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    A trip around villages between Madonie and Nebrodi Mountains

    A trip around villages between Madonie and Nebrodi Mountains
    Starts from

    Palermo

    Transportation

    By Car

    Guidance

    Self-Guided

    Activities

    36

    Duration

    4 days

    Length

    204 mi

    Guide details

    Starts from

    Palermo

    Transportation

    By Car

    Guidance

    Self-Guided

    Duration

    4 days

    Length

    204 mi

    • History and Culture
    • Unusual Locations
    • Gastronomy
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    ITS Fondazione Archimede Turism&Culture

    ITS Fondazione Archimede Turism&Culture

    Travel Expert

    • A trip around the best Sicilian villages (Borghi dei Borghi).
    • Uncommon itineraries.
    • Landscapes and adventure.
    • Traditional food and panettone tasting.
    Welcome in Sicily, I'm Emanuele Zaccaria and I will take you around the Madonie mountains, to discover some of the most beautiful villages in Sicily! We will discover together Isnello and Castelbuono, the city of panettone and more! We will go to Petralia Sottana and Soprana, then to Gangi and up to Mistretta, in the area of the Nebrodi Mountains! We will also make a trip to Nicosia and the beautiful village and castle of Sperlinga, which are in the province of Enna, and, even if they are not in the Madonie or Nebrodi, it is nevertheless worth extending the trip to see them! I will also take you by rubber boat to the Gorges of Tiberius, a naturalistic incredible place! We will finish the trip, returning to Palermo, with a jump in the famous Villa Palagonia in Bagheria! Are you ready to start our journey ???
    Credits: This tour was made by Emanuele Zaccaria, as a multimedia tourist and storytelling project for the "Laboratory of formal technical writing (storytelling and gamification)", under the coordination of Prof. Elisa Bonacini, within the ITS 2-years COURSE "Higher Technician for the management of tourist accommodation facilities and cultural activities", 2019-2021, founded by the ITS Archimede Foundation at the CUMO Eastern Mediterranean University Consortium, in Noto (Syracuse).

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    • History and Culture
    • Unusual Locations
    • Gastronomy
    Welcome in Sicily, I'm Emanuele Zaccaria and I will take you around the Madonie mountains, to discover some of the most beautiful villages in Sicily! We will discover together Isnello and Castelbuono, the city of panettone and more! We will go to Petralia Sottana and Soprana, then to Gangi and up to Mistretta, in the area of the Nebrodi Mountains! We will also make a trip to Nicosia and the beautiful village and castle of Sperlinga, which are in the province of Enna, and, even if they are not in the Madonie or Nebrodi, it is nevertheless worth extending the trip to see them! I will also take you by rubber boat to the Gorges of Tiberius, a naturalistic incredible place! We will finish the trip, returning to Palermo, with a jump in the famous Villa Palagonia in Bagheria! Are you ready to start our journey ???
    Credits: This tour was made by Emanuele Zaccaria, as a multimedia tourist and storytelling project for the "Laboratory of formal technical writing (storytelling and gamification)", under the coordination of Prof. Elisa Bonacini, within the ITS 2-years COURSE "Higher Technician for the management of tourist accommodation facilities and cultural activities", 2019-2021, founded by the ITS Archimede Foundation at the CUMO Eastern Mediterranean University Consortium, in Noto (Syracuse).
    ITS Fondazione Archimede Turism&Culture

    ITS Fondazione Archimede Turism&Culture

    Travel Expert

    • A trip around the best Sicilian villages (Borghi dei Borghi).
    • Uncommon itineraries.
    • Landscapes and adventure.
    • Traditional food and panettone tasting.

    Travel itinerary

    First day: Isnello and Castelbuono
    10 Activities

    Day 1

    19 mi

    First day: Isnello and Castelbuono

    Welcome in Sicily! After taking your car, you will drive directly to the Madonie Mountains, a great area protected in its biodiversity through the Madonie Regional Natural Park, since 1989! On this first day you will discover the beautiful cities of Isnello and Castelbuono!
    Discovering "Le Petralia", Petralia Sottana and Soprana, Castel di Lucio, Gangi and Mistretta.
    15 Activities

    Day 2

    72 mi0.8 mi

    Discovering "Le Petralia", Petralia Sottana and Soprana, Castel di Lucio, Gangi and Mistretta.

    In the second you will discover some of the most beautiful villages in this area and in the whole Sicily!
    One day between Nicosia and Sperlinga
    7 Activities

    Day 3

    37 mi0.3 mi

    One day between Nicosia and Sperlinga

    On the third day you will visit the beautiful city of Nicosia in the morning and, after having lunch, the incredible well preserved rock-carved Castel in Sperlinga. Then you will return for sleep in Gangi, because is more simple to reach tomorrow the next experience I chose for you!
    Today an incredible excursion to the Gorge of Tiberius, and on the way of return, a stop in Bagheria
    4 Activities

    Day 4

    74 mi

    Today an incredible excursion to the Gorge of Tiberius, and on the way of return, a stop in Bagheria

    In this day visit Bagherîa
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