The 8-Day one week Sicily tour is the perfect short trip to Sicily. This Sicily tour only operates in the off season between October and March. This is the most affordable time to tour Sicily.
The one week Sicily tour visits Sicily’s sightseeing highlights. Enjoy overnights in Palermo, Agrigento, Syracuse, and Taormina.
Additionally, this one week Sicily tour includes excursions to Mt. Etna and Catania.
This all-inclusive one week Sicily tour package may be booked with airfare from your city and includes 6-nights in comfortable accommodations.
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Highlights
One Week Sicily Tour Map
One Week Sicily Tour Sightseeing Highlights
Palermo
- Visit the Palermo cathedral
- Excursion to Monreale to visit the UNESCO Arab Norman Cathedral of Monreale
Agrigento
- Visit UNESCO archaeological area
- Guided walking tour of the Valley of Temples
Piazza Armerina
- Visit of the UNESCO Villa Romana del Casale
- Learn about the Sicilican Baroque architecture
Syracuse
- Visit ancient Greek city Siracusa
- Guided visit of the archaeological site
- Visit the UNESCO Rocky Necropolis of Pantica
Taormina
- Mount Etna excursion
- Orientation of the hill-top town
- Farewell dinner at a local restaurant
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One Week Sicily Tour Package Includes:
- 6 nights in Sicily first class accommodations
- 2 nights Palermo
- 1 Night Agrigento
- 1 night Syracuse
- 2 nights Taormina Riviera
- 9 meals: 6 buffet breakfasts, 3 dinners with wine
- Sicily Sightseeing per itinerary in modern air-conditioned motor coach
- Services of English-speaking Italy tour manager throughout
- Museum and sight entrance fees including skip the line tickets
- Airport transfers when the one week Sicily tour is booked with air
Accommodations
Palermo 2 Nights – Central Palace Hotel Federicao II
Agrigento 1 Night – Grand Hotel Mose
Syracuse 1 Night – Mercure Siracusa Prometeo
Taormina Riviera 2 Nights – Hellenia Yachting Hotel Giardini Naxos
Optional Tours
Optional tours are not included. They may be booked through tour director in Italy.
Palermo
HIDDEN GEMS OF PALERMO
Sightseeing along the sea, walk through the picturesque narrow streets. Finish your tour enjoying a sweet pastry in an historical Palazzo.
Taormina
SICILIAN DINNER
Enjoy a typical Sicilian gastronomic dinner in beautiful surroundings with spectacular views.
Video
In this video Italian Tourism reviews the Sicily tour.
One Week Sicily Tour Package Daily Itinerary
The one week Sicily tour tour itinerary includes overnights in Sicily’s most popular destinations. Moreover, enjoy excursions to Palermo, Taormina, and Agrigento on this one week trip through Sicily.
DAY 1 – Depart the USA
Depart the United States for trip to Sicily, Italy. Typically your flight will be overnight. Enjoy dinner and breakfast on board the airplane. Most flights include in flight entertainment too.
DAY 2 – Arrive in Palermo
Upon arrival in Palermo your Sicily vacation with airfare includes the airport transfer to your hotel. Freshen up and then get out and enjoy the balance of your first day in Palermo independently. This evening you’ll meet your Sicily tour manager and accompanying vacation guests at a welcome cocktail and dinner at the hotel with one week Sicily tour orientation.
Overnight: Palermo
Meals: Dinner
DAY 3 – Monreale Cathedral & Palermo Old City Tour
Today in Palermo you’ll visit the sightseeing highlights including Piazza Bellini, Capo Market, Church of the Immocolata, and the Palermo Cathedral. Then, take short excursion to Monreale. There you’ll visit the Norman Cathedral. The Byzantine and Sicilian mosaics draw travelers from all over the world.
Afterward, you have time at leisure back in Palermo or join an optional tour.
Optional: Sicilian Walk
Overnight: Palermo
Meals: Breakfast
DAY 4 – Agrigento
From Palermo you’ll travel to Agrigento, where a local specialist guide will take you for a spectacular walk through the magnificent Valley of the Temples. During the Magna Grecia era Sicily was the center of ancient Greek civilization. Likewise, the Valley of the Temples in Agrigento is the site of eight ancient Greek Temples. You’ll tour this archaeological site that dates back to 400 B.C. These ancient Greek Temples are among the best surviving in the world. Above all, these Temples have survived 24 centuries of Sicily’s tormented history.
Overnight: Agrigento
Meals: Breakfast, Dinner
DAY 5 – Piazza Armerina Highlights
The Famous ‘Bikini Girls’ Mosaic at Villa Romana del Casale
Today, travel to Piazza Armerina to visit the magnificent Villa Romana del Casale, a UNESCO World Heritage Site just outside the town. This 4th-century AD luxury Roman villa boasts the largest and richest collection of ancient Roman mosaics in the world—over 3,500 square meters of extraordinarily well-preserved floors, crafted with millions of colorful tesserae likely by North African artisans.
You’ll have ample time on your guided tour to explore these masterpieces, protected under modern elevated walkways for stunning close-up views.
Piazza Armerina Highlights: The Famous ‘Bikini Girls’ Mosaic at Villa Romana del Casale
Among the villa’s treasures is the iconic “Bikini Girls” mosaic (Room of the Ten Maidens, early 4th century AD). On our most recent guided tours in 2025, guests are always struck by its massive scale and vivid detail.
This celebrated scene depicts ten athletic young women (nine in ancient two-piece sportswear—a strophium breastband and subligaculum loincloth, definitely workout gear, not swimwear!):
- Long-jumping with halteres (hand weights)
- Throwing the discus
- Running and playing ball games
- One victor crowned with a laurel wreath and palm frond by a toga-clad official
It likely commemorates a private pentathlon-style competition or festival, hosted by the villa’s elite owner (possibly linked to Emperor Maximian). Nearly 1,700 years ago, these fit Roman women embodied strength, beauty, and athletic pursuit—echoing modern fitness culture in a timeless way. It’s no surprise this is a perennial tour favorite!
Don’t miss other iconic mosaics, like the epic Great Hunt corridor depicting exotic animals captured for Roman games.
After exploring the villa, the tour continues to Syracuse (Siracusa in Italian), ancient Greece’s most beautiful city according to Cicero. Arrive for a relaxing evening and overnight stay—perfect for strolling Ortigia Island’s charming streets.
Overnight: Syracuse
Meals: Breakfast
DAY 6 – Syracuse and Catania
Today you’ll tour Syracuse’s archaeological site for a guided visit of the 5th-century-BC Greek Theater, the Garden of Paradise, the Ear of Dionysus, the Altar of Hieron II, the Roman Amphitheater, and the Cordmaker’s Cave. After the tour of Syracuse the tour continues to Catania, where you may enjoy some free time in its historic center. You will also be treated to a tasting of Arancino tasting, which is an authentic Sicilian fried stuffed rice ball, one of Sicily’s most famous street foods. Then its on to the Taormina Riviera where you’ll spend the next two nights..
Optional: Sicilian Dinner
Overnight: Taormina
Meals: Breakfast
DAY 7 – Mt. Etna & Taormina
In the morning enjoy an included excursion to Mount Etna, the largest active volcano in Europe. After Mt. Etna you’ll visit the hilltop of Taormina. In the evening, enjoy a farewell dinner at a local Sicilian restaurant where you’ll enjoy an authentic Sicilian dinner.
Overnight: Taormina
Meals: Breakfast, Dinner
Day 8 – Departure from Sicily
Today the tour ends with breakfast. Transfer to the Catania airport after a fantastic one week Sicily tour taking home memories that’ll last a lifetime.
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