7 days · 6 nights
Your own car, Norman mosaics, hilltop Erice and sunset over the salt pans.
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Ask about datesCollect a car at Palermo Airport and take western Sicily at your own pace. Two nights in Palermo with a day on the beach at Cefalù, two in Trapani for Segesta and Erice, then two in Marsala for its wineries, the Stagnone salt pans and a ferry day on Favignana.
The same person from your first question to the flight home, with a wedding or vow renewal planned alongside if you like.
How the days unfold. Your advisor tailors the pace, the hotels and the extras to you.
Palermo
Day 1 · Palermo
Collect your car at Palermo Airport and check in. Spend the day in the city: the Norman Palace and the Byzantine mosaics of the Palatine Chapel, the cathedral and its royal tombs, then street food such as panelle and arancini at Ballarò market. Later, the Quattro Canti, the Pretoria Fountain and Teatro Massimo.
Cefalù
Day 2 · Cefalù
Drive along the coast to Cefalù and wander its medieval lanes to the Norman cathedral and its mosaics. Lunch by the water, then an afternoon on the town's golden beach before returning to Palermo.
Trapani
Day 3 · Trapani
Drive west to Trapani and walk the old town from Piazza Vittorio Emanuele to the Cathedral of San Lorenzo and the Church of Purgatory, home of the wooden figures carried at Easter. Climb the Torre di Ligny for views of the sea, visit the salt pans outside town, and finish with dinner by the harbour at sunset.
Segesta and Erice
Day 4 · Segesta and Erice
See the Doric temple at Segesta, from the 5th century BC, then walk up to its Greek Theatre over the open countryside. In the afternoon drive or ride the cable car up to Erice for cobbled lanes, the Norman Castle on the site of a temple to Venus, and sunset over the coast.
Marsala
Day 5 · Marsala
A short drive brings you to Marsala, with its main square and baroque cathedral. Stop at one of the town's wineries for a tour and tasting, then head to the Stagnone salt pans and take the short boat across to Mozia, an ancient Phoenician island with its own museum. Return to the salt pans for sunset.
Favignana
Day 6 · Favignana
Take the early ferry to Favignana and hire a bike or scooter, since cars are best left behind. See the old Florio tuna works, have seafood for lunch, then swim at Cala Rossa, Bue Marino or the calm shallows of Cala Azzurra before the ferry back to Marsala.
Palermo
Day 7 · Palermo
A free morning before the drive back to Palermo Airport, where you return the car in the afternoon.
The hotels for each stop. Your advisor confirms them, or something just as good, for your dates.
Palermo · 2 nights
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Trapani · 2 nights
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Marsala · 2 nights
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Italy
8 days · 7 nights
Rome → Florence → Venice → Milan
Two nights each in Rome, Florence and Venice, then a last night in Milan. A private driver links Rome to Florence by way of Siena and Florence to Venice by way of Verona, a boat takes you out to Murano and Burano, and a first class train carries you on to Milan.
Italy
4 days · 3 nights
Bologna
A short stay in Bologna built around its table. You make lasagna and gelato on your first evening, walk the historic centre with a guide on the second day, and taste three local wines at one of the city's oldest inns on the third, with free time around each.
Italy
3 days · 2 nights
Bolzano
A short, relaxed stay in Bolzano, where Italian and Austrian traditions meet at the table. You taste your way through the old centre on your first evening, have a free morning on the second day, then walk the city with a sommelier to learn about South Tyrol's wines.
Collect a car at Palermo Airport and take western Sicily at your own pace. Two nights in Palermo with a day on the beach at Cefalù, two in Trapani for Segesta and Erice, then two in Marsala for its wineries, the Stagnone salt pans and a ferry day on Favignana.
Every trip can be shaped around you before you book.
Arrive early or stay on at the end, in the same hotel or somewhere new.
Your travel expert books flights that fit the first and last day.
Choose a better room or a hotel with a view for the nights that count.
A honeymoon, an anniversary or a birthday, planned into the trip.
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