Sicily, History And Landscapes (Small/Private Group)

Meeting at airport and group transfer to the hotel (meeting at your hotel in Palermo) - Dinner and overnight stay at hotel -  Dinner 

Meeting with the local tour guide and begin tour of PALERMO - City where you can find arab domes, baroque churches, art nouveau buildings, neoclassical theaters, and historical markets. We will visit the city center passing by one of the historical market, the Politeama, the magnificent Massimo theater, the Norman Cathedral and the catacombs. Afternoon transfer to hotel, dinner and overnight. Breakfast - Dinner

Erice - Trapani Breakfast at hotel and transfer to Erice. Meet your local guide and visit of a village among the most beautiful in Italy. Its history is enhanced by the poet Virgil, who cites Erice in his most famous work, the Aeneid. Perched atop Monte San Giuliano, the wonderfully preserved medieval walled town of Erice offers an opportunity to step back in time at 751 metres above sea-level. Transfer to Trapani and visit the “City of the Two Seas”, Trapani is a port city in Western Sicily. The city centre still bears a Medieval imprint. Among the numerous highlights: the  Annunciation Sanctuary built in Romanesque-Gothic style, the  XVI century “Giudecca Palace” (Spedaletto) and the Baroque Cathedral and Colleggio church. The tour continues with the visit of the salt pans. The Salina di Trapani, are made up of a series of tanks in which the water evaporates due to solar radiation. In the first tanks, called evaporants, the solution is concentrated, while in the final tank, called salting, the salt is precipitated. The ideal ratio between the evaporating and salting surfaces for the southern Mediterranean climate zone. Dinner and overnight at hotel. Breakfast - Dinner