Physical demands Greece vs Sicily

The tour descriptions mention physical difficulties and Sicily is rated more difficult than Greece by the included bar chart.

I've taken both. They were both physically taxing, but if you start bumping up your exercise, either will be very doable. If you live in a hilly area, add hills to your walking regiment or the Stairmaster at your gym if you belong to one. My 2019 Sicily tour steps for me ranged from 7K to 16K, with a lot of days around 11K and the Greece tour was similar (not near my Greece journal to confirm). Also plan for lots of uneven walking surfaces. I loved both tours very much.

I recall being quite exhausted during the Greece tour but not as much during the Sicily tour. But so you know, tour guides often have suggestions to lessen the energy needed. Yes, the suggestion above about adding hills to your exercise plan is a very good idea.

I also felt Greece was more the more strenuous of the two, but we did A LOT of walking during the pandemic, so that may have been partly responsible. I do know guides have some flexibility in the way they approach a site, so tours are not necessarily identical. For instance, on our Greek tour I was apprehensive about the climb to the Acropolis, but the guide stopped at various stages on the way up, so it wasn’t an issue. The climb up Momenvasia was optional, but it was closed anyway. Our guide offered lots of optional walks/hikes and we didn’t want to miss anything, so there was extra steps. On the Sicily tour, our guide started us at the top for Agrigento so the walk was downhill. We are seniors and didn’t have problems with either tour, but we sure slept well at the end of the day.

Proper shoes are a must for both of these tours.

I've done the Greece tour but not Sicily (yet). I did not find the walking on the Greece tour overly tiring. The main reason I'm posting is to note that on our Greece tour in May 2022, we rode the bus to the top of Monemvasia and walked down. It's important throughout the Greece tour and especially at Monemvasia to wear the proper shoes (not sandals).