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SICILY'S IMPRESSIONS GUIDE
Sicily SICILY
GETTING THERE
LARGE
MEDIUM TO SMALL
YOUR BEST PARTNERS
SPECIAL CONTENTS
Events
Focus
Contact CONTACTS
INCENTIVE & TEAM BUILDING
SPECIAL EVENTS
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2013 Sicily’s Impressions Guide
Sicily 4 Getting to Sicily 6 Main Airports and Ports 7 Flight Connections 8 Airlines 9 Low Cost Airlines 10 Charter Airlines and Cruise Companies 11
Large Events 12 Main Congress Centres 13 Catania 13 Catania - Le Ciminiere 14 Taormina 15 Taormina - Congress Palace 16 Palermo 17 Palermo - Politeama Theatre 18 Main locations for large events 19 Palaghiaccio 19 Radice Pura 20 Palaminardi, Albergo delle Povere 21 Main hotel with conference centres locations 22 Eastern Sicily 22 Western Sicily 23
Medium to Small Events
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Catania 25 Taormina & Giardini Naxos 27 Messina & Aeolian Islands 29 Syracuse 31 Ragusa 33 Palermo 35 Trapani 37 Agrigento 39 Enna & Caltanissetta 41
Incentive & Team Building
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Overview 44 Following ancient footprints 45 Sicilian Folklore 46 Wild Sicily 47 Wild nature 48 Food theme 49 Wine passion 50
Special Events 51 Historical Dwellings 51 Other Locations 52
Your best partners 53 DMCs/PCOs 54 Other suppliers 56
Special Contents 57 Luxury Living 58 Golfing 60 World UNESCO Heritage Site 62 Socially Responsible Activities 64 Smaller Islands 65 Aeolian Islands 65 Egadi Islands 66 Other Islands 67 Local Festivals and Saints’ days 68 Film locations 70
Contacts 72
Sicily The rhythm of the island, a sip of sicilianity The Island was used in the past by Greeks, Romans, Normans and Spaniards as a location for events, and traces of a timeless history and culture are present everywhere; in the monuments, in the architecture of its towns and villages, even in the countryside, in the style of life, in the flavors of its cuisine and wines. In this island of contrasts, there is time to rest without depriving oneself of moments of conviviality or frenetic activity. The whole of Sicily is an explosion of impulsive vitality, like a market that screams its flavors, a kitchen permanently feeding the hunger for the truth one seeks when escaping from the usual routine.
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Sicily Where people have met and interacted for centuries Str Stromboli
I s o l e
Mar Tirreno
E o l i e
lina Salina
Overview
Panarea Pa
Filicudi
Alicudi
Lipari Li
Ustica Vu Vulcano Ganzirri Mondello
S. Vito lo Capo
I s o l e
E g a d i
Levanzo Marettimo
Erice
Scopello
Balestrate
Marsala
Novara di Sicilia A20
Alcamo
Caccamo
S. Teresa di Riva Troina
Gangi
Nicosia
Selinunte
Castiglione di Sicilia
Bronte
Castelvetrano
Menfi
Ribera
Caltanissetta
Sciacca Raffadali
Pantelleria
Augusta Francofonte
Niscemi
Gela
Vittoria Comiso S. Croce Camerina
Lampedusa
Lentini
Caltagirone
Palma di Montechiaro Licata
Mar Mediterraneo
Catania
Pietraperzia Piazza Armerina
Canicattì
Agrigento
Acireale
A19
San Cataldo
Eraclea Minoa
Giarre
Nicolosi S. Pietro Clarenza
Paternò
Taormina Giardini Naxos
Monte Etna
Adrano
Enna
San Giovanni Gemini
A18
Randazzo
Polizzi Generosa
Corleone
Mazara del Vallo
Messina
Oliveri
Castelbuono
A29
Salemi
Milazzo
Patti
S. Stefano di Camastra
Cefalù
Termini Imerese
Castellammare del Golfo
A29
Segesta
Bagheria
Partinico
Trapani
Favignana
Palermo
Monreale
Gioiosa Marea
Capo d’Orlando
E45
Siracusa
Palazzolo Acreide
Ragusa
Noto
Avola
Modica Scicli Pachino Pozzallo
Mar Ionio
