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Palermo, Matera and Positano

12 days · 11 nights

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The same person from your first question to the flight home, with a wedding or vow renewal planned alongside if you like.

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Day by day

How the days unfold. Your advisor tailors the pace, the hotels and the extras to you.

Your route

12 days · 7 stops
  1. Palermo
  2. Agrigento
  3. Taormina
  4. Matera
  5. Alberobello
  6. Naples
  7. Positano

  1. Palermo

    Day 1 · Palermo

    Arrive in Palermo

    Settle into your hotel in the historic centre of Sicily's lively capital.

    Overnight
    Grand Hotel et Des Palmes

  2. Palermo and Monreale

    Day 2 · Palermo and Monreale

    Palermo and Monreale

    Tour the Royal Opera House, see the mosaic walls of Monreale Cathedral, and end the day with an aperitivo and a private tour of a historic palace with its owner.

    Overnight
    Grand Hotel et Des Palmes

  3. Corleone and Agrigento

    Day 3 · Corleone and Agrigento

    Corleone and Agrigento

    Cross the mountains to Corleone to hear the real history of the Mafia, then continue to Agrigento on the south coast.

    Overnight
    Alba Palace

  4. Piazza Armerina, Mount Etna and Taormina

    Day 4 · Piazza Armerina, Mount Etna and Taormina

    Roman mosaics and Mount Etna

    See the mosaics of the Villa Romana del Casale, then climb high onto the slopes of Mount Etna before reaching Taormina.

    Overnight
    Grand Hotel San Pietro

  5. Taormina

    Day 5 · Taormina

    Taormina

    Cook with a chef in a villa above the sea and eat what you make, then tour the Greek theatre.

    Overnight
    Grand Hotel San Pietro

  6. Messina and Matera

    Day 6 · Messina and Matera

    Across the strait to Matera

    Take the ferry from Messina to Calabria and drive into Basilicata to Matera, the ancient cave city.

    Overnight
    Palazzo Gattini

  7. Matera

    Day 7 · Matera

    Matera

    Walk Matera's narrow lanes with a guide and visit a bakery that keeps local bread traditions alive.

    Overnight
    Palazzo Gattini

  8. Locorotondo and Alberobello

    Day 8 · Locorotondo and Alberobello

    Puglia's olive oil and trulli

    Walk Locorotondo, taste olive oil with a producer over a local lunch, then see the conical trulli houses of Alberobello.

    Overnight
    Palazzo Gattini

  9. Paestum and Naples

    Day 9 · Paestum and Naples

    Paestum and mozzarella

    View the Greek temples of Paestum, lunch at a mozzarella farm and finish in Naples with pizza at a traditional pizzeria.

    Overnight
    ROMEO Napoli

  10. Sorrento and Positano

    Day 10 · Sorrento and Positano

    Sorrento and Positano

    Visit a lemon grove in Sorrento, watch a Neapolitan cooking demonstration over lunch, then drive the Amalfi Coast to Positano.

    Overnight
    ROMEO Napoli

  11. Naples

    Day 11 · Naples

    Naples your way

    Choose Herculaneum with a guide, a food walk through Naples or a boat to Capri, then share a farewell dinner.

    Overnight
    ROMEO Napoli

  12. Day 12 · Naples

    Depart Naples

    After breakfast, a private transfer takes you to the airport.

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Tell us when you would like to travel. Your advisor confirms dates and hotels, tailors the trip to the two of you, and stays with you until you are home.

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  • Every day adjusted to your pace, with time for the two of you
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See what this trip covers

You begin in Palermo and cross Sicily by way of Corleone, Agrigento's temples, Roman mosaics and the slopes of Mount Etna to Taormina. A ferry takes you to the mainland for Matera's cave city and the trulli of Alberobello. You end around Naples with Paestum, Sorrento's lemons and the drive to Positano.

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  • Walking the cave lanes of Matera
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Every trip can be shaped around you before you book.

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Questions about this trip

How many guests are on this Southern Italy tour?
Groups are capped at 18 guests. That size works well for small places such as a Puglian olive oil producer, a Matera bakery and a mozzarella farm.
How do you travel from Sicily to the Amalfi Coast?
You cross Sicily by road, then take the ferry over the Strait of Messina to Calabria. From there you drive through Basilicata and Puglia to Naples and along the Amalfi Coast.
How much walking is there?
Expect guided walks through old towns, ruins and Matera's steep, uneven lanes, plus time on the higher slopes of Mount Etna. Days are full but broken by long lunches and tastings.
When is the best time to take this trip?
March to June and September to November are the best times for this route. Tell us your dates and your travel expert checks the weather and availability for them.
Can we make this trip our own?
Yes. Add nights before or after, upgrade a hotel, fly in from wherever you are on the dates that suit you, or tell us it is a honeymoon or anniversary and we plan the details around it.
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