ROME & SORRENTO
Eternal history and nature
7 Days / 6 Nights
Upon arrival at Rome Airport, be met by our local tour manager and transfer to Rome city centre for a guided tour of the Ancient Rome (Colosseum skip-the-line tickets are included). Independent lunch during the visits. Transfer to your hotel in Rome. Check in your rooms and have some time to relax before a welcome dinner at a restaurant in Rome.
In the morning, you’ll be visiting the Vatican with Vatican Museum and the Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel. In the afternoon, enjoy a guided walking tour of the most famous squares, fountains and palaces of the Baroque art (Spanish Steps, Trevi Fountain, Piazza Navona, etc.). At the end of the tour, return to the hotel by private coach and enjoy a free evening and dinner. Overnight Rome.
After breakfast in hotel, board the coach and depart for Sorrento, stopping on the way at Pompeii archeological site. In the afternoon transfer to Sorrento and check in your hotel. After dinner, make your way to the historic Teatro Tasso in Sorrento city centre for an evening performance of the “Sorrento Musical”, which depicts life and traditions on the Sorrentine Peninsula in the past centuries through traditional southern Italian folk songs and dances, including the Tarantella. Overnight Sorrento.
After breakfast in hotel, meet your local guide and transfer to the port where you will catch the hydrofoil to Capri. The musts while in Capri are to walk through the famous “Piazzetta” and a boat trip to the Blue Grotto. After the walking and the boat tours, return to Sorrento for dinner and overnight.
After breakfast in hotel, get ready for a tour of the Amalfi Coast. Your driver will bring you along the spectacular Amalfi Drive that brings you from Sorrento to Amalfi. Start your tour in Positano, where you’ll have some free time to take a stroll and visit some handicraft shops. Then move to Amalfi and visit the town. Return to Sorrento for dinner and overnight.
After breakfast board the bus and transfer to Naples for a guided tour of all the city highlights. At the end of the tour enjoy a traditional pizza in a pizzeria. In the afternoon return to Sorrento for dinner and overnight.
After breakfast transfer to the airport for your return flight.
FOOD, WINE & CULTURE TOUR OF SOUTHERN ITALY
8 Days / 7 Nights
Upon your arrival today, we will provide transfers from Naples airport to our hotel in Sorrento. This evening enjoy a welcome dinner before we embark upon our journey through southern and eastern Italy.
After breakfast we will meet our driver and transfer to the archaeological site of Pompeii. Later we will return to Sorrento for a fun pizza making class in a farmhouse. We will learn how to prepare the “real Italian pizza” and then taste it together with a glass of great local wine.
This morning transfer down to Sorrento Pier and board the fast ferry to Capri Island. Upon arrival, we will meet our local guide, who will be with us the entire day, then board a ferry to Capri Island. We will hop onto the funicular to the hilltop town of Capri, where we will take a walking tour of the public gardens. Lunch on your own. After lunch, weather permitting, we will board a private motorboat to the entrance of the Blue Grotto, otherwise we will drive up to Anacapri and visit Villa San Michele. This afternoon learn how to prepare Capri’s famous limoncello liqueur. Later in the afternoon we will board our ferry to Sorrento, then transfer back to our hotel. After an independent dinner, don’t miss tonight a gelato demonstration in a gelato shop in Sorrento, followed of course by a tasting of this delicious ice cream!
This morning depart for a guided tour of the Amalfi Coast. Visit and lunch in Amalfi. This afternoon enjoy a pastry experience in Amalfi! The tour will lead you in an ancient pastry of Amalfi where you will see the pastry chef showing you the tricks to making the island’s sweet specialties: the Caprese Cake and the Sfogliatella. Return to Sorrento and enjoy the evening at leisure.
Today depart for Matera. Enjoy a tour of Matera’s ancient Sassi, including several rock-hewn churches. Then start a local food and wine tour. First stop for a laboratory and tasting of IGP Matera’s bread at a bakery. It continues with a cheese tasting in a cheese factory, ending with a visit to an oil mill and a tasting lunch with the best local products washed down by the finest local wines, in particular the Matera’s Primitivo DOC. Typical dinner at a local restaurant in the centre.
Today’s drive takes us to the fortified hilltop town of Ostuni. In the afternoon you will go to a masseria where you will enjoy a hands-on pasta making class to learn to prepare the typical “orecchiette” pasta. At the end of the class you will sit down and taste the dishes you have prepared, together with a glass of local wine. Continue on to Alberobello for overnight.
Today we will visit villages such as Alberobello that feature buildings designed in the iconic trulli style. We will enjoy lunch together in a typical farm house of the region, where we will taste some of the typical local products, like extra virgin olive oil, pickles, cheeses, meats, honey, wines… Tonight we have a special farewell dinner featuring regional cuisine in an authentic setting.
Say “Arrivederci” to Italy as we provide a transfer to Bari Airport and you board your plane back home.