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Ideal for:
Key Stage 3, Key Stage 4, Key Stage 5
Key features:
English speaking guides throughout your tour. Top Tip:
Enjoy a traditional Foklore evening.
English speaking guides throughout your tour. Top Tip:
Enjoy a traditional Foklore evening.
School & College Tours to Sicily
Crossroads of Africa, Asia and Europe, with a smouldering volcano and rich classical heritage
Sicily’s archaeological sites are set along a stunning coastal landscape dominated by the smouldering Mount Etna. Visit the evocative temples of Agrigento or explore the ruined streets and theatre of Siracusa, a city founded by the Greeks nearly three thousand years ago.
Enjoy the views of Mount Etna, explore the steepsided gorge of the Golla dell’Alcantara, enjoy a boat ride to the Aeolian Islands and be amazed by Stromboli’s nocturnal firework display.
Top 5 Sicily Excursions
- Palermo - Capital and main port of Sicily. Founded by the Phoenicians, captured by the Romans and then ruled by the Byzantines.
- Palazzo dei Normanni - The palace contains the Cappella Palatina, by far the best example of the so-called Arab-Norman-Byzantine style that prevailed in the 12th-century Sicily.
- Segesta - Greek Theatre and Doric Temple.
- Regional Archeological Museum - Spread over several buildings, the oldest from the 13th century, the museum's collection includes major Sicilian finds from the Phoenician, Punic, Greek, Roman, and Saracen periods, with several noteworthy treasures from Egypt.
- Valley of the Temples in Agrigento - A UNESCO World Heritage site. Of the ten original Temples built in the late 6th and 5th Centuries B.C. parts of nine are visible.