Meeting Hotels 201 Congress and Conference Centres 32 Fair grounds 5 Historical Dwellings 423 Sport facilities 27 DMCs, PCOs, Tour Operators 189 Set up companies 41 A/V Technology Providers 47 Catering Service Providers 115 Transfer Service Providers 206 Other services 310
Portopalo di Capo Passero
Sunny days Sunny Days
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March
April
May
June
July
August
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October
November
December
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Getting to Sicily The heart of the Mediterranean, in the centre of Europe
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Getting to Sicily
Main Airports and Ports Main Airports Palermo
Messina
Catania
Trapani
CTA
Fontanarossa
Taormina Giardini Naxos Riposto
Palermo
PMO
Falcone e Borsellino
Catania
Agrigento
Trapani
Siracusa
TPS
Birgi
Comiso
Comiso
CIY
Gen. Vincenzo Magliocco
Main Ports and Marinas Agrigento Porto di Lampedusa Porto di Licata Porto di Sciacca Porto Empedocle
Catania Porto di Acitrezza Porto di Catania Porto di Gela Porto di Ognina - Porto Ulisse Porto di Stazzo Porto Marina Di Riposto
Messina Porto dell’Acquasanta Porto Capo D’Orlando Porto di Lipari Porto di Marina Corta Porto di Marina di Patti Porto di Messina Porto di Milazzo Santa Maria Maggiore Porto di Portorosa Porto di Rinella Porto di Sant’Agata di Militello Porto di Santa Marina Salina (Messina) Porto di Giardini-Naxos
Palermo
Porto di Cefalu Porto di Cinisi Terrasini Porto di Mondello Porto di Palermo Porto di Presidiana Porto di Termini Imerese Porto Turistico di Balestrate (Palermo)
Ragusa Porto di Marina di Ragusa Porto di Pozzallo Porto di Scoglitti
Siracusa Porto di Augusta Porto di Ortigia Porto di Siracusa Portopalo di Capo Passero (Siracusa)
Trapani Porto di Castellammare del Golfo Porto di Favignana Porto di Marsala Porto di Mazara del Vallo Porto di Pantelleria Porto di San Vito Lo Capo Porto di Trapani 7
Getting to Sicily
Flight connections HELSINKI ST PETERSBURG
NEW YORK OSLO
MOSCOW
COPENHAGEN DUBLIN HAMBURG BREMA
AMSTERDAM LONDON
COLOGNE
PARIS
LUXEMBOURG STUTTGART
NANTES
GENEVE
LION
Rome 50 min. Milan 1h, 20 min. Paris 2h, 40 min. Munich 1h, 50 min. London 3h
BRATISLAVA BUDAPEST
MUNICH
BERGAMO MILAN
VERONA VENICE
BUCAREST
TURIN BOLOGNA
GENOVA
FORLI BARCELONA
PISA
MARSEILLE
FLORENCE BRINDISI ROME
OLBIA
Catania CTA
FOGGIA NAPLES
PALERMO PMO TRAPANI TPS
www.aeroporto.catania.it TENERIFE
CATANIA CTA
TUNIS
Palermo PMO Trapani TPS
NUREMBERG
ZURICH
MADRID
www.gesap.it
BERLIN
FRANKFURT
BRUSSELS
Main flight times
HANNOVER
DUSSELDORF
CASABLANCA
PANTELLERIA DJERBA
LAS PALMAS
MONASTIR
COMISO CIY MALTA LAMPEDUSA
www.aeroportotrapani.com
SHARM EL SHEIKH
Comiso CIY www.aeroportodicomiso.it
CAIRO LUXOR
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Getting to Sicily
Airlines
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Getting to Sicily
Low Cost Airlines
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Getting to Sicily
Charter Airlines and Cruise Companies
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Large events over 500 pax Main Congress Centres 13 Le Ciminiere Catania Centro Congressi Taormina Teatro Politeama Palermo Main Locations for Large Events Palaghiaccio Radice Pura Palaminardi, Albergo delle Povere
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Main Hotel Conference Centres Locations 22 Eastern Sicily Western Sicily
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Large Events / Main Congress Centres Section
Catania hotel hotel hotel
hotels rooms 3* 20 523 4* 14 950 5l* 1 104
TOTAL 35 1577 CLOSEST AIRPORT CATANIA CTA Locations for special events > 400 pax 4
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Large Events / Main Congress Centres Section
