Sicily - British and Canadian Landings

Explore the sites of the British and Canadian landings.

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Fly from London Gatwick airport to Catania Airport, Sicily. Transfer to your hotel in the Noto area where you will stay for four nights.

Today you will look at the British and Canadian landings, supported by troops of the 1st Airborne Division. Visit Syracuse War Cemetery and drive along the area of the landings down to the Pachino Peninsula. In the afternoon see where the Canadians landed and see their memorial on Roger Beach, follow their route inland to Ispica, the first town reached by the Canadians. Today you will finish in the sector where the Americans landed near Gela.

Today your group will follow the route of the British and Canadian advance to Agira, seeing the Agira Canadian War Cemetery and getting a good idea of the terrain over which the fighting took place in July 1943.

Starting at Catania War Cemetery, today you will travel out to the battlefield around the town visiting the famous Primosole Bridge battlefield. In the afternoon your group will see the Battle of Sicily War Museum at Catania.

Transfer to Catania airport for your return flight to London Gatwick.