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THE BEST OF ITALY - 2010

12 days incl. travel, or 11 days from Rome to Rome (ZB)

Vacation Overview

This memorable vacation starts in Rome with highlight visits, like St. Peter’s, the Sistine Chapel, the Colosseum, and the Roman Forum. In Orvieto, ride a funicular through the ramparts to the cathedral, then on to your spa resort in Tuscany. Enjoy an excursion to Florence, where guided sightseeing visits the cathedral and the Academy of Fine Arts to admire Michelangelo’s David. Stop at Pisa’s Leaning Tower, and arrive in Venice to visit St. Mark’s Basilica and lavish Doges’ Palace with a Local Guide, and to watch glassblowers at work. Along the Adriatic coast, drive to Ravenna to visit the Basilica of St. Apollinaris in Classe, and continue through the Apennines to St. Francis’ Assisi. Next, visit the excavations of Pompeii with a Local Guide, drive through lively Naples, and board a jetfoil for the Isle of Capri. Guided sightseeing includes Villa San Michele in Anacapri. Via Sorrento, return to Rome for the finale of your Italian adventure.

Things to see on your vacation: View Vacation Photo Slideshow
  • Leaning Tower of Pisa
  • Pisa at sunset
  • The statue of Laocoön and His Sons can be seen at the Vatican Museums
  • The Roman Forum
  • The Vatican City in Italy
  • Venice Canal
  • The Ponte Vecchio at night
  • See the vineyard covered hillsides of Tuscany
  A Vacation Story  The Roman Forum

"Visitors can be a little confused by the Roman Forum; at first glance, it is a rather lifeless array of marble fragments. But we must remember that in ancient times, this space was far more than the temples and monuments whose ruins we can explore today. It was filled with bustling, noisy life as the popular crossroads of the city – the predecessor, in fact, of the modern Italian piazza. Every morning at dawn, average Romans would escape their cramped, dark apartment blocks (called insulae, or “islands”) and spent their days outdoors. "

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