Hello, All wonderful Sicily experts! After doing some research we came up with the following itinerary. All flights and hotels are booked. We can change hotels though at this point. We are in our early 60's. Traveling with our 23-year-old son. We are traveling to Europe a lot. It will be our 5th time in Italy! Last year we spent 3 weeks in Puglia, Matera, Calabria, and Rome. This time it is our dream trip to Sicily!
9/25 flight from Milan to Palermo. Picking up a car at the airport and driving to Trapani.
9/25-28 staying in Trapani. 9/26 visiting Erice, Castellammare del Golfo and Scopello.
9/27 - boat tour to Favignana and Levanzo. Spending evenings in Trapani.
9/28 a.m. heading to Valley of the Temples. Spending half a day, lunch, and going to Villa Romana del Casale. Arriving not later than 4 p.m.
How safe is it to park the car with the luggage there???
9/28 p.m. - 10/2 staying in Ortygia.
9/29 - Private tour - Siracusa/Ortigia, Noto.
9/30 - exploring Ragusa Ibla and Modica.
10/1 - Ortygia.
10/2 - 10/5 - Taormina. Stopping for a few hours in Catania.
10/3 - Tour to Mount Etna. Should take about 6 hours. We can visit Savoca & Fort d'Agro in the late afternoon.
10/4 - Taormina.
10/5 going to Cefalu via Messina. Staying in Cefalu for 2 nights.
10/5-10/7. Exploiting Cefalu & Castelbuono, and some beaches, We will need to make a few stops at the beaches. Possibly during siesta. Not for a long time.... but we will need to accommodate our son. :)
10/7 - Palermo via Monreale Cathedral. Dropping off the car at the airport.
10/7-10/9 - Palermo. 10/7 - Teatro Messimo concert.
10/8 - Private City tour.
10/9 - Flight to Milan
I understand that our plan sounds ambitious. But we are very active tourists. :) As I mentioned we booked all B&Bs. All of them are centrally located. We are well aware of ZTL zones. In some places like Ortygia and Cefalu, we already reserved parking.
All suggestions are highly appreciated. Looking forward to your replies.
Thank you so much!