- Details
- Orazio Coppola
- Excursion in Sicily
- Hits: 688
It is the main urban center of the island of Sicily. Palermo boasts a very old story and has played an important role in the events of the Mediterranean and Europe.
Founded by the Phoenicians between the 7th and 6th centuries BC, it was conquering from the Romans, from the Vandals to pass under Byzantium and conquered by the Saracens and later by the Normans. Palermo was the city for the numerous kings of Sicily;
From 1816 to 1817 he was the capital of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies and subsequently became the second city for the importance of the same duo-Sicilian kingdom, until 1861.
The long history of the city and the succession of numerous civilizations and peoples gave it a remarkable artistic and architectural heritage.
The Arabic-Norman Palermo site and the cathedrals of Cefalù and Monreale was declared World Heritage by Unesco. Many buildings among churches and palaces in the city have for years been recognized as national monuments in Italy.
Palermo is a beautiful city, not to be missed on your tours in Sicily.
- Pick-up in hotel o Airport
- Visit in Palermo, Cathedral, Politeama, Palace of Normanni, Palace Federico,.... (To be agreed)
- Visit Monreale (Cathedral, the Cloister)
- Return in hotel
- Details
- Orazio Coppola
- Excursion in Sicily
- Hits: 673
The city of temples, Agrigento (IPA: [ˌagɾiʤɛnːto]) is a wonderful historical place . In a few moments you are projected in a time far, made with history and legends.
Founded around 580 BC, Agrigento boasts a territory where the various peoples who left traces in the island settled.
Agrigento achieved the greatest splendor in the 5th century BC, before the decline of the war with Carthage. During the Punic wars It was conquered by the Romans, who Latinized the name in Agrigento. Subsequently he fell under the Arabic rule, under the name of Kerkent, and subsequently conquered by the Normans.
It is known as the City of Temples for its expanse of Doric temples of the ancient Greek city located in the so-called Valley of the Temples, which was incorporated in 1997, among the UNESCO World Heritage Sites.
- Pick-up in hotel or Airport
- Visit to the archaeological park of Agrigento
- Visit of Porto Empedocle
- Visit "Scala dei Turchi" (La Scala is made of marble, a sedimentary rock of limestone and clay, with a characteristic pure white color)
- Return in hotel
- Details
- Orazio Coppola
- Excursion in Sicily
- Hits: 825
The site of Forza d'Agrò stood on the borderline between the jurisdiction of the Greek polis of Messana and that of Naxos. In the Saracen and Norman times, the village was located in Casale, in the western part of Mount Calvary.
We are waiting for you for excursions that combine the history, beauty and history of cinema
- Details
- Orazio Coppola
- Excursion in Sicily
- Hits: 725
Punta Secca, recently known for the novels of the writer Camilleri (the policeman Montalbano), is a seaside resort in the municipality of Santa Croce Camerina.
The beaches are characterized by rock formations alternating with the sand. The village, along with the nearby Punta Braccetto, existed already in the remote era and was occupied by Byzantines, Arabs and Normans. At the time of the Arabs he was called Ayn al-Qasab, but over the centuries he has acquired several other names including Karam of Ra, Karama of Ra, Cape Scaramia and recently Capo Scalambri Visible today in some geographic maps and "nautical" ), From which is called the Scalambri tower, a defensive coastal tower built in the 16th century.
The village owes its recent popularity to the fact that here was set up one of the film sets of the television series The policeman Montalbano and The Young Montalbano. The house of Salvo Montalbano is, in fact, located in a small house in the village square.
- Pick-up in hotel
- Visit the old town of Scicli
- Visit Puntasecca (The beach and the house of Montalbano)
- Visit Marina di Ragusa - Ragusa IBLA
- Return in hotel
- Details
- Orazio Coppola
- Excursion in Sicily
- Hits: 746
The island coincides with the ancient history of Syracuse. The poet Nicandro di Colombo was the first to state that ancient times the island of Ortigia was called by the name of Homotermon, an Italian term in Omotermon and literally translated by Omo termon as "Egual Bath" or "Egual Baths" by Tommaso Fazello And of Vincenzo Mirabella.
If you want to know history of Syracuse, you need to visit Ortigia
- Pick-up in hotel
- Visit the archaeological park of Neapolis
- Visit Ortigia
- Visit Noto (A wonderful baroque city)
- Return in hotel
Contattaci 
