Occidentia Tour English Only 4 nights/5 days Land Only Escorted Tour April – October, 2020 $1,029

Day 1, Friday, : Welcome to ! Arriving in Palermo airport, proceed through passport control, retrieve your luggage & continue through customs to the Arrivals Hall. Our representative will be holding a sign with your last name for your private transfer to the hotel. Upon arrival at the hotel, present your prepaid voucher. This afternoon, meet your tour guide at your hotel for a welcome dinner and briefing. (D)

Day 2, Saturday, Palermo – – – Palermo: This morning, before heading out, enjoy breakfast at your hotel. Then, depart for Corleone, the town famous for being the birthplace of the Mafia, and more recently for being the place where the mafia is firmly fought against. First, you will participate in a cooking lesson where you will learn to prepare some of the most genuine and traditional Sicilian dishes. After the lesson, enjoy having your delicious preparations for lunch! Next, learn all about the Mafia during a lecture presented by one of our locals who will present a fascinating discussion on Mafia explaining its origins as well as the ways in which Corleone inhabitants have tried to eliminate organized crime. (B, L)

Day 3, Sunday, Palermo – – Palermo: After breakfast at your hotel enjoy a morning tour of Palermo, a city full of character. Visits will include: Quattro Canti- a splendid example of Spanish Baroque architecture, the Palace of the Normans and its superb Palatine Chapel, and the cathedral. Next, off to Monreale to visit the stunning Benedictine Abbey of Monreale. Admire this 12th century cathedral, one of the world’s most beautiful monuments of Moorish architecture. It houses very fine mosaics representing a complete cycle of the Old and New Testaments. The remainder of the day is at leisure to relax or take an optional tour with your tour leader to the picturesque fishing village of Cefalu. This evening, enjoy a festive dinner with delectable cuisine in a trendy restaurant. (B, D)

Day 4, Monday, Palermo – Marsala – Trapani – Palermo: This morning, once again, enjoy breakfast at the hotel and continue on 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 get to sample some Marsala during a special wine tasting. Drive along Trapani’s coastline and stop for a special Sicilian lunch in a restaurant. Driving along the coast from Marsala towards Trapani, you’ll come to a place, where shimmering heaps of white crystals, red windmills and contained ponds grow in the horizon. Return to Palermo. Tonight, dinner will be at a local restaurant and overnight at your hotel Palermo. (B, L, D)

Day 5, Tuesday, Palermo: Arrivederci! This morning after breakfast transfer to Palermo Airport for your return flight home. (B)

Reservations: 1.866.446.1897 www.ez-italy.com email: [email protected]

Occidentia Sicily Tour English Only 4 nights/5 days Land Only Escorted Tour April – October, 2020 $1,029

Departures on Selected Fridays, April – October, 2020 except for All rates are per person in U.S. Dollars. July & August Double: $ 1,049 Single: $ 1,399 Triple: $ 1,029 * Round trip transfer to and from the airport * 4 nights at 4-star hotel (4 in Palermo) April 10, 24 * Daily breakfast * 2 lunches May 8, 22 * 3 dinners * Deluxe motor coach transportation throughout June 5, 12 * 1 Cooking Class & 1 Mafia lecture in Corleone * Document holder September 4, 18, 25 * English speaking tour escort throughout * Local guides where necessary October 9 * Tasting of typical products * Hotel service charges and VAT taxes NOTE: City taxes to be paid locally at the end * Document holder of your stay up to Euro 5, 00 per person per night. * Meals: B= Breakfast, L= Lunch, D= Dinner

* Sightseeing tour as per itinerary, entrance fees to be paid locally approximately €36,00 per person

* ASK ABOUT OUR OPTIONAL AIRFARE FROM U.S.A.

Hotels or similar:

Palermo 4* Grand Hotel Piazza Borsa or 4* Hotel Palazzo Sitano or 4* Hotel Excelsier Mercure

Reservations: 1.866.446.1897 www.ez-italy.com email: [email protected]