Want to explore the best of Sicily from iconic attractions to the lesser-known places with the locals? Our BEST OF SICILY TOUR 2023 IS BOOKED-OUT!
Are you dreaming of discovering the best of Sicily and doing it with a small group of like-minded people? You landed in the right place! This is what you will be experiencing with our Rocky Travel Best of Sicily Trip in 2023!
This tour for May 2023 is sold out. If you are interested in joining our Best of Sicily Trip 2024, fill in this inquiry tour form. Or if you prefer, sign up for Trip Updates & News. Thank you!
Please do not send in any tour bookings for 2023. If interested, click one of the links 👆. Thank you!
My friend and I traveled with Michela on the Best of Sicily Tour in May-June of 2019 and what an awesome trip it was! We had not been to Sicily before and this trip showcased the beautiful island in a wonderful way. I felt like we were truly off the beaten path with the excursions and destinations. There were many delightful experiences and one of my favorites was the visit to the small town of Sant' Angelo Muxaro near Agrigento. We explored this charming town of about 1,200 people and then had lunch with a local family. The lunch was outstanding and the family was so welcoming. A lot of what we ate came right from their garden and it was delicious. Another favorite was our visit to the Villa Romana del Casale where we saw beautiful mosaic tiles. We had the best guides-Palermo resident and knowledgeable guide Alessandro and bus driver Sergio from Agrigento were so kind. You could tell they were proud of their island and happy to show it off. Michela was great, very responsive before and during the trip. I would highly recommend this trip and loved the fact that it was a small group of just 10 people, many of whom were seasoned, active hikers and walkers. A perfect vacation!
The Best of Sicily Tour was a perfectly planned trip. It hit all the highlights, as well as those out of the way places and local people that you will never find in guidebooks or online. It was with a very comfortable minibus with a friendly group of 10. Our guide, Alessandro, was well informed and entertaining who kept us on schedule along with a superb driver Sergio, both Sicilians. Michela, the trip organizer, also Italian, was extremely helpful and made sure everything ran smoothly. It was a fabulous introduction to Sicily, and I highly recommend it, especially if you are not familiar with Sicily. Very reasonably priced and good value for money. For sure I’ll be back.
BOOKING FOR THE BEST OF SICILY TOUR 2024
Valley of the Temples in Agrigento, Sicily
Palermo Cathedral
Eolian Islands - Lipari Marina Costa Lunga
Ragusa Ibla
View from Taormina Sicily
TOUR PRICE AND TOUR CONDITIONS
Prices to be communicated beginning of April 2023
*If you are female and travel solo, we can pair you to share a twin room, to avoid the upgrade to a single room.
**For booking a double room for single use, there is a SGL.
*** Tour will be confirmed with 12 participants..
Please take a look at what the tour price covers and and doesn't include, as stated here below!
What this Tour Price includes
What this Tour Price does not include
THE TOUR REGISTRATION FOR THE BEST OF SICILY TRIP
Bookings. You can send in your details. Please note that this tour is open to adults +50 years (females/males, as a solo traveller, or with a travel companion).
HOW TO BOOK THIS TOUR: DEPOSIT AND BALANCE
Deposit and bookings. Payment of the deposit will reserve your space on this tour. Once this group tour is confirmed (12 people is the minimum required) we will notify via email.
This tour for May 2023 is sold out. If you are interested in joining our Best of Sicily Trip 2024, fill in this inquiry tour form. Or if you prefer, sign up for Trip Updates & News. Thank you!
Please do not send in any tour bookings for 2023, it's booked out. For 2024 click one of the links👆. Thank you!
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT OUR TOUR
Any questions? Click the title to scroll through these 8 FAQs. Or fill in the tour inquiry form below.
The payment of the deposit is to be made when signing up via the booking form. Once you have paid the deposit your space on tour is confirmed, and you will receive a brochure of about 15 pages with the details of the tour itinerary, hotels, excursions, and the logistics.
