Italy Tour 66

1. Breakfast at the hotel. || 40.6283462251338, 14.375602345540166

2. Free day in Sorrento 

Sorrento is a coastal town in southwestern Italy, facing the Bay of Naples on the Sorrentine Peninsula. Perched atop cliffs that separate the town from its busy marinas, it’s known for sweeping water views and Piazza Tasso, a cafe-lined square. The historic center is a warren of narrow alleys that's home to the Chiesa di San Francesco, a 14th-century church with a tranquil cloister.

3. Night in Sorrento

1. Breakfast at the hotel. || 40.6283462251338, 14.375602345540166

2. 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM - Sightseeing Tour in Capri Island 

Capri, an island in Italy’s Bay of Naples, is famed for its rugged landscape, upscale hotels and shopping, from designer fashions to limoncello and handmade leather sandals. One of its best-known natural sites is the Blue Grotto, a dark cavern where the sea glows electric blue, the result of sunlight passing through an underwater cave. In summer, Capri's dramatic, cove-studded coastline draws many yachts.

3. Marina Grande. || 40.62790208331553, 14.367251774375445

Marina Grande is the main port of the island of Capri in Italy, to the north of the main town of Capri and at the foot of Mount Solaro.

4. The Blue Grotto. || 40.56116001191161, 14.205552668547973

The Blue Grotto is a sea cave on the coast of the island of Capri, southern Italy. Sunlight shining through an underwater cavity is reflected back upward through the seawater below the cavern, giving the water a blue glow that illuminates the cavern.

5. The Capri Funicular. || 40.55619130459238, 14.23892607773147 

The Capri funicular is a funicular railway on the island of Capri, in the Campania region of Italy. The line connects the Marina Grande on the coast with the Piazza Umberto I in the centre of the island.

6. Capri Shopping

7. Lunch at Ristorante Il Geranio Capri (not included)

8. Giardini di Augusto. || 40.54750190775128, 14.243189903206538

The Gardens of Augustus, originally known by the name of Krupp Gardens, are botanical gardens on the island of Capri, Campania, Italy. The gardens were established by the German industrialist Friedrich Alfred Krupp in the early twentieth century to build his mansion in Capri.

9. Belvedere di Punta Cannone. || 40.547135198612295, 14.24127758971202 

Hilltop viewpoint with a 19th-century cannon & ocean vistas, reachable by scenic footpath.

10. Transfer to hotel. || 40.6283462251338, 14.375591616704991

11. Free time

12. Night n Sorrento

1. Breakfast at the hotel. || 40.6283462251338, 14.375591616704991

2. 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM - Pompeii Tour. || 40.75018858893805, 14.505096778639558

Pompeii is a vast archaeological site in southern Italy’s Campania region, near the coast of the Bay of Naples. Once a thriving and sophisticated Roman city, Pompeii was buried under meters of ash and pumice after the catastrophic eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 A.D. The preserved site features excavated ruins of streets and houses that visitors can freely explore.

3. 9:00 AM - 9:30 AM - Transfer to Pompeii

4. 9:30 AM - 11:30 AM - Pompeii Archaeological Park. || 40.75133672208334, 14.488606359040874

Pompeii is a vast archaeological site in southern Italy’s Campania region, near the coast of the Bay of Naples. Once a thriving and sophisticated Roman city, Pompeii was buried under meters of ash and pumice after the catastrophic eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 A.D. The preserved site features excavated ruins of streets and houses that visitors can freely explore.

5. 11:30 AM - 12:00 PM - Transfer to hotel. || 40.62829736926418, 14.375698905056737

6. Free time

7. Night in Sorrento

1. Breakfast at the hotel. || 40.62829736926418, 14.375698905056737

2. 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM - Amalfi Coast Tour 

The Amalfi Coast is a 50-kilometer stretch of coastline along the southern edge of Italy’s Sorrentine Peninsula, in the Campania region. It’s a popular holiday destination, with sheer cliffs and a rugged shoreline dotted with small beaches and pastel-colored fishing villages. The coastal road between the port city of Salerno and clifftop Sorrento winds past grand villas, terraced vineyards and cliffside lemon groves.

3. Amalfi. || 40.633493254636214, 14.602923885738392

Amalfi is a town in a dramatic natural setting below steep cliffs on Italy’s southwest coast. Between the 9th and 11th centuries, it was the seat of a powerful maritime republic. The Arab-Norman Sant'Andrea cathedral at the heart of town, with its striped Byzantine facade, survives from this era. The Museo Arsenale Amalfi is a medieval shipyard-turned-exhibition space.

