A Sicilian Odyssey
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TAUCK EXCLUSIVES – Private lunch at a Baron’s palazzo in Siracusa with a wine tasting from the family vineyard and dinner and an art tour with the son of a baroness at their private villa in Palermo
Tauck Value Includes
Visit to Palermo's grand Teatro Massimo Vittorio Emanuele, the largest opera house in Italy
Visits to the Sicilian Baroque UNESCO World Heritage Sites of Noto and Ragusa Ibla
A tour, lunch and tasting at a local winery
Activity
3
Active components such as hiking, bicycling and walking longer distances may be included, and hills and/or uneven terrain may be encountered on several days. Guests should be able to walk two to three miles and stand for long periods of time with no difficulty.
Pace
3
Often robust – may include long days, active sightseeing, early starts, evening activities, significant travel times.
Along Europe's Scenic "Yellow Roads"
Discover cultural footprints forever present... Over the centuries, the island of Sicily was colonized by the Greeks, Romans, Byzantines, Muslims, Normans and assorted others before becoming part of Spain, then the Bourbon Kingdom, and finally part of Italy. And today...
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The tour guide was good, however very disappointed in Tauck's selection of hotels, places to visit, professionalism and precision of movement. The hotel in Siracusa, the Grand Hotel Des Etrangers, was an absolute disgrace and unfit to stay at. It was extremely dirty, it smelled disgusting and was really unsafe. Mold and mildew on bathroom walls.
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Leaving on the last day. The food was actually very good though. Leave out the stay in Sciacca. Very nice hotel if you are looking for a vacation in the Caribbean or Florida or Arizona. Didn't feel like Italy and especially not Sicily. Waste of time.
We just completed our first Tauck tour - ten days in Sicily. What we learned is that Tauck will put you in the best hotel possible but in Sicily, some are not that impressive but are fine. The sites were wonderful, the special Tauck spots were great but NOTHING made it as special as our Tour Director. Wish I had more room!
Most Memorable Moment:
In Ortigia Island, off Siracusa, we had lunch at the home of a Baron. It was a day there was an enormous festival with thousands of people crammed into a magnificent piazza. And there we were, in balconies of his home, overlooking the festivities, drinking his wine and having lunch. Truly memorable. But it was our Tauck Director we remember the most!
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