SIT Tours 2012 - The Mystical South

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The Mystical South 2012 - 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 Selva di Fasano Area • Buffet breakfast daily • Four dinners, 2 lunches (drinks not included) • Transportation by Deluxe motorcoach • Service charges and taxes included • An English speaking assistant during the tour • Sightseeing tours as indicated in itinerary • Localguides and entrance fees Price per person from:Double $1135 Single: $1468 Triple $1060 Our Hotels:Selva di Fasano - Hotel Cavaliere ** or similar Sorrento - Grand Hotel Vesuvio or similar Departure Dates**Thursday departures May 3rd, 17th, 31st; June 14th; July 12th, 26th; August 9th, 23rd; September 6th, 20th; October 11th, 25th		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, Castellana Caves, Selva di Fasano Early morning departure for Apulia. On the way stop to visit Castel del Monte, imposing octagonal Castle with eight octagonal towers at each side built in 1250 by the emperor Federico II, on an hill of 570 metres that dominates all the valley. Free time for lunch. The journey continues to Castellana Caves. Discovered in 1938, the entrance is represented by an enormous vertical tunnel 60 metres long. At the end of the visit, arrival at the hotel. Accommodation, dinner and overnight. Day 4 Sunday - Lecce, Ostuni, Alberobello Breakfast and departure to Lecce and its “famous baroque” form of 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 AC 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. In the afternoon, continue to Alberobello, the town of “Trulli” and Unesco Heritage. “Trulli” are typical houses with a cone roof that was used as homes and to keep the farmer utensils. Return to 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.