SIT Tours 2010 - The Mystical South

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The Mystical South 2010 - 5 Days/4 Nights

Rome - Naples - Pompeii - Sorrento - Capri - Castel del Monte - Alberobello (Trulli) - Lecce - Castellana (Caves) - Matera (Sassi) - Sorrento or Rome
SIT Package Highlights include:• Accommodation in 4 star hotels - 2 nights in Sorrento, 2 nights in Alberobello • Buffet breakfast daily • Four dinners • Transportation by Deluxe motorcoach • Service charges and taxes included • An Appian Line Assistant during the tour • Sightseeing tours as indicated in itinerary • English guides • Entrance fees Price per person from:Double $1431 Single: $1793 Triple $1320 Child with 2 adults $1144 Our Hotels:Selva di Fasano - Sierra Silvana ** or similar Sorrento - Vesuvio or similar Departure Dates**Thursday departures April 15th, 22nd 29th; May 6th, 13th, 20th, 27th; June 3rd, 10th, 17th, 24th; July 1st, 8th, 15th, 22nd, 29th; August 5th, 19th, 26th; September 2nd, 9th, 16th, 23rd, 30th; October 7th, 14th		Depart Rome and head South to the most beautiful and exotic destinations that the South of Italy has to offer. A unique tour that takes in the region of Campania to include Sorrento and the breathtaking Amalfi Coast further expanding into the region of Puglia where you will vsit the marvels of Lecce to the Trulli of Alberobello, as well as the Unesco protected town of the sassi in Matera - Basilicata. Day 1 Thursday - Rome, Naples, Pompeii, SorrentoEarly morning departure from Rome for Naples, where a short visit of the town is featured. Then on to PompeiiI, the famous Roman city destroyed by the volcanic eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in 79 AD. Lunch in a local restaurant, and afterwards, visit of the excavations. Proceed on to Sorrento. Dinner and overnight at the hotel. Day 2 Friday - Sorrento, Capri, Sorrento Buffet breakfast. Depart for Capri by steamer. Weather conditions permitting, visit the Blue Grotto. Return to Marina Grande and then transfer to Anacapri. Lunch in a typical restaurant followed by a visit of Augustus’ Gardens, with a view of the Faraglioni. Return to Sorrento. Dinner and overnight. Day 3 Saturday - Sorrento, Castel del Monte, Alberobello Early morning departure for Apulia. On the way stop to visit Castel del Monte, an imposing castle, with eight octagonal towers at each side built in 1250 by the emperor Federico II, on a hill of 570 metres that dominates all the valley. Free time for lunch.The journey continues to Alberobello, the town of “trulli” and Unesco Heritage. “Trulli” are typical houses with a cone roof that were used as homes and to keep the farmer utensils. In the afternoon, arrival at the hotel, accommodation, dinner and overnight. Day 4 Sunday - Lecce, Castellana (Caves) Breakfast and depart for Lecce and its famous baroque art and architecture that developed between the end of the XVI century and the first half of the XVII century. Very rich and beautiful are the decorations of the church of S.Oronzo, the Basilica of Santa Croce, the Celestini Palace. In the square of S.Oronzo we can admire the roman amphitheatre from the II century that could seat up to 25,000 spectators and the column of S.Oronzo, 29m high with a copper statue of the saint on the top. Free time for lunch. Depart for Castellana Caves. Discovered in 1938, the entrance is an enormous vertical tunnel 60 metres long. At the end of the visit, return to the hotel. Dinner and overnight. Day 5 Monday - Matera, Sorrento or Rome Buffet breakfast. Depart for Matera which has gained international fame for its “Sassi”. The Sassi originated from a prehistoric (troglodyte) settlement, and are suspected to be some of the first settlements in Italy. They are houses dug into the tuff rock itself, which is characteristic of Basilicata and Puglia. Many of these “houses” are really only caverns, and the streets in some parts of the Sassi often are located on the rooftops of other houses. One of the benefits of this ancient city, is that with there is a great similarity in the look of the Sassi with that of ancient sites in and around Jerusalem. This has caught the eye of film directors and movie studios. Principally due to this, the Sassi were the set of many film, for example “The Gospel According to St Mattew” (Pasolini,1964), “King David” (Bruce Beresford,1985), The Passion of the Christ" (Gibson, 2004) and "The Nativity Story" (Hardwicke, 2006). Matera is also a Unesco town. Time for a snack and return to Rome or Sorrento. End of the tour and our service.