About this trip
Ignite your spirit with a late October tour of Sicily! Intriguing UNESCO Worlds Heritage sites will take your breath away. Palermo’s open-air markets will mesmerize you. Alluring mountain towns and charming seaside villages will enchant you. Sicily’s regional cuisine’s will stimulate your palate. And your interaction with Sicilians will warm your heart. You’ll enjoy 4-star hotels and characteristic, family-run inns and relish typical trattorias as you discover Sicily’s 3,000 years of human history with authentic experiences, vibrant flavors, and sweet melodies that will capture your imagination.
Soulful Sicily Tour Highlights
- Be mesmerized by Arab Norman Palermo and Monreale*
- Wander through the alleyways of Cefalù
- Inhale the beauty of Trapani’s salt flats and medieval Erice
- Explore Valley of the Temples in Agrigento* with an archaeologist
- Discover the hidden corners of villages in Agrigento province
- Savor the bouquets during a winery tour and tasting
- Put your hands in the dough during a cooking class with a Sicilian mamma
- Be stimulated by a tour of the Roman Villa of Casale in Piazza Armerina* with an archaeologist
- Admire the beauty of Siracusa and Ortigia*
- Connect to the power and majesty of Mother Nature during a Mount Etna* volcano excursion
- Be part of the action at a local harvest festival
- Amble through the piazzas of Ragusa Ibla* and Noto*
- Browse in the boutiques and people-watch in bewitching Taormina
* UNESCO sites
What's Included?
Land only.
14 days, 13 nights.
Includes all breakfasts, seven lunches, and six dinners, all transportation, all entrance fees and tickets, most tips.
The Benefits of Traveling with Experience Sicily
- Owner-managed tour
- The logistics and details managed by our American office and Sicilian insiders
- Select, private and clean professional transportation
- Local, expert guides at all principal sites
- Meaningful interaction with locals
- Off-the-beaten path seaside villages and mountain towns
- Outstanding traditional cuisine
- An excellent balance of structured and free time
PRICE INCLUDES
- Group airport transfers on designated arrival and departure days
- Ground transportation
- Four-star level and characteristic accommodations
- 13 breakfasts, 7 lunches, and 6 dinners
- All entrance fees, tickets to entertainment, all excursions, most gratuities
- English-speaking/Italian speaking tour leader and licensed, local guides
Available Packages
Your Organizer
Experience Sicily
5 reviews
Experience Sicily is a boutique tour operator based in the United States with an office in Palermo, Sicily. Together with her Sicilian cousins and deep network of local contacts, Owner and Curator Allison Scola specializes in experiential travel in Sicily through leading small-group tours of Sicily and custom Sicily itinerary planning.
Sicily is our passion. We want to share it with you. Let’s Experience Sicily together!
Reviews
LZ
Allison, our guide , is a joy to travel with and an expert on how best to explore in great detail this beautiful island. She has great contacts and truly has a wonderful understanding of the island’s history and its people.
She curates a comprehensive trip and is very sensitive to the needs of the group. Subsequently, the pace was just right.
By Lee Z for Soulful Sicily 2023 on Nov 11, 2023
We had a fantastic time in Sicily! What a great place to visit, the people were great, the food was great, the sites and attractions were all great as well. Thanks for everything you all did for us, the drivers, and the tour guides were exceptional.
By Michael M for Itinerary Specially Designed for George Melillo and Family on Oct 10, 2023
Excellent niche trip with great experiences, locations, amazing food and fantastic travel companions. Allison took on all of the hard work managing the transportation and events while allowing us time to explore on our own. This allowed us to have a stress free and fun time in Sicily. We highly recommend this tour!
By Michael S for Secret Sicily: Life in A Remote Sicilian Town 2023 on Aug 28, 2023
Everything about Secret Sicily was Wonderful!
It was especially great living like a local. People were really kind ! Allison’s very close ties with , it seems, everyone in Sicily made
it absolutely seem as though we lived there.All of our day trips were, again, local places.When we went to restaurants they were where all the local people went. You never feel like a tourist. Because of Allison.
Her team is Incredible!I. It was a magical trip!
By SUSAN M for Secret Sicily: Life in A Remote Sicilian Town 2023 on Aug 03, 2023
It was a great adventure doing a more customized trip. Loved the itinerary and especially enjoyed the guides in each local. The Mt Etna experience and day were amazing.
By Ken & Marilyn G for Itinerary Specially Designed for Maryann Jordan and Family on May 02, 2023