Holidays in Sicily (Italy): tours from Almaty

My wife wanted Sicily, and I actually wanted Prague, but at the agency they said it would be scorching there in June, and we gave in — took a tour to the island. We flew with a layover, on the bus on the way to the hotel the air conditioning worked so hard I almost froze in my shorts, but the guide turned out decent, without that mandatory program of his. I swam, ate cannoli for breakfast instead of normal food, almost drowned once in the waves, and came home happy, so five stars, though because of the flight I'll never fly a night flight again.

Ауыр науқастан кейін дәрігерлер климат ауыстыр деді, сондықтан жолдаманы осы агенттіктен алдым, бұрын да бірге барғанбыз. Сицилияны таңдадым, себебі қыста да жылы, ал менің буындарыма күн керек еді. Ұшудың өзі әбден шаршатты, транзитте үш сағат отырдым, әуежайда кофе ішіп, телефонды қуаттадым. Қонақүй жағажайда емес, кішкене төбенің басында екен, теңізге дейін жиырма минуттай жаяу жүретінмін, бірақ бұл маған ұнады. Таңғы ас өте қарапайым болды, тек круассан мен джем, ал мен ет пен ірімшікке үйреніп қалғанмын. Қаланы өз бетімше араладым, бір күні автобустан түсіп қалып, жарты сағат қате бағытта жүрдім, жергілікті бір әйел қолымнан жетектеп алып барды. Жалпы алғанда, демалыс өз мақсатына жетті, ауа райы жақсы болды, тек ұйымдастыру жағынан кішкене кемшіліктер болды.

took a tour to Sicily with my wife in November, hotel was fine but the food was all the same - pasta and thats it, though tasty, but the manager sorted everything out when we were late for the transfer and we didnt have to run anywhere ourselves.. the weather let us down of course, windy, didnt go swimming, but I did plenty of driving around the towns, especially remember some small church where it smelled of wax and old stones, I just sat there on a bench for like twenty minutes and wasnt in a hurry the coffee machine in the lobby ate coins and didnt pour anything, but thats minor, overall happy, four stars well deserved

We went to Sicily because the doctor after the operation strictly said to change the scenery and preferably by the sea, and the travel agency happened to be near the house, we just went in to ask about Turkey, and came out with a voucher to the island. I came back happy as can be, even though the first two days were stormy and I cursed myself for even getting involved in this adventure, but then the weather improved and we ate our fill of their cannoli and real pasta with seafood.

Sicily is beautiful of course, but the serpentines really wore us out, especially when the bus was crawling uphill in second gear. The sea and the food made up for everything, but the excursion schedule was too packed.

we went with my husband to celebrate his anniversary, and I just walked into the first travel agency near our place to ask about visas. I asked about Sicily because we wanted both the sea and their food and the ancient stuff, not just to lie on the beach. They picked everything for us, the hotel was right by the sea, and that turned out to be the main thing. Every evening I went to the market for cheese and those little tomatoes that smell like childhood. The weather was hot, the buses ran on schedule, only the drivers sometimes smoked right by the doors — ugh. The trip to the volcano didn't happen because of the wind, and I still susspect that the guide just wanted to go to the beach. Still came back happy, for that money — just great!

Сицилияны көрдім, бірақ күткенімдей емес. Турды жергілікті агенттіктен алған едім, бағасы қалыпты, әуе рейсі мен қонақүй жағынан мәселе болмады. Катанияда таңғы нан иісі бүкіл көшені кернеп тұрды, ал Палермода кешке қарай желтоқсандай салқын соқты, мен жеңіл кофтамды киіп алғанмын. Экскурсиялардың реті шатасып кетті, бір күні екі жерге баруға тура келді, шаршадым бірақ ренжіген жоқпын. Теңіз суы тұзды және мөлдір, бірақ жағажайда тас көп, аяқ киімінсіз жүру қиын болды. Ұшаққа отырар алдында тағы бір рет Сицилияның лимондарын сатып алып, ауыр сөмкемді сүйреп әрең үлгердім.

We went to Sicily in June. The hotel turned out clean, but the air conditioner hummed like a tractor, so we had to sleep with the balcony open. The sea is warm, but the sunbeds on the beach are paid - I paid five euros for each day, even though I could have just lain on a towel. The excursion to Etna impressed me the most, though the ascent was long and tedious. I came back tanned and happy, even with an empty wallet because of those sunbeds and coffee at three euros. The tour operator organized everything smoothly, not a single hitch with the transfer or the hotel.

Went to Sicily to close the gestalt on Etna, which I never got to see last time because of the clouds. Came back happy, everything came together — and the crater, and swimming in the sea the same day.

Came to the travel agency through work — I needed to get away urgently so my head could clear and also close an old gestalt with Sicily. Off we went... or rather I flew alone, that's how it turned out, and in the end everything worked out well, though the AC at the villa didn't work for the first two days (but that's minor, at night the sea made up for everything), so five out of five — the organization was great and the impressions left were the warmest.

