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THE BEST OF ITALY & SICILY - 2009

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

Vacation Overview

This traditional grand vacation is perfect for those who wish to see all of Italy, including the Isle of Capri and Sicily. In the cities of Rome, Florence, and Venice, guided sightseeing tours are included. Highlight visits on these tours include St. Peter’s, the Sistine Chapel, the Colosseum, Michelangelo’s David, St. Mark’s Basilica, and the Doges’ Palace with the Bridge of Sighs. Admire St. Francis’ Basilica in Assisi. After visiting Pompeii, the Roman city both destroyed and preserved by an eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD, board the overnight ferry to Sicily for four nights. Visit Palermo’s Palatine Chapel and the Norman Cathedral in Monreale. The spectacular Valley of Temples and the 4th-century Roman Villa of Casale await you. A ferry brings you across the Strait of Messina to Calabria. Two nights in Sorrento include a visit to the Isle of Capri with a boat ride across the Bay of Naples and funicular ride to Capri village. This wonderful Italy vacation ends back in Rome. Your Best of Italy and Sicily trip is sure to leave you with vacation memories of a lifetime.

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Things to see on your vacation: View Vacation Photo Slideshow
  • The Roman Forum, where Roman legions marched in triumph
  • Visit stunning Florence and the Ponte Vecchio
  • Visit the great Colosseum in Rome
  • Enjoy the gorgeous views of Rome
  • The Vatican City in Italy
  • Enjoy the beautiful architecture in Rome
  • Venice Canal
  • Assisi is a town in the province of Perugia, Italy
  • Visit the Roman Forum, where Roman legions marched in triumph
  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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