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3 (To Rome) 2 Reggio T yrrhenian Sea Cefalu Corleone 4 Taormina Mt. Etna ITINERARY MAY 12–MAY 27 Discover : Sicily (To Rome) 2 T yrrIthenianaly Catania PRE-TRIPSea OPTION: Agrigento 2 5 nights in Amalfi Coast, Heart of theMonreale Mediterranean3 Palermo Reggio Cefalu 3 Siracusa 4 Taormina Italy Corleone Mt. Etna Ragusa Day 1 / Depart U.S. Modica PALERMO • AGRIGENTO • SIRACUSASicil • TAORMINAy • ROME 3 Monreale Palermo Reggio MediterrCataniaanean Sea Day 2-4 / Palermo, Italy Agrigento 2 Cefalu HOTEL Grand Hotel et Des Palmes4 Taormina or similar PRE-TRIPCorleone EXTENSION POST-TRIP EXTENSIONMt. Etna (To Rome) Arriv2 al/Departure INCLUDED TOURS Monreale & Palermo 3 Siracusa 1 Nights at destination Italy Tyrr Rome T yrrhenian Sea 2 Naples OPTIONAL TOUR Cefalu IncludedRagusa Tour 5 Amalfi Sicilhenian Italy y Coast Sea Optional Tour ModicaTyrrhenian Catania Motorcoach Route Sea Agrigento 2 MediterraneanAir ItRout Seaealy Palermo Day 5-6 / Agrigento Sicily HOTEL5 MaltaDioscuri Bay Palace or similar PRE-TRIP EXTENSION POST-TRIP EXTENSION 3 Siracusa Monreale 3 PalermoArrival/Departure Reggio INCLUDED TOURS Valley of the Temples 1 Nights at destination Italy Tyrr Rome Cefalu 2 Naples Ragusa Included Tour 5 Amalfi henian Italy Corleone 4 TaorminaCoast Sea Modica Optional TMt.our Etna Tyrrhenian Motorcoach Route Sea Day 7-9 / Siracusa SicilAir Routey Palermo MediterrHOTELanean Grand Sea Hotel Ortigia or similar CataniaSicily 5 Malta INCLUDED TOURS Siracusa Agrigento 2 OPTIONAL TOUR Baroque Heritage of Sicily Arrival/Departure PRE-TRIP EXTENSION POST-TRIP EXTENSION 1 Nights at destination Italy Tyrr Rome 3 Siracusa 2 Naples Included Tour 5 Amalfi henian Italy Ragusa Coast Sea Optional Tour Day 10-13 / Taormina Modica Tyrrhenian Motorcoach Route HOTELSea Grand Hotel Atlantis Bay Mediterranean Sea Air Route INCLUDEDPalermo TOURS Taormina, Mount Etna OPTIONALSicily TOUR Reggio 5 Malta

Arrival/Departure PRE-TRIP EXTENSION POST-TRIP EXTENSION 1 Nights at destination Italy Tyrr Rome 2 Naples Included Tour 5 Amalfi henian Italy Day 14-15 / Rome 15 Days from $304Coas5t Sea Optional Tour Tyrrhenian OPTIONAL EXTENSIONS HOTEL Hotel Albani or similar Sea Motorcoach RoutLande Tour Only INCLUDED TOURS Catania, Rome Air Route Palermo AMALFI COAST, ITALY Sicily 5 Malta 5 NIGHTS PRE-TRIP FROM $1295 Day 16 / Rome • Return U.S. 16 Days from $4345 MALTA Land Tour with airfare from 6 NIGHTS POST-TRIP FROM $995 POST-TRIP OPTION: San Francisco 6 nights in Malta IT’S INCLUDED

