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THE BEST OF ITALY & SICILY - 2010

16 days incl. travel, or 15 days from Rome to Rome (ZL)

Vacation Overview

This vacation is ideal for exploring mainland Italy, the Isle of Capri, and Sicily. In Rome, Florence, and Venice, guided sightseeing highlight St. Peter’s, the Sistine Chapel, the Colosseum, Michelangelo’s David, St. Mark’s Basilica, Doges’ Palace, and the Bridge of Sighs. Stop in Ravenna to see the mosaics at the Basilica of St. Apollinaris in Classe and admire St. Francis’ Basilica in Assisi. After visiting the excavation of Pompeii, board the overnight ferry to Sicily. Here, visit Palermo’s Palatine Chapel and the Norman Cathedral in Monreale, the spectacular Valley of Temples, and the 4th-century Roman Villa of Casale. Ferry across the Strait of Messina to Calabria, then head north for two nights in Sorrento. An included visit to the Isle of Capri features a boat ride across the Bay of Naples and funicular ride to Capri village.

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Things to see on your vacation: View Vacation Photo Slideshow
  • Assisi is a town in the province of Perugia, Italy
  • Visit the world famous Roman Forum
  • Venice is world-famous for its canals
  • La Piazza Della Signoria
  • Sorrento coast
  • Visit stunning Florence and the Ponte Vecchio
  • Capri is an island off the Sorrentine Peninsula in the Gulf of Naples
  • Venice is considered one of the most beautiful cities in the world
  • Piazza San Marco in Venice, Italy
  A Vacation Story  Bridge of Sighs

"The world’s most poetically-named bridge, Il Ponte dei Sospiri, the Bridge of Sighs, was built in 1614 so that prisoners of the Venetian state could be transferred in secret from the Doge’s Palace to the so-called Nuovi Prigioni, or New Prisons. The wistful name was actually conceived by the English poet Lord Byron in the early 1800s that imagined the horror of prisoners taking their last glimpse of Venice before going underground to captivity. "

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