Le Ciminiere Catania The Congress Centre is devided into 3 different areas: Exhibition Area Fair Area Congress Area The congress area also includes a large, 2 level auditorium. The smaller auditorium can accomodate fit up to 600 people. The upper room, with a tribune, can host up to 1200 pax. 6 Meeting rooms Distance from CTA airport 7 km, about 10 minuts Distance from train station 1 km, about 2 minutes
Services: • Parking • Restaurant • Base technical equipment • Bar • Simultaneous translation equipment
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Large Events / Main Congress Centres Section
Taormina hotels rooms hotel 3* 15 463 hotel 4* e 4S* 22 1308 hotel 5l* e 4L* 11 699 TOTAL 48 2 469 CLOSEST AIRPORT CATANIA CTA
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Large Events / Main Congress Centres Section
Congress Palace Taormina Distance from Airport CTA 68 km, about 45 minutes Distance from train station 4 km, about 8 minutes
4 Meeting rooms Major meeting room 880 pax Secondary meeting room 300 pax 2.000 sq Exhibition Area
Services: • Simultaneous translation equipment • Base technical equipment
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Palermo hotel hotel hotel
hotels rooms 3* 11 542 4* 28 2586 5* 2 183
TOTAL 41 3311 CLOSEST AIRPORT PALERMO PMO
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Politeama Theatre Palermo
The theatre is the prestigious home of the Sicilian Symphony Orchestra Foundation.
The flexible and comfortable spaces of the Politeama Garibaldi theater are ideal also for the organization of shows, essays, conventions, conferences, seminars and workshops. The theatre includes the main auditorium, which is characterized by the large stage and a total capacity of 1200 seats, and versatile and comfortable breakout rooms, perfect for conferences, meetings and seminars. Distance from PMO airport 30 km, about 30 minutes Distance from train station 4,2 km, about 10 minutes 1 meeting room for 800 pax
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Palaghiaccio Catania The Palaghiaccio was the first ice rink to be built in Southern Italy. The impressive shell-like shape of the Ice Palace and its large capacity (2200) seats, actually makes it a sports hall. Moreover, it can also be used for gala evenings on ice and also for fashion shows, exhibitions, concerts and events thanks to its perfect acoustics.
hotel 3* 20 523 hotel 4* 14 950 hotel 5l* 1 104 TOTAL 35 1577 Distance from CTA airport 3,7 km, about 7 minutes Distance from train station 4,2 km, about 9 minutes
Grandstand for 2200 people. Major meeting room can be set up for a total of 5000 seats.
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Radice Pura Catania Radicepura is a park born out of the dreams of one man, Venerando Faro who has here found an outlet for all his experience in the field of international nursery gardening. 5 hectares, 3000 species of plants, the seed factory, hospitality areas for conferences or private events, all this is Radicepura, different zones within the whole, imagined as a focal point for conference tourism but also as a place of excellence for researchers, landscapers, garden designers and anyone with a passion for gardens. From company convention to educational botanical visits, from guided walks through the park to the study of Mediterranean flora, Radicepura offers hospitality which can meet every wish and need with style, functionality at the highest levels and in surroundings which will never fail to amaze.
hotel 3* hotel 4* hotel 5l* TOTAL
20 14 1 35
523 950 104 1577
Distance from CTA airport 43 km, about 35 minutes Major meeting room can be set up for a total of 900 seats.
