Rome & Sicily
Everyone is more or less familiar with Italian culture, from watching movies, learning about the Roman Empire, or simply eating pizza. But not until you arrive in the country do you realize that everything you thought you knew is really just the tip of an enormous iceberg. Every region—every town even—has a unique personality, so no matter how many times you visit Italy, you’re always left with the craving for more.
Jun 3 – 6, 2024: Roma (3 nights)
Jun 6 – 8, 2024: Noto (2 nights)
Jun 8 – 9, 2024: Agrigento (1 nights)
Jun 9 – 12, 2024: Mazzarò (3 nights)
In June, Rome typically experiences warm temperatures with highs averaging around 78-84°F and occasional afternoon thunderstorms. Sicily, on the other hand, tends to be a little hotter with temperatures ranging from 78-86°F, often accompanied by sunny days and minimal rainfall.
U.S. passport holders do not need any special visa in order to visit Italy for tourism. Make sure your passport is valid for at least 90 days after your trip ends.
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With an uncanny sense of foresight, Rome was first called the Eternal City 2,000 years ago. Even by today’s standards, it’s still grand in a way that few other places can compare to. The buildings are dilapidated and the roads disheveled, but chaos has never looked so exquisite. The cobblestone streets may be nonsensical, but a wrong turn always leads to an unexpected delight: an intimate piazza, a baroque fountain, or a homey trattoria serving house-made cacio e pepe.
Meet your driver upon exiting baggage claim for a private transfer to your hotel in the city center.
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Explore Trastevere, Rome's vibrant neighborhood, with our foodie stroll. Adored by tourists and locals, it hosts the city's finest bars and restaurants. Our expert foodie guides, well versed in Italian cuisine, lead you beyond pizza and pasta to hidden gems, steering clear of tourist traps. Indulge in local delicacies like steaming suppli and savory codfish, perfectly paired with local wines—an unforgettable experience! To conclude the adventure, relish an even better opportunity: a classic Italian dinner at an elegant restaurant. Immerse yourself in the richness of Trastevere's culinary scene on this guided journey through its best culinary spots.
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Why we love it for you: With its perfectly calibrated balance of chic and cheek, Maalot Roma is one of the most exciting additions to the Italian capital city's boutique hotel scene. Set so close to the Trevi Fountain that you can hear the water rush, this irreverent bolthole serves up its bold maximalist luxury with a refreshing wink-and-nudge playfulness.
Maalot Roma
1x Deluxe Room
- Breakfast included
Garner an individual perspective on ancient Rome through this utterly unique experience. Tailor-made by a specialist historian, this itinerary takes you off the beaten path, bringing you inside the imperial city through the ancient city walls and following in the footsteps of the Caesars visiting Rome’s most iconic attractions. From the expanse of the Circus Maximus to the elegance of the Arch of Constantine, your bespoke tour will uncover all aspects of Roman life. Reimagine the gladiatorial battles that took place on the Colosseum’s arena floor and the imperial rallies that occurred in the Roman Forum before taking a view of where it all began; Palatine Hill. On request, you can also visit the underground tunnels of the Colosseum.
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Maalot Roma
1x Deluxe Room
- Breakfast included
A trip to the Vatican is an unmissable experience on your visit to Rome. It houses some of the most stunning and priceless artistic treasures that can be found. Enjoy the beauty of the Vatican in the morning. Your expert guide will take you through the wonders of the Vatican Museums, the exclusive Cabinet of the Masks, the Raphael Rooms, the Sistine Chapel, and Saint Peter's Basilica. Avoid the crowds and immerse yourself in the magic of art and history!
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Maalot Roma
1x Deluxe Room
- Breakfast included
Nowhere in Italy mixes landscape, culture, and history quite like Sicily. In the span of a day, you can hike a spewing volcano, go for a swim in the crystalline sea, take photos of Baroque architecture, and gawk at ruins so old that they make the Colosseum look young. Even Sicilian cuisine is something unique, where couscous is as common as pasta and gelato isn’t served in a cup or a cone but rather a freshly baked brioche bun—the ultimate ice cream sandwich.
You'll be picked up from your hotel in a private transfer and taken to the airport.
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Board your flight for Sicily, flying from Rome to Catania Airport.
Journey: 1 hour 10 minutes
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Upon arrival at Catania Airport, meet your driver for a private transfer to your hotel in Noto.
Journey: about 1 hour
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Why we love it for you: A sumptuous boutique hotel in the Baroque heart of Noto, with unparalleled views of one of the most extraordinary townscapes in Sicily. Although created in 2021 it has the intimacy and grace of a private home belonging to a wealthy aesthete.
Q92 Noto Hotel
1x Junior Suite
- Breakfast included
Welcome to the countryside of Noto, where the breathtaking Baroque gives way to the more authentic rural, where the pace is slower and life more minimal. Today you will live an experience that is truly authentic with a local family, a portrait of the truest Sicilian history.
A local family will welcome you to live a unique, exclusive and unconventional experience. You will stroll through their farm, among nature, stories, and animals. Then visit their 19th-century parsonage, which has been preserved intact and will give you an unforgettable leap back in time.
Finally, you will enjoy a delicious lunch, genuine and of exceptional quality, tasting local delicacies such as ricotta cheese and scacce. Get ready to experience the real Sicily. The one that goes beyond history, monuments and boundless beauty: it is the Sicily of the Sicilians.
