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Our Western Sicily walking holiday combines some light walking with some of the fascinating sights of this side of the island of Sicily. It runs concurrently with our Eastern Sicily Walking tour, enabling you to combine them into a grand walking tour of Sicily. There is a 5% discount for anyone booking both the Eastern and Western Sicily walking tours together.

Full Itinerary

Day 1

Arrival and onward to Sant’Angelo Muxaro

We rendezvous at Palermo airport in the afternoon and transfer by minibus (2 hours) to our hotel in Sant’Angelo Muxaro near Agrigento.

We eat a fine home-cooked dinner in the agriturismo.

Day 2

The Valley of the Temples at Agrigento

We start the day with a short drive to the Valley of the Temples in Agrigento.

Beginning at the Temple of Hera Lacinia we take a gentle downhill stroll (c. 2km) past the best preserved Greek temples in the world – the Temples of Concord, Hercules and Zeus to finish at the old city gate.

After our walk we return to our agriturismo where there will be time for a swim before dinner.

Evening meal and overnight in Sant’Angelo Muxaro.

Day 3

Monti Sicani

For our next days walk we drive a few miles to the beautiful Monti Sicani. Dominated by the imposing Monte Cammarata, this gentle range of mountains is characterised by wheat fields, olive groves and fruit orchards. The scenery around, the Sicani mountains, is enchating and some of the most evocative in the whole of Sicily. With its deep gorges and wooded hillsides, almost any angle of it could be used a film set. It is through this scenery that our walk for this day takes us.

We take a gentle walk above the village of Sant’Angelo Muxaro and afterward there will be time to visit the village before returning to the agriturismo

Evening meal and overnight in Sant’Angelo Muxaro.

Day 4

Ficuzza

Ficuzza was the hunting ground of the Bourbon King Ferdinand and in the nineteenth century he built a magnificent hunting lodge here.

Our walk today is in the hunting grounds of the King and the shadow of the Rocca Busambra. It is an excellent site for bird watching enthusiasts, with some of the large raptors soaring over the Rocca and the woodland of Ficuzza filled with songbirds.

After our walk we transfer to Palermo.

Evening meal and overnight in Palermo.

Day 5

Palermo

In the late morning, we return down the hill into the city of Palermo to visit the Palatine chapel – a smaller, but even more beautiful version of the cathedral we have visited at Monreale.

In the afternoon there will be free time to visit some of the other marvels of Palermo – perhaps the Archaeological museum, or the Martorana church, or maybe the extraordinary stucchi of Giacomo Serpotta in the Oratiorio of Santa Cita.

Day 6

Pizzo Carbonara

We depart from Palermo to travel east towards the Madonie Mountains.

We drive to Piano Battaglia (1600m) from whence we climb the second highest peak in Sicily after Mt Etna – Pizzo Carbonara (1979m above sea level). On a clear day, the views from this peak are spectacular and we get vistas over the Nebrodi, the Aeolian islands and much of the west of Sicily.

After our descent, we drive down to Cefalù.

Evening meal and overnight in Cefalù.

Day 7

Cefalù

Today we have the full day in Cefalù at our disposal. There is an opportunity to walk up the Rocca for those who wish. Or if you prefer, just to relax on the beach or stroll through the town’s charming historical quarter.

Evening meal and overnight in Cefalù.

Day 8

Departure

Departure from Palermo airport.

For those who are joining our Eastern Sicily walking tour, there is a chance to spend the morning in Cefalù before travelling on to Milazzo by train (2 hours) in the afternoon.