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Join Amici dell’ Enotria of Ottawa on our Italian Harvest Tour To Sicily and The Veneto September 13 – 28, 2008 |
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 The Wineries Your Executive Worldwide Travel itinerary |
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September 13 – Depart Ottawa for Rome via Montreal on Air Canada. Dinner
and breakfast served onboard. September 14 – Arrive at Rome Airport and transfer to Palermo via Air One. Afternoon at leisure. Welcome Dinner and overnight Hotel Vecchio Borgo in Palmermo. D September 15 – Breakfast at hotel followed by a morning tour of the Sicilian capital of Palmero, a city of almost three millennia of history, beautiful palaces and churches, colourful markets, marvelous food and a distinctive cultural identity and Monreale, world-renowned for its cathedral, a dazzling mixture of Arab, Byzantine and Norman artistic styles framed by traditional Romanesque architecture. Lunch and tasting at Duca di Salaparuta. Dinner on your own and evening at leisure. Overnight Hotel Vecchio Borgo Palermo. BL |
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September 16 – After breakfast departure toward Agrigento with stops in Segesta to visit its magnificent Doric Temple and ancient Greek theatre, Erice, a picturesque Medieval hill town built by ancient Greeks and Selinunte, all among the most important archaeological sites in Italy. Lunch and tasting at Azienda Agrieola Planeta (Menfi). Dinner at the hotel. Overnight Hotel Villa Athena Agrigento. BLD |
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September 17 –After breakfast, depart for Acireale. Private guided tour of the Valley of Temples, with its beautiful ancient Greek temples. After lunch and tasting at Feudo Principi di Butera, visit Piazza Armerina and Villa del Casale, site of the richest, largest and most complex collection of late Roman mosaics in the world and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Dinner on your own. Overnight Hotel Aloha in Acireale. BL | ||
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September 18 – Full day in Acireale with a visit to the wonderful
hilltop Greco-Roman theatre in Taormina, still used today. Free time for lunch before
continuing to Mont Etna, the biggest active volcano in Europe. Dinner and tasting at the Emanuele Scammacca del Murgo (Santa Venerina) winery. Overnight Hotel Aloha in Acireale. BD |
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September 19 – After breakfast, a full day excursion to Siracusa.
Visit the Greek theatre, larger than the theatres at both Delphi and Athens and
still in use today. See the Ear of Dionysius, the S-shaped entrance to a cave with
amazing acoustic properties and visit the Baroque treasures of the island of Ortigia,
historical heart of Siracusa. Overnight Hotel Aloha in Acireale. B |
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September 20 – After breakfast, transfer to Catania for a flight to
Venice, arriving about 11 a.m. Lunch on your own followed by a guided walking tour
of Venice with visits to Piazza San Marco, St. Mark Basilica, the Doge’s Palace and
the Bridge of Sighs. Dinner on your own and evening at leisure. Overnight Ai Pini Park Hotel in Mestre. B |
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September 21 – Entire day and evening to enjoy the fabled “City of Light”
on your own. Overnight in Mestre. B 
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| September 22 – After breakfast at the hotel, check out and transfer to the Veneto with a stop at the Villa di Maser for tasting and lunch. On to Bassano del Grappa for a taste of Nardini Grappa. Overnight Hotel Mastino in Verona. BL |
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September 23 – After breakfast, a morning guided tour of Verona’s
famous squares and, of course, Juliet’s House. Afternoon and evening at leisure with
lunch and dinner on your own. Overnight Hotel Mastino in Verona. B 
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September 24 – Breakfast at the hotel, then depart for lunch and a
tasting at Val d’Oca in Valdobbiadene. Prosecco, dry, lemony and bubbling, and Italy’s answer to refreshing, well-made, sparkling wine will be the featured wine. Overnight Hotel Mastino in Verona. BL |
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September 25 – After breakfast at the hotel, depart for a full day
guided tour of Vicenza, including lunch, which will conclude with a visit to the Piazza
dei Signori, the main square of Vicenza with the Captain Loggia and the Palladian Basilica. Overnight Hotel Mastino in Verona. BL |
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September 26 – Breakfast at the hotel and morning at leisure.
This afternoon, a visit to Tedeschi for Amarone tasting. Amarone della Valpolicella
is the only mainstream style where the wines are fermented to dryness, yielding deeply
coloured and concentrated wines, rich in character. Farewell Dinner. Overnight Hotel Mastino in Verona. BD |
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September 27 – Breakfast at the hotel and check out. Tasting and lunch
at Zonin (Gambellara) then transfer to Milan. Dinner on your own. Overnight Grand Hotel
Malpensa in Milan. BL September 28 – Breakfast at the hotel and check out. Transfer to the Milan airport for our Lufthansa flight to Frankfurt and Air Canada flight back to Toronto and Ottawa. B, Inflight meals |
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