7 Day Southern Italy

DAY 1,Arrive in Rome

Arrive in Rome and transfer to your hotel. Balance of the day at leisure. This evening, enjoy an orientation meeting with your tour escort, followed by a welcome dinner

Overnight: Rome

Meals: Dinner

DAY 2, Vatican Museum & Sistine Chapel

Today begins with the visit to the Vatican Museums and Michelangelo's breathtaking Sistine Chapel. Stroll through St. Peter's Square, passing Bernini's famous colonnade, to visit St. Peter's Basilica, where you will view Michelangelo's Pieta. This highly-finished marble sculpture depicts the body of Jesus in the arms of Mary after the Crucifixion and is considered to be among the most compelling of all works of art in the Western world. The remainder of the day is at leisure

Optional: Piazzas of Rome (PM)

Overnight: Rome

Meals: Breakfast

DAY 3, Tour Ancient Rome

This morning, a historic tour of "ancient Rome" takes you to the Roman Forum, the political center during the Roman Republic, the triumphal Arch of Constantine, the Arch of Titus and the Colosseum, the largest amphitheater built in the Roman Empire. Afternoon at leisure

Optional: Dinner with Opera Singers & Illuminated Drive

Overnight: Rome

Meals: Breakfast

DAY 4, Pompeii Tour, Travel to Sorrento

Drive south, passing by the famous Monte Cassino Abbey, founded by St. Benedict of Norcia in 529. Destroyed on four separate occasions, it was last rebuilt after being the site of fierce fighting during the Second World War. View Mt. Vesuvius in passing the Bay of Naples, before reaching Pompeii. Visit the ruins of this best preserved Roman city, including the Temples of Apollo and Jupiter, and the Forum. Continue to Sorrento

Overnight: Sorrento

Meals: Breakfast, Dinner

DAY 5, Full Day in Sorrento

Enjoy a full day at leisure in Sorrento. Strikingly beautiful and picturesque, even by Italian standards, Sorrento is set along the sea, with stunning escarpments plunging into the Gulf of Naples. Take a walk to see firsthand why this town has long been beloved by poets and artists

Optional: Full Day Capri

Overnight: Sorrento

Meals: Breakfast, Dinner

DAY 6, Full Day in Sorrento

Spend your last day in Sorrento at leisure. Enjoy the relaxed atmosphere and perhaps take advantage of the opportunity to sip an authentic limoncello, the region's signature drink, at a cafe

Overnight: Sorrento

Meals: Breakfast

DAY 7, Depart for the USA

Transfer to the airport in Naples for your departure flight

Meals: Breakfast

Escorted Package Includes

• • 6 nights First Class accommodations

    • 3 nights Grand Hotel Palatino, Rome

    • 3 nights Hotel Central or Hotel Cristina, Sorrento

  • Italian city hotel taxes

  • All transfers

  • 9 meals: 6 buffet breakfasts, 3 dinners with wine

  • Sightseeing per itinerary in modern air-conditioned motor coach

  • Services of English-speaking tour manager throughout

  • Services of local guides in all major cities

• Entrance fees per itinerary

  • Escorted Package not Includes.

  • International flight ticket.

  • Optional Tours.

  • Rate per person in Double Room .

Special Features

• • Evening Walking Tour of Rome

  • Forum & Colosseum, Rome

  • Vatican Museum & Sistine Chapel, Rome

  • Visit to the excavations at Pompeii

  • Wine & mineral water with all dinners

• Whisper technology enhanced touring

  • Optional Tours.

  • - Day 02

  • This half day walking tour takes you to explore the grand piazzas of the Eternal City. Stand in awe in front of the majestic Spanish Steps, the longest and widest decorative steps in Europe, and with your local guide stroll through the most characteristic "piazzas and vias " of Rome. Stop to admire the breathtaking grandeur of the Trevi Fountain and take the opportunity to toss in one, two, or three coins, each of which is supposed to bring a unique kind of good fortune. View the monumental Pantheon, the best preserved of any Roman building and admire the baroque Piazza Navona, which follows the shape of the ancient Roman Diocletian Stadium, with Bernini's Fountain of the Four Rivers and the Egyptian Obelisk. Pick-up details to be advised locally.

  • - Day 03

  • Your evening includes a four-course dinner with delightful entertainment, and unlimited wine, culminating with an illuminated tour of Rome by night. Pickup details to be advised locally.

  • - Day 05

  • Enjoy a full day journey to the colorful Isle of Capri by boat. Visit the lovely Anacapri and explore the charming shops and chic boutiques as you stroll the island's narrow streets. Continue to see "La Piazzetta," the social heart of the island, on your way to the open-air Gardens of Augustus, from where you will appreciate breathtaking views of the famous Faraglioni rocks. Tour includes: local guide, round trip transportation to port, round trip transportation by fast boat, minibus or cable car transportation on the island. Pickup details to be advised locally.