• Choose to purchase Grand Circle’s • Exclusive Discovery Series events: • Personal headset for all included airfare, and your airport transfers, Italian With & Without Words discussion and optional tours on your main trip government taxes, fees, and airline • Corleone’s Past & Present discussion • • Private motorcoach land travel fuel surcharges are included. Or, make Farmhouse lunch • World War II • Baggage handling for 1 piece of luggage your own air arrangements lecture • Italian Volcanoes discussion • per person, including tips • Accommodations for 14 nights in Home-Hosted Lunch • 5% Frequent Traveler Credit comfortable rooms with private baths • Exclusive services of a resident Grand toward your next Grand Circle trip— Circle Program Director (assigned to no • 26 meals: 14 breakfasts, 5 lunches, an average of $228 and 7 dinners more than 42 travelers) • 7 included tours • Gratuities on your main trip for local guides and motorcoach drivers

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Pacing • Program Directors reserve the Terrain right to modify participation, or in • 5 locations in 15 days some circumstances send travelers • Travel over uneven walking surfaces, home, if their limitations impact unpaved paths, steep hills, stairs, Physical Requirements the group’s experience and cobblestones • Not accessible for travelers using Climate Transportation wheelchairs or scooters • Daytime temperatures range from • Travel by 45-seat coach • Travelers using walkers, crutches, or 50-92°F during touring season other mobility aids must travel with Cuisine a companion who can assist them • Temperatures on excursion to Mount throughout the trip Etna (altitude: 11,000 feet) range from • Meals will be based on the local 32-85°F cuisine • You must be able to walk 2-3 miles unassisted and participate in 3-5 • June-August are the warmest months hours of physical activities each day, including stairs • March and December weather can be unpredictable and change quickly within a short period of time

YOUR ITINERARY

Day 1 / Depart U.S. In the evening, dinner will be on your own. Day 6 / Agrigento. B,L—Grand Hotel et Des Palmes After breakfast, you’ll visit the extra­ Day 2 / Palermo, Sicily. or similar ordinary Valley of the Temples, a Arrival times in Palermo vary through- UNESCO World Heritage Site, on an out the day, depending on your city of Day 4 / Palermo • included tour. These are among the departure. You’ll be met at the airport Optional Cefalu tour. greatest Greek ruins in the world, rivaling and assisted to your hotel, where you’ll You might join our optional tour to Cefalu those in Athens. You’ll see the dramatic be joined by fellow travelers who took today, a medieval seaside town where Temple of Juno, with its excellent views our optional pre-trip extension, Amalfi you will visit its Norman cathedral, see of the entire valley, and the beautifully Coast, Italy. Later, join your Program regional art in the Mandralisca Museum, preserved Temple of Concordia. Savor Director for a Welcome Drink and orien- and have free time in its fisherman’s dinner that evening in a local restaurant. tation walk before a Welcome Dinner in a quarter. Enjoy lunch in a local restaurant B,D—Dioscuri Bay Palace or similar local restaurant. before returning to Palermo. Or spend the D—Grand Hotel et Des Palmes day exploring on your own. Day 7 / Agrigento • Siracusa. or similar B—Grand Hotel et Des Palmes This morning, you’ll enjoy a very or similar special experience—the chance to meet Day 3 / Palermo. Sicilian schoolchildren at the Istituto After breakfast you’ll travel to Monreale, Day 5 / Palermo • Agrigento. Comprensivo M.L. King in Caltanissetta, where you’ll witness the Arab-Norman Set out this morning for hilltop part of Grand Circle Foundation’s splendor of the Monreale Cathedral. Corleone, a historic town made famous World Classroom project. You’ll then return to Palermo, getting by novel and films. EXCLUSIVE DISCOVERY SERIES EVENT acquainted with Sicily’s capital on a stroll EXCLUSIVE DISCOVERY SERIES EVENT En route to Siracusa, you’ll enjoy a home- through the Capo Market—a lively Arab- Learn about Corleone’s Past & Present during made lunch at the country house of the style open market offering the colorful an informative discussion headed by Messana family in nearby Caltanissetta. sights and smells of local cuisine, produce, some of the region’s younger residents. and spices. This afternoon, enjoy an Arrive at your hotel in Siracusa in the late Then enjoy a lecture on Mafia history at included lunch at a local pizza restaurant, afternoon. You’ll have time to relax and the local anti-Mafia center, followed by and continue your discoveries of Palermo reflect on your day’s discoveries before an lunch at a local restaurant. on a panoramic driving tour. orientation walk, and dinner on your own. Later, you’ll transfer to Agrigento to B,L—Grand Hotel Ortigia or similar EXCLUSIVE DISCOVERY SERIES EVENT check into your hotel before heading to a Enjoy a language lesson with your Program local restaurant for dinner. Director to best understand Italian With & B,L,D—Dioscuri Bay Palace or similar Without Words.

