Summary
Indulge in Italy’s finest food and views during this 2-week guided tour. When in Rome, you will toss a coin into the Trevi Fountain during a walking tour with a Local Expert. In Sorrento, settle into a luxurious resort and take in the views of Mount Vesuvius, which buried Pompeii in a pyroclastic cloud of ash and lava stones in 79 A.D. Dine on traditional Apulian cuisine inside a historic trulli house – iconic to the region with their conical stone roofs. Enjoy seasonal dishes such as orecchiette, a traditional pasta of Puglia, honouring age-old recipes, with a deep connection to their land. In Palermo, a historian will take you through the old city, showing you its cathedral and the Palatine Chapel in the Palace of the Normans, where glittering 12th century mosaics will surely take your breath away.
Short Itinerary / Route
- Day 1
- Welcome To The Eternal City Of Rome
- Day 2
- Rome With The Locals
- Day 3
- Rome To Sorrento
- Day 4
- Capri, The Isle Of Dreams
- Day 5
- Pompeii And Alberobello
- Day 6
- The Trulli Of Alberobello Relaxed Start
- Day 7
- Alberobello At Leisure Relaxed Start
- Day 8
- Journey West To Matera
- Day 9
- To Sicily And The Taormina Riviera
- Day 10
- Free Time On The Taormina Riviera Relaxed Start
- Day 11
- A New Dawn In Sicily Relaxed Start
- Day 12
- Agrigento, The Valley Of The Temples And On To Pal...
- Day 13
- Palermo And The Golden Age Of The Normans
- Day 14
- Depart Palermo
Travel Cities (9): Agrigento, Alberobello, Matera, Messina, Naples, Palermo, Pompeii, Rome, Syracuse