**Escorted Tour EXCLUSIVE IN ENGLISH **

 Palermo – Segesta – Marsala – Monreale – Cefalu' -Corleone

 Day 1 Monday PALERMO

Independent arrival at your hotel. Meeting with the participant. Dinner and overnight.

 Day 2 Tuesday PALERMO – SEGESTA– MARSALA– TRAPANI – PALERMO

Buffet breakfast at your hotel and journey to Segesta, a large archaeological zone, with a magnificent Doric Temple, 420 B.C to 430 B.C., located within a beautiful and natural setting that ranks as one of the best-preserved Greek architectural sites. Continue to the sea town of Marsala, re-discovered in the 18th century by English merchant John Woodhouse and known for its sweet wines. Visit a wine cellar and sample some Marsala during a special wine tasting session. Drive along Trapani’s coastline and stop for a special Sicilian lunch in a restaurant and return to Palermo. Your tour director can suggest many interesting quality restaurants that offer ambiance and traditional local cuisine for dinner on your own.

Day 3Wednesday PALERMO – MONREALE – (Optional tour to Cefalu') – PALERMO

Buffet breakfast and enjoy a morning tour of Palermo, a city full of character, features Quattro Canti – a splendid example of Spanish Baroque architecture, the Palace of the Normans and its superb Palatine Chapel, the Cathedral, and the famous Benedictine Abbey of Monreale. Here you will admire a 12th century cathedral, housing very fine mosaics representing a complete cycle of the Old and New Testaments. Balance of the day is at leisure to relax or take an optional tour with your tour director to the picturesque fishing village of Cefalù. In the evening enjoy a special dinner at local restaurant. Overnight at hotel.

Day 4 Thursday PALERMO – CORLEONE – FICUZZA– PALERMO

Buffet breakfast at your hotel and enjoy this special day dedicated to one of the famoust social phenomena in Sicily. We will depart in the morning to the inland of Sicily and specifically to the area of Corleone, known for being the place where Mafia phenomena was born but also know nowadays for being the place where Mafia is firmely fought. We will firstly participate to an interesting and accurate cooking lesson: we will be able to prepare some of the most genuine and traditional Sicilian dishes (only for who desires to participate to the cooking lesson). After the cooking lesson, enjoy this special lunch. After lunch, we will experience an interesting LECTURE on Mafia. One of the inhabitants of Corleone, born in the UK, will present a fascinating discussion on the topic of the Sicilian Mafia but also explaining the origins and the way how Corleone inhabitants has taken to eliminate organized crime. Back to Palermo. Enjoy an arrivederci to your travel companions during a festive farewell dinner at your hotel. Accommodation

Day 5 Friday PALERMO

Buffet breakfast at your hotel. End of the tour.

Departures on Mondays

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RATES INCLUDE:

Accommodation at 4 * Hotel in Palermo (Hotel Centrale Palace or similar)

* 1 Lunch and 3 Dinners with drinks included (¼ wine and ½ mineral water per person)

* A Wine Tasting in a local cellar in Marsala

* 1 Cooking Lesson Service charges and taxes included

* Ground transportation by deluxe motorcoach

* English Speaking Tour Escort

* Local guides where necessary (no entrance fees – to be paid on the spot)

* Headsets duringthe tour

RATES DON’T INCLUDE:

Transfers in / out * EntranceFees * Eventual new City Taxes * Everything not specified under“rates include”.

(**) Important Notes:

ENTRANCE FEES: It is possibleto book all entrance fees during the whole itineraryat net rate of € 30,00 per person (pls note that entrance fees may increase during the year).

TRANSFERS: It is possible to book transfer service in connection of Embracing Sicily Tour at special net rate of € 25,00 p.p. With minimum 2 passengers – Supplement night service 22.00 – 08.00: 20%

Accommodation at 4 * Hotel in Palermo (HotelCentralePalace or similar) * 1 Lunch and 3 Dinners withdrinks included (¼ wine and ½ mineralwater per person)* A Wine Tasting in a local cellar in Marsala * 1 CookingLesson

Service charges and taxes included * Ground transportation by deluxe motorcoach * English Speaking Tour Escort * Local guides

where necessary (no entrance fees – to be paid on the spot) * Headsets duringthe tour

Rates DO NOT Include

Transfers in / out * EntranceFees * Eventual new City Taxes * Everything not specified under“rates include”.

(**) Important Notes:

ENTRANCE FEES: It is possibleto book all entrance fees during the whole itineraryat net rate of € 30,00 per person (pls note that entrance fees may increase during the year).

TRANSFERS: It is possible to book transfer service in connection of Embracing Sicily Tour at special net rate of

€ 25,00 p.p. With minimum 2 passengers – Supplement night service 22.00 – 08.00: 20%