REGULAR TOURS IN PALERMO ** MULTI LANGUAGE TOURS ** Rates per person valid from 01 November 2017 to 31 March 2018 INDEX EXCURSIONS - Half day tour Palermo and Monreale - Full day tour Agrigento - Full day Cefalù - Full day tour Segesta, Erice & Trapani - Full day tour Etna & Taormina
HALF DAY TOUR PALERMO & MONREALE (4 h) **FREE SALE** This tour starts at 9:00 a.m after a pick up from your hotel and departure to Palermo, a city over 2,700 years old, known for its historical, culture & architecture & located in the northwest of Sicily island. Your tour will start by a visit to "Palatine Chapel" the royal chapel of the Norman kings of Sicily situated on the ground floor at the center of the oldest royal residence building in Europe the "Royal Palace" which was the seat of the kings of Sicily during the Norman domination. Continue to visit the "Palermo Cathedral" and then you will have the chance to enjoy a panoramic tour of Palermo city to discover it's local & features. Continue to "Monreale" the very fertile valley which is called "La Conca d'oro" (the Golden Shell) & is famous for its Orange, Olive & almond trees & then visit the "Cathedral" one of the greatest extant examples of Norman architecture & a national monument considered as one of the most important attractions of Sicily in addition to watching the "Benedectine Cloister" that was completed c. 1200. Finally you will get back to your hotel. Every Monday at 09.00 a.m. Free pick-up service from the hotel if centrally located. Otherwise the meeting point will be communicated at the moment of reservation. ** Clients have to reach the meeting point 15 minutes before tour departure ** Euro: 47,00 per adult Euro: 25,00 children 3-12 years Entrance Fees and Lunch not included Block Out Dates
FULL DAY TOUR AGRIGENTO (9 h) Your guided-tour starts at 8:00 a.m with a pick up from your hotel in Palermo & and departure to"agrigento". It's known all over the world for the "Valley of the Temples", a vast archaeological site and one of the most outstanding examples of greater Greece art and architecture, with well-preserved Greek temples and the ruins of the ancient city of Akragas. After visiting this area, you will have a leisure time for lunch by your own. And finally return back to your hotel in Palermo. Every Thursday at 08.00 a.m. Free pick-up service from the hotel if centrally located. Otherwise the meeting point will be communicated at the moment of reservation. ** Clients have to reach the meeting point 15 minutes before tour departure ** Euro: 73,00 per adult Euro: 39,00 children 3-12 years Entrance Fees and Lunch not included Block Out Dates
Pick up at your hotel and depart to Cefalù: visit the town located at the Northern coast of the island. Visit the Cathedral and the downtown of the village. Time at leisure. Back to Palermo. Every Saturday at 09.00 a.m. Free pick-up service from the hotel if centrally located. Otherwise the meeting point will be communicated at the moment of reservation. **Clients need to reach the meeting point 15 minutes prior to departure** Euro: 65,00 per adult Euro: 35,00 children 3-12 years Entrance Fees and Lunch not included. Half Day Tour CEFALU (3 h 30 m) REGULAR GROUP TOUR Min 4 Pax Block Out dates No block out dates season. **
FULL DAY TOUR SEGESTA, ERICE & TRAPANI (8 h 30 m) Start your guided-tour at 8:30 a.m from your hotel in Palermo and departure to "Segesta", which was one of the major cities of the Elymian people, one of the three indigenous peoples of Sicily. Here you will visit an unusually well preserved Greek "Doric temple". It is thought to have been built in the 420's BC by an Athenian architect. Continue to the historic town of "Erice" and visit the medieval village. Then proceed to "Trapani", a city in western Sicily with a crescent-shaped coastline. After a visit to the salt windmills in Trapani, you will return back to your hotel at Palermo. Every Sunday at 08.30 a.m. Free pick-up service from hotel if centrally located. Otherwise we will inform regarding the meeting point. ** Clients have to reach the meeting point 15 minutes before tour departure ** Euro: 72,00 per adult Euro: 39,00 children 3-12 years Entrance Fees and Lunch not included. Visit of the Doric Tempe in Segesta, visit of Erice and of the salt windmills in Trapani Block Out Dates
