LIBERTYVILLE, Ilinoi - He liʻiliʻi nā wahi hoihoi e like me Sicily, ka mokupuni no Italia, akā ua noho aliʻi ʻia i nā millennia e Phoenicians, Greeks, Arabs, Normans, a me Sepania - ua haʻalele lākou a pau i nā kuʻuna, nā meaʻai, nā kiʻi, a me ka hoʻolālā. . Ua hui pū ʻo TourCrafters i kahi hui liʻiliʻi, alakaʻi ʻia, ʻōlelo Pelekania huakaʻi o ka ʻaoʻao hikina o Sicily (Sicily Orientia, mai US $815) a me kekahi o ka ʻāpana komohana (Sicily Occidentia, mai US $815). ʻO kēia wale nō nā huakaʻi ʻōlelo Pelekania ma Sicily a hāʻawi lāua ʻelua i ka ʻike i ka moʻomeheu hoihoi o kēia mokupuni e lana ana ma ka wāwae o ka kāmaʻa o Italia.
ʻO ka huakaʻi hikina ʻāina wale nō, e hoʻomaka ana ma Taormina i kēlā me kēia Pōʻalima, ʻelua mau pō e noho ai ma ka Hotel Villa Diodoro ma Taormina; ʻelua pō ma ka Grand Hotel Piazza Borsa ma Palermo (ʻelua mau hokele kiʻekiʻe 4-hōkū); pāʻina kakahiaka i kēlā me kēia lā; ʻekolu pāʻina me ka waina, ka wai, a me ke kofe; mākaʻikaʻi me nā alakaʻi kūloko; he alakaʻi mākaʻikaʻi ʻoihana; a me ka lawe ʻana ma ka kaʻa kaʻa a i ʻole ka minivan.
Hoʻopili ka huakaʻi i nā mea koʻikoʻi o Sicily hikina: ke kūlanakauhale hoʻokipa nani o Taormina a me Mount Etna, ka lua pele nui loa ma ʻEulopa; ke kūlanakauhale kahiko o Siracusa a me kona Pāka Archaeological; a me ke awāwa kaulana o nā luakini ma Agrigento, me kāna mau luakini Helene 5th century BC. (Aia kekahi koho "Godfather" huakaʻi i nā kauhale i ʻike ʻia ma nā kiʻi ʻoniʻoni ʻo Coppola's Godfather.) Hoʻopau ka huakaʻi ma ke kūlanakauhale exotic o Palermo.
ʻO ka huakaʻi komohana, ʻo ka ʻāina wale nō hoʻi, hoʻomaka ma Palermo i kēlā me kēia Pōʻakahi a loaʻa i nā pō ʻehā ma ka 4-star superior Grand Hotel Piazza Borsa; pāʻina kakahiaka i kēlā me kēia lā; ʻekolu pāʻina me ka waina, ka wai, a me ke kofe; ʻelua ʻaina awakea; he haawina kuke; he hoao waina; he aʻo Mafia kūikawā ma kahi o Corleone; mākaʻikaʻi; luna mākaʻikaʻi ʻoihana; a me ka lawe ʻana i ka ea.
Mai Palermo aia nā huakaʻi i Segesta e ʻike i ka luakini Doric nani; i ke awa o Marsala, i kaulana no kona mau waina ono, no ka hoao waina; i Monreale e kipa aku i ka hale pule Noremana i uhi ʻia i ka mosaic 12, a i ka ʻāina ʻo Corleone no kahi haʻawina kuke a me ke aʻo ʻana ma ka Mafia. Aia kekahi mākaʻikaʻi mākaʻikaʻi holoʻokoʻa o Palermo ponoʻī, he kūlanakauhale piha i ke ʻano a me ka hoʻolālā hoihoi.
ʻO ke kumukūʻai o kēlā me kēia kanaka no kēlā me kēia huakaʻi he US $815 noho pālua; US$1,069 hoʻokahi; a i ʻole US$779 pākolu. ʻO nā huakaʻi ʻelua he 5 mau lā/4 pō, ʻāina wale nō a paʻa nā kumukūʻai a hiki i ka waena o Nowemapa. ʻAʻole i komo nā kumukūʻai i ka mokulele mokulele a i ʻole ka hōʻea ʻana a me ka haʻalele ʻana, ka ʻauhau kūlanakauhale (e uku pololei ʻia ma euros i nā hōkele) a me nā ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo. (E hoʻomanaʻo e hiki i nā luna hoʻopaʻa ʻo TourCrafters ke hoʻonohonoho i ka holo ʻana i ka ea.)
No ka ʻike hou aku, e kipa www.tourcrafters.it a kaomi iā "Italia." No nā kau ʻana, e kelepona iā 800-482-5995.
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- To Monreale to visit the 12th century mosaic-covered Norman cathedral, and to the Corleone area for a cooking lesson and lecture on the Mafia.
- These are the only strictly-English-speaking tours in Sicily and both provide insight into the fascinating culture of this island that floats at the toe of Italy's boot.
- TourCrafters has put together a small-group, escorted, English-speaking tour of the eastern part of Sicily (Sicily Orientia, from US$815) and another of the western portion (Sicily Occidentia, from US$815).