Yes, you need travel & Med insurance. If you are not an Eu citizen, you need to look into international travel insurance. Travel medical insurance is necessary to cover any potential incidents or injuries that may occur during your stay in Italy and on tour, as well as flight and tour cancellation due to illness or force majeure.
You can cancel the tour within 7 days after paying the deposit. And you will get a full refund. Due to the nature of our small group tour, we cannot refund after 7 days.
The deposit is needed to reserve your space on this tour. The Balance is due in December 2022. We don't accept instalments for the balance.
Four dinners in restaurants (welcome + farewell dinner + 2 hotel dinners) and three lunches are included in the tour price. Other lunches and dinners are at your charge. The average cost for a meal is between 10-25 Euro.
We stay in 4 stars hotels, and most have a swimming pool too. We stay in six different hotels: in Taormina, in Cefalu, in Palermo (2 nights), in Agrigento, near Ragusa (2 nights) and in Siracusa (2 nights). You can see details of the hotels from a 15-page tour brochure that you get when you sign up for the tour.
Yes, all walks while visiting places, towns, and the Valley of the Temples. In the Ispica Caves, you must be able to walk in nature on uneven surfaces, with stones, small rocks. The path up to the Vulcano crater and the one in the carousel gorge are optional. if you don't want to do these walks, there will be other activities.
This tour is for female travellers. In 2023 we had 100% women. We however can accept male travellers in the tour, but we only have 1-2 spaces for male participants available.
Fill in the form with your questions about the Best of Sicily Tour
We came together, all females from Canada and America except for one lucky male person (me) from Australia. Michela had provided beforehand, full information on what to expect on the trip. Then on the weeks leading up to the trip a few tour blogs. So, by the time we were sitting down for our first “get to know each other” dinner, we were well on the way for making new friendships. Michela had also provided last-minute tips, for example, an overview of Catania, recommended hotels to stay at and the best way into town from the airport. If possible, do a small tour group like the Rocky Travel Tours of Sicily. That way, you have better customer service, and the little bus provides greater mobility, while the unavoidable toilet stops are not as long.
The Rocky Travel Tour of Sicily touts for the active and adventurous type which suited me and most of the others on tour, so I was with like-minded people! The Best of Sicily Tour had a right balance of organised activities and free time. In Palermo there were too many activities for one day, so, a bit rushed. I also found the location and standard of the hotels on tour excellent.
The Rocky Travel Best of Sicily Tour, this spring, more than lived up to the promise of its name. Our small group visited major cities and towns such as Palermo, Syracusa, and Taormina. Unusual and beautiful places in nature were important destinations as well, including treks on Sicily’s iconic Mt Etna and through other dramatic landscapes. World-famous and less well-known, but fascinating, archaeological ruins and other sites also were part of our wonderful trip, including the Greek temples in Agrigento and the fascinating Ispica Cave with its ancient necropolis and dwellings carved into the hillside. And, one thing I liked was that Rocky Travel made sure we had authentic experiences. Two that stand out are the Palermo “street food” tour, led by a local guide, Raffaella. We tasted delicious and authentic Sicilian tidbits, got to relax around a special set-up table, and we even met the gracious cooks who made those treats. The second was the lunch prepared by a family in a lovely, very un-touristy hilltop village, Sant’Angelo Muxaro. Among my most favourite memories are those from the beautifully situated seaside city of Syracusa, with its rich Greek and Roman history, culture and archaeological sites and its numerous medieval and baroque architectural treasures. Amazingly, you can see all these different cultures on one place: the baroque Cathedral in Syracusa’s historic center, which incorporates Doric columns from a 5thc BC Greek temple. The Cathedral and the other stunning architecture in the surrounding square are especially magical when lit up at night. I’ll always remember this scene and many more from the tour.
I’d recommend Rocky Travel to anyone who likes active travel with small groups and who is interested in really getting to know Sicily and all its cultural, historic and natural aspects. Michela, our organizer, Alessandro, our Sicily expert guide and our wonderful driver, Sergio were incredibly helpful and informative throughout the trip planning and during the journey.
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