Classic car tour from Syracuse to Buscemi and Palazzolo Acreide

Taste cold cuts in a village butcher shop, then wander a UNESCO Baroque town at your own pace.

A six-hour classic car tour from Syracuse into the Hyblean hinterland, stopping in Buscemi for an artisanal cold cuts tasting at a local butcher shop, then Palazzolo Acreide, a UNESCO Baroque village, where you have free time to explore and choose lunch. The itinerary is customizable within the set stops, and a live guide in English or Italian travels with you.

Step-by-step itinerary

Classic car tour from Syracuse

• Pickup in Syracuse by driver
• Drive to Buscemi village
• Taste local products at butcher shop
• Drive to Palazzolo Acreide
• Free time to explore and lunch
• Return to Syracuse

The experience

What does a day in a classic car through rural Sicily actually look like? You start with pickup in Syracuse, then drive inland through the landscape toward Buscemi, a small village that has changed little over decades. The stop here is not a photo opportunity: you enter a historic butcher shop and taste artisanal cold cuts and typical Sicilian specialties in a warm, convivial setting. This is where locals eat, and the tasting is built around what the shop actually makes.

From there the route takes you to Palazzolo Acreide, a UNESCO-listed Baroque town where the architecture is the draw. You have free time to walk the alleys at whatever pace suits you, visit the buildings and churches that interest you, and pick a restaurant or trattoria for lunch from options the operator has vetted. The guide does not herd you through. You choose how long to linger and where to eat. At the end of the afternoon, the driver returns you to Syracuse.

The tour runs six hours total, including drive time and stops. Petrol and motorway tolls are covered. The itinerary can shift within the framework of those three stops if you want to adjust timing or focus, so it is not a rigid schedule. You have say in how the day unfolds.

What’s included

• Petrol.
• classic car tour with a live guide.
• artisanal cold cuts tasting in the Buscemi butcher shop.
• motorway tolls.

Information

Lasts 6h, runs every day at 10:00, from € 485 per group, with a live guide in English and Italian, as a private tour and with free cancellation up to 24 h before.

Days and timesEvery dayDeparts at 10:00Last departure this season: 31 Dec

GroupPrivate

Live guideEnglish and Italian

Meeting point and pickupHotel pickup included.

Book up to2d before

Cancellation and refundsFree cancellation up to 24 h before the start. After that, no refund.It may be canceled due to bad weather. If that happens, you're offered another date or a refund.

Prices and times updated yesterday

Good to know

Low physical effort

Operated by Empeeria

Is this one for you?The guide travels with you and customizes the pace within the set stops, so this suits travelers who want someone to navigate and explain the route but prefer to spend their own time at each village rather than move as a group through a fixed schedule.

Top questions

What languages is the tour guided in?

Live guide in English and Italian.

What happens if it rains?

It may be canceled due to bad weather. If that happens, you're offered another date or a refund. Free cancellation up to 24 h before the start.

What exactly do you taste at the butcher shop stop in Buscemi?

Artisanal cold cuts and typical Sicilian specialties, served in the historic butcher shop itself in a warm, convivial atmosphere. The tasting is built around what the shop actually produces.

How much free time do you get in Palazzolo Acreide?

Palazzolo Acreide is the second major stop, and you have free time there to walk through the Baroque village, visit the architecture and monuments that interest you, and choose where to have lunch among selected restaurants and trattorias.

Can you customize the route or the stops?

The itinerary is customizable within the set stops: Buscemi and Palazzolo Acreide are fixed, but you can adjust timing and how you spend your time at each stage according to your own wishes.

Does the price include lunch?

Lunch is not included. You choose and pay for it separately at one of the selected restaurants or trattorias in Palazzolo Acreide during your free time there.