4. Positano. || 40.62862714885974, 14.479629121704257

Positano is a cliffside village on southern Italy's Amalfi Coast. It's a well-known holiday destination with a pebble beachfront and steep, narrow streets lined with boutiques and cafes. Its Chiesa di Santa Maria Assunta features a majolica-tiled dome and a 13th-century Byzantine icon of the Virgin Mary. The Sentiero degli Dei hiking trail links Positano to other coastal towns.

5. Ravello. || 40.64888586061597, 14.611404507021179 

Ravello, a resort town set 365 meters above the Tyrrhenian Sea by Italy’s Amalfi Coast, is home to iconic cliffside gardens. The 13th-century, Moorish-style Villa Rufolo offers far-reaching views from its terraced gardens, and hosts indoor and outdoor concerts during the popular summertime Ravello Festival. Villa Cimbrone, a medieval-style estate perched on a steep outcrop, is surrounded by another celebrated garden

6. Transfer to hotel. || 40.628378795693706, 14.375655989879457

7. Free time

8. Night in Sorrento

1. Breakfast at the hotel. || 40.628460222023975, 14.37569890522286

2. 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM - Transfer from Sorrento to Rome. || 41.89784560319122, 12.481700089449921

3. Hotel check in. || 41.90719747300561, 12.489757230421388

4. 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM - Rome Food Tour

5. Free time

6. Night in Rome

1. Breakfast at hotel. || 41.90711762599302, 12.489918162959151

2. 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM - Vatican. || 41.90290557974261, 12.453498811660538

Vatican City, a city-state surrounded by Rome, Italy, is the headquarters of the Roman Catholic Church. It's home to the Pope and a trove of iconic art and architecture. Its Vatican Museums house ancient Roman sculptures such as the famed “Laocoön and His Sons” as well as Renaissance frescoes in the Raphael Rooms and the Sistine Chapel, famous for Michelangelo’s ceiling.

3. 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM - Rome Tour #1

4. Colosseum. || 41.890421821634064, 12.492182616928131 

Monumental 3-tiered Roman amphitheater once used for gladiatorial games, with guided tour option.

5. Palatine Hill. || 41.889738549820116, 12.487530573015105

The Palatine Hill, which relative to the seven hills of Rome is the centremost, is one of the most ancient parts of the city; it has been called "the first nucleus of the Roman Empire".

6. Abbazia delle Tre Fontane. || 41.83548690835284, 12.483713219045317

Tre Fontane Abbey, or the Abbey of Saints Vincent and Anastasius, is a Roman Catholic abbey in Rome, held by monks of the Cistercian Order of the Strict Observance, better known as Trappists. It is known for raising the lambs whose wool is used to weave the pallia of new metropolitan archbishops.

7. Pantheon. || 42.41854247166246, 12.509767564680203 

The Pantheon is a former Roman temple and, since AD 609, a Catholic church in Rome, Italy. It was built on the site of an earlier temple commissioned by Marcus Agrippa during the reign of Augustus, then after that burnt down, the present building was ordered by the emperor Hadrian and probably dedicated c. AD 126.

8. Piazza Navona. || 41.89932794218721, 12.473050016928578

Piazza Navona is a public open space in Rome, Italy. It is built on the site of the Stadium of Domitian, built in the 1st century AD, and follows the form of the open space of the stadium. The ancient Romans went there to watch the agones, and hence it was known as "Circus Agonalis".

9. Arch of Titus. || 41.890829052638495, 12.488633403435644 

The Arch of Titus is a 1st-century AD honorific arch, located on the Via Sacra, Rome, just to the south-east of the Roman Forum. It was constructed in c.

10. Transfer to hotel. || 41.90710964128627, 12.48976795925724

11. Night in Rome

1. Breakfast at hotel. || 41.90710964128627, 12.48976795925724

2. 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM - Rome Tour #2

3. Saint Peter's Square. || 41.90237859944047, 12.456760224600398 

Saint Peter's Square is a large plaza located directly in front of St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City, the papal enclave in Rome, directly west of the neighborhood of Borgo. Both the square and the basilica are named after Saint Peter, an apostle of Jesus whom Catholics consider to be the first Pope.

4. Piazza di Spagna. || 41.90581516126617, 12.482385084123248 

Piazza di Spagna, at the bottom of the Spanish Steps, is one of the most famous squares in Rome, Italy. It owes its name to the Palazzo di Spagna, the seat of the Embassy of Spain to the Holy See. There is also the famed Column of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

5. Trevi Fountain. || 41.901085176754805, 12.483385599466374

The Trevi Fountain is an 18th-century fountain in the Trevi district in Rome, Italy, designed by Italian architect Nicola Salvi and completed by Giuseppe Pannini in 1762 and several others.

6. 3:00 PM - 6:00 PM - Fashion Tour

7. Free time

8. Night in Rome

1. Breakfast at the hotel. || 41.907253365855, 12.48989670528745

2. Private transfer from hotel to airport