ruins at Segesta and Syracuse.

  10. •Private cooking class at a palace in Syracuse.

  11. •Special tastings of almond cookies & marzipan at a world-­‐famous pastry shop in Erice, and of honey on Mount Etna.

  12. •A thoughtfully planned itinerary including time at leisure for “dolce farniente” (“the sweetness of doing nothing”).

ITINERARY OVERVIEW

Day 1  Depart USA 

Day 2  Arrive Palermo, Italy

Day 3  PALERMO | MONREALE

Day 4  Palermo: ERICE | MARSALA | SEGESTA

Day 5  Palermo | CEFALU | Taormina

Day 6  TAORMINA

Day 7  Taormina | MOUNT ETNA | Siracusa

Day 8  SIRACUSA sightseeing

Day 9  SIRACUSA cooking class & at leisure

Day 10  Fly home from Catania 

Optional Extension:

Day 10 Siracusa | NOTO | MODICA | RAGUSA

Day 11  Ragusa | CALTAGIRONE | PIAZZA ARMERINA

Day 12  Ragusa | AGRIGENTO

Day 13     Agrigento | SELINUNTE | Mazara del Vallo

Day 14   Fly home from Palermo

MAP

( Main Itinerary in Blue | Extension in Brown )

FEATURES ON THE EXTENSION:

  1. •Beautiful baroque architecture in the southeastern towns of Noto, Modica, and the UNESCO World Heritage town of Ragusa.

  2. •Meet artisans who make the world famous majolica ceramics in Caltagirone.

  3. •Taste world-­‐famous chocolate in Modica.

  4. •See the amazing mosaics of the Villa Romana de Casale by Piazza Armerina.

  5. •Marvel at stunning seaside Greek ruins in Agrigento and Selinunte.

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