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Small Group Tours and Customized Travel Planning
Immersive Small Group Tours
Unique and in-depth tours of Sicily so our guests return home feeling like they not only thoroughly enjoyed themselves, but they also had an unforgettable, profound, and authentic Sicilian cultural experience!
Custom Travel Planning
You can self-guide your tour with our personalized itinerary guidebook and 24-hour support, or we can lead your group, so you can enjoy precious time with loved ones, knowing you are in our leader’s experienced hands!
Professional Consultation
Enhance your own itinerary with our insider tips on how to navigate the island, recommendations for local guides, engaging excursions, inspected accommodations, restaurant suggestions, and more to make your trip phenomenal!
We want you to feel Sicily!
Our 2026 Tours
What people say about us
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We’ve just returned from the most magnificent experience we’ve ever had on a vacation! We’ve taken quite a few commercial tours, but none compared or came even close to the intimate, family atmosphere that we experienced on our Experience Sicily trip with Allison Scola. It truly was the experience of a lifetime, and we will treasure it always!
Laraine and Bill, Staten Island | Stirring Sicily 2023
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We just returned from an incredible two weeks where our family had private transportation, tours and meals. The accommodations were perfect and the guides were incredibly knowledgeable and very entertaining. Allison and her team set up a packed itinerary and worked with us to customize so that each person’s interests were included in the trip.
George, Pennsylvania | Private Group Tour 2023
From our blog
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January 24 – 25, Sharing Sicily-Love at the NY Travel Show
Oh, yeah… I remember this smile! Summer seems so far away… These days I am sitting all day and night in front of my computer screen: the shadow of my work as a tour operator! The heavy lifting to plan and reserve the details for 2026 is happening as we speak! Warm weather will return…
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Brewing Up Sicily for 2026 and 2027
We’ve already been brewing up something good for you in 2026, and 2027 plans are on the stove heating up! Now’s the time to reserve your spot on our 2026 small group tours, which are filling up. See what tour in 2026 may match your wanderlust at https://experiencesicily.com/2026-tours-of-sicily/ Meanwhile, we’re preparing our 2027 tour portfolio…
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Sicilian Christmas Cookies
Merry Christmas! Buon Natale! We at Experience Sicily wish you a joyful and safe celebration! Buccellati are very closely associated with Christmas in Sicily. They are pastries often stuffed with chopped dried figs, pumpkin jam, honey, raisins, almonds, orange rind, cinnamon, and Marsala wine. Both professional and home bakers make them. Cuccidati, pictured here, are…
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Sicily’s Santa Lucia Lights The Darkness
Santa Lucia, the protectress of light, eyes, and grain, is a guide for us during these darkest days of the year. Darkness signifies more than just the absence of light. It challenges us to turn inwards and perhaps examine our shadows. This time of year, when the sun sets so early in the day, it…
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How I Seized The Day in Sicily
Read about how I seized the day today in our November newsletter… And read it for all its goodies here: https://mailchi.mp/experiencesicily/november-2026-01 Join our mailing list to be an insider and get this right in your inbox.
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Look for Sheep in Sicily and You’ll Find Good Fortune
Seeing sheep brings good fortune! Back in ancient times, livestock represented wealth. Before fiat currency, you traded grain, work, tools, or services for livestock. Follow this: In modern Italian, *pecore* means sheep. In ancient Roman, in other words, Latin, *pecus* means livestock (i. e., sheep or cattle). The ancient Latin word for money was *pecunia*.…
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Sicilian Wines Only in Sicily, Please
Cin cin! Look at it. Smell it. Taste it. Enjoy it! Here’s a glimpse at a recent wine tasting I did in Menfi at Mandrarossa Winery. I enjoyed these wines immensely. Sicily is a major grape growing region with many different grape varieties you’ve probably never heard of. These presented here are five grapes for…
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November’s Biscuits in Sicily
Buona Festa di San Martino! November 11 is La Festa di San Martino, or Saint Martin’s Day. It marks the first tasting of the new wine, known as “novello.” September marked the grape harvest, when the grapes are picked, cleaned, and macerated to make juice (must or “mosto”) that was then left to ferment. Traditionally…
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What To Do in Noto, Sicily
Noto can be visited in couple of hours. Its baroque architecture is the feature of most visits. This view from the Chiesa Santa Chiara is worth the price of admission. Yes, Caffè Sicilia is famous for its sweets, but it’s not the only place in the historic center. You’ll often find me with the locals…
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November 1 and 2 in Sicily
In Sicily, sweets comfort children for the Day of the Dead.
