Serene Sicily

Privileged insights of the City

Meet your private guide, driver, and vehicle and leave on a captivating entire day investigation of Sicilian culture and food. Palermo, which extends along excellent narrows on the Tyrrhenian Sea, was established by the Phoenicians in the seventh and eighth hundreds of years B.C. It was subsequently vanquished by Arabs in 831, and a time of gigantic flourishing started. You’ll start with a visit to the Il Capo market, the most established in Palermo, where you will see and taste the celebrated Palermo road food, for example, panelle, arancini, stitch and Pani Ca Medusa. Respect beautiful slows down highlighting a plenitude of organic product, vegetables, fish, and meats as the dealers’ cries bid for your consideration. You’ll be captivated by Palermo’s wide lanes, customary Sicilian Old Quarter, and rococo royal residences, visiting the city’s primary sights, including the Norman segment, Quattro Canti di Citta’ (the Four Corners of the City), Palermo’s luxurious extravagant square and the twelfth-century Cathedral of Palermo. In the early evening, drive to Monreale to find the Arab-Norman magnificence of the Monreale Cathedral and Cloister. This close by treasure additionally dates from the twelfth century and shows the assorted engineering impacts of both the Normans and the Arab populace. Close on appearance back to your inn.

Sights and Insights

Meet your private driver and set out toward the charming shoreline town of Cefalu today, where you’ll be amazed at a 3-hour walking visit through the town with the understanding of a neighborhood private guide. Stroll through the noteworthy focus, halting to appreciate the Molo, a pleasant old fishing port situated on a small stone secured seashore. Dare to the last-standing archaic door of Cefalu, and a close-by middle age open-air wash house utilized numerous centuries ago. Walk by means of Bordonaro and see its various old houses and little shops. The dazzling fundamental square, the palm-and-porch-lined Piazza del Duomo, flaunts a bona fide Sicilian energy, offering various reward alternatives, while overwhelmed by the UNESCO World Heritage-recorded Cathedral of Cefalu. You’ll make a visit to this twelfth-century Roman Catholic spot of love, celebrated for its mosaic of Jesus the Savior and the Allmighty, and flaunting a truly amazing Norman outside. Walk Cefalu’s main road, Corso Ruggero, and make a short diversion to see the secret part of the old town, but at the foot of the monumental Rocca. No shops or bars here, just a cozy life loosening up along limited roads and little courtyards. After your visit, you’ll have some time at relaxation to keep on absorbing the feeling of this excellent village however you see fit – maybe from the patio of one of the numerous fine diners. Subsequently, rejoin your driver for a return move to Palermo.

The Journey Continues…

Today, appreciate time at recreation to investigate at your own speed or unwind at your inn.

Meet your private driver and vehicle for an exchange to Sciacca. The rough travel time is 2 hours.

A Healthy Dose of History

Experience nightfall in the shocking environmental factors of an old UNESCO World Heritage Site known as the Valley of the Temples. In the early evening, set out with your private driver to the renowned Valley of the Temples where your private guide will be sitting tight for you. Regardless of its name recommending a low-lying position, the archeological site (the biggest on the planet) ends up on an edge outside of Agrigento. It’s quite possibly the most visited place on the island, with sanctuaries tracing all the way back to the fifth century BC. The fundamental sanctuaries that you’ll visit are the Temple of Juno, the surprisingly all-around saved 2,500-year-old Temple of Concordia, the Temple of Zeus, and the Temple of the Dioscuri. These antiquated landmarks give a mind-boggling set as the sun slips behind the skyline. A while later, proceed with a visit to the close by Kolymbetra Garden, initially a fake lake set between sandstone bluffs in a stream valley. Presently, citrus trees bloom, pomegranates develop wild, and enormous wild olives develop as emerald as the encompassing leaves. The lake is presently a pool that remains at the core of the nursery as a token of the lavish past and the ripe fate of the space. Close with a return move to your lodging.

It’s All Ancient History

With a private guide and driver, set out on a half-day visit through Sicily’s southwestern coastline. You’ll advance toward Eraclea Minoa, an old Greek town established in the sixth century BC on the remains of the most seasoned town of Minoa. Find amazing discoveries having a place with the diverse colonization of the town, for example, a Paleochristian church, a Greek venue from fourth century BC, and a few remnants of the antiquated Greek settlement. From here, proceed with the coast to Scala Dei Turchi (Stair of the Turks). This noteworthy white precipice is made of delicate limestone and blinding white marl dissolved grandly over centuries offering the presence of a flight of stairs diving to the Mediterranean ocean underneath. Subsequent to investing some energy at this terrific site, proceed toward Porto Empedocle, a beach-front town that offers stunning perspectives with a mix of an unending horizon and archaic structures on the waterfront. Finish up your visit on appearance back to your lodging. *Please note: Scala Dei Turchi is as of now shut by nearby specialists and the re-opening date is TBA. On the off chance that the site is re-opened to guests when of movement, the affirmation will be payable on the spot.

Taste and Tipple on a Vineyard Visit

Meet your private driver at your lodging and leave on your excursion to find the Planeta Ulmo winery. Set up in 1995 close to the town of Sambuca di Sicilia, Ulmo was the main Planeta winery. Worked almost an antiquated sixteenth-century stone farmhouse, the winery ignores a pleasant bequest and houses the Iter Vitis outdoors gallery, devoted to the historical backdrop of Sicilian viticulture. Today, the Planeta farmhouse is a gathering place for wine enthusiasts and anybody wishing to encounter the district’s property and history. On appearance, you’ll be welcomed by a Planeta staff part and drove on a private visit to the winery, finding out about the kinds of wine they produce nearby.

Settled at 1,312 feet above ocean level, the grape plantation was based on an antiquated riverbed to guarantee ideal developing conditions for the plants. During your visit, you’ll be blessed to receive a tasting of five wines spreading over the five Planeta domains on the island. You’ll at that point enjoy a tasting of three Planeta extra-virgin olive oils, trailed by a curious Sicilian lunch gave at the winery. Endless supply of the visit, you’ll rejoin your driver for exchange back to your lodging.

Until Next Time…

Meet your private driver for an exchange at Palermo Airport. The inexact travel time is 1.5 hours.