Tour of Campania and Rome December 2015 - Italy

Tour of Campania and Rome December 2015 - Italy

 

December 2015

12/10/2015

Arrival in the evening at Salerno. Dinner and overnight at the hotel.

12/11/2015 Vesuvius / Pompeii ruins

Breakfast at the hotel. Excursion to climb Vesuvius by bus up to 1,000 meters (possibility to visit the crater at about 1280 meters, with a fee guide). Lunch and departure for Pompeii. Visit the ruins and the famous Villa of the Mysteries. Return to the hotel. Dinner and overnight.

12/12/2015 Napoli

Breakfast. Visit the Old Town: the Church of Santa Chiara with its cloister, the Cathedral of San Gennaro, the craft shops of San Gregorio Armeno and views and historical monuments that surround them. Lunch. Panoramic bus tour of the city with a stop at Piazza Plebiscito square and visit the Royal Palace, one of the four residences used by the Royal House of Bourbon of Naples during the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies. Return to the hotel. Dinner and overnight.

12/13/2015 Napoli

Guided tour of the streets and main squares of the city, among which there are certainly those that characterize the area of the decumani of Naples Spaccanapoli (lower decuman) Via Tribunali (decuman), via dell'Anticaglia (decuman top ), via San Gregorio Armeno, Piazza del Gesù Nuovo, Piazza Bellini, Piazza San Domenico Maggiore, wide body in Naples, Piazza San Gaetano and several others. The reason for this is that in these streets a large part of the rich artistic heritage of the city, as until the sixteenth century it was forbidden to build outside these boundaries. Lunch. Dinner and overnight at the hotel.

12/14/2015 SALERNO

Breakfast at the hotel. Drive to Sorrento and visit the town. Continue to Positano and free time (1 hour). Lunch. Continue to Amalfi. Return to the hotel and dinner.

12/15/2015 Ruins of Paestum / Salerno

Breakfast and departure for Paestum, visit the archaeological excavations and the museum. Lunch at a farm with a small tasting of buffalo. Return to Salerno and walk to the main course. Return to hotel and dinner.

12/16/2015 Palace of Caserta

Breakfast at the hotel and departure to Caserta. Visit the majestic Royal Palace with the park vanvitelliano. Lunch. Return to Salerno. Afternoon at leisure. Dinner and overnight at the hotel.

12/17/2015 Irpinia

Departure for the Irpinia, the main attractions for the tourist ski are : Laceno, with the lake, Mount Terminio and some villages that are members of the most beautiful villages in Italy (Ex. Nusco), relief, in addition, the old town of Gesualdo with the castle was the residence of the Prince of Musicians Carlo Gesualdo, Rocca San Felice, Calitri (especially Castle Village) and the medieval village of Castelvetere. Among the religious sites in the Sanctuary of Montevergine, Mercogliano, the Shrine of St. Gerard, in the municipality of Caposele and the Shrine of Carpignano Grottaminarda, Shrine of Our Lady of Good Counsel in Frigento. Lunch. Dinner and overnight at the hotel.

12/18/2015 Matera

Full day guided tour of Matera, an Italian town of 60,505 inhabitants, capital of the province and second largest city of Basilicata for the population, and the largest common area of Basilicata.
Note with such names as "Stone City" and "Underground City" is known for the historic Sassi, who are one of the oldest residential areas in the world. The Stones were recognized World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1993, the first site in southern Italy to receive such recognition.
Matera is one of the city decorated for Valor for the Liberation War because she was awarded the Silver Medal of Valor for the sacrifices of its people during the Second World War, as it was the first city in the South to rise up in arms against fascism.
On October 17, 2014 Matera has been appointed, along with Plovdiv as European Capital of Culture 2019, the first city of the south Italian to receive this title. Lunch. Dinner and overnight at the hotel.

12/19/2015 Salerno

Full day tour of Salerno. The attractions offered by the city are mainly of landscape character (the Lungomare Trieste, the old town, the Garden of Minerva, the Castle Arechis with its view of the bay) and of historical, artistic and cultural (the Cathedral of Salerno Arab-Norman style, the Archaeological Museum of the Province of Salerno, the Diocesan Museum of Salerno, the same Arechis Castle and the latest addition to the Museum of the Salerno landings and Capital). The city can count on four moorings for pleasure craft, including the recent Marina d'Arechis, for a total of about 2,200 berths. Lunch. Dinner and overnight at the hotel.

12/20/2015 Rome

Departure for Rome, the capital of the Italian republic. Lunch. Guided tour of the most important civic buildings in Rome: Piazza del Campidoglio is home to the Senatorial Palace, representative office of the city of Rome, and the building of the Conservatives and the New Palace, headquarters of the Capitoline Museums. Many of the buildings of the city, the seat of noble families, cardinal and pope who exercised his power in Rome, among them, the Palazzo Venezia, the Palazzo Farnese, the Palazzo Barberini and Palazzo Colonna.
After the annexation of Rome to the Kingdom of Italy, many buildings were used as headquarters of the various organs of the provincial government, regional and national levels, such as the Quirinal Palace, seat of the Presidency of the Republic; Palazzo Madama, seat of the Italian Senate; Palazzo Montecitorio, seat of the Chamber of Deputies; Chigi Palace is the seat of the Italian government; Palazzo Valentini, headquarters of the province of Rome; Koch building, headquarters of the Bank of Italy; Palazzo della Consulta, seat of the Constitutional Court; Palazzo Spada, the Council of State; the Palace of Justice (Palazzaccio), the seat of the Supreme Court of Cassation, and the various ministerial buildings. There are also many villas and gardens which form part of stately mansions in the past, from urban gardens owned by the prominent personalities of ancient Rome. The largest urban villas are the Villa Doria Pamphili, Villa Borghese, Villa Ada, Villa Giulia and Villa Torlonia. Dinner and overnight at the hotel.

12/21/2015 Rome

Breakfast at the hotel and end of our services.

 

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