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Arrival and departure transfers Taormina Lifestyle Gourmet Walking Tour Taormina Cooking Class Etna Food & Wine Tour Noto Walking Tour With Lunch Ortigia Food & Wine Tour Syracuse Winery Tour With Lunch Palermo Streetfood Tour

Hygieneprotocol

We would like you to be confident that throughout every part of your travel journey, Sicily Activities team and our partners are committed to enhance health practices to help keep you safe. A common set of enhanced health practices and cleanliness measures has been widely implemented, not only to protect your safety, but also to ensure your trip is as enjoyable and worry-free as usually. In a result we have implemented health and hygiene protocol that aligned with WTTC’s Safe Travel Protocols and with Italian government’s guidance. Recognized as a company who provides safe and responsible travel experience, Sicily Activities guarantees: A VERY SMALL GROUPS Our group tours are limited up to 8 guests to ensure everyone is travelling with comfort of their own space, having priority access and personal attention. PRIVATE VEHICLES We mostly use our own park of minivans and Mercedes cars, which daily pass a proper hygiene and disinfection procedure. During transportation we guarantee appropriate indoor distancing, hand sanitizers and masks available on board, seating plan with no rotation if required. All transport partners have similar processes for disinfection and deep cleaning practices. LOCAL SUPPLIERS We worked with all our partners and suppliers, including accommodation, tasting venues/shops, restaurants, museums, shows, theatre, wineries & farms, to be confident that they follow likeminded health, sanitation, disinfection and hygiene protocols aligned with local regulation. All partners have also implemented proper customer processes including guest information, online check-in and limiting physical contact measures. Either you prefer resorts immersed in countrysides with large outdoor and indoor spaces, or small intimate hotels, where number of guests are minimized, be confident you will be free and naturally distanced. GUIDES AND STAFF Our collaborators are vaccinated, however they are daily subjected to temperature measurement and wear the required safety equipment. They monitor their health and self-isolate if showing symptomps of COVID-19, if awaiting test results or if diagnosed with COVID-19. Each of them attended training sessions dedicated to the new safety measures, in order to guarantee competence and availability towards guests and colleagues.

Guide

You will have plenty of time to rest and relax at your accommodation. An experienced, English-speaking guide will pick you up and be your guide for the day during your activities and excursions.

Meals

8 Breakfasts 6 Lunches 1 Dinner Other meals are not included to give you the maximum flexibility in deciding where, what and with whom to eat.

Transport

Mercedes Minivan throughout tour

Accommodation

3 nights in double rooms at the 4-star Hotel Ariston 2 nights in double rooms at the 4-star Hotel Domus Mariae Benessere 2 nights in double rooms at the 4-star Hotel Garibaldi Please be aware that all accommodations are subject to change until 4-6 weeks before the departure date. Final accommodation details will be provided to you with your finalised travel documents.

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Optional

Optional experiences are available on this tour for an additional cost and will be provided to you with your finalised travel documents. Please contact our team of Travel Experts for more information.

Insurance

Insurance is not included. Please make sure you are adequately covered. TourRadar has partnered up with XCover so that you can travel with peace of mind. You can add TourRadar Travel Protection on the booking page for your tour.

Flights

As we have travellers from all over the world, flights before and after the tour are not included in the tour price and you need to arrange these separately by yourself once your tour is guaranteed. As we specialise in organising the best tours around the world for you, we are unable to advise on flight prices or book flights on your behalf. We recommend that you do not book your flights until your place on the tour has been confirmed.

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City Tax Group - This is a private tour Entrance fees Pre and post-tour accommodation Tipping Other meals, snacks and drinks

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Day 1 Day 1: Arrival & Taormina Lifestyle, Gourmet & Walking Tour
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 1: Arrival & Taormina Lifestyle, Gourmet & Walking Tour

Upon arrival at Catania airport be greeted by your driver, who will bring you to your charming hotel in Taormina. Once you are ready, take an easy walk in Taormina city center with your local guide. Discover the main attractions of the town, its soul and lifestyle, the best places for traditional pastries, ice cream, coffee, for food and handicraft shopping and anything else that might be interesting for you. Pass the most important monuments and highlights of Taormina listening the stories of your guide. Have two foodie stops, first in typical bottega for cheeses, salumi, bread, olives and wine tasting. And second in small pastry bar for tasting of typical sicilian sweets, liquors and coffee. After tour enjoy free evening in sparkling Taormina. Overnight in Taormina
Day 2 Day 2: Taormina Cooking Class & Lunch In Family Trattoria
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 2: Taormina Cooking Class & Lunch In Family Trattoria

