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Escorted Small Group Tour / Guaranteed departures / max 16
travelers
Accommodation in superior first class hotels
Rome (3)- Sorrento (4)
Category:
Cultural small group tour, Scenic Land
Journey
Itinerary
Day 1:
Rome
Arrival (D)
Welcome to Italy!
Meet your private driver upon
your arrival in Rome and transfer to your hotel in the heart of
Rome.
You’ll meet your Tour Leader at
your hotel in the late afternoon and have a chance to talk about
the coming days. We’ll then
take a short walk to a nearby
restaurant where you’ll meet and get acquainted with your travel
companions over a wonderful
welcome dinner.
Day 2:
Heart of Rome and Vatican
Visit (B)
After breakfast, you will enjoy a unique visit to Vatican
Museum. Access the Museum easily with your skip the line
tickets. Your visit will be memorable: our guides have drawn up
a route to include all the major sights as well as some
unexpected surprises. See the Belvedere Courtyard with Apollo
Belvedere & Laocoön & His Sons, Raphael Rooms, the Galleries of
the Candelabra, of the Maps and of the Tapestries, the Sistine
Chapel and the Pinecone Courtyard. At the end, exit on the St.
Peter’s Square and enjoy the magnificent view of the imposing
Cathedral. You will return to your hotel to relax after a
challenging morning.
Late afternoon meet your tour leader for a walking tour of the
Baroque Town with Piazza Navona, Pantheon, Spanish Steps, Piazza
di Spagna, the Italian Parliament and the fascinating narrow
streets of ancient Rome.
Return to hotel with your Tour Host or indulge in your
exploration on your own.
Overnight in Rome.
Day
3: Rome
(B)
Today will be free at leisure.
This tour has been designed to offer the best of each city
visited combined with some free time to customize your travel
experience as well as take your time to relax.
There are many available experiences. Among these, we like to
suggest to explore the Imperial Rome with Coliseum and Forii, to
visit one of the most beautiful are collection in Europe at
Palazzo Borghese or the near Tivoli with the astonishing Villa
Hadriana, built by the Emperor Hadrian and Villa d’Este,
masterpiece of Italian gardening.
Overnight in Rome
Day 4: Sorrento (B)
Meet your driver in the morning and transfer to Rome Station to
board an high-speed train to Naples*. You will be in town in 1
hour. Upon arrival, transfer to your hotel in Sorrento.
Overnight in Sorrento Coast.
Day 5:
Amalfi Drive
(B)
The beauty of Amalfi Coast is legendary and has inspired
artists, writers and musicians over the century, widely
considered Italy's most scenic stretch of coastline, deemed by
UNESCO "an outstanding example of a Mediterranean landscape,
with exceptional cultural and natural scenic values". These
delicate fishing villages embrace the hillsides or stretch in
deep green valleys, along a dramatic coastline, challenging the
force of gravity. Your driver guide will lead you first to the
town of Amalfi where you will have free time to explore the
medieval part of the city with the imposing Dome of St.Andrew
and ancient buildings dated from the times when Amalfi was one
of the maritime power in the Mediterranean Sea. Later, you will
ascend to Ravello, considered the most romantic and beautiful
small towns in southern Italy. Perched on arduous, terraced
slopes, the French novelist André Gide was used to say Ravello
was closer to the sky than the sea. Covered with lush gardens,
quiet and sleepy roads, you will find corners providing
unforgettable views over the azure coast below.
Return to Sorrento late afternoon and overnight.
Day 6:
Pompeii
(B)
Today we will visit the ancient Pompeii. Pompeii is not a time
machine but the closest thing you can find to learn about
everyday life in an ancient Roman city. Once a vibrant town,
Pompeii’s fate was sealed with the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in
7.9 A.D. Today, Pompeii is a UNESCO World Heritage site, one of
the most visited archaeological sites in all the world.
Pompeii was a major port town for the Roman empire, which
dominated the whole Mediterranean Sea. As a classic port, the
town was filled with sailor’s hotels, bars, public baths,
taverns, and brothels. The archeological site and continuous
excavations give visitors the best look there is on ancient
Roman days. Visit the Roman Forum; the theatre, whose acoustics
are so good you don’t need microphones to be heard from the
stage; the public baths with towering columns. Built-in 70 A.D.,
the Anfiteatro is the oldest-known Roman amphitheater in
existence. Now covered in grass, it originally held up to 20,000
spectators.
Return to Sorrento for lunch
(not included)
and enjoy an afternoon of relax or continue your exploration of
the city. Tonight enjoy a candle light dinner in Sorrento.
Overnight in Sorrento.
Day 7:
Free Day
(B)
Day at leisure. Overnight in Sorrento
Day 8: Departure (B)
Breakfast, check out and
transfer to airport or Railway station . Thank you for visiting Italy.
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