Trafalgar Tours: Italy and Greece Highlights
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Italy and Greece Highlights
Rome, Naples, Pompeii, Sorrento, Capri, Salerno, Bari, Olympia, Delphi, Athens
10 Days Rome to Athens

INCLUDED FEATURES...

SIGHTSEEING HIGHLIGHTS


  • ROME: Sightseeing tour with special audio system includes views of the Forum, Colosseum, the Circus Maximus plus visits St. Peter's Basilica and the Sistine Chapel
  • POMPEII: A guided tour of the excavations
  • SORRENTO: Orientation tour, plus witness the art of inlaid woodwork
  • ISLE OF CAPRI: Orientation of this charming Isle includes the 'Piazzetta' and funicular to Capri town
  • OLYMPIA: Visit the Olympic Stadium and Temples of Zeus and Hera, plus this Archeological site
  • DELPHI: Visit the home of the Oracle.
  • ATHENS: Sightseeing featuring the Acropolis and Parthenon. See the Acropolis Museum, Royal Palace and Hadrian's Arch
  • SCENIC DRIVES through the Campania, along the Sorrentine Peninsula and across the Ionian Sea
  • Where Trafalgar considers that our excellent audio system will enhance the commentary made by our local guides, making your tour of a city clearer and more entertaining, it will be included (In Greece subject to government approval)
DINING HIGHLIGHTS
  • A Welcome Dinner and drink with Tour Director in Rome
  • 9 Buffet breakfasts
  • 4 three-course dinners in hotels
14 meals in total (see day-by-day itinerary)

FIRST CLASS TRAVEL HIGHLIGHTS
  • The services of one of Trafalgar's top professional multi-lingual Tour Directors
  • A qualified local city guide in Rome, Pompeii, Olympia, Delphi and Athens
  • Chauffeur driven on Trafalgar's luxury air-conditioned motorcoaches with reclining seats and washroom
  • Cruise to the Isle of Capri
  • Overnight cruise from Bari to Patras
  • Ferry across the Gulf of Corinth
  • You'll stay in twin-bedded rooms with private facilities
  • All hotel service charges and tips, baggage handling fees and local taxes included
  • A stylish travel bag and wallet containing tour documents and helpful information
AIRPORT TRANSFERS

Group transfers on arrival at Rome Fiumicino Airport will operate at 09.30, 12.30 and 15.30. Return transfers from the last hotel to Athens Airport will be provided on scheduled departure dates.
  • LONDON GATEWAYS: Transfers can be expensive, particularly between the Airport and central London. When you book your tour with Trafalgar your transfers to and from the airport are included. It's that simple. Trafalgar has included a Free transfer to and from your airport and Central London.
  • IMPORTANT – Please Note: Passengers will only be entitled to transfers to and from London Airports providing the following conditions are met:
  • You are staying at a London hotel, booked by Trafalgar, on the night of your arrival and the night prior to the date of your departure.
  • Flights are either booked by Trafalgar or detailed information on flights is provided by your Travel Agent not less than 21 days prior to departure.
  • Only one included transfer both inbound and outbound per tour is included by Trafalgar. Transfers are by express train to a Central London Rail Station.
  • Heathrow Airport: Inbound transfers operate between 06.00-21.30. Outbound transfers are timed to connect with scheduled flights departing between 08.00-23.00. Transfers will be by coach. Gatwick Airport: Inbound transfers operate between 06.00-12.30. Outbound transfers are timed to connect with scheduled flights departing between 08.00-23.00. Transfers will be by express train and coach. Transfers outside these times will be at the passengers own expense.
  • In the event of unforeseen events (road or rail works, demonstrations, strikes) Trafalgar will not be held responsible for delayed or cancelled transfers.
  • No refund is available for passengers not utilising this service.
  • Why not upgrade to a Hotelink transfer from the Airport to-the-door of your Trafalgar London hotel? (please ask Trafalgar or your travel agent of the additional upgrade price per person when booking)
  • EUROPEAN GATEWAYS: With Trafalgar all passengers will receive complimentary arrival and departure transfers on the scheduled arrival and departure day of their tour at the times specified below. Please ensure your Travel Agent reserves your flight to co-ordinate with the transfer times shown
  • Trafalgar Bonus - Passengers who book Trafalgar's Land + Air package and who arrive or depart outside of these specified times on the scheduled arrival and departure day of the tour will also be provided with a transfer.
  • Passengers arriving before or leaving after the scheduled tour days are not entitled to a transfer but may book and purchase one through Trafalgar providing that they also purchase the additional pre and/or post tour hotel night(s) from Trafalgar. Please ask for prices of transfers at the time of booking your extra night accommodation.
  • Land only passengers arriving or departing on the scheduled tour arrival or departure days but whose flights don't coincide with the listed transfer times below may also book and purchase these transfers. Flight details must be provided to Trafalgar not less than 21 days before the flight departure.