After breakfast start your foodie experience from the city center with the local guide/chef. Have a visit of Taormina’s Food Market, where local farmers, fishermen and butchers sell their fresh goods. Select products for your class and with personal guidance from your chef learn culinary secrets of cooking homemade bread, pasta, fish and vegetables dishes in a traditional Sicilian style. While eating what Your own hands made, enjoy the taste of local wines. After tour free afternoon and evening in Taormina to relax on picturesque beaches or hang out on your own. Overnight in Taormina
Day 3 Day 3: Etna Countryside Food & Wine Lovers Tour
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 3: Etna Countryside Food & Wine Lovers Tour

After breakfast start your “out of beaten path” trip to Mt. Etna Villages with a pick-up from your hotel by local foodie guide. Drive through small typical Etna villages admiring authentic lava stone houses, orange, lemon, olive and almond trees plantations, while listening to charming stories about Sicilian culture, traditions and food. Proceed up until 1000 meters above sea level and discover the breathtaking views of volcanic land. Have a first stop, which is an antique family run winery, where after guided visit of cellars, try volcanic wines with organic etna appetizers in an astonishing lava stone open air amphitheatre. Continue your gastronomic experience to an authentic picturesque farmhouse and enjoy the lunch with seasonal antipasti, homemade pasta, and pastries. Drop off to Taormina and free time. Overnight in Taormina
Day 4 Day 4: Noto Walking Tour With Seafood Lunch In Marzamemi & Transfer To Syracuse
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 4: Noto Walking Tour With Seafood Lunch In Marzamemi & Transfer To Syracuse

After breakfast meet your private driver in tfront of Your hotel at 10.00am and move to magnificent Noto. Enjoy an easy walk with local guide in town of UNESCO heritage – a jewel of baroque. While walking taste a famous Modica chocolate and sicilian ice-cream with extraordinary taste. After tour move towards Marzamemi an astonishing typical Sicilian fisherman’s village on the seaside to have Your sea lunch in a family trattoria. Be transferred to your charming hotel in Syracuse and enjoy this romantic town at night.

Overnight in Syracuse
Day 5 Day 5: Ortigia Food&Wine Walking Tour
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 5: Ortigia Food&Wine Walking Tour

Meet your foodie local guide when it starts to cool down. Enjoy a walking tour of Ortigia, Syracuse old town, and taste fresh fish, typical Sicilian appetizers, homemade Sicilian pastries, fragrant wines and liquors in three different food venues. Eat and drink as locals do. During the tour your guide will share with you a lot about history, culture, lifestyle and gastronomy of the area while passing the most important monuments and little hidden gems of the town. Tour will finish in the heart of Ortigia so after you can still enjoy the town at night. Overnight in Syracuse
Day 6 Day 6: Syracuse Winery Tour With Lunch And Transfer To Palermo
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 6: Syracuse Winery Tour With Lunch And Transfer To Palermo

After breakfast be picked by your private driver and start the day with visit of ancient Winery located in Syracuse countryside and wonderfully structured as a castle. Will be welcomed by the owner, have a guided visit of the cellars and the old millstone. Enjoy a light lunch with local organic products and wine tasting in magnificent courtyard. Appreciate the taste of wines produced in this Syracuse area and discover their difference with Etna wines. After lunch continue to drive around 2,5 hours to reach colorful Palermo. Time to relax and free evening. Overnight in Palermo
Day 7 Day 7: Palermo Streetfood Walking Tour
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 7: Palermo Streetfood Walking Tour

On this day sample the best of Sicilian streetfood during a 3 hours Walking tour of Palermo. This food tour, led by a local expert guide, explores the fascinating culinary world of Sicily’s capital and includes visit of the famous and bustling Vucciria and Mercato del Capo outdoor markets, tasting five different Sicilian treats along the way — including ‘panelle’ (chickpea fritters) and ‘arancini’ (deep-fried rice balls). Pass through Palermo old town and most important highlights listening the stories of your guide. After tour enjoy free evening in Palermo. Overnight in Palermo
Day 8 Day 8: Departure
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 8: Departure

Breakfast in hotel. Pick up in hotel by your Driver and transfer to Palermo airport according to your flight departure time.

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Itinerary of your trip Private Sicily Food & Wine Lovers Tour

Day 1: Arrival & Taormina Lifestyle, Gourmet & Walking Tour

Day 2: Taormina Cooking Class & Lunch In Family Trattoria

Day 3: Etna Countryside Food & Wine Lovers Tour

Day 4: Noto Walking Tour With Seafood Lunch In Marzamemi & Transfer To Syracuse

Day 5: Ortigia Food&Wine Walking Tour

Day 6: Syracuse Winery Tour With Lunch And Transfer To Palermo

Day 7: Palermo Streetfood Walking Tour

Day 8: Departure

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