Garden Tour of Sicily, Italy
April 19th to 28th, 2027
Many of you know we offer garden and cultural tours to Europe and the United Kingdom. Perhaps you’ve gone on a few of these tours with me and Deb over the years? Our next tour will be going to Sicily, Italy. Italy is a favorite location for our tours because many gardeners love the gardens, landscapes, food, and culture of this fabulous country. Sicily is a unique destination for its our local culture and foods and some amazing public and private gardens.
We only take 20 people on our tours. We’ve had some last minute cancellations and now have a few openings for this tour!
We’d love for you to join us, so let me tempt you with a brief description and some photos of what we’ll be doing on the Sicily trip.
From Palermo to Taormina
We’ll start in Palermo. This ancient city is a cross roads of many cultures including Norman, Arab, Greek and Roman. We’ll visit ornate palaces, local markets, have a cooking class and visit the famous Palermo botanical garden. We’ll even take a trip outside Palermo into Western Sicily visiting the salt flats in Trapani, a local winery and the ancient hilltop town of Erice. Plus, there will be free time to explore Palermo on your own as well.
After 4 days in the Palermo area, we’ll head East towards Taormina, near Mt Etna. On the way we’ll stop in the Madonie Mountains. It be will spring in Sicily and the wildflowers will be blooming! We’ll take a guided hike learning about the wildflowers and botanical plants in the mountains. After lunch, we’ll travel to Taormina for 4 more days together.
While in this region we’ll visit more public and private gardens including the home and garden of a local garden club president and a private, aristocratic estate garden! We’ll travel up the slopes of Mount Etna visiting an alpine garden and some dormant, volcanic craters, and stopping at a winery on the slopes of this volcano.
If you’re interested in this tour follow the link below to the Goodspeed Tours page and contact us for a detailed itinerary and pricing.
Don’t wait too long, though, because these Italian trips are very popular and we will take people on the first come. first serve basis.
Ciao and I hope to see you in Sicily next spring!
Go here for more Information about our Garden Tour of Sicily from April 19th to April 28th, 2027
