• Discover the magic of Taormina and you will live unique experiences. During the tour you will discover Roman ruins and feel the Greek past, small villages full of charm, dream landscapes and a gastronomy you will love. Taormina are just some of the jewel you will discover.

• Discover the magic of Taormina and you will live unique experiences. During the tour you will discover Roman ruins and feel the Greek past, small villages full of charm, dream landscapes and a gastronomy you will love. Taormina are just some of the jewel you will discover.

SUNDAY: TAORMINA AREA

• Arrive at Catania Airport. After having collected your luggage, optional group transfer to the hotel. On this day there are no planned activities. You will find all informations of the program at your hotel. Dinner (if booked) in hotel and overnight.

MONDAY: ETNA

• Breakfast in the hotel and departure with the tour escort to the Mt. Etna, the highest peak of Sicily and the most active volcano in Europe. The territory surrounding the volcano constitutes the “Park of Etna”, one of the largest protected areas in Italy: You will be astonished about the great variety of vegetation and landscapes that we will meet along the way before arriving at the “Silvestri Craters” (about 1.900 mt). From here on you will have the optional excursion by jeep and cableway (extra cost). After having tasted some local Sicilian specialty come back in hotel. Dinner (if booked)  and overnight.

TUESDAY: SIRACUSA

• Breakfast in the hotel and departure to Syracuse, one of the most interesting archaeological sites of the island with its Archeological Park (extra cost) the Roman Amphitheatre, the Greek Theatre, the Ear of Dionysus, the Cave of the Cordari, Island of Ortigia, the most ancient nucleus of the city with its stunning cathedral. Re-entry in hotel. Dinner (if booked) and overnight.

WEDNESDAY: AGRIGENTO

• Breakfast in the hotel.
• Optional excurison: AGRIGENTO. Meeting with tour escort and departure to Agrigento where you will visit the Temples’ Valley, including the Temple of Juno, the Temple of Concorde (one of the best preserved Doric temples in the whole Greek world), the Temple of Hercules, the Temple of Castor and Pollux. Come back in hotel in Taormina area, dinner (if booked) and overnight.

THURSDAY: DEPARTURE AND ARRIVEDERCI!

• Breakfast in the hotel. Check out at 10:00. Optional Group transfer to Catania Airport or possibility to have a post stay in hotel. End of our services. Grazie e arrivederci!

• 4 Overnights in hotels 4* Premium on BB basis
• Excursions "Etna" and "Syracuse" by traditional or open bus
• Tour leader or multilingual pre-recorded commentary

• City taxes
• Lunches and all the drinks at meals
• Individual/group transfers from/to Catania Airport
• Porterages and personal expenses
• Tips to the guide and driver (optional)
• Optional excursions
• Entrance fees to monuments and archaeological sites
• Anything not expressly indicated in “the rate includes”

• On request possibility to have a Pre/post tour
• Headphones on request € 3,00 per day

Transfers from Catania airport to hotel and back:

• Group transfer euro 50 for r/t p.p. (max waiting time 2 hours)
• Private transfer euro 95 per car per way

Optional excursions (min. 2 pax):

• Excursion “Agrigento”: € 95,00 p.p. by private bus and tour escort if we will have at least 10 pax - € 175,00 p.p. with public bus Taormina-Catania-Agrigento and local guide if we will have 2-9 pax

• In order to skip the queues in the museums or in the archeological parks we need to make the reservation in advance. Pre-bookings of entrance tickets for the Archeological park of Syracuse is mandatory on the first day of the tour.
• Tickets are non-refundable

• Taormina area: Albatros Beach Hotel, Hellenia Yachting, Olimpo or similar (*)

(*) The hotels indicated may be replaced with others of the same category. Accommodations are located in the indicated towns or in a differents cities where will be possible to realize the program

• Tours are guaranteed with a minimum number of 2 passengers
• The hotels shown in the programs may be replaced by others of the same category
• It is advisable to book optional excursions when booking
• Some trips could be a combination of multiple Norma Vacanze tours. You should expect somegroup members to join or leave the tour between tour segments.
• We try to carry out the tour as in the programs but a change in emergency or bad weather conditions could be possible with alternative programs.
• The tour programs could undergo variations, with respect to what has been published, for reasons of technical or logistical orders, without however substantial changes to the program itself.
• Norma Vacanze is entitled to change the itinerary of the excursion if it considers it appropriate or due to force majeure.
• Norma Vacanze is not responsible for accidents, delays, damage or loss of luggage or personal belongings, nor for damages caused by third parties or others like floods, storms, landslides, earthquakes, political unrest, epidemy, terrorists attacks, strike.
• Club card compulsory 13.05-15.09 euro 6,00 per day per person from 4 years old to be paid at the hotel

• 30% of total amount must be settled at confirmation and it is not refundable
• Cancellations up to 30 days before departure, penalty 10%
• Cancellations from 29 to 14 days before departure, penalty of 30%
• Cancellations from 13 to 7 days before departure, penalty of 50%
• In case of cancellation within 6 days before departure, penalty of 100%
• There will be no refund for no shows or voluntary interruption of an already started trip