Activities / Features

Included pickup from the main hotels in the area

Full day

Visit places of worship

Places of historical interest

Time for Shopping

PROGRAMME

Departure at 07:30*.

Arrival in Monreale and meeting with the local guide. Visit of the superb  Cathedral, a Norman architectural masterpiece, where the Islamic, Byzantine and Romanic culture meet to create one of the finest Italian Medieval works of genius. The vast and solemn interior is absolutely majestic. The nave, the sanctuary and the apses walls are entirely covered in mosaics on a golden background as the gigantic half bust figure of the Christ Pantokrator. Optional tour of the Cloister.

Departure for  Palermo, provincial and regional capital of Sicily. We walk through the old city and we will discover the amazing Palermo’s monuments rich of Byzantine, Arab-Norman and Baroque architecture. Visit of  Piazza Pretoria, the Martorana Church and the Cathedral. Through the narrow streets of the typical market of the “Chief”, arriving in Piazza Verdi in front of the Massimo Theatre.  Continuation to the Convent of the Cappuccini and stop for the optional tour of the “Catacombs”.

Return to the hotel in the afternoon.

*The pick-up point depends on where you are staying, and may be outside your hotel, or just a short walk away. The pick-up time may vary in relation to your pick-up point.

THE PRICE INCLUDES:

• Transfer by bus from the hotel to the port, and back
• Tour leader for the full day
• Local guide for half day & headsets for visit

THE PRICE DOESN’T INCLUDE:

• Entrance to the cloister of Monreale (optional)
• Entrance to the Catacombs (optional)
• Lunch (optional)