sicily

[Kentishgirl]

booked first cruise in october on VOS. Any information about Sicily greatly appreciated?
RCI excursion or how would we go about doing our own thing?

[Dgeb]

Just went on the VOS last week. We did the Palermo city sightseeing tour. Started by driving around the city, then up to Monreale to visit a church. After exploring a bit up there (a fun area) drove back down to the city and visited two more cathedrals. Overall it was a nice overview of the area, and relaxing after three busy days in other ports. The excursion got back to the ship with a couple of hours to spare and plenty of time to walk back into Palermo for lunch and a little shopping. Enjoy the cruise!

[Kentishgirl]

Is there much to see in Palermo. How far is the town from the port?

[kreese]

We just cam back from Italy on the Veendam and we only had 5 hrs in Sicily. So when we walked off the ship we paid a taxi to be our tour guide, 4 people for 130 Euros plus tip. He took us to Taormina dropped us off for about 3 hrs. came back and got us took us by one last church and back to the ship it was great!!!!