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Day 8 / Siracusa. This morning you’ll enjoy a guided tour of Ortygia, the historical gem of Siracusa. We will admire the architectural splendor of ancient medieval streets, Baroque structures, and the cathedral—which was fashioned out of an ancient Greek temple. After lunch on your own, the rest of the afternoon is at leisure to make your own discoveries. Dinner is at a local restaurant this evening. B,D—Grand Hotel Ortigia or similar

Day 9 / Siracusa • Optional Baroque Heritage of Sicily tour. Enjoy the day exploring Siracusa on your own. At one time, its wealth and size were unmatched by any other city in the ancient world, and today it is one of the richest historical sites in Europe. Or discover the Baroque Heritage of Sicily on a full-day optional excursion. Day 12 / Taormina • Day 14 / Taormina • Rome. B—Grand Hotel Ortigia or similar Optional Reggio tour. After breakfast, you’ll travel to Rome, You have a day on your own. stopping in the town of Catania. You’ll visit a history museum depicting the Day 10 / Siracusa • Taormina. Or, you can join our optional excursion to landing of Allied troops on the southern After breakfast, travel to , where Reggio. We will visit the Archaeological coast of Sicily in July of 1943. Then, experi- many scenes of The Godfather were shot. Museum, home to renowned ancient ence a slice of local life when you visit a Enjoy lunch on your own and some free Greek bronze statues, and then enjoy an fish market before lunch on your own. time here before you travel to Taormina, included lunch at a traditional restaurant Arriving in Rome in the late afternoon, where you’ll check into your hotel, and in Scilla, an old fishing village. enjoy an orientation walk of your neigh- then enjoy dinner in a local restaurant. This afternoon, enjoy some free time to borhood and dinner on your own. B,D—Grand Hotel Atlantis Bay explore. B—Albani Hotel or similar or similar EXCLUSIVE DISCOVERY SERIES EVENT Day 15 / Rome. Day 11 / Taormina. Early this evening, enjoy a fascinating After breakfast, enjoy a panoramic tour of This morning, you’ll explore Taormina discussion about Italian Volcanoes, includ- Rome. You’ll see and view the landmarks more in depth during an included walk- ing stories about famed Mount Etna. and monuments that are the signature ing tour. You’ll visit the city’s greatest Dinner is on your own tonight. attractions of this beautiful city. landmark, the Greco-Roman amphithe- B—Grand Hotel Atlantis Bay ater, built in the third century BC and or similar Following lunch on your own, enjoy the expanded by the Romans in the second afternoon at leisure. This evening, join century AD. Enjoy an afternoon to explore your fellow travelers for a Farewell Dinner Day 13 / Taormina • on your own. at a local restaurant. Home-Hosted Lunch. B,D—Albani Hotel or similar EXCLUSIVE DISCOVERY SERIES EVENT After breakfast, visit magnificent Mount Early this evening, hear a lecture about Etna, Europe’s largest active volcano. the World War II Allied landing in Sicily Arriving at about 6,000 feet of elevation, Day 16 / Rome • Return to U.S. during the 1943 “Husky” mission. You’ll you’ll see Silvestri Crater. Fly home or extend your discoveries learn about what it meant to the people in Malta. EXCLUSIVE DISCOVERY SERIES EVENT of Sicily, as well as how the local mafia B In Mitogio, you’ll be welcomed by a became involved. Sicilian family for a traditional Home- Tonight, dinner is at a local restaurant. Hosted Lunch. B,D—Grand Hotel Atlantis Bay Tonight, dinner is on your own. or similar B,L—Grand Hotel Atlantis Bay or similar

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