Italy: Sorrento, Naples and Pompei – SEVERAL GUARANTEED DEPARTURES

Participants arrive at Naples airport during the day and are welcomed by our local correspondent, who will accompany you throughout your stay in Italy.

Transfer by coach to your hotel.

Handover of keys and installation in rooms.

Dinner and accommodation at the hotel on the Pompeii coast.
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Lunch at the hotel.

Morning guided tour of Sorrento’s beautiful historic center (outdoors): Piazza Tasso, the elegant historic center, the church of San Francesco with its cloister, etc.

Dinner in a typical Sorrento restaurant.

Afternoon panoramic tour of the Sorrento peninsula, stopping at various viewpoints to enjoy panoramic views of the Gulf of Naples. Then stop at a farm to visit a lemon grove and taste ‘limoncello’, the famous lemon-based liqueur.
Dinner and overnight stay at a hotel on the Pompeii coast.
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Lunch at your hotel.

Visit to a pasta factory in the famous village of Gragnano: general explanation and tour of the production area.

We’ll then visit one of the famous workshops where coral is transformed into cameos, jewelry and small sculptures.

Dinner in a restaurant during the excursion.

In the afternoon, departure for Pompeii for the entrance and guided tour of the excavations of this famous Roman city buried by the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 A.D.: the Forum, the Temple of Jupiter and Apollo, the Stabian Baths, the House of the Faun, the House of the Vetti etc. are among the most important monuments to visit. An ancient port city built at the foot of Mount Vesuvius, Pompeii was completely devastated on August 24, 79. In two days, Pompeii was buried under a layer of ash 6 to 7 m thick.

Dinner and overnight at the hotel on the Pompeii coast.
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Lunch at your hotel.

A day dedicated to discovering Naples.

The city is characterized above all by its lively working-class districts in the historic center. A stroll will take us through the Spaccanapoli district: teeming with life, its narrow, straight streets, where the balconies, almost touching each other, are connected by fine ropes where the inhabitants dry their laundry. A dive into the lively center of the Parthenopean city.

Along the way, we’ll discover Baroque palaces and churches such as the Gesù Nuovo, as well as remarkable Gothic buildings such as St. Clare (exterior).

Dinner at a historic pizzeria with a menu based on real Neapolitan pizza.

Continuing with a visit to the main monuments (exteriors) of the monumental center: you’ll admire the avenue that runs alongside the sea, the little port of Santa Lucia and the Castle of the Egg… Then the Umberto I Gallery, the Royal Palace, the San Carlo Theater, Piazza del Plebiscito, Via Medina, Castel Nuovo, also known as Maschio Angioino…

Dinner and overnight at the hotel on the Pompeii coast.
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Lunch at your hotel.

A day dedicated to an excursion to the Amalfi Coast: you’ll take the boat from Salerno and admire one of Italy’s most beautiful coastlines from the sea, with its magnificent scenery, sheer rocks, gorges etc.
Stop in the historic center of Amalfi, with its interesting 11th-century Cathedral of St. Andrew.
Dinner in a restaurant during the excursion.

Return by boat to the hotel on the Pompeii coast for dinner and overnight accommodation.
(NB travel on this tour can be organized entirely by boat or by 8-pax minibus – depending on weather conditions or the orders of the local authorities regulating the influx of tourists)
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Lunch at your hotel.

The day is dedicated to an excursion to the island of Capri.
Transfer by minibus from the hotel to the port of Sorrento and crossing by boat to the island. Guided tour of the island: with the help of local minibuses, you can discover the “island of the mermaids”, as Capri is known in Greek mythology. It rises out of a deep, mountainous sea, with cliffs carved by caves and inlets and surrounded by fantastically shaped rocks. The island is renowned, among other things, for the variety of its scenery and the richness of its buildings. Discover Marina Grande, with the ruins of the Palazzo a Mare, Emperor Augustus’ favorite residence, made up of several buildings scattered around the gardens; the Baths of Tiberius; the piazzetta…

Dinner at a restaurant on the island.
Afternoon exploring the center of Capri with a walk to the Tragara belvedere to see the famous Faraglioni.

Return to hotel by boat and minibus.

Dinner and overnight at hotel on the Pompeii coast
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Lunch at the hotel.

Day trip to the southern coast of the Campania region in the Salerno area, home to Paestum, a major Greek archaeological site: entrance to the site and guided tour of the ruins (basilica, temple of Neptune, temple of Ceres) and Museum (metopes, diver’s tomb, etc.).

Dinner in a restaurant during the excursion.

In the afternoon, stop off in Salerno’s historic center for a free tour of the exterior, with its Norman-style Duomo dating from 1085 and the picturesque via dei Mercanti (merchants’ street).

Dinner and overnight at the hotel on the Pompeii coast.
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Breakfast at your hotel. Depending on flight departure times, transfers to Naples airport.
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