Called the travel agency for work, had to urgently sort out the housing and transfer. In Kazakhstan you can't really go wild, so the choice fell on a trusted place where they did the paperwork in one evening. The manager handled everything with the documents, though at first I doubted because of the deadlines. Ended up in Sicily in April, the weather was strange - either heat or a cold wind from the sea. At the hotel they fed us strange snacks, I still didn't get what kind of cheese that hard one was. But I drove a car along the serpentines, in places it was scary, but the views... (from the window it's really cool). Flew back tired but happy, though at the airport I lost my headphones. Still remember that little coffee shop near the port where a cup of espresso cost pennies. Would've given ten points if not for these constant traffic jams on the way out of the city.

took a tour to Sicily because I wanted to change the picture before spring, and I myself was then sitting on sick leave with my knee — well what kind of Italy if I can't even go down stairs normally. But the manager at the agency... talked me into it, and February there they say is mild, in general we went and didn't regret it: the sea is grey but warm, in Palermo I ate cannoli right with my hands (and it was the best thing that happened to me in a year

The trip to Sicily turned out kind of uneven, but overall I was sattisfied — the island is beautiful, the food is tasty, though the guide at the ancient ruins was clearly in a hurry and by the end we were just running after him in the heat, but the sea really is warm even in January. But the transfer from the airport was a whole hour late, and that spoiled the first impression, but the views of Etna made up for everything

took time off work for Sicily, because I wanted warmth in December and real food, not another Turkey package deal. The manager sorted out the hotel and transfer, all smooth, no stress. We flew with a layover, in Rome almost overslept the connection – ran through the terminal like crazy people, but made it, thank god. Once there the weather turned out not so magical, freezing wind, but the sea still roars and smells so much that your head spins if you're not used to it. Walked around Palermo, ate pasta with sardines and washed it down with local wine, climbed a couple of viewpoints – the views are of course stunning, you lose your speech.. Though the hotel could've been quieter, paper-thin walls, neighbors were clanging something in the morning, but I kind of ignored it and just slept. I'll definitely come back, there's something truly

Bought a tour to Sicily at a local agency and didn't regret it. At first it stressed me out that the hotel is pretty far from the sea but it's... doesn't matter, because the views from the balcony made up for everything. went on an excursion to Etna twice — the guide's name I don't remember, he kept joking about wind and stones

bought a tour to Sicily at the end of September and was happy with it. Flew through Istanbul, almost ran through the airport, but they met me, drove me, checked me in fast. The sea is warm, swam every day, though in the morning the wind blew the towel off the sunbed. One time the guide was twenty minutes late for the excursion, I managed to drink a coffee, get upset and cheer up again. Came back tanned and with two kilos of cheese in my suitcase.

Sicily is of course love at first sight, but in August it's just a hellish frying pan, especially in Palermo where the stone is so scorching that you feel it through your sandals. bought a tour from our guys, everything was organized fine, the hotel was clean and the AC worked like it should, though the food wasn't great, breakfasts were monotonous and the coffee from the machine – swill, but that's minor stuff honestly.

Сицилия әдемі, әрине, бірақ мені ең қатты таңқалдырған нәрсе — жергілікті нанның дәмі. Бір кішкене қолайсыздық болды, автобус бір сағат кешікті, бірақ бұл жалпы әсерді бұзбады, мен бәрібір бес жұлдыз қоямын.

Trip to Sicily — that was something, of course. Got so many impressions that still can't wrap my head around it, especially the food struck me and those narrow streets where we wandered for hours, and also the sea warm like fresh milk and the driver who took us from the airport, he drove so fast on the serpentine road that I almost went grey, and the locals are all friendly and smile sincerely, not like back home sometimes

we were planning a family trip to Sicily and I spent ages looking for a tour because everywhere it was either too expensive or the dates didn't work, and I'd almost said screw it but then I came across an agency where the manager sorted everything out fast and found a decent option with flights and a hotel. We arrived, checked in, and that's when it started – the sea is warm, the food is good, but the sunbed by the pool was constantly taken by strangers' towels from the early morning, and I never figured out if they were locals or just tourists like us.. Overall the trip was a win, came back happy and even a bit tanned even though I usually burn on the third day

I went to Sicily because after the divorce I wanted to change the picture in front of my eyes instead of sitting within four walls and staring at the ceiling. The travel agency put together a tour in a couple of days, and for the first time in my life I touched with my hands the warm wall of the ancient theater in Taormina and ate lemon granita right on the street until my leg went numb. I came back tanned and angry only about one thing: I had to drag the suitcase up the stairs myself because the elevator in the hotel didn't work, but that's already the little things, rating five.

