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BlueStone Tourism Services
Tour operator & incentive destination management for Sicily
Eris Centre - Suite 309 - Via Pulica s.n.
Lotto Colle del Gelsomino - 95024 Aci S. Antonio (CT) - Italy
Tel. +39.095.7652696 (ext.309) - Fax +39.095.7652696 (ext.319)
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Post congress for incentive & groups: Helicopter day tours in Sicily
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A quick dive into the sky and your holiday soon begins allowing you to discover from above, wonderful and unforgettable landscapes. On board of our helicopters, you can enjoy the charming Mediterranean islands of Sicily and the Aeolian archipelago from a new prospective. Unforgettable experience the sightseeing tours bird's eye-view over the Etna volcano or Stromboli volcano and over the archaeological sites of Sicily. Our helicopter day tours are available with departures from Catania, Taormina and Panarea Island.
Some samples of helicopter day tours itinerary in Sicily
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Roman flight (flight time: 02h.10').
Departure to visit the top crater of Vulcano Island. Then you will reach Piazza Armerina, where you will visit the Roman Villa del Casale by taxi. From Piazza Armerina departure by helicopter to visit the ancient Roman ruins of Tindari and Basiluzzo. Back to our base.
Emotional flight (flight time: 00h.25').
Departure from our base to visit the island of Panarea, the volcanic effusions of Bottaro, the ancient Roman ruins of Basiluzzo and the top crater of Stromboli island. Back to Panarea.
Flight over Taormina (flight time: 01h.10').
Departure from our base in Panarea, landing on Taormina, transfer by taxi for a visit of Taormina and the Greek-Roman theatre. Back to Panarea.
Long range flight (flight time: 04h.00').
Departure from our base in Panarea, flight over Palermo, Erice, saltpan of Trapani, Greek temple of Segesta, transfer by taxi to the monuments of Segesta, Corleone, top crater of the Etna volcano, Taormina and back to Panarea.
The seven sisters (flight time: 01h.30').
Departure from our base in Panarea, flight over the top crater of Vulcano Island, stacks and pumice quarries of Lipari Salina Santa Marina, Malfa and Pollara, Filicudi and Alicudi. Back to our base.
The Sicilian volcanoes (flight time: 01h.30').
Departure from our base in Panarea, flight over the top crater of Vulcano Island, flight over the main crater of the Etna volcano at 3.300 meters, flight over the Stromboli volcano and back to our base.
Greek temples valley (flight time: 02h.30').
Departure from our base in Panarea, flight over the top crater the Etna volcano and landing on Catania airport. Flight and landing on Porto Empedocle airport. Transfer by taxi to the Greek temples valley in Agrigento. Flight to our base in Panarea.
Post congress: Extreme sports in Sicily for incentive and groups
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All activities are extremely absorbing both from the physical and emotional point of view, and encourage personal growth (self empowerment) and team spirit (teambuilding).
Rafting.
"Rafts" are inflatable river boats, studied and manufactured for river descends. "Being a team" and enjoying energizing waves; that's rafting, the most popular white water sport! It's a great involving experience! You can get in the river for the very first time and immediately try the most difficult passages in a great "crew" adventure! Who's this for? Everybody! Rafting will always give strong and unforgettable emotions!
Hydrospeed.
Hydrospeed it's a "floating shield". It's maneuverable by body weight and a pair of diving flippers. It's a "full contact" white water experience, where you'll enjoy river dynamics and waves energy! You'll "test" on your body streams power and feel to be a part of river force and transparency, enjoying an incredible sensation. This is the most involving way to get in touch with the river and, maybe, the easiest way to fall in love with it! everybody will be able to maneuver his own "boat", slipping between the waves.
Canyoning.
Canyoning it's a kind of "trekking in the river" you can enjoy with a basic river gear and a safety belt A great outdoor adventure in hidden and wonderful places, plunging in crystal lakes, slipping with the river on smooth rocks, modeled by stream and time. Canyoning between falls and toboggans you'll discover gorges, ravines, inaccessible wonderful streams. It's a incredible and unforgettable experience for everybody!
Kayak.
A really pleasant experience or the beginning of a great passion! Kayaking it's a great way to enjoy relaxing trips in calm water or for "no limits" adventures in the wildest white water!!! It's not so "easy-to-learn" like the others white water sports, so you can't enjoy rapids from the very first time, but you're got to learn step-by-step.
Free climbing.