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Albergo delle Povere Palermo
Palaminardi Ragusa
Built originally as a hospice around the end of ‘700 and ‘800, for women who worked in the weaving plantation, it now houses temporary exhibitions and conferences. The building, fronted by a seventeenth-century fountain, located on the other side of the road, consists of two parts that rise around two large and beautiful cloisters connected by a central courtyard where stands the church of SS. Trinity. There are 16 exhibition halls and a conference room that can accommodate 350 people.
The Palaminardi is a new generation facility built in 1998. The official capacity is about 3800 people. Although built relatively recently, the Palaminardi has already received additions and alterations, the most important of which was in 2008, with the creation of a new functional parking lot, which also became the new main entrance to the venue.
CLOSEST AIRPORT: PALERMO PMO
CLOSEST AIRPORT: COMISO CIY
Distance from PMO airport
Distance from CTA airport
30,3 Km, about 26 minutes
Distance from train station 7,3 km about 14 minutes 16 Meeting rooms Major meeting room 260 pax - 1500 sq
hotels hotel 3* 11 hotel 4* 28 hotel 5* 5 TOTAL 41
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rooms 542 2.586 183 3.311
108 km,about 1: 38 h
Distance from train station 8 km, about 14 minutes
hotels hotel 4* e 4l* 7 hotel 5* e 5l* 4 TOTAL 11
rooms 250 254 504 21
Large Events / Main Hotel Conference Centre Locations
Eastern Sicily Palermo
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ni
A20
3
A18
Messina
This map shows the availability of hotel rooms in those areas where there are other locations for events (not mentioned in the previous pages) that can host more that 500 pax.
A29
Taormina Monte Etna
Enna Caltanissetta
2
ACCESSIBILITY HOTEL ROOM AVAILABILITY
3
Excellent
A19
Catania
Good
Agrigento
1 E45
2
Ragusa
Siracusa
Average n Number of suitable locations for more than 500 people in the area.
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Western Sicily This map shows the availability of hotel rooms in those areas where there are other locations for events (not mentioned in the previous pages) that can host more that 500 pax.
Palermo
1 Trapani
7
A29
A20
A29
ACCESSIBILITY HOTEL ROOM AVAILABILITY
Excellent
Enna Caltanissetta
Good
2
2
Average
Agrigento
n Number of suitable locations for more than 500 people in the area.
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Medium to Small Events Catania 25 Taormina & Giardini Naxos
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Messina & Aeolian Islands
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Syracuse 31 Ragusa 33 Palermo 35 Trapani 37 Agrigento 39 Enna & Caltanissetta 42
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Catania 1.090.166 inhabitants CLOSEST AIRPORT CATANIA CTA ARTISTS Vincenzo Bellini - composer Giovanni Verga - writer Luigi Capuana - writer Pietro Paolo Vasta - painter Mario Biondi - pop singer Carmen Consoli - singer Franco Battiato - singer Pippo Baudo - showman
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Medium to Small Events
Catania area hotels rooms hotel 3* 41 2102 hotel 4* 46 3094 hotel 5l* 2 127 TOTAL 89 5323 Special Locations
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(Theatres, wine cellars, historical dwellings, etc)
Some attractions
Distance
Etna South Cableway
21 km
Syracuse
70 km
Taormina
53 km
Giardini Naxos
45 km
Piazza Armerina
100 km
Agrigento “Valle dei Templi”
170 km
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Medium to Small Events
Taormina & Giardini Naxos 20.000 inhabitants CLOSEST AIRPORT CATANIA CTA
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Medium to Small Events
Taormina & Giardini Naxos hotels rooms hotel 3* 15 463 hotel 4* e 4S* 33 2970 hotel 5* e 5L* 11 699 TOTAL 59 4132 Special Locations
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(Theatres, wine cellars, historical dwellings, etc)
Some attractions
Distance
Etna South Cableway
55 km
Catania city center
50 km
Syracuse
115 km
Alcantara Gorges
23 km
Giardini Naxos
6 km
Piazza Armerina
145 km
Agrigento “Valle dei Templi”
200km
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Medium to Small Events
