departure with scheduled Ita Airways flights to Catania - transfer to the city - lunch in a restaurant based on Catanese street food - visit to Catania with a guide (the Palazzo Biscari -external-, the Elephant Fountain and the Duomo, the Via Crociferi, the Town Hall -external-, the Palazzo dei Chierici -external-, the Benedictine Monastery -external-, the Pescheria (ancient and folkloristic fish market) - transfer to the hotel in Catania - dinner in the hotel - after-dinner walk with a guide - overnight stay.

breakfast in the hotel - transfer to the area of Viagrande, a typical village on the slopes of Etna to enjoy an engaging experience of territory, food and wine at the highest levels at the famous "Cantine Benanti". - guided tour of the Monte Serra estate: the ancient pre-phylloxera vineyard of Nerello Mascalese, an indigenous vine, the ancient Palmento and the picture gallery - cooking class of traditional cuisine: preparation of a complete menu: starter, first course, second course with side dish, inspired by the products and tradition of Catania and Etna, respecting the seasonality of the ingredients - followed by lunch in the cellar with an appetizer based on cured meats, cheeses and typical products, prepared dishes and traditional desserts - wine tasting with tasting of the company's wines - in afternoon guided excursion to Etna, a UNESCO World Heritage Site - you climb up to 1900 meters to discover the wonders and lunar landscape of the highest volcano in Europe - walk on the Silvestri Craters, small craters now inactive - N.B. those who do not want to climb Etna due to health problems can wait in Viagrande - in the evening return to the hotel - dinner in the hotel - free evening - companion available - overnight stay.

breakfast in the hotel visit - in the morning guided tour of Savoca, a fascinating and characteristic village which, in addition to its beautiful panoramic position and the wealth of churches, ancient houses and noble palaces, has also become famous for the scene of the wedding of son of Don Corleone filmed in the church of Santa Lucia and for the Bar Vitelli, opened in the 1960s, famous for its excellent lemon granita with passito and for the scenes from the film "The Godfather" filmed here in 1971 by director Francis Ford Coppola - continuation to Taormina and guided visit to the pearl of Sicily (Greek theatre, ancient Cathedral, municipal villa, historic centre, Palazzo Corvaja, Corso Umberto with the artisan shops and characteristic bars displaying baskets of martorana fruit, Piazza IX Aprile from where you can enjoy a breathtaking view) - free time for shopping - typical lunch in a restaurant - in the evening return to the hotel - dinner in the hotel - free evening - companion available - overnight stay.

breakfast in the hotel - departure for Syracuse - visit of the UNESCO World Heritage city, with guide (archaeological area: Greek theatre, Roman amphitheatre, Ear of Dionysus - Ortigia Island with the Cathedral and the Arethusa Fountain) - in the afternoon guided visit of the splendid baroque town of Noto (the capital of European Baroque, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, with the stupendous cathedral, churches, monasteries and noble palaces, Porta Nazionale, Town Hall) - typical lunch in a fish-based restaurant - in the evening arrival in Ragusa or Modica - dinner in hotel - free evening - companion available - overnight stay.

breakfast in the hotel - in the morning guided tour of Ragusa Ibla and Ragusa Alta, UNESCO World Heritage Sites, which together make up one of the most original cities of art in Eastern Sicily - Ragusa Ibla is the ancient heart of Ragusa, a late Baroque jewel made up of suggestive views and charming little streets; reborn on the structure of the original medieval village, Ibla is the location of the imaginary "Vigata" by the writer Camilleri and of the television drama "The Inspector Montalbano" - external visits of the Church of S. Giorgio, of Santa Maria dell'Itria, 'Immaculate, Purgatory, San Giacomo and San Giuseppe - Ragusa Alta is the modern city, built from scratch on the nearby Patro esplanade, where the eighteenth-century buildings found wider escape routes in a network of spacious and symmetrical streets and where we will visit the Cathedral of San Giovanni and from the outside the Church of the College, the palace seat of the Bishopric - continuation to Modica - typical lunch in a tavern - in the afternoon guided visit to Modica, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, another wonderful treasure chest of Sicilian baroque art reconstructed on a plan hexagonal according to completely baroque aesthetic criteria - external visits of Palazzo San Domenico, Santa Maria, the House of Salvatore Quasimodo - internal visit of the Cathedral of San Pietro, the rocky neighborhood of the Sbalzo and the 'corpo di terra' neighborhood - finally visit of San Giorgio and stop at a well-known pastry shop to taste the famous Modica chocolate - gourmet dinner in a restaurant with local specialties at I Banchi by Ciccio Sultano, starred chef - overnight stay.