Lunch on farm included.
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Q92 Noto Hotel
1x Junior Suite
- Breakfast included
You'll be picked up for a private transfer to Agrigento.
Journey: about 2.5 hours
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The Valley of the Temples, located south of the Sicilian city of Agrigento, is one of the most fascinating and visited places on the island, as it offers, in a marvellous landscape, one of the most important testimonies to the presence of ancient Greeks in southern Italy. The main temples to visit are: the Temple of Juno, the Temple of Concordia, the Temple of Zeus and the Temple of the Dioscuri. Then you will visit the Kolymbetra Garden scenset, originally an artificial lake set between sandstone cliffs in a river valley.
Citrus trees blossom, pomegranates grow wild and large. Wild olives grow as emerald as the surrounding leaves. The lake is now a pool that stands at the heart of the garden as a reminder of the lush past and fertile future of the area.
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Immerse yourself in one of Sicily's most exclusive and appreciated experiences—a journey like no other awaits you amidst
the timeless grandeur of the Valley of the Temples: an Exclusive Picnic nestled within the Diodoros Garden.
Prepare for a sensory delight as you indulge in a feast featuring typical, zero-mile, organic cuisine crafted from cherished "
grandmother's recipes."
Dinner included.
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Why we love it for you: Villa Athena Resort has an astounding position within a stone’s throw of the magnificent Temple of Concordia, part of the Unesco World Heritage Site of the Valley of Temples, just outside Agrigento. The hotel is a handsome 300-year-old villa set in pretty landscaped gardens with a restaurant, bar, outside pool, spa and wellness centre, vegetable garden and amazing views of the temple.
Villa Athena Resort
1x Deluxe Room
- Breakfast included
Perched like a stork’s nest on top of a hill, Taormina is as ancient as it is beguiling. The maze of tiny corridors are as irresistible as the most charming Italian towns, but none of the others come with Taormina’s panoramic bombshell. The Ancient Greeks built their amphitheater facing south toward the sun, a seemingly strange oversight. But once you’re standing on the steps and taking in the view of Mt. Etna and the Ionian Sea, it’s clear the Greeks knew exactly what they were doing.
Head out after breakfast back to the coast for your final days in Taormina.
Journey: about 2.5 hours
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Founded by the Greeks in 358 B.C., Taormina was occupied by the Romans and then fell into Byzantine hands. The little town is located on the East coast of Sicily, overlooking the Ionian Sea. Taormina is called the “Pearl of the Mediterranean” for several reasons: nestled on Mount Tauro, it offers the beauty of Mediterranean architecture all the while surrounded by endless magnificent views of both sea and mountains. From its Greek theatre, you can admire the bay of Giardini Naxos and Mount Etna, the highest active volcano in Europe, while on the other side you can gaze out over the coastline toward Messina and view the proximity of the Calabrian coast.
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Why we love it for you: Mazzarò Sea Palace is set above Taormina's beautiful Mazzaarò Beach. It has a wellness center, its own sea-view pools and a free private beach. Mazzarò Sea Palace's wellness center provides a wide range of massages and spa treatments and has Turkish baths. Rooms have been refurbished and are elegant and spacious.
Mazzaro Sea Palace
1x Deluxe Room with Sea View
- Breakfast included
The Taormina coastline, in addition to its unquestionable beauty, perfectly lends itself to one of the most beautiful boat tours in all of Sicily. Pure relaxation, crystal clear water, and dreamy scenery await you for this sunset cruise of the bay.
The epitome of the "dolce vita", under the rays of the Sicilian sun, but that's not all: enjoy a typical Sicilian dinner on board! The barbecue will be available for you to sample local delicacies as well as what you catch on board. That's right: this unique experience will allow you to fish with the experienced crew, learning the tricks of the trade in the beautiful scenery of Taormina Bay!
At your disposal you will have: skipper, crew, open bar with soft drinks, prosecco and fishing equipment. Dinner included.
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Mazzaro Sea Palace
1x Deluxe Room with Sea View
- Breakfast included
Enjoy what is one of the most invigorating experiences you can have in Sicily! A Jeep will pick you up at your hotel, and on board a nature guide ready to show you Mount Etna, the highest active volcano on the Eurasian plate, in all its wild beauty! Breathtaking scenery, postcard views, a mix of colors, unspoiled sounds and far from the madding crowds, more than 400 craters and fairy tale trails: an adventure to be experienced in a blend of mind-body harmony, immersing you in one of the most intense environments nature has to offer.
In this adventure, you will have the opportunity to reach an altitude of 2,900 meters (9,514 feet). It's an experience to be lived if you are hiking enthusiasts and are sensitive to the extraordinary wonders that nature has to offer us.
At the end of the tour, it's off to one of the best Etna DOC Winery for another special experience of wine tasting.
Wine tasting and lunch included.
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Mazzaro Sea Palace
1x Deluxe Room with Sea View
- Breakfast included
It's time to bid farewell and head home today after the adventure in Italy. Thankfully in Italy, they don't say goodbye, but rather a dopo, or until next time.
You'll be picked up this morning from your hotel and taken back to Catania Airport for your flight out of Sicily.
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Your itinerary ends in Sicily, and we recommend you purchase a flight home departing from Catania Airport. If you'd like Scenset to include your flight from Sicily to Rome, let us know.
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