Messina & Aeolian Islands 500.000 inhabitants CLOSEST AIRPORT CATANIA CTA ARTISTS Giovanni Pascoli - writer Maria Grazia Cucinotta - movie star Nino Frassica - actor
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Medium to Small Events
Messina& Aeolian Islands hotels rooms hotel 3* 27 1432 hotel 4* e 4S* 40 2334 hotel 5* 5 265 TOTAL 72 4031 Special Locations
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(Theatres, wine cellars, historical dwellings, etc)
Some attractions
Distance
Eolian Islands
85 km
Etna south Cableway
101 km
Catania city center
95 km
167 km
Alcantara Gorges
67 km
Cefalù
Giardini Naxos - Taormina 52 km Piazza Armerina 191 km
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Medium to Small Events
Syracuse 402.840 inhabitants CLOSEST AIRPORT CATANIA CTA ARTISTS Rosario Fiorello - showman Beppe Fiorello - actor Jacopo da Lentini - poet Anna Valle - actress Archimede - scientist Filisto - historian Teocrito - poet
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Medium to Small Events
Syracuse area hotels rooms hotel 3* 14 646 hotel 4* e 4S* 40 2092 hotel 5* 5 265 TOTAL 59 3003 Special Location
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(Theatres, wine cellar, historical buildings, etc)
Some attractions
Distance
Etna South Cableway
80 km
Catania city center
65 km
Catania airport
61 km
Comiso airport
112 km
Alcantara Gorges
107 km
Giardini Naxos - Taormina 119 km Piazza Armerina
146 km
Agrigento Valle dei Templi
213 km
Ragusa
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78 km
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Ragusa 318.478 inhabitants CLOSEST AIRPORT CATANIA CTA ARTISTS Salvatore Quasimodo - writer Salvatore Fiume - painter Gesualdo Bufalino - writer Piero Guccione - painter
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Medium to Small Events
Ragusa area hotels rooms hotel 3* 11 973 hotel 4* e 4S* 45 1084 hotel 5* 4 252 TOTAL 60 2309 Special Location
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(Theatres, wine cellar, historical buildings, etc)
Some attractions
Distance
Etna South Cableway
118 km
Catania city center
104 km
Syracuse
78 km
Alcantara Gorges
145 km
Taormina
157 km
Piazza Armerina
90 km
Agrigento Valle dei Templi
129 km
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Palermo 1.249.577 inhabitants CLOSEST AIRPORT PALERMO PMO ARTISTS Franco Franchi - actor Ciccio Ingrassia - actor Giuseppe Tornatore - director Ficarra & Picone - comic actors Luigi Lo Cascio - actor Giovanni Sollima - musician Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa writer Dacia Maraini - writer Renato Guttuso - painter
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Medium to Small Events
Palermo area hotels rooms hotel 3* 39 3.833 hotel 4* e 4S* 61 5.820 hotel 5* 5 616 TOTAL 105 10.269 Special Locations
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(Theatres, wine cellars, historical dwellings, etc)
Some attractions
Distance
Monreale 12 km Segesta
76 km
Cefalù
98 km
Selinunte
123 km
Aeolian Islands 242 km Egadi Islands
133 km
Agrigento Valle dei Templi
128 km
Taormina
261 km
Etna South Cableway
222 km
Piazza Armerina
158 km
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Medium to Small Events
Trapani 318.478 inhabitants CLOSEST AIRPORT TRAPANI TPS ARTISTS Antonino Zichichi - physicist Pietro Consagra - artist Leonardo Ximenes - astronomer
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Medium to Small Events
Trapani area hotels rooms hotel 3* 18 1.123 hotel 4* e 4S* 40 2.238 hotel 5* 3 155 TOTAL 61 3.516 Special Locations
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(Theatres, wine cellars, historical dwellings, etc)
Some attractions
Distance
Erice 12 km Egadi Islands
25 km
Saline
25 km
Marsala
32 km
Segesta
34 km
Selinunte
97 km
Palermo 109 km Cefalù 177 km Agrigento - Valle di Templi 176 km
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Agrigento 453.499 inhabitants CLOSEST AIRPORT CATANIA CTA PALERMO PMO TRAPANI TPS ARTISTS Andrea Camilleri - writer Empedocle - philosopher Leonardo Sciascia - writer Luigi Pirandello - writer
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Medium to Small Events
Agrigento area hotels rooms hotel 3* 27 1.453 hotel 4* e 4S* 27 2.497 hotel 5* 3 269 TOTAL 57 4.219 Special Locations
