Classical Sicily

Just a really good week away from the UK with ideal weather and a very interesting itinerary.

We chose explore for the itinerary having considered many other companies and we were not disappointed. Placido, our tour leader was great fun and looked after us very well. The use of local guides in most places provided in depth knowledge.

The itinerary was excellent and some hotels were slightly better than the other ones. The last hotel in Giardini Naxos didn’t have the elevator which was bothersome; however, the location was good. The main tour guide though organized the transportation and made reservations for some restaurants she was a bit nervous about everything and majority of the time she was on her cell phone or talked to other tour guides in Italian. I am not sure whether she enjoyed being with us or not. When I got a bad mosquito bite she was telling me where the pharmacy was rather than coming with me. The members of the group suggested to come with me and then she was embarrassed and came with me! The next day the mosquito bite got worse and the same thing happened and one of the members who used to be a pharmacist insisted that I should go back to a pharmacy in Palermo where we were at and the pharmacist said that I needed antibiotics and had to see the Dr. The tour guide though had made a reservation for a restaurant was more worried about the rest of the group to be fed than taking me to the Dr. And they were all saying that they were adults and fine. So, we saw the Dr and sure enough she wrote a prescription that we had to get it at 9:00 pm. The tour guide seemed to be annoyed as if it was my fault even though she pretended that she was the one who initiated to take me to the Dr!