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The cradle of Sicilian baroque

5 days / 4 nights

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DEPARTURES ON TUESDAYS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR (UPON VARIATIONS AND FORCE MAJEURE)

PROGRAM

1st DAY Arrival at the airport in Catania. Meeting with tour leader/interpreter. Transfer to the hotel (included in optional transportation service) along the Cyclops’ Riviera, accommodation in rooms, dinner and overnight.

2nd DAY Breakfast in hotel and departure for a panoramic tour (included in optional transportation service) along the Cyclops’ Riviera to admire the seaside village in Acitrezza and Acicastello, but overall, the splendid Acireale’s old town, where the stone of the buildings and the iron of the balconies are combined to create a beautiful Baroque in blooming. During the tour, lunch in the restaurant. Return to the hotel for dinner and overnight;

3rd DAY Breakfast at the hotel and departure (included in optional transportation service) for a visit to Catania’s historic centre, whose Baroque buildings are characterized by the contrast between the white sandstone and the black lava rock. Walk along Via dei Crociferi and Via Etnea, both rich in 17th century churches and monasteries, up to the Baroque Piazza Duomo from which you can enter the magical atmosphere of the "piscaria", the folk fish market. During the tour, lunch in restaurant. In the afternoon, excursion to Taormina, the pearl of the Mediterranean, with its boundless panoramas between sky and sea and the fashionable alleys, where you can go shopping. Visit the Corvaia Palace, the scenic Ancient Theatre, the Odeon, the Public Gardens and the original "Pagodas”. Return to the hotel for dinner and overnight.

4th DAY Breakfast at the hotel and departure (included in optional transportation service) for Syracuse, which is famous all over the world for the many monuments and Greek-Roman period’s excavations that are saved in the Archaeological Park: the Greek Theatre, built in the rocks, the largest theatrical stage of the ancient times; the immense Roman Amphitheatre, the Ara di Gerone II, the "latomia del Paradiso" with the Cordari’s Cave and the Ear of Dionysius, the Tomb of Archimedes. Lunch in a restaurant. In the afternoon excursion to Noto, capital of the Sicilian Baroque for the richness of the decorations on the balconies and facades of its palaces. With the light of the sunset, the sandstone is tinged with warm amber tones and between the alleys of the historic districts you will witness the interpretation of popular songs and nursery rhymes. Return to the hotel, dinner and overnight;

5th DAY Breakfast in hotel. Departure for the airport (included in optional transportation service).

  • Price for person with a minimum of 15 people paying full price: € 489,00

  • Price for person with a minimum of 2 people paying full price: € 699,00

  • Supplement per person for flight from airport of origin to Catania, payment within 60 days from departure (hand baggage only):  on request

  • Supplement per person for 1 more day/night €80,00

  • Supplement per person for transportation by GT car/minivan/minibus/bus with driver available (max 9 hours per day) as scheduled from € 150,00 (a minimum of 15 people paying) to € 250,00 for person with a minimum of 2 participants

  • Supplement per person per night with single room accommodation: € 25,00

  • 10 % discount for 3rd person with triple room accommodation

  • 20 % discount for 4th person with quadruple room accommodation

THE OFFER INCLUDES:

  • Tour leader for the whole tour (only with a minimum of 15 pax)

  • 4 overnights in ***/**** hotel in Palermo/surroundings with double room accommodation

  • Treatment of 2 half boards and 2 full boards in hotel

  • 1 lunch in restaurant in Trapani

  • Guided visits during the tour as scheduled

  • Entries as scheduled

THE OFFER DOES NOT INCLUDE:

  • Price of the flight to the airport in Catania, porterage, tips, tour leader (if the number of participants is less than 15)

  • Transportation by GT car/minivan/minibus as scheduled and every cost item not mentioned in “the offer includes”.

 

ACCESSION POLICY:

Prices are calculated at the time of programming and they may change over the months. For more updated quotations and departures in different periods from those shown in program, please use the appropriate form “Our services” or contact us by email to: booking@bellavistasassi.it. The binding agreement (subject to availability) must also be sent by email to booking@bellavistasassi.it with simultaneous 30% earnest payment (before 30 days from departure) or 100% (after 30 days) by bank transfer to: BELLAVISTA SUI SASSI, AG. BANCO DI NAPOLI, FIL. VIA GRAVINA – PORTICI (NA), IBAN: IT58F0306940094100000011252 – BIC/SWIFT: IBSPITNA.

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