From Palermo: Guided Mafia Tour of Corleone & Hotel Pickup – Sicily, Italy

EXPERIENCE:

Excursion program: meeting with your driver at your hotel, B&B, cruise ship in the morning at 08.30 am, departure with New and comfortable van from Palermo. First stop Portella della Ginestra: visit places of the first Mafia massacre by the bandit Giuliano. Second stop Piana degli Albanesi where you can taste the famous Sicilian typical sweet Cannoli. Afterwards we will continue to Corleone, arrival scheduled for 11:30 am, visit to the Anti-Mafia Museum and to the places that inspired the protagonist of the famous novel by Mario Puzzo and the film Don Vito Corleone. The museum guide will explain everything from the birth of “Cosa Nostra” in America to the present day, you will see a part of the museum dedicated to the Maxi Trial and to the judges Heroes Falcone and Borsellino. You will have lunch if you want in a local restaurant or bar. If possible you will assist to the preparation of ricotta and sheep cheeses in a local dairy. After lunch departure for the Ficuzza wood reserve, visit of the reserve. Return to the hotel in the afternoon around 16:30.

TOUR HIGHLIGHTS:

In Corleone you will visit the museum of the Anti Mafia, where the guide will tell you the stories from the origins of the Mafia to the present day
In Portella della Ginestra you will visit a historic place where the first Mafia massacre by the bandit Salvatore Giuliano took place
In Piana degli Albanesi you will taste the best cannoli in Sicily, and if possible you will assist their preparation

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