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 Package Highlights Six (6) nights accommodations at first class hotel.Ground transporation by Deluxe motorcoach, including airport transfers.English-speaking guide throughout.American buffet breakfast daily excluding the day of arrival.One (1) welcome dinner "Neapolitan Feast."One (1) farewell dinner including wine and water.Four (4) dinners featuring Southern Italian cuisine.One (1) welcome drink on arrival at our hotel.Optional tours and inclusions at an additional cost: Lunch featuring Neapolitan pizza $30 pp, Day tour to Capri $220, Half-day tour to Montecassio $49 ppHalf-day guided tours to Sperlonga, Gaeta and Pompeii.Sightseeing tours to the Amalfi Coast and Naples.entrance fees to Excavations in Pompeii and the National Museum in SperlongaLocal taxes and tips (excluding tips to driver and guide).
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| Call 1 (888) 898-3628 for more information or to book today! Mention code 7805419 | | Celtic Tours | | | | Day | Destination | Description | | Day 1 | Depart USA | U.S. - Rome : Depart U.S. for our overnight flight to Rome, Italy. Dinner will be served on board. | | Day 2 | Rome | Rome - Riviera Ulysses : Morning arrival into Rome where our Celtic Tours Escort will warmly greet us. (Note: Flights must coincide with our greeting time & transfer at 12:30 pm.) We will travel south to the stunning Riviera Ulysses where we will check into our hotel which will be our base for the next six nights. This evening we will have a "Neapolitan Feast" including wine and local dishes. Overnight at our hotel. | | Day 3 | Riviera Ulysses | Riviera Ulysses - Gaeta : This morning we will enjoy a tour of Sperlonga. This ancient and picturesque old town with its narrow and terraced streets was originally a fortress protecting the local population against invaders from many lands. The local homes are built into a massive rock which sits on a spur of land jutting out into the Tyrrhenian Sea. We will also visit the National Museum and the site of the villa of the Emperor Tiberius. Before returning to the hotel, we will stop at a MOZZARELLA CHEESE FACTORY for a tasting. After lunch on your own, depart for a half-day guided tour of the picturesque town of Gaeta. We will see the baroque church of Santissima Annunziata dating from 1320, the Cathedral of St. Erasmo with its Romanesque style dating from 1180, and visit the Sanctuary of Montagna Spaccata. Legend states that the "Split Mountain" divided three ways after the death of Jesus. Dinner and overnight at our hotel. | | Day 4 | Riviera Ulysses | Riviera Ulysses - Sorrento and the Amalfi Coast : This morning we will depart for a full-day excursion to Sorrento and the Amalfi Coast. Our excursion to the Amalfi Coast takes us along one of Europe's most beautiful drives. The peninsula takes in the wild and rocky coastline, caves, and sea shore grottos towards the Bay of Naples. Our journey takes us to Sorrento for a visit, after which the journey continues on to Positano with its breathtaking views. Arrive in beautiful Amalfi, a splendid town in an incomparable setting. Lunch on your own and return to the hotel in the evening. Dinner and overnight. | | Day 5 | Riviera Ulysses | Riviera Ulysses (optional: full day tour: Capri $220 pp). : After breakfast at our hotel, the day is free to explore "Riviera Ulysses" on your own.
For those that have elected this option, after breakfast at the hotel, we are off on a full day excursion with a local guide to Capri Isle. Depart by bus to Naples pier and take the hydrofoil to Capri, arriving in Marina Grande. Enjoy a sightseeingtour by minibus and funicular. Discover the wonderful natural and artistic Isle of Capri, famous for the color of the seasurrounding it. The wonderfully pure and uncontaminated air laced with the scent of island flowers, the delicate colors, theancient past, the dramatically beautiful scenery and the sensation of undisturbed tranquillity. This is a mere taste of themagic of an island which has become a living legend. Lunch on your own. In the afternoon, free time for shopping in the famous "Piazzetta". Return by hydrofoil to Naples. Dinner and overnight at our hotel. | | Day 6 | Pompeii | Naples - Pompeii (optional: Pizza Tasting $30 pp) : After breakfast, we will leave for a full-day guided visit to Naples and Pompeii with a visit to the archaeological excavations. Beyond Naples, we see the city of Pompeii, sitting in the shadow of Mount Vesuvius. Pompeii was built in 7 B.C. lasting until 79 A.D, when it was overcome by Vesuvius' eruption of rock and ash. The city disappeared from the maps for nearly 1,700 years. Rediscovered in the 18th century, it was clear that the volcanic ash had preserved a good deal of the lost city. Enjoy a true delicacy for lunch-NEAPOLITAN PIZZA with Buffalo Mozzarella and fresh tomatoes. After lunch, we travel to Naples for a panoramic drive through the city. Return to our hotel for dinner and overnight. | | Day 7 | Riviera Ulysses | Riviera Ulysses (optional: Tour to Montecassio $49 pp). : Our morning is free. This afternoon enjoy a guided excursion to the lovely Abbey of Montecassino founded by St. Benedict about 529 in the Christian era. Travel through narrow winding mountainous roads to the city of Terracina and a visit to the Temple of Jupiter, a complex dating to 4 B.C. This evening enjoy an authentic Southern Italian farewell feast at the hotel. OPTIONAL: 2.15pm - This afternoon we enjoy a half-day visit to Montecassino, for a guided visit of MontecassinoMonastery. It was founded by St. Benedict about 529 of the Christian Era, becoming famous for the prodigious life and theSepulchre of its Founder. Through the ages, the abbey was looked upon as a place of holiness, culture and art for which itbecame renowned on worldwide level. On 1944, during World War II, Montecassino happened to be on the firing linebetween two armies: this place of prayer and study which had become in these circumstances a shelter for hundreds ofcivilians, in only three hours was reduced to a heap of debris under which many of the refuges met their death. Now hasbeen rebuilt saving all the memories of the past. Tonight we enjoy an authentic Farewell Dinner at our hotel. | | Day 8 | Return USA | Riviera Ulysses - U.S : After breakfast, transfer (6:00 am) to Rome's Leonardo da Vinci Airport for the return flight to U.S. Take with you the memories of the best of Italy. "Arrivederci," a nostalgic goodbye with a promise to return. |
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