This tour was great. Our tour guide was exceptional in his knowledge of Sicily and the way he delivered it. Our driver was also exceptional with his skill and calm approach to the job. The addition of local guides, who were experts on their subjects, made this tour a worthwhile experience. Sicily has so much to offer with history and buildings topped off with beautiful food. It has been a great experience

Danila our guide was fantastic.
The excursions provided were fabulous.
Places I never would have seen if not for Backroads tour

Replying for my husband also, we had a wonderful experience in Sicily. The trip was well balanced with time in each of the towns / cities we visited, included some fascinating historical and we very much enjoyed the local food focus in addition. It was extremely well lead by Danila Checchin, whose care for our group was very professional and given that the group bonded very quickly, she was a major part of us all enjoying each other’s company and having fun too.

Our tour guide, Luca was fantastic and we got to see a lot and hear things from the local perspective.

Despite an excellent tour guide and driver the itinerary is the problem. Too many changes of accommodation, some of the accommodation was remote and too much time in the van, around 30 hours. Also too many early starts.

This tour was so much more than just seeing the sights. We also experienced visits to local farms and produce providers to sample wonderful fresh food and see how it is produced. The visits to anti- Mafia establishments were also very interesting. Luca was a fabulous guide - very knowledgeable , but also flexible and accommodating of the various needs of the group. The bus was very comfortable and hotel accommodation very good. I would highly recommend this tour.

My wife and I had a wonderful time with Mathieu our tour guide and João our driver being shown the best of Sicily. The whole trip was very well organised and the bus, our accommodation and meals were top class. Sicily is the jewel of Italy and we were shown the best of it. Hint: don’t pack too many clothes.

Fabulous
Locations, driver, tour guide, accomodation and experiences

This was our third Backroads tour. We enjoyed it very much. There was a problem with the water at the hotel in Ragusa but that was beyond the control of Backroads. The tour leader, Giovanni, was outstanding. Most importantly, we enjoyed ourselves.

We enjoyed the tour. The level of accommodation could be improved. One hotel ran out of water twice in two days. Our tour director, Giovanni was excellent and the whole tour ran smoothly.

Hotel Opera Palermo was poor standard, also poor standard food.
Il Convento Ragussa was extremely poor. Whilst four star rating it was an extremely poor standard with shelves in rooms held up by rope, additional, portable air conditioners in some rooms, taking up valuable space in already small rooms.
Then for two and a half hours, 6am until 8.30 am, absolutely no water in any taps, toilets etc. This reoccurred at 4pm the same day as they '.....forgot to fill the hotel cisterns'........ Totally unacceptable for paying guests.
The best meals provided were at the hotel in Favara, the olive farm and winery visited.
The walking tour of Catania was a waste of time.

Loved the Splendour of Sicily our tour leader Giovanni was very informative & passionate about Sicily ❤️?

Our tour guide Giovanni was excellent. Great tour apart from Hotel Antico Convento dei Cappuccini . Rooms not same room category! No water … full refund needed here, not a great experience at all…. Not enough staff, had to ask staff to keep quiet at 1am.

We really enjoyed our trip with backroads around Sicily and our tour guide Luca was amazing. Nothing was too much trouble for him, making sure we were all looked after and happy and his wealth of knowledge was endless. One of the best tour guides we have had travelling through Europe. We enjoyed the smaller group having used Trafalgar before. Comfy bus and excellent tours, guides with passion amazing included lunches. Would recommend backroads to others. The price was $2000 more than similar tours but it was worth it.

Fantastic- small group size and moderate pace. Visited many interesting sites. Great food and wine plus gelato.
Accommodation good

I thoroughly enjoyed it. We had some hiccups with some of my accommodation but I feel our tour guide did his best to sort it out.

The tour was fabulous! The hotels were good, the actual tours were very interesting but what really made the tour was the tour leader Luca Sica! He is very knowledgeable and passionate about his job.!
And there were only 14 on the tour…..everyone got to know earshot other.

Everyday was like walking a marathon. The places we visited & the meals beautiful but it is not suited to someone over 60 who is not fit & used to walking uphill & stairs everyday. I spent most of my time looking for somewhere to sit rather than enjoying the sights & scenery. So for me it was a lot of money trying to find a chair every day. We went to beautiful places that were incredibly overcrowded & the temperatures around 35degrees everyday. So travelling in August is a very bad idea as everyone in Italy is on holidays & all coastal areas so overcrowded

The tour overall was great. I would have preferred a smaller group, just too many and clash of personalities.

The main issue was there were 3 people in the group who had not divulged their medical issues, which often held up the tours. One of them did not even have proper walking shoes. They were demanding and their expectations of Lala were plain stupid, expecting to nursemaid them when they did not want to partake in a tour.

I personally found their behaviour annoying and self centred.

I think Lala found it quite stressful.

Salvo was a great driver, and very careful.

Great trip
With great company
Good guide and driver

Excellent itinerary, very good accommodation. All local guides very good. All included lunches were enjoyable and great examples of local produce. Driver was safe and professional. Tour leader had good knowledge of Sicily and its history. Communication of arrangements was occasionally unclear.
Poor sequencing of visits meant that one of the programmed features was not experienced.

The tour provided wonderful new experiences to a place we had not previously visited. Accommodation was first class. . Local guides were all excellent. All the supplied lunches were great eg almond orchard, winery degustation. Driver was very professional & careful.
Free time gave wonderful opportunities to discover things ourselves.

The tour was excellent as were the Tour Director and our amazing Driver. However, although the bus was quite new, the seating was confined with very little legroom.

Great tour of many acient and interesting sites made interesting by the tour guide

Great Tour! Perfect Guide & Driver ! Loved all our Meals and experiences to the farms.

I loved this Backroads Tour of Sicily. Such a great selection of local experiences, historic sights, and wonderful towns. Nice to experience some unique accommodation options, away from the standard tourist hotels. Our guide Davide, and our driver Giovanni did a wonderful job showing us this beautiful part of the world.

Amazing trip. Small group of only 12 people. Tour guide and driver were fantastic! Very knowledgeable, friendly and supportive. Went out of their way to make sure the trip ran smoothly. The bus was a new one and was kept immaculate. Great air conditioning which was very much needed as the temperatures were very hot. We visited really interesting sites and locations. Great accommodation- some of which was really unique. Very good local guides provided. This was a bucket list trip for me and it far exceeded my expectations

The concept of Back-Roads is great and we loved winding our way through lesser known streets. we travelled through Sicily and Hotels were great and unique and our bus driver and tour guide did a pretty good job. However, if you consider yourself a tall person, the bus was extremely uncomfortable. I would say the worst bus experience we have had in regards to leg room, ever and anywhere.

Excellent small group tour. Well-paced and great accommodation. Good mix of tourist destinations and " back road" events. Tour made all the better by a great group of people.