Day 1 - Depart
USA
Overnight flight
to Rome.
Day 2 -
Arrive Rome
(2 nights)
meets you at the
airport and
transfers you to
your hotel where
this afternoon,
you will meet
your Tour
Director and
fellow
passengers.
(Dinner)
Hotel: Abitart
(2 nights)
Day 3 - Rome
sightseeing & at
leisure
Our guided
sightseeing tour
includes a visit
to St Peter’s
Basilica in the
Vatican. We
continue to
Piazza Venezia
with time to
take pictures of
the Victor
Emmanuel
monument and the
15th century
Piazza Venezia
before
continuing to
the Via Sacra
and the Roman
Forum and the
Colosseum.
Finally we will
see the Circus
Maximus on the
Palatine Hill.
Perhaps take an
optional trip to
visit the
ancient
Catacombs and to
see
Michelangelo's
sculpture of
Moses in the
Church of St.
Peter in
Chains. (Buffet
Breakfast)
Day 4 - Rome -
Capri- Sorrento
We pass the
Abbey of Monte
Cassino to
Naples for a
cruise to the
Isle of Capri.
With a local
guide, we ascend
to Capri town by
funicular to
visit the famous
gardens, admire
the Faraglioni
Rocks and maybe
linger for a
while in the
Piazzetta. Late
in the afternoon
we head to
Sorrento by
boat. (Buffet
Breakfast /
Dinner)
Hotel: Parco del
Sole
Day 5 - Sorrento
- Taormina (3
nights)
After a visit to
an inlaid wood
workshop, we
drive via
Salerno and
continue through
Calabria. Next
we board our
ferry to cross
the Straits of
Messina and
drive into
Sicily to the
resort of
Taormina for
three
nights. (Buffet
Breakfast /
Dinner)
Hotel: Sant
Alphio Garden (3
nights)
Day 6 - Taormina
orientation & at
leisure
Our orientation
tour shows us
the Corso
Umberto before
time at leisure.
Later you may
wish to take an
excursion to the
top of the
volcano, Mount
Etna. (Buffet
Breakfast)
Hotel: Tritone
Day 7 - Syracuse
Excursion
Enjoy a full day
in the 'Greek
city' Syracuse.
With a local
guide we visit
the
archeological
excavations to
admire the Greek
Theatre, the
Roman
amphitheatre,
the Ear of
Dionysus and the
Altar of Hierro
II. Later, we
visit the
Ortygia island,
before returning
to
Taormina. (Buffet
Breakfast /
Dinner)
Day 8 - Taormina
- Agrigento
En route to
Agrigento we
stop to view the
fortress town of
Enna but first
we visit Piazza
Armerina - to
see the mosaics
in the nearby
Roman Villa of
Casale. Then on
to Agrigento
where our local
guide takes us
to visit the
Valley of the
Temples. (Buffet
Breakfast /
Dinner)
Hotel: Grand Dei
Templi
Day 9 -
Agrigento -
Palermo
First we drive
to Selinunte to
visit the Dorian
Temples and the
Acropolis. Then
on to Palermo,
where guided
sightseeing
takes us to the
Piazza Bellini
and the
Cathedral. Later
we stop to view
the Conca d'Oro
from Monreale
and visit the
Norman
Cathedral.
Finally we visit
the coastal
fishing village
of Mondello
before reaching
our
hotel. (Buffet
Breakfast /
Dinner)
Hotel: Astoria
Palace
Day 10 - Palermo
– USA
After breakfast,
you are
transferred to
the airport for
your return
flight to the
USA. (Buffet
Breakfast)
