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DAY 1 WELCOME TO THE ETERNAL CITY OF ROME Welcome to Rome, a glorious city filled with classic antiquities, medieval buildings, Renaissance palaces and baroque churches. Transfers depart from Rome's Fiumicino Leonardo da Vinci Airport for your hotel at 09:30, 12:30 and 15:30 Relax and settle in before joining your Travel Director at 17:30, and get to know your fellow travellers over a delicious Welcome Dinner with wine at a local restaurant. (DW) Golden Tulip Rome Piram. DAY 2 ROME WITH THE LOCALS Rome is about art, antiquity, piazzas and pizza, and our guided walk with a Local Expert has it in abundance. Toss a coin into the spectacular Trevi Fountain, see the Pantheon, the best-preserved monument from the Roman period, and enjoy free time to do as the Romans do. Perhaps join a tour to discover the incredibly characteristic Roman quarter of Trastevere? (B) DAY 3 viP VATICAN, ST. PETER'S BASILICA AND ON TO SORRENTO Meet your Local Expert for a guided visit through the Vatican Museums, culminating beneath Michelangelo's famous ceiling in the Sistine Chapel Your priority visit includes fast-tracked entry and a behind-the-scenes look at the Bramante Staircase. Continue your visit to St. Peter's Basilica and later, depart for Sorrento. (B) Hotel Isabella, Sorrento. DAY 4 capri, THE ISLE OF DREAMS Cruise by jetfoil across the impossibly blue sea to the sun-drenched island of Capri. On arrival, enjoy an escorted ride in an open-top taxi to Capri Town and meet your Local Expert for an orientation walk through narrow alleyways Explore Capri with Insight Choice. Choose to visit the immaculate Gardens of Augustus with a Local Expert and admire the views over Faraglioni Rocks. Alternatively, enjoy a tasting of limoncello, Capri's, famous lemon liqueur. KEY 2H Join/Leave Options ROME & fUNESCO THE VATICAN CITY (Ooys162) Heritage Site Ocentral Hotels + Nights @scenic Hotels + Nights @Place Visited O Optional Place Visited EL Cruise CHOOSE YOUR GROUP SIZE This trip operates both classic and small et eects Notte ur eel ger ANS MT pest Descend to the port by funicular, before returning to Sorrento where you are at leisure for the rest of the day. (B) DAY 5 Pomel! AND ALBEROBELLO With your Local Expert. explore the streets of Pompeii, buried in A.D. 79 by the historic eruption of Mount Vesuvius. Venture on to Alberobello. (B) (DW) Grand Hotel La Chiusa di Chietri, Alberobello. DAY 6 THE TRULLI OF ALBEROBELLO Relaxed Start. With a Local Expert, admire the Trulli of Alberobello, circular structures with conical roofs, built from limestone and stacked without mortar. Join a MAKE TRAVEL MATTERÂź Experience at Trattoria Terra Madre. Alessandro, the owner, shares his philosophy of using home-grown organic and seasonal produce. See Nonna making orecchiette pasta during a demonstration, before a delicious four-course, Farm-to-Table Highlight Dinner. (B) (DW) DAY 7 ALBEROBELLO AT LEISURE Relaxed Start. The day is free for you to enjoy this fascinating town. Perhaps visit Ostuni with its whitewashed buildings and narrow cobbled streets? (B) DAY 8 JOURNEY SOUTH TO MATERA Relaxed Start. Visit Matera with a Local Expert for an in-depth exploration of the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Sassi. This intricate labyrinth of cave dwellings, churches, staircases and arches was hewn out of solid rock. (B) (DW) MH Matera Hotel. DAY 9 To SICILY AND THE TAORMINA RIVIERA Travel to the very toe of Italy and board your ferry bound for Sicily, across the Strait of Messina Join a Local Expert for a visit to the Greek Theater of Taormina, graced with the most spectacular of backdrops. ALBEROBELLO (Days 5,687) s MATERAâ âDOstuni Pompeii (Daya) ) ~âOAmalfi Coast Sone Capri PALERMO, (ays 12,136.14) Po syracuse Agrigento Take your pick of specially selected restaurants for your Dine-Around Evening. (B) (DW) RG Naxos Hotel, Taormina. DAY 10 FREE TIME ON THE TAORMINA RIVIERA Relaxed Start. The day is at leisure to relax at your resort's private beach. Don't miss the chance of an optional drive through the national park to Mount Etna. (B) DAY 11 ANEW DAWNINSICILY Relaxed Start. Early risers may experience what DH. Lawrence christened the âdawn coast of Europe.â The day is free to explore Taormina at your leisure, or to embark on an Optional Experience to Syracuse. In the evening, venture to a local restaurant for a tasty meal accompanied by wine. (B) (DW) DAY 12 AGRIGENTO, THE VALLEY OF THE TEMPLES AND ON TO PALERMO Drive to Agrigento and walk along the fortified ridge of the Valley of the Temples with a Local Expert. See the massive Temple of Concord and clifftop Temple of Juno, overlooking the sea In the afternoon, continue to the Sicilian capital of Palermo. (B) NH Palermo. DAY 13 PALERMO AND THE GOLDEN AGE OF THE NORMANS Join a historian on a guided walk to see the gems of the old city. Venture inside Palermo Cathedral and see the amazing Palatine Chapel in the Palace of the Normans. The afternoon is free to explore on your own In the evening, join your fellow travellers at a local restaurant for a Celebration Dinner of delicious local cuisine and wine. (B) (DW) DAY 14 DEPART PALERMO Your journey draws to an end. Departure transfers arrive at Palermo Falcone-Borsellino Airport at 06:00 and 08:00. (B) Rei Tun Cog ae full details of this Matis < si < = oS 3 2 2} a
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