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(Theatres, wine cellars, historical dwellings, etc)
Some attractions
Distance
Palermo 127 km Selinunte 100 km Pelagie Islands 235 km Catania 165 km Etna South - Cableway 203 km Piazza Armerina 98 km
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Enna & Caltanissetta 172.485 inhabitants - EN 271.729 inhabitants - CL CLOSEST AIRPORT CATANIA CTA PALERMO PMO
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Enna & Caltanissetta area hotels rooms hotel 3* 12 383 hotel 4* e 4S* 13 910 TOTAL 25 1293 Special Locations
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(Theatres, wine cellars, historical dwellings, etc)
Some attractions
Distance
Piazza Armerina 40 km Palermo 108 km Catania 110 km Selinunte 123 km Agrigento Valle dei Templi 87 km Taormina 137 km Etna South Cableway 124 km Syracuse 135 km
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Incentive & Team Building
Overview 44 Following ancient footprints
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Sicilian Folklore 46 Wild nature 47 Wild Sicily 48 Food theme 49 Wine passion 50
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All you can imagine, and much more!
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Following ancient footprints
Go to Special Contents UNESCO Heritage
The massive Sicilian artistic heritage. Make it yours.
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Sicilian Folklore
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Wild nature Walking on the edge
Etna Volcano Off road jeep and quad Orienteering Tree climbing Mountain biking Riding
“That morning will always stay in my mind, skiing while looking at the sea!”
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Wild Sicily Control the elements, and play with them
Some Examples Alcantara Gorges Rafting Canioning Trekking - groups max 40 pax
Sea Fishing Sailing regattas - groups max 16/20 pax per boat Wacky races - groups from 10 to 500 pax
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Food themes
Cooking Classes groups max 40 pax
Making local spirits groups max 20 pax
A pinch of extra passion
Picking local fruits Discover the local markets
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Wine passion Wine Tasting Visits to wine cellars Etna/Catania: 26 cellars Caltanissetta: 2 cellars
Wine is poetry and beauty, enjoy
Agrigento: 7 cellars Messina: 5 cellars Palermo: 18 cellars Ragusa: 7 cellars Syracuse: 10 cellars Trapani: 21 cellars
Night-time Grape Harvest
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Special Events Historical Dwellings
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Special Events
Other Locations Typology Number Castles 36 Buildings
25
Villas 134 Baglio 2 3 (typical Sicilian Farmhouse) Religious Istitutes
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Other Special Locations 222 (theatres, archaeological sites, museums, etc.) TOTAL 467
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Your best Partners
DMCs / PCOs
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Other suppliers
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DMCs/PCOs 13 DMCs 4 PCOs
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DMCs/PCOs Spoken languages English, German, Spanish, French, Russian, Portuguese, Italian Managed BUDGET 5.000- 700.000 Managed delegates 8- 1400 Years of activities 3- 30 Permanent Staff 3- 26
Services • Professional Conference Organizer • Definition of the budget and final accounts • Event planning • Administrative Secretariat • Graphics and editorial services management • Hotels and Transport management • Scientific content management • Exhibition and posters management • Social and toursm program management • Medical and scientific education • CSR
References National and International Associations, pharmaceutical, automotive, food and fashion companies Areas of competence SICILY, ITALY
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Other suppliers
Others services suppliers 204 transfer services 41 set up companies 46 AV and technical services 116 catering services
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Special Contents
Luxury Living 58 Golfing 60 World UNESCO Heritage Sites
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Socially Responsible Activities
