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SAMPLE
ITINERARY*
Day 1
Departure
from USA and overnight on
board of your plane.
Day 2
Arrival in Naples and
transfer to Salerno (We can
help you with car rentals in
Naples). After
check-in at the hotel,
choose to relax or begin
your exploration of this
very enchanting city.
Overnight at the hotel.
Day 3
After breakfast at the
hotel, become acquainted
with Sorrento and its
beauties. The famous land of
Mermaids, who attracted the
navigators passing by, is
still one of the most famous
enchanting cities in Italy.
Celebrated by ancient and
modern poets, Sorrento
became a renowned site of
vacation
during the last century as a
destination for "Gran Tour"
travellers and today it
represents the ideal
starting point for visiting
to all the tourist sights of
the area: Capri, Ischia,
Naples, Ercolano, Pompei,
Positano, Amalfi. Do not
miss a visit to the
prestigious and rich
Correale of Terranova
Museum, that contains
important remains of both
the history of the city and
the craft tradition of
inlaid wood. Overnight at
the hotel.
Day 4
Breakfast at the hotel.
Choose to spend your day
relaxing or visiting
Positano. Ancient sea
village, because of the
mildness of its climate and
its beauty, it was the
holiday resort of the
noblest of the ancient
Romans.
This character of elite
tourism has remained
unchanged in Positano
throughout the years. Its
houses, all white
with slanting roofs,
typically mediterranean,
slope gently towards an
intensly blue sea. The
numerous little shops, inset
along the sides of the
narrow lanes, always elegant
and colorful, send out to
the rest of the world that
style which is called "Moda
Positano" which is it self
an important attraction.
Inthe evening, return to
Sorrento and overnight at
the hotel.
Day 5
Breakfast at the hotel.
Today you can choose to
relax or to visit the famous
Amalfi coast. The coast
which runs from Positano to
Salerno includes a sequence
of wonderful bays
interrupted by the mountains
with many little towns full
of history and natural
beauty. Amalfi, one of the
Maritime Powers rich in
monuments of moresque
inspiration, Vietri famous
for its ceramic works,
Ravello a terrace on the
sea, from where it's
possible to enjoy one of the
most unique views in the
world. Ravello was loved by
Wagner and for this reason
there is an important
festival every year
dedicated in his memory.
Return to Sorrento and
overnight at the hotel.
Day 6
Breakfast at the hotel.
Today you can relax or
choose to visit Capri, "the
blue island", loved and
celebrated by a lot of
artists, the place where
history, nature and
mondanity come to a meeting
point. Capri is a place
worth visiting at least once
during your life: the famous
"Piazzetta" sitting-room of
the world, the "Faraglioni
rocks", the "Blue Grotto"
are beauties famous all
around the world.
Day 7
Breakfast at the hotel.
Today do not miss Ischia,
the "Green Island" famous
for its splendid thermal
springs. Still today the
main attractions of Ischia
lie in the nature of the
island, its thermal springs
and the beautiful sea, which
combine and create a typical
mediterrean atmosphere, made
up of vivacious colours set
againsts the contrasting
backdrop of pure white
houses. Just in front of
Ischia lies Procida: it
appears as a little dot
within the immense
Partenopeon sea. One of the
most outstanding attractions
of Procida are the
fisherman's houses brightly
painted in many colours. It
is widely known as the most
characteristic island in the
Gulf of Naples and known as
being surrounded by sea
"which most people only
dream of". Return to the
hotel and overnight.
Day 8
After breakfast at the
hotel, pick up your car to
reach Naples passing through
unique urban landscape and
very fascinating areas. The
city is maybe not so
delightful as Rome or
Florence, but it deserves a
place among the destinations
a tourist should not miss in
Italy. Do not miss a visit
of Piazza Plebiscito, Royal
Palace, San Carlo Theatre,
Galleria Umberto I,
Posillipo, Spaccanapoli and
Piazza del Gesù. Not far
from Naples there are two
more reasons to come to this
city: Pompeii and
Herculaneum. These two
cities were buried by Mont
Vesuvius' eruption in 79 AD
and preserve many important
archaeological remains.
Return to Sorrento and
overnight.
Day 9
Breakfast at the hotel. Pick
up your car to reach Naples
airport for your return
flight to the USA.
*This
is a sample itinerary
- Package price is land
only. Air, Car
rentals, Excursions as
described in this itinerary
are available upon request
and at extra cost. |