A rock wall and the ability to climb it that you still don't know; it could seem impossible, but in the end……you can do it! Discover a new dimension of body and space, where legs and arms works together to take your body higher, giving the incredible sensation to gain the gravity force.
Trekking.
Leave the hustle behind you and tune into nature! More and more people of all ages are lacing up their mountain boots. In the end, trekking fulfils the two most important needs of our sportive nature: physical activity in beautiful surroundings and mental relaxation. Trekking gives us time and space for thinking as well as inspiring the creative processes and renewing our energy for everyday life.
River trekking.
Try to imagine… summer's sun heats ground where river's water wears away stones and you walking through rocks, into and out of the water, breathing adventure's spirit of this original walk. Easy walk, you need no experience.
Mountain bike.
Suggestive off-road tours of one or more days, where you are absorbed into the pure nature. Tracks on the top of volcano and on the finest Sicilian Mountains, boundary of ancient railways, tracks along the banks of the rivers, tours on the minor islands.
BlueStone Tourism Services
Tour Operator for Sicily
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Address
Eris Centre - Suite 309
Via Pulica s.n.
Lotto Colle del Gelsomino
95024 Aci S. Antonio (CT)
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Telephone & Fax numbers
Tel. +39.095.7652696 (ext.309)
Fax +39.095.7652696 (ext.319)
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Web sites & E - Mail
Team building games and activities
Post congress: Excursions with Quad bikes for incentive & groups
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Enjoy moments of unique emotions and fun, exploring on quad bikes the amazing territory of the Mount Etna, knows as Europe's largest active volcano! With our excursions you will have amazing adventures, in safety and with respect for the natural environment, giving you unique emotions
The Etna volcano tour.
With this tour, you will discover the "good giant", the Etna volcano thundering with frightening ruins, seething from the bottom of its heart. Our tour destinations: The age-old pinewood Ragabo and the warm and bare lava flows. We will cross the real lava mule track, surrounded by chestnut and oak woods as well as lunar scenery. We will also visit the probably oldest pine of the Etna, the "Zappinazzu", an age-old Corsican pine, protagonist of numerous stories and legends. You will embrace hinterland views and seaboard panoramas of the coast of Taormina, and enjoy a boundless and breathless spectacle. We will stop outdoors or in typical mountain refuges for lunch, to taste the typical sausages and drink the strong tasteful Etna wine produced on the slopes of the volcano.
The lakes tour.
During this tour, we will guide you to the discovery of the "Nebrodi Mounts" and you will visit villages where are still kept ancient customs and traditions. We will cross 70 km ridge of the Nebrodi, where you will see the beauties that nature offers to us. You'll have the pleasure to touch the waters of the following lakes: Trearie (1450 meters above sea level) - Biviere (1230 meters above sea level) - Maulazzo (1490 meters above sea level) and Ancipa (948 meters above sea level).
The Alcantara's valley tour.
You will discover endless scenery and places in the Alcantara's valley. We will show you historical towns like Castiglione di Sicilia, where you can see the little traditional Byzantine church called "Cuba". We will visit the extraordinary "Gole dell'Alcantara", basaltic columnar gorge shaped by the Alcantara's river flows. You will cross an old railroad, typical for their ancient gallery that from Castiglione di Sicilia brings you to the historical town of Linguaglossa, typical for the production of wine, hazelnut and for its geographical position at a few steps from the sea and the top of the highest and active volcano of Europe: Mount Etna.
Personalized adventures tours.
We organize tours of one or more days under the subject of discovery and adventuring. We will guide you through natural and unexplored routes of Eastern Sicily, where habitat, customs and traditions are preserved with strong interest. You will stay overnight in country inns in the heart of Sicily, and you will feel like an adventurer discovering new lands.
Volcano Etna winter tours.
We organize trips on the volcano during winter too. Snow and nature will be the ingredients that will offer you an unforgettable and unique excursion.
Post congress for incentive and groups: Motor vessel for events
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Finally a motor-vessel for Incentive mini-cruises up to 320 persons! Until today, because of the limitations imposed from the Italian law, it has been very difficult to organize seafaring activities for big groups, forcing the participants to be annoying separated on board of several boats. From now on, this problem is solved: the BlueStone Tourism Services can offer you an excellent motor-vessel of most recent construction, year 2004, with maximum capacity of 320 persons and speed of 20 knots. The motor-ship does not have cabins but it is perfectly equipped for day cruises, banqueting, incentives and all kind of special events, as its main hall can be adapted for any requirement. The motor-vesel can accommodate up to 80 persons on the deck.
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