You will depart from your hotel at approximately 9.00am. This morning you will travel on the nord-east face of Etna Volcano called 'Piano Provenzana'. Over the course of the trip, the differences in the terrain may well surprise you, as we pass from a road which is bordered by chestnuts and pine forests to lunar landscape of the lava fields - formed by the 2001-2002 last eruptions. Etna offers an enormous range of outings which can be selected according to interest one takes in the various aspects of the mountain. There is an option from here to travel, by special all terrain vehicle, to the top of Volcano as far as 2900 m. above sea level (Additional cost).

Your tour continue towards Linguaglossa - a few miles away, where there will be a stop at a local winery which produces an excellent Etna DOC wine. Here you can have brunch and enjoy the local food and also taste some wines. After this break, continue Sant'Alfio. Across the square is a terrace with a splendid view over the Ionian coast. Here, you can taste some typical Sicilian cookies made by flour, honey and almond or pistachio or hazelnut.

Then you visit the pluri-millenary tree under whose breadth of foliage, as legend has it, one hundred horsemen took shelter from a storm. From here the panoramic downhill road will lead you to the Ionian Sea driving along the fertile slopes covered at first by vineyards in the open countryside and then the lemon grow as far as to admire the Cyclops Riviera and its small fishermen villages. Here in the arm of the Ionian Sea in front of Acicastello and Acitrezza villages - about 500 thousand years ago the primitive underwater lava, gave rise to Mount Etna. Acicastello takes its name by the Norman Fortress built of black lava stone which is nestled atop a rocky spur on the sea. The castle houses the small City Museum, collecting archaeological relics and mineral specimens. A splendid view over the Faraglioni and the Lachea Island (Rocks of the Cyclops) in A Click here for more information and Booking Details

Cefalu is a medieval town 75 kilometers east of Palermo built on the site of an ancient Sicanian and Greek settlement. Nestled between the Madonie Mountains and the sea, the view from the summit is inspiring. Seaside town beneath a steep mountain, Cefalu has a beach, narrow and medieval streets overlooking a rocky coast. It is a important town not only for the beauty of the sea landscape but also for the magnificent Norman-Arab-Byzantine cathedral - one of the greatest churches of southern Europe with its famous mosaics - and the Mandralisca Museum.

Then, you continue towards Castelbuono, a charming locality about 25 kilometers from Cefalu. Castelbuono is a rustic and little medieval village in an attractive wooded location of the Madonie Mountains, where the castle dominates the whole of the little town and the small valley. It boasts a castle - which has vestiges of medieval architecture - once owned by the Ventimiglia family, feudal lords of several towns in the area. Time permitting it may be possible for a short visit to ?Santo Stefano di Camastra?, one of the most important Sicilian ceramics' town with Caltagirone, Monreale and Sciacca.

You will depart from your hotel at approximately 9.00am. This morning you will travel on the nord-east face of Etna Volcano called 'Piano Provenzana'. Over the course of the trip, the differences in the terrain may well surprise you, as we pass from a road which is bordered by chestnuts and pine forests to lunar landscape of the lava fields - formed by the 2001-2002 last eruptions. Etna offers an enormous range of outings which can be selected according to interest one takes in the various aspects of the mountain. There is an option from here to travel, by special all terrain vehicle, to the top of Volcano as far as 2900 m. above sea level (Additional cost).

Your tour continue towards Linguaglossa - a few miles away, where there will be a stop at a local winery which produces an excellent Etna DOC wine. Here you can have brunch and enjoy the local food and also taste some wines. After this break, continue Sant'Alfio. Across the square is a terrace with a splendid view over the Ionian coast. Here, you can taste some typical Sicilian cookies made by flour, honey and almond or pistachio or hazelnut.

Then we visit the pluri-millenary tree under whose breadth of foliage, as legend has it, one hundred horsemen took shelter from a storm. From here the panoramic downhill road will lead you to the Ionian Sea driving along the fertile slopes covered at first by vineyards in the open countryside and then the lemon grow as far as to admire the Cyclops Riviera and its small fishermen villages. Here in the arm of the Ionian Sea in front of Acicastello and Acitrezza villages - about 500 thousand years ago the primitive underwater lava, gave rise to Mount Etna. Acicastello takes its name by the Norman Fortress built of black lava stone which is nestled atop a rocky spur on the sea. The castle houses the small City Museum, collecting archaeological relics and mineral specimens. A splendid view over the Faraglioni and the Lachea Island (Rocks of the Cyclops) in Acitre Click here for more information and Booking Details