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Smaller Islands 65 Local Festivals and Saints’ days
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Film locations 70
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Luxury Living
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hotels 5 - 5*L
rooms
Messina Catania Trapani Syracuse Ragusa Palermo Agrigento
15 2 3 4 4 4 5
835 129 155 287 252 302 269
TOTAL
37
2.229
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Luxury Living
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Golfing Donnafugata Resort - Ragusa Two 18-hole championship golf practice ranges with 70 stations, pitching & putting green Hotel / SPA / Congress Centres Designed by Franco Piras/ Gary Player 2011 hosted Sicilian Open Golf
Palermo Etna Golf Resort Verdura Roccoforte Agrigento
ETNA Catania Donnafugata Resort
Siracusa Monasteri Golf Resort
Ragusa
Verdura Roccoforte - Agrigento Two 18-hole championship golf One 9-hole course, par 3 practice course, pitching & putting green Hotel 5* / SPA / Congress Centres Designed by Kyle Phillips
Etna Golf Resort - Picciolo Golf Club - Catania One 18-hole golf course (the first in Sicily) practice course, pitching & putting green Hotel 4* / SPA / Congress Centres
Monasteri Golf Resort One 18- holes standard course practice course, pitching & putting green Hotel / SPA / Congress Centres
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Golfing Next openings Taormina Golf Resort One 18- holes standard course practice course, pitching & putting green Hotel / SPA / Congress Centres
San Leonardo Golf Resort One 18- holes standard course practice course, pitching & putting green Hotel / SPA / Congress Centres
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World UNESCO Heritage Sites
www.whc.unesco.org
Isole Eolie
Villa Imperiale Romana del Casale Piazza Armerina (Enna) Villa Imperiale Romana del Casale Piazza Armerina
Mount Etna
Aeolian Island (Messina)
Enna Valle dei Templi Agrigento
Syracuse & Pantalica Val di Noto Ragusa
Mount Etna Val di Noto (Syracuse-Ragusa) Syracuse and Pantalica Valle dei Templi di Agrigento Opera dei Pupi
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World UNESCO Heritage Sites
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Socially Responsible Activities
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Special Contents / Smaller Islands Section
Aeolian Islands
hotels 3*
hotel 4*
hotel 5*
SALINA
0
2
1
LIPARI
2
6
5
PANAREA
2
1
0
STROMBOLI
0
1
0
VULCANO 1 2 1 TOTAL 5 12 7
Distance Milazzo - Aeolian Islands Palermo – Aeolian Islands Messina – Aeolian Islands Cefalù – Aeolian Islands
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75 min approx 3 hours approx 90 min approx 2 hours approx
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Egadi Islands
FAVIGNANA 4 3 0
hotels 3*
hotel 4*
hotel 5*
Levanzo and Marettimo only B&B
Distance Trapani - Favignana
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20 min approx
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Lampedusa Pantelleria Ustica
hotels 3*
hotel 4*
hotel 5*
LAMPEDUSA
9
1
0
PANTELLERIA
4
1
0
USTICA 2 0 0 TOTAL 15 2 0
Distance Trapani – Pantelleria Palermo – Ustica Roma - Lampedusa Palermo - Lampedusa Catania - Lampedusa Milano Lampedusa
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Local Festivals and Saints’ days
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Local Festivals and Saints’ days “Sant’Agata”, 3-5 February, Catania “International Festival of Folklore” first February ‘s week, Agrigento “Carnevale di Acireale”, February, Acireale (CT) “Treno Barocco”, from March to October, Noto (SR) “Week of Culture”, April, all around Sicily “Rappresentazioni Classiche”, May-June, Syracuse “Infiorata di Noto”, May, Noto (SR) “International Kite Festival”, end of May, San Vito lo Capo (TP) “Taormina FilmFest”, June, Taormina (ME) “Santa Rosalia”, 15th July, Palermo “Cous Cous Fest”, September, San Vito Lo Capo (TP) “ChoccoBarocco”, October-November, Modica (RG)
For more information and all other festivals: http://pti.regione.sicilia.it/portal/page/portal/SIT_PORTALE/SIT_EnglishVersion/ Cultural%20events
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Film locations
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