FULL DAY TOUR ETNA & TAORMINA (10 h) Start your special tour at 7:00 a.m with a pick up from your hotel in Palermo and depart to Mount Etna. We will reach 1800 meters and visit the Sylvester craters. After that you will have leisure time for lunch by your own. In the afternoon we ll depart to Taormina. The town is known for the Teatro Antico di Taormina, an ancient Greco- Roman theater still used today. Visit of the theatre and finally you will return back to your hotel in Palermo. Every Tuesday at 06.30 a.m. Free pick-up service from hotel if centrally located. Otherwise we will inform regarding the meeting point. ** Clients have to reach the meeting point 15 minutes before tour departure ** Euro: 120,00 per adult Euro: 60,00 children 3-12 years Entrance Fees and Lunch not included. Visito to Mount Etna and its craters Visit of Taormina and its ancient theatre Exclusions
- GENERAL TERMS & CONDITIONS AGREEMENT - BOOKING - CONFIRMATION All tours have to be booked with Gartour by e-mail (gartour@gartour.net or through our web site www.gartour.it). Some tours/excursions are on Free Sale basis (with automatic confirmation), while other tours/excursion are On Request and can be considered valid only after our booking confirmation. Upon confirmation we will advise whether free pick-up service from hotel is possible (if so, we will advise pick-up time) or if clients will have to make their own way to meeting point to join the tour. All the rates indicated are in and intended per person. PICK-UP IN HOTEL / PRESENTATION AT MEETING POINT For those tours including pick-up from hotel, clients have to be in the lobby of hotel waiting for tour representative on time. Then clients will be accompanied to the meeting point and shown the particular bus or guide for their specific tour in their language (please note that all tours may be performed in more than one language). IMPORTANT: At certain times there may be unforseen delays in the arranged pick-up times but we kindly request clients to wait in the hotel lobby. For those tours not including pick-up from hotel, we ask to all clients to be at the designated meeting points at the advised time in order participate (usually meeting time is 15-20 minutes prior departure). No reimbursement wil be granted to clients who is not at the indicated place of pick-up/departure at the time established. Similarly, no reimbursement will be granted to clients who depart the tour prematurely, lose contact with the guide or who do not complete the tour/excursion. CHANGES & CANCELLATIONS It may happen that, due to operational difficulties or reasons beyond our control (travel conditions, strikes, changes in opening hours, closure of museums, delays or other unforseen circumstances) tour providers may be forced to change or cancel a tour. Tour companies reserve the right to cancel a tour without prior notice due to reasons beyond their control with the only obligation of reimbursing the cost of the tour. In this case, clients may claim reimbursement only of the amount paid. In the event of unforessen schedule or itinerary changes beyond control, tour companies reserve the right to provide no reimbursement. LIABILITY Gartour and partnering tour companies are not responsible for any loss of personal valuables, luggage or objects during excursions, or for any loss of personal items which are left on tour coaches, or for any damage casued by third parties to personal items during the tour. We are not also responsible for partial or total closures of museums, monuments and churches, delays or irregularities caused by third parties. Then an alternative itinerary and visits to other museums wil be proposed, without any variation to the established tariff, and clients will be informed prior to departure. In the event of unforeseen schedule or itinerary changes beyond control, tour companies reserve the right to not grant any reimbursements. SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS AND NOTES Please note that Italian laws do not permit selling alcoholic beverage to teens under 18 years of age; therefore clients under-age will be served non-alcoholic beverages. We regret that not all the tours are accessible to guests with wheelchairs or physical impairments requiring special assistance. Please let us know in advance of any special needs or clients' impaired mobility in order to determine whether participation in a particular tour is possible. COMPLAINTS Any client complaint must be communicated to Gartour in writing within and no later than 10 working days after the date of the tour. Thereafter Gartour is not obliged to review complaints and no reimbursements will be approved.