Valley of the Temples
Today we tour the UNESCO World Heritage Site, the valley of the temples in Agrigento.
Read More…To Agrigento
Today we travel to Agrigento, stopping at the UNESCO World Heritage Site Villa Romana del Casale along the way.
Read More…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.
Read More…Acireale
We started today at 9:30 am with a walking tour of Acireale. It was periodically sprinkling as we walked.
Read More…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.
Read More…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.
Read More…Palazzo Parisio and the Blue Grotto
We started slightly later at 9:30 am this morning with a visit to Palazzo Parisio.
Read More…Ħaġar Qim and the Three Cities
We started the day at 9 am by driving to the Blue Grotto Overlook in the Babu Valley.
Read More…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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