TOUR th ERICE, FLORIO CELLARS AND SEGESTA AVAILABLE DATES: 20 / 22 / 26 JUNE Palermo - Italy For Small Groups up to 16 Participants FRIDAY 25 JUNE For Groups up to 50 Participants European INCLUDING: Private English and Italian speaking guide Entrance fees Meal included Cultural activity Workshop on Structural Timing: 08:00 a.m. Meeting point at the Politeama Square Health 06:30 p.m. Return to the Meeting point at the Politeama Square Monitoring Program: Erice is a gorgeous medieval town that, with its 750 meters of elevation, offers a breathtaking view of Trapani, San Vito lo Capo and Egadi islands. The tour will begin with the funicular at the slopes of the Mt. San Giuliano. Erice’s symbol is the Venus Castle (Castello di Venere), built by the Normans who used materials from the temple of Venus in Erice, from which the castle takes its name. The Florio family is a prominent entrepreneurial Italian family who started many lucrative activities in Sicily involving above all the exportation of Sicilian products, such as Marsala wine in the 19th century. Vincenzo Florio, founder of the dynasty, founds the Florio Cellars giving not only a new dimension to the city of Marsala but contributing to the creation of modern Sicily. The tour of the Florio Cellars is a journey that begins in front of the majestic giant vats, built at the end of the 19th century and still used for the renement of marsala. Lunch and wine tasting at the Florio Cellars. Segesta located in the north-west corner of Sicily, was an important trading town from the 7th century BCE onwards. Situated on the strategically advantageous slopes of Mt. Barbaro, Segesta established itself as the most important regional town of the Elymi people. Flourishing in the 5th century BCE, Segesta continued to hold important status as a trading center into Hellenistic and Roman times. At the top of a hill overlooking the Gulf of Castellammare, just outside the ruins of the ancient city of Segesta, is a wonderfully well preserved Doric temple, the best surviving example of Doric architecture in Europe. But strangely, as ne as the structure is, it has several components that suggest that the temple was never actually nished. Advices: We recommend comfortable dress and a jacket due cool temperature of Erice (750 MASL) and comfortable walking shoes..