Corleone Grand Gateway
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Tour Features
| TOUR TYPE | Private: Choose a private tour if you value flexibility, personalization, and privacy. |
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| PRICES | ✓ Private Tour – 1 Car – 2 adults – € 500,00 per car |
| DEPARTURES | Every Day (except Sunday) – 9.30 am or 3.30 pm |
| DURATION | Full Day – Approx. 5 hours |
| SEATS | 2 adults or 2 adults and 2 children or 2 adults and 1 teen in each car |
| CHILD POOLICY | Ages 3-12: Free; Ages 13-17 (max 1 per car): €50,00 per person |
| DRIVER REQUIREMENTES | Valid EU/UK/USA/AUS or International driving license and manual driving capability |
| INCLUSIONS | Godfather Villa Tickets for 2 persons – English-speaking guide and tour leader vehicle |
| VISITS | Godfather Locations: Castello degli Schiavi & Savoca |
Castle of the Slaves – Fiumefreddo
About 20 minutes driving from Taormina, this “Castle of Slaves” is one of the most evocative buildings of the whole Sicily island. It is a private house but also a fascinating museum with a lots of documents, books, images, objects and memorabilia of the Godfather film. Today is pretty much the same as it appears in the motion picture.
Bar Vitelli Tour – Savoca
In the Godfather’s motion picture Bar Vitelli was featured as the place where Michael Corleone (Al Pacino) meets Mr. Vitelli (the bar owner) and asks his permission to court his daughter Apollonia (Simonetta Stefanelli), and also for the official engagement and for the party after the wedding cerimony. While in town “a must” is the stop for a Lemon Granita in this famous bar.
Church of the Godfather Wedding – Savoca
Next stop is the Church of Santa Lucia, where the scene of the wedding between Michael Corleone and Apollonia Vitelli was shot. This place was also used for the the scene when Michael and Apollonia, just married, walk down from the church, followed by their families and by the music brass band.
Charming Sicilian Lunch – Savoca
A traditional Sicilian lunch tasting all locally produced organic fresh food (such as cheese, salami, bruschetta, olives, dried tomatoes, mushrooms, vegetables), pasta alla norma, roasted sausage, domestic olive oil and home-made bread.
Our self-drive tour on themed itinerary will show you unveiled Sicily and its secrets.
You will drive one of our classic and convertible Fiat 500 following our tour leader car that will be driven by our staff.
A fun and professional fully licensed English-speaking tour guide will lead you through this fascinating trip.
Don’t forget to bring your driver’s license with you.
To drive in Italy you need an EU driving licence, or an International Driving Permit, which is a translation of your non EU licence.
All drivers must be able to drive using a manual clutch / trasmission (stick shift gears).
Occasional driving experience with manual cars is not enough to handle our vintage cars.
Our ‘Corleone Grand Gateway’ tour is designed as a comprehensive 5-hour Full Day experience, allowing you to fully immerse yourself in the history and breathtaking landscapes of the region. This extended duration ensures ample time to visit the iconic ‘Corleone Villa’ and enjoy our signature stops without haste.
To accommodate your travel plans, we offer two departure options. You can choose a morning tour beginning at 9:30 AM, which offers the exclusive possibility of adding an optional lunch at a charming, typical Sicilian restaurant in the village of Savoca. Alternatively, you can opt for a refreshing afternoon departure at 3:30 PM, designed to enjoy the cooler temperatures and the beautiful light of the late afternoon.
We remain at your disposal to arrange a bespoke itinerary perfectly suited to your specific needs. Please contact us to customize your private Sicilian adventure.
The most important Sicilian scenes of the Godfather trilogy were filmed in Savoca, Forza d’Agrò and in Fiumefreddo di Sicilia but not in Corleone (as many believe).
Corleone, near Palermo in Sicily, was too modern and developed even in the early 70s to be used for filming a story dated back to the early 1950s.
Castello degli schiavi ( Castle of the Slaves ) is a private house but we can also arrange this visit thanks to the good collaboration between our company and the owner.
