Campania Cultural Tour
7 Days / 6 Nights
Day 1: Naples - Vietri
Arrival to Napoli airport, meet by our tour leader and private bus for transport
to our hotel in Vietri sul Mare.
Dinner and Overnight.
Day 2: Capri
Our bus brings us to the harbour to take the boat over to the island of Capri.
Upon arrival minibuses and local guide will take us to the highest village on
the island Capri Anacapri where we will visit the Villa San Michele.
Independent Lunch.
Free time to stroll around the village of Capri.
Return to Naples. Dinner and Overnight.
Day 3: Paestum
Visit whit a local guide in Paestum, this is one of the most well preserved
temples in Magna Grecia, we will also have the opportunity to visit the very
interesting museum. The "Sele" valley that was drained after the second
world, is today a fertile agricultural area, large farms are breeding water
buffaloes to use their milk for the production of "Mozzarella di Bufala"
the famous and very tasty fresh cheese. We are going to visit a farm where the
breeding is done on a ecological basis using onlybiological products and natural
medicines to cure the animals, we are having lunch at this farm with
the products produced including the delicious "mozzarella" and the
dessert is a yoghurt produced from buffaloes milk.
Return to the Hotel and free time to walk around the small charming village
of Vietri, it's possible to visit ceramic producers and discover how the exquisite
lemon liquor "limoncello" is produces.
Dinner and Overnight.
Day 4: Pompei
We are going to visit Pompei with a local guide doing an interesting walk
through this unique area. Lunch on your own in the archaeological area, after
lunch time on your own to explore Pompei. Back to the hotel in the evening we
have dinner together.
Day 5: Naples
Naples is one of western Europe's oldest cities with a long and intricate
history. We will do a panoramic tour with our bus and visit the archaeological
museum, with interesting remains from Pompeji and Herculaneum. We take a walk
into the heart of the historical part of the city, where we can see daily life
in Napoli today.
Pizza lunch and drink an espresso coffee in the city where they know how to
do it best.
Return to the Hotel. Dinner and Overnight
Day 6: Amalfi
After Breakfast departure to Amalfi
Amalfi, originally Roman, was the first Sea Republic of Italy. After
the fall of the Roman Empire, it was the first city to re-establish relationships
between East and West by transporting and introducing into Italy exotic merchandise
such as carpets, coffee and paper.
We visit the Duomo built about the 6th century and dedicated to St Andrew
the Apostle whose remains are kept in the crypt Its present facade, brilliant
with mosaics, is in Oriental style; its bronze doors, the first ones to appear
in Italy, were given to Amalfi by Pantaleone di Mauro Comite, a noble man from
Amalfi who melted them in the 11th century in Constantinople where he lived
and led the Imperial Party.
Free time for Lunch.
Return to the Hotel. Free time. Farewell Dinner and overnight.
Day 7: Departure
Transfer from hotel to Naples airport.
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