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UNESCO World Heritage sites in Sicily
Here are some monuments and sites that may, upon request, be included in your private tour in Italy and Sicily. All our tours are custom-made and we will be delighted to include the requested monument or site in your tour itinerary.
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Sicily UNESCO sites
 Agrigento - Archaeological Area • • • Founded as a Greek colony in the 6th century B.C., Agrigento became one of the leading cities in the Mediterranean world. Its supremacy and pride are demonstrated by the remains of the magnificent Doric temples that dominate the ancient town, much of which still lies intact under today's fields and orchards. Selected excavated areas throw light on the later Hellenistic and Roman town and the burial practices of its early Christian inhabitants.
Our suggested tour Sicily Tours includes Agrigento, or a special tour can be designed for your needs. Please enquire.
 Piazza Armerina - Villa Romana del Casale • • • Roman exploitation of the countryside is symbolized by the Villa Romana del Casale (in Sicily), the centre of the large estate upon which the rural economy of the Western Empire was based. The villa is one of the most luxurious of its kind. It is especially noteworthy for the richness and quality of the mosaics which decorate almost every room; they are the finest mosaics in situ anywhere in the Roman world.
Our suggested tour Sicily Tours may include the Villa Romana del Casale, or a special tour can be designed for your needs. Please enquire.
 Aeolian Islands • • • The Aeolian Islands provide an outstanding record of volcanic island-building and destruction, and ongoing volcanic phenomena. Studied since at least the 18th century, the islands have provided the science of vulcanology with examples of two types of eruption (Vulcanian and Strombolian) and thus have featured prominently in the education of geologists for more than 200 years. The site continues to enrich the field of vulcanology.
A special volcanology tour can be designed for your needs. Please enquire.
 Val di Noto - Late Baroque Towns • • • The eight towns in south-eastern Sicily: Caltagirone, Militello Val di Catania, Catania, Modica, Noto, Palazzolo, Ragusa and Scicli, were all rebuilt after 1693 on or beside towns existing at the time of the earthquake which took place in that year. They represent a considerable collective undertaking, successfully carried out at a high level of architectural and artistic achievement. Keeping within the late Baroque style of the day, they also depict distinctive innovations in town planning and urban building.
Our suggested tour Sicily Tours may include the Val di Noto, or a special tour can be designed for your needs. Please enquire.
 Syracuse - The city and the Rocky Necropolis of Pantalica • • • The site consists of two separate elements, containing outstanding vestiges dating back to Greek and Roman times: The Necropolis of Pantalica contains over 5,000 tombs cut into the rock near open stone quarries, most of them dating from the 13th to 7th century B.C. Vestiges of the Byzantine era also remain in the area, notably the foundations of the Anaktoron (Prince's Palace). The other part of the property, Ancient Syracuse, includes the nucleus of the city's foundation as Ortygia by Greeks from Corinth in the 8th century B.C.
Our suggested tour Sicily Tours may include Syracuse, or a special tour can be designed for your needs. Please enquire.
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A La Carte Italy Tours offers exclusively private driver-guide tours. All our tours are custom-made to suit your needs, tastes and dates. On our tours, we never mix passengers who do not know each other. All our tours are run on an exclusive basis.
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Each of these tour itineraries may be enjoyed 12 months a year. To learn more about the please
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