breakfast in the hotel - transfer to Favara where, in the company of a passionate researcher of Sicilian cuisine, we will live an exciting cooking class experience by trying our hand at preparing a typical three-course menu that we will consume at Annalisa Pompeo's home, in a vintage 1990s-style environment 50 - in the afternoon guided visit to the Valley of the Temples, a UNESCO World Heritage Site - the largest archaeological area in Italy (Temple of Concordia, Temple of Juno, Temple of Jupiter, Temple of Castor and Pollux, Temple of Hercules) - hotel accommodation in Agrigento - dinner at the hotel - free evening - companion available - overnight stay.

breakfast in the hotel - departure for Mazara del Vallo - guided visit to Mazara del Vallo, a charming and ancient town in western Sicily (the characteristic canal port which hosts the largest fishing fleet in Italy, the historic center where interesting Arab/Norman buildings, numerous Renaissance and Baroque churches - the original structure of the old city is made up of the "Khasba" with narrow and sinuous streets overlooked by characteristic courtyards - the Church of Sant'Egidio is home to the "Museum of the Satyr" where the you will be able to admire the bronze statue of the "Dancing Satyr" now famous throughout the world - lunch/tasting accompanied by excellent 0 km wine, raw seafood including the famous Gambero Rosso di Mazara and the traditional Trapani-style fish couscous, at CTA Pesca Marea Viva, one of the 50 best places in the world to taste fresh molluscs and crustaceans - in the afternoon transfer to Marsala - visit to the prestigious Cantine Florio and tasting of the famous wine which takes its name from the city - short visit of the city - in evening arrival in Palermo - hotel accommodation - dinner in the hotel - free evening - guide available - overnight stay.

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breakfast in the hotel - whole day dedicated to visiting Palermo with a guide (Piazza Verdi, Palazzo dei Normanni with the Palatine Chapel -inside-, Cathedral -inside- Unesco Heritage, the Church of the Martorana, Teatro Massimo, characteristic Ballarò market, the oldest among the city's markets) - lunch in a renowned refreshment point to taste the street food of popular Palermo cuisine, panelle, crocchè or cazzilli, boiled octopus, pani ca' meusa, rice arancini, sfincione - dinner in the hotel - after dinner Palermo by night, walk with guide - overnight stay.

breakfast in the hotel - daily excursion with guide - in the morning visit to Monreale (Duomo with its famous mosaics and the Benedictine Cloister, a UNESCO World Heritage Site - possibility of visiting the Diocesan Museum, spread over three levels in the Archbishop's Palace, which houses works of art art that represent the faith and devotion of the people to the diocese over time - visit to the north transept of the Cathedral which preserves the most extensive testimony of Norman floor mosaic art which houses the royal tombs of Margaret of Navarre, mother of the Good King William II and his children, Enrico and Ruggero) - lunch in a typical restaurant - in the afternoon visit to Cefalù (picturesque town on the Tyrrhenian coast, surrounded by greenery and dominated by a fortress dominated by the beautiful 12th century Norman Cathedral, a UNESCO World Heritage Site - interior -, splendid example of a particular architecture with its towers, its windows, its arches, its precious portal, historic center with the remains of the thirteenth-century Osterio Magno, the Medieval Washhouse) - return to the hotel - dinner in the hotel - free evening - companion available - overnight stay.

breakfast in the hotel - in the morning free time for shopping and/or individual visits - companion available - free street food lunch - in the afternoon transfer to the airport in Palermo - departure with scheduled Ita Airways flights for the return to the office.