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Day 1: DEPART USA. Overnight flight to Rome.

RomeDay 2: ARRIVE ROME (2 nights). On arrival at Rome Fiumicino airport you are met and transferred to your hotel. After check-in time to relax before meeting your Tour Director this afternoon for a Welcome dinner of pasta and wine in local trattoria. Tonight, why not join in with the Romans on their evening 'passegiata'? (Welcome Dinner)

Hotel: Palazzo Carpegna/Melia Aurelia Antica (2 nights)

Day 3: ROME SIGHTSEEING & AT LEISURE. A morning sightseeing tour with a local guide comprises a walking tour including the Forum with views over the Colosseum & the Circus Maximus. On the other side of the Tiber we enjoy a guided visit of the Sistine Chapel and St Peter's Basilica in Vatican City. This evening why not enjoy a concert of Italian music over dinner? (Buffet Breakfast)

Day 4: ROME – POMPEII – BAY OF NAPLES (2 nights). We drive south today into the Lazio and past the Abbey of Monte Cassino, scene of fierce fighting during the Second World War, into the fertile land of the Campania. Here we visit the excavations of the town of Pompeii on our guided walking tour using our audio system. When the town was engulfed by the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD – it was literally petrified into the incredible testimony of Roman life it affords us today. Soon we arrive at our hotel in the Bay of Naples – in the shadow of the now dormant volcano. (Buffet Breakfast/Dinner)

Hotel: La Medusa (2 nights)

Day 5: BAY OF NAPLES – SORRENTO - EXCURSION TO CAPRI. We drive to Sorrento for an orientation of the resort and visit to the Inlaid wood workshop to see how some of the local crafts are produced. Then to the port of Sorrento to embark on our cruise to the Isle of Capri. We ascend by funicular through lemon trees and olive groves to the Piazzetta in Capri Town, where we will enjoy a walking tour using our effective audio system, which will take us to admire breathtaking views over the Faraglioni rocks. We return across the Bay of Naples to our hotel for dinner tonight. (Buffet Breakfast/Dinner)

Day 6: BAY OF NAPLES – BARI - AT SEA. Today our journey takes us past Salerno and Potenza to continue East to the port of Bari. Here we board our overnight ferry for the sea-crossing to Patras in Greece. (Buffet Breakfast)

Day 7: AT SEA – PATRAS – OLYMPIA. We cross the Ionian Sea, arriving in the greek port of Patras in the morning. Then we join our coach for the journey to Olympia where we will visit the world's oldest Olympic Stadium, where the first Olympic games took place in 776 B.C., plus the Temples of Zeus and Hera on our visit of this Archaeological site. Tonight we will ‘join the Gods’ for dinner. (Buffet Breakfast/Dinner)


Hotel: Amalia

Day 8: OLYMPIA – DELPHI. Today, we make our way back to Patras for a ferry to mainland Greece. Then it's a pretty drive to Delphi, where, as part of our guided walking tour we consult the famous Oracle and predict the future! Then walk the Sacred Way to the Sanctuary of Apollo and visit this ancient Archaeological site. We continue to our hotel for dinner and overnight stay. (Buffet Breakfast/Dinner)


Hotel: Amalia

Day 9: DELPHI – ATHENS (2 nights). This morning after breakfast, we continue our journey past Thebes, birthplace of Oedipus and on to Athens for our two-night stay. On arrival, our sightseeing tour includes a walking tour of the Acropolis and Parthenon. We also visit the Acropolis Museum, and view the Agora where Socrates taught, plus see the Royal Palace, Temple of Zeus and Hadrian's Arch, before heading to the stadium built for the first modern Olympic games in 1896. (Buffet Breakfast)


Hotel: Titania (2 nights)

Day 10: ATHENS AT LEISURE. Our morning is free to explore the city further, to take a coffee on Constitution square. Later you may wish to enjoy a meal in the Plaka. (Buffet Breakfast)

Day 11: ATHENS – USA After breakfast bid farewell to new-found friends as we transfer you to the airport for your return flight to America. (Buffet Breakfast)

 


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