EUROPE – ITALY & SICILY

DAY 01 : ARRIVAL IN ROME, ITALY. 
CHECK INTO YOUR HOTEL. THE REST OF THE DAY IS FREE FOR YOU TO EXPLORE THIS ANCIENT CAPITAL. TONIGHT MEET YOUR TOUR DIRECTOR AND FELLOW TRAVELERS.

DAY 02 : ROME-VESUVIUS-POMPEII-CAPRI 
SOUTH ALL THE WAY TODAY. FIRST A STOP TO ENJOY THE AWE-INSPIRING SIGHTS OF ONE OF EUROPE’S GREATEST LIVE VOLCANO – VESUVIUS! THEN TO POMPEII WHERE TIME STOPPED IN 79 A.D. WHEN THE VESUVIUS ERUPTION TOTALLY DESTROYED IT.
ON THE INCLUDED VISIT YOU CAN SEE THE LUXURIOUS VILLAS, TEMPLES, THEATER, AND FORUM – EVEN HUMAN AND ANIMAL BODIES SOLIDIFIED BY LAVA.
JUST A FEW MORE MILES TO THE NEAPOLITAN RIVIERA FOR EMBARKATION ON THE FERRY TO CAPRI TO ENJOY TWO OVERNIGHTS ON THIS CHARMED ISLAND. (B,D)

DAY 03 : CAPRI
THIS LEGENDARY ISLAND IS SURROUNDED BY A ROCKY COASTLINE – THE CRASHING SEA HAS FORMED REMARKABLE CAVES. THE TOWN, WITH ITS PRETTY PIAZZA, MAZE OF STREETS, FASHIONABLE BOUTIQUES, AND SMART RESTAURANTS, IS A MECCA FOR THE JET SET AND OPTIONAL EXCURSIONS TAKE YOU TO SEE MORE OF THE ISLAND.
JOIN TIBERIUS, EMMA HAMILTON, AND AXEL MUNTHE, WHO ALL FELL IN LOVE WITH THIS EXQUISITE SPOT.
A FULL DAY TO DO EXACTLY WHAT YOU PLEASE. MAYBE EXPLORE SOME OF THE ISLAND’S LOVELY WALKS OR JOIN AN OPTIONAL EXCURSION TO SEE MOUNT SOLARO AND THE HOUSE OF AXEL MUNTHE (SAN MICHELE). (B,D)

DAY 04 : CAPRI-SORRENTO. EXCURSION TO AMALFITAN COAST.
TAKE THE FERRY TO SORRENTO THIS MORNING. FEW PLACES IN THE WORLD MATCH THE VERY SPECIAL CHARM OF SORRENTO.
THIS PICTURESQUE RESORT ON THE BAY OF NAPLES BOASTS A MARVELOUS CLIMATE, BEAUTIFUL VIEWS, TRENDY SHOPS AND BOUTIQUES, INTERESTING MUSEUMS AND A VIBRANT NIGHT LIFE.
DON’T MISS OUT ON THE INCLUDED EXCURSION ALONG THE BREATHTAKINGLY BEAUTIFUL AMALFITAN COAST. (B,D)

DAY 05 : TO 6 SORRENTO.
THE TOWN IS SITUATED ON A PLATEAU HIGH ABOVE THE WATERS OF THE BAY OF NAPLES WITH TRULY SPECTACULAR VIEWS AS FAR AS TOWERING VESUVIUS. SORRENTO’S TERRACES, HUNG WITH FLOWERS, JUT FROM WINDING STREETS AND ALLEYS ABOVE A SMALL HARBOR. STREETS ARE FILLED WITH SHOPS, CHEERFUL BARS, AND CAFÉS. (B ON DAY 6; B,D ON DAY 7)

DAY 07 : SORRENTO-VILLA S. GIOVANNI-FERRY CROSSING-TAORMINA.
TODAY, BY WAY OF THE COMFORTABLE MOTORWAY, TRAVEL THROUGH THE WILD AND MOUNTAINOUS SCENERY OF ITALY’S MOST SOUTHERN REGIONS BEFORE BOARDING THE FERRY FOR THE 45-MINUTE CROSSING TO SICILY. ONLY A FEW MORE MILES BRING YOU TO TAORMINA, WHERE YOU OVERNIGHT. (B,D)

