9-Nights A Classic Journey Around Sicily - Tailormade Journeys from $12,995

Feel the heat in Italy’s enchanting southern island, with an enlightening road trip around its rich cultural mix of ancient temples, romantic baroque cities in ravines, wild sandy shores and vine-threaded volcanic slopes.

Presided over by fiery Mount Etna, Sicily is a red-hot mix of sunbaked temples, sizzling sea views and sensational produce grown on its fertile volcanic slopes. Travel back in time on a tailor-made road trip from the charmingly chaotic capital of Palermo to fiery Etna, the tallest active volcano in Europe. Marvel at Norman-Arab-Byzantine architecture, Doric temples and honey-hued churches and drive through sun-kissed countryside dotted with olive and almond trees.

• Drive right up to the crater edge of Etna by private jeep, and taste wines from grapes grown in its fertile soil
• Delve into Arab-Norman-Byzantine Palermo, intriguing and full of stories, including the dazzling cathedral and cloisters of Monreale
• Marvel at the Roman mosaics of the Villa del Casale
• Admire the baroque churches of the Val di Noto and taste artisanal chocolate in Modica
• Drink in the views of Mount Etna from Taormina’s ancient amphitheater
• Wander among near-intact 2,000-year-old temples, strewn among almond trees outside Agrigento
• Fall under the spell of beautiful Syracuse and the tangle of cobbled streets at its island heart