Mount Etna

Today we start at 8 am for our trip to Mount Etna. We’ll drive up to the Sapienza Refuge area which has the Silvestri Craters.

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Acireale

We started today at 9:30 am with a walking tour of Acireale. It was periodically sprinkling as we walked.

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To Sicily

This morning we get up early for a 4 am bus departure to the airport to travel to Catania, Sicily. It’s only about 110 miles, and 30 minutes of flying time.

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Gozo

Today we leave at 8:30 am for our trip to the other main Maltese island, Gozo. It is a bus ride to the north end of the island and a 20-minute ferry ride to Gozo. Then another bus took us around Gozo.

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Palazzo Parisio and the Blue Grotto

We started slightly later at 9:30 am this morning with a visit to Palazzo Parisio.

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Mdina

We left at 9 am for our first stop at the Dingli Cliffs.

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Valletta

This morning we start with our main portion of the trip, so there is an 8:30 meeting with the trip leader. The Tunisia portion was the pre-trip, with only eight people on it, now we are 34. After the meeting we head into the UNESCO World Heritage Site the city of Valletta to tour for a few hours.

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To Malta

Today we fly to Malta on Tunisia Air. The trip to the airport and through security was uneventful.

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