DAY 08 : TAORMINA
MAGNIFICENTLY SITUATED ON A 700-FOOT PLATEAU, TAORMINA HAS WONDERFUL VIEWS ALONG THE COAST. THE HEART OF THE TOWN IS PIAZZA NOVE APRILE, A PAVED SQUARE WITH UNRIVALED VIEWS TO THE SEA AND THE MOUNT ETNA VOLCANO. (B,D)

DAY 09 : TAORMINA-MOUNT ETNA-SYRACUSE.
MAGNIFICENTLY SITUATED ON A 700-FOOT PLATEAU, TAORMINA HAS WONDERFUL VIEWS ALONG THE COAST. THE HEART OF THE TOWN IS PIAZZA NOVE APRILE, A PAVED SQUARE WITH UNRIVALED VIEWS TO THE SEA AND THE MOUNT ETNA VOLCANO. (B,D)

DAY 10 : SYRACUSE-PIAZZA ARMERINA-AGRIGENTO.
TODAY YOU DRIVE WESTWARDS TO PIAZZA ARMERINA, A MAZE OF STEEP STREETS AND RICH IN THE ATMOSPHERE OF SICILIAN LIFE.
NEARBY IS CASALE, ONCE A PALATIAL HUNTING LODGE FAMOUS FOR ITS MOSAICS INCLUDING THE “BIKINI GIRLS,” TEN ATHLETIC MAIDENS DRESSED FOR ALL THE WORLD AS MODERN TOURISTS! THEN PAST CALTANISSETTA, SURROUNDED BY SULPHUR MINES, TO AGRIGENTO’S VALLEY OF THE TEMPLES, ONE OF ITALY’S ARCHAEOLOGICAL JEWELS – ESPECIALLY IN SPRING WHEN THE SLOPES ARE FROSTED WITH ALMOND BLOSSOMS. THE DORIC TEMPLE OF CONCORD IS THE BEST PRESERVED OUTSIDE ATHENS AND THE HILLTOP TEMPLE OF JUNO LACINIA THE VALLEY’S MOST IMPRESSIVE. (B,D)

DAY 11 : AGRIGENTO-SELINUNTE-PALERMO.
LEAVE AGRIGENTO FOR SELINUNTE, ONE OF THE MOST STRIKING AND INTERESTING SITES IN SICILY. SEE THE REMAINS OF THE ACROPOLIS. THEN, NORTHEAST TO PALERMO, THE CAPITAL OF SICILY. (B)

DAY 12 : PALERMO. AFTERNOON EMBARKATION.
THIS BUSY AND COLORFUL CITY IS FULL OF INTERESTING SQUARES AND MARKETPLACES, CHURCHES AND PALAZZOS IN EVERY STYLE FROM MOORISH TO BAROQUE. THE OPTIONAL GUIDED SIGHTSEEING SHOWS YOU ALL THE OUTSTANDING SIGHTS.
IN THE AFTERNOON, TRANSFER TO THE HARBOR FOR YOUR EMBARKATION TO ARRIVE IN NAPLES EARLY TOMORROW MORNING. ACCOMMODATION IS IN FOUR-BERTH COUCHETTE CABINS.

DAY 13 : NAPLES-ROME.
AFTER ARRIVAL AND DISEMBARKATION, JOIN YOUR COACH FOR THE DRIVE NORTHWARDS TO ROME. PLENTY OF TIME TO ENJOY YOUR RETURN TO ITALY’S CAPITAL AND LIVELIEST CITY.

DAY 14 : ROME.
INCLUDED SIGHTSEEING WITH A LOCAL GUIDE STARTS IN ST. PETER’S SQUARE, FOLLOWED BY A VISIT TO THE ROMAN FORUM AND THE MIGHTY COLOSSEUM. (B)

DAY 15 : DEPARTURE FLIGHT