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HIGHLIGHTS OF SICILY & SOUTHERN ITALY
October 19 - October 31, 2009


Rose Tomassini of Travel Broker Tours invites you to join her on an exciting
13 day tour of Southern Italy and Sicily!

Our escorted programs to Italy have always been popular. We have received so many enquiries about Southern Italy and Sicily that we have joined with Globus Tours to travel this October on this exciting tour visiting some of Italy's most beautiful and ancient sites.

Our program is at a comfortable pace allowing maximum sightseeing and plenty of quality time to explore your Italian and Sicilian surroundings.

OUR PROGRAM:

2 Nights - Rome, Italy
2 Nights - Naples, Italy
1 Overnight Ferry to Sicily
2 Nights - Palermo, Sicily
2 Nights - Taormina, Sicily
2 Nights - Alberobello, Italy
1 Night - Rome, Italy

ITINERARY:

Oct18 OVERNIGHT TRANS-ATLANTIC FLIGHT

Oct 19 ARRIVAL in ROME, ITALY

Time to rest or start exploring the Eternal city. At 6:00pm we leave the hotel for a special welcome dinner with wine at one of Rome's restaurants. (Dinner)

Oct 20 ROME

We have a sightseeing tour with a local guide starting with a visit to the Vatican Museums and Sistine chapel, world famous for Michelangelo's ceiling paintings. We continue to monumental ST. PETER'S SQUARE and BASILICA. Cross the Tiber and visit the COLOSSEUM and the ROMAN FORUM, where Roman Legions marched in triumph. Then time for independent activities and exciting optional excursion possibilities. (Buffet Breakfast)

Oct 21 ROME-NAPLES

This morning we visit splendid REGGIA OF CASERTA, an impressive residence of 1,200 rooms with elegant GARDENS stretching two miles, reminiscent of the French Palace of Versailles. Next, we enter lively and colourful Naples. A local guide will take us first to the NATIONAL ARCHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUM, housing some of the world's greatest Greco-Roman treasures; focus on the well-preserved objects found in Pompeii. Then on to the city center to admire the remarkable Triumphal Arch of the New Castle, St. Charles Theater, the Royal Palace, Galleria Umberto, and the semicircular Piazza Plebiscito. We will drive up to Posillipo Hill for a sweeping view of the Bay of Naples. We have time to explore the city independently. (Buffet Breakfast)

Oct 22 NAPLES - EXCURSION TO CAPRI

We will speed across the Bay of Naples to the Isle of Capri, an ancient retreat for Roman emperors. Our sightseeing with a Local Guide includes a visit to VILLA SAN MICHELE in Anacapri. We will also have time to explore this beautiful Capri town at our own pace before we return to our hotel in Naples. (Buffet Breakfast, Dinner)

Oct 23 NAPLES-SORRENTO-POMPEII-OVERNIGHT CRUISE TO PALERMO

A beautiful drive takes us along the Mediterranean Coast to the charming resort of Sorrento. We have time to check out the local shops before continuing to POMPEII, the Roman city both destroyed and preserved by an eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79A.D. Our local guide will walk us past patrician homes, public baths, and commercial districts strikingly recalling day-to-day live when Rome was at the apex of her power. Tonight we board our Ferry for the overnight cruise to Sicily, the great melting pot of the Mediterranean world: Phoenicians, Greeks, Romans, Saracens, Normans, French, and Spanish have left their marks and contributed to its rich heritage. (Buffet Breakfast)

Oct 24 PALERMO

After breakfast we take a sightseeing tour with a Local Guide to visit the ornate Piazza Bellini, the CATHEDRAL, and the Arab-Norman PALATINE CHAPEL in the Royal Palace. Later we drive up to Monreale for a panoramic view of the Conca d'Oro and a visit to the 12th -century NORMAN CATHEDRAL, famous for its 50,000 square feet of precious Byzantine mosaics. We also visit the typical and picturesque village of Mondello. We return to Palermo over scenic, history-steeped Monte Pellegrino. Tonight we have the opportunity to enjoy local specialties on an optional dinner outing. (Buffet Breakfast)

Oct 25 PALERMO, EXCURISON TO VALLEY OF TEMPLES

This is a day devoted to the scenic beauty and ancient Greek treasures of southwest Sicily. We head south to Agrigento and enjoy a walk with our local guide through the breathtaking VALLEY OF TEMPLES. Even travellers who have visited Athens and Delphi are awed by the gigantic yet graceful Greek structures that miraculously survived 24 centuries of tormented history. In the afternoon we visit the DORIAN TEMPLES and ACROPOLIC at Selinunte, built on a natural balcony overlooking the sparkling Mediterranean. (Buffet Breakfast, Dinner)

Oct 26 PALERMO - SYRACUSE-TAORMINA

We have an easy morning drive through the heart of Sicily to Syracuse, birthplace of the mathematician Archimedes and once a powerful Greek port whose fleet was feared throughout the Mediterranean. It attracted visitors such as the philosopher Plato and later the Apostle Paul, who converted its citizens to Christianity. We enter the ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE with a local guide for a visit of the 5th century B.C. sparkling white Greek Theatre, the Garden of Paradise, the Ear of Dionysus, the Altar of Hieron II, the Roman Amphitheatre and the Cordmakers' Cave. Then onto our hotel in Taormina area. (Buffet Breakfast, Dinner)

 

Oct 27 AT LEISURE IN TAORMINA

In the morning we have the option to relax for the day or to take an exciting optional morning excursion to Mount Etna, the largest active volcano in Europe. The afternoon is free for relaxing. (Buffet Breakfast)

Oct 28 TAORMINA-MATERA-ALBEROBELLO
We travel by ferry across the Strait of Messina, landing in Calabria then drive along the Ionian coast through Apulia, the richest region of the south and onto pretty Matera. (There are arch- aeological finds here from the Paleocene, Neolithic & Bronze Age) After an orientation we continue to the picturesque town of Alberobello. (Buffet Breakfast)

Oct 29 AT LEISURE IN ALBEROBELLO

Today we have a full day to relax and explore this beautiful, quaint old village famous for its unique trulli - the whitewashed dry stone circular houses with pinnacled, conical roofs, an exceptional example of building technique that has survived from prehistoric time. (Buffet Breakfast, Dinner)

Oct 30 ALBEROBELLO - ROME

Today we travel north back to the Italian capital, passing through the hilly region of Irpinia. We overnight in Rome and have the option to take part in an optional festive dinner at one of Rome's fine restaurants (Buffet Breakfast)

Oct 31 ROME - CANADA

After breakfast we travel back to Canada (Buffet Breakfast)

Cost - Per person rate sharing twin/double accommodation :

  • Land tour only - $2929.00 Canadian funds / Single supplement $645.00
  • Return airfare from Toronto or Ottawa -$1162.00 per person (plus air taxes at time of booking)
  • Please Note: We can quote return airfare from any city in Canada

For more information or to register for this tour please contact Debbie Lloyd at:

Travel Broker Tours
A division of The Travel Broker & Cruise Centre
1758 Bath Road Kingston, ON Canada
Telephone: 613-389-7914 or 1-800-387-7678
Email: deblloyd@thetravelbroker.ca
Web: www.thetravelbroker.ca