Upon arrival at the Catania airport, we’ll transfer to Caltanissetta with a private vehicle.

Meals: Dinner
Accommodation: 3-star hotels, converted farms, agrotourism B&Bs or charming family-run hotels

We will walk out of Caltanissetta city center down to the Salso river, which we will either cross via a 17th-century bridge or ford it, depending on the weather. We will then climb up to Pietraperzia, which used to be one of the most powerful and culturally dynamic cities of Sicily’s inland, with amazing views of Enna and the surrounding mountains.

Meals: Breakfast, lunch, dinner
Hiking: 14 km / 8.7 miles
Elevation: +400 m / +1,312 ft, -500 m / -1,640 ft
Duration: 6 hours spent outdoors
Accommodation: 3-star hotels, converted farms, agrotourism B&Bs or charming family-run hotels

On day 3, we’ll transfer to Piazza Armerina and have a guided tour of the city center and the Roman Villa del Casale with its astounding mosaics.

Meals: Breakfast, lunch, dinner
Hiking: 5 km / 3.1 miles
Elevation: +100 m / +328 ft, -100 m / -328 ft
Duration: 3 hours spent outdoors
Accommodation: 3-star hotels, converted farms, agrotourism B&Bs or charming family-run hotels

On day 4, we’ll walk on mixed terrains out of Piazza Armerina, across its rich and beautiful countryside with amazing views of Mount Etna (if we are lucky). Then, we’ll cross the valley of the river del Tempio, with its memories of Templar knights. After that, we’ll finish our walk by climbing up to San Michele di Ganzaria.

Meals: Breakfast, lunch, dinner
Hiking: 15.5 km / 9.6 miles
Elevation: +350 m / +1,148 ft, -500 m / -1,640 ft
Duration: 7 hours spent outdoors
Accommodation: 3-star hotels, converted farms, agrotourism B&Bs or charming family-run hotels

We will walk across a beautiful and open countryside where the ruins of many abandoned masserie and rural houses show the memories of a time when the inland was very different. Then, we will climb to Caltagirone, the city of pottery, and we will walk across the city center. Later on, we’ll drive to the city of Occhiolà, which was destroyed by an earthquake in 1693, and we will spend the night at Grammichele, the perfectly octagonal city built after the earthquake. We start crossing the Val di Noto region.

Meals: Breakfast, lunch, dinner
Hiking: 11 km / 6.8 miles
Elevation: +300 m / +984 ft, -300 m / -984 ft
Duration: 5 hours spent outdoors
Accommodation: 3-star hotels, converted farms, agrotourism B&Bs or charming family-run hotels

On day 6, we’ll walk on mixed terrains, leaving Grammichele and crossing beautiful and open fields, rich in volcanic sand, with beautiful views of the majestic Etna mountain. We will learn more about the system of the “regie trazzere”, the medieval road network connecting Sicily’s cities. Later on, we will climb up to Licodia Eubea, entering the Ibleian Mountains area.

Meals: Breakfast, lunch, dinner
Hiking: 14 km / 8.7 miles
Elevation: +400 m / +1,312 ft, -300 m / -984 ft
Duration: 6 hours spent outdoors
Accommodation: 3-star hotels, converted farms, agrotourism B&Bs or charming family-run hotels

Today we’ll walk along a scenic ridge track. We will then cross some fields and reach a ford to cross the Vizzini river. After that, we’ll reach Monterosso Almo, a picturesque 18th century village nested on the top of a flat hill, after crossing the wooded protected area of the Canalazzo Wood.

Meals: Breakfast, lunch, dinner
Hiking: 18 km / 11.1 miles
Elevation: +800 m / +2,625 ft ,-800 m / -2,625 ft
Duration: 8 hours spent outdoors
Accommodation: 3-star hotels, converted farms, agrotourism B&Bs or charming family-run hotels

We will walk from Monterosso Almo to Giarratana on mixed terrains across the countryside. Then, after we walk across cultivated fields and follow the tracks of an abandoned railway, we’ll climb up to the Greek site of Palazzolo Acreide, with the smallest theater in the world and the UNESCO baroque heritage of the city center.

Meals: Breakfast, lunch, dinner
Hiking: 19.5 km / 12.1 miles
Elevation: +700 m / +2,297 ft, -650 m / -2,132 ft
Duration: 10 hours spent outdoors
Accommodation: Luxury resort / hotel within a vineyard property

We will walk from the baroque city of Palazzolo Acreide across a beautiful countryside, where the main features are the “muretti a secco” (dry stone walls). The landscape changes dramatically once again, and it leads us smoothly downhill to the ford of the river Manghisi, before starting a smooth climb up to the site of Noto Antica, the splendid Medieval city destroyed by the earthquake in 1693. We will then drive to Noto city center, with its baroque UNESCO heritage monuments.

Meals: Breakfast, lunch, dinner
Hiking: 23.3 km / 14.4 miles
Elevation: +300 m / +984 ft, -500 m / -1,640 ft
Duration: 10.5 hours spent outdoors
Accommodation: 3-star hotels, converted farms, agrotourism B&Bs or charming family-run hotels

After breakfast, we have a day off to enjoy the city and do whatever we want to do. Eat, drink, walk, sightsee, mingle with the locals, drink too many cups of coffee—the choice is ours alone.

Meals: Breakfast
Accommodation: 3-star hotels, converted farms, agrotourism B&Bs or charming family-run hotels

Our trip comes to an end! On our last day, we transfer to the airport in Catania. If you’d wish to extend your stay, please contact us so we can make further arrangements.

Meals: Breakfast