vpechatleniya ostalis, no eto bolshe ne pro Italiyu a pro to kak ya sobirala chemodan. Siciliya udivila, konechno, no ne morem a gorami. utrom pili kofe na balkone, a vetrom neslo tak chto chashki zvieneli. Menedzher pomog vse uladit kogda ya uzhe hotela psychovat. ochen ponravilos kak vse organizovano, hotya otelev mozhno bylo i pouchastlivee .vernulas domoy i snova hochu tuda

Took a day off from work and decided i needed to go to the sea, and just then a friend sent the contact of a travel agency in Almaty, where i’d booked a tour to Egypt before and things seemed to go fine, so i called them without thinking too long, even though i hadn’t considered Sicily at all originally, i just wanted warmth in January.. Arrived, settled into a hotel not far from Catania, went to the market for fish and cheese, tried the local wine from a small bottle with no label (can’t remember the name anymore), and it’s this simple street food, where the wind from the sea blows the napkins off the table – that stuck with me more than all the excursions put together, and overall the trip turned out calm, no stress and no unnecessary fuss

priehal po rabote v turagentstvo, nado bylo poluchit vizu. tam zhe predlozhili tur na siciliyu, i ya soglasilsya, potomu chto davno hotel posmotret' vulkan. sam po sebe vybor turoperatora byl sluchaynyy, no chto-to podskazalo mne sdelat' eto. v itog e poezdka okazalas' normal'noy, no bez vostorga. pokupal cherez nih, i oni vse organizovali, no ochen' mnogo vremeni zanyala doroga. pomeshchenie otel'noe bylo neplohoe, no estestvenno ya zhil v komnate s oknom na ulicu. pomeshchenie kazhdogo dnya ubirali, no ya uzhe zabyl pro eto, potomu chto v golove byli drugie mysli. vpechatleniya ostalis' smeshannymi, osobenno kogda khotelos' poest' v mestnykh restoranakh. no kogda vozvratilsya domoy, to ponyal, chto vse bylo normal'no i dazhe ne plokho. mne ponravilas' odna meloch' - ya kupil magnetik s izobrazheniem Etny, i on seychas visit na kholodil'nike. bol'she nichego osobennogo ne zapomnilos'. vse ostal'noe - eto lish' vospominaniya o tom, kak ya sidel v avtobuse i smotrel v okno, i dazhe ne zametil, kak proshlo vremya. v konte konechno mne postavili ocenku 4 iz 5, no ya dumayu chto eto normal'no. bol'she ne poedu tuda, kuda ne sleduet. navernoe, ya by posovetoval eto vsem, kto ne zhd et nichego osobennogo. no mne uzhe vse ravno. taman'

The trip to Sicily turned out rushed because it poured like crazy half the days. But when the sun came out, I was just speechless — a volcano in the snow and the sea below, that's something. I bought the tour at an ordinary agency, and you know, the hotel had a crooked shower and breakfast of one croissant. Though the guide told us all about Etna, where to buy wine and why limoncello has to be drunk ice-cold. Came back with a suitcase of ceramics and a slice of caciocavallo in foil, so four out of five for sure.

went to Sicily, booked a tour through a local agency. just needed to breathe out after the renovation, and wanted warmth. chose Italy because a friend once told me about a volcano. bus rides are a separate kind of torture, honestly, but the driver sped so we made it everywhere. food at the hotels was decent, though the croissants were always cold - i took them with me and ate outside, where it smelled of sea and coffee. on the little streets i touched the walls of the houses, they're rough and warm like they're alive. once i almost got left behind by the group because i got stuck staring at a shop window with ceramics, then i ran to catch up, funny to remember. i don't regret a single bit, though the guide sometimes jabbered so fast that i only understood half. came back with three kilos of lemons and i still put them in my tea. I'd go again, just without the excursions this time.

Sicily is of course something else, if you want both the beach and something to look at, I was in complete delight although at the hotel the AC rattled like a tractor and I had to move rooms. the sea is warm, the food – well pasta is sacred, but these portions of theirs are one bite, after dinner I still went looking for pizza, but the views from this Taormina of yours make up for everything.

Went to Sicily and still can't get over it. The manager back at the office picked a hotel so that it was five minutes on foot to the sea, and that turned out to be the deciding factor. The food, by the way, was different everywhere: somewhere wonderful, and once they brought pasta that I didn't eat. Came back tanned and happy.

kupila tur na siciliu cherez kazahstanskoe agentstvo potomu chto sama by ya nikogda ne sobralas, a tut vse pod kluch - i vot letela, volnovalas, no zrya, vse proshlo otlichno. otec hotel pokazat menedzheru mne Palermo i on ne podvel, konechno bez pohozh na tur v gruppe s gryznym morem v poyoske den i zhara 38 no eto edinstvennyy minus, no ya vse ravno dovolna .#opechatka: bezarnost

sicily is of course something incredible, but the road there and back wore me out so much that it's scary to remember. The manager did everything right, thanks to him, but the hotel could have been closer to the sea.. otherwise no complaints, I would come back