Here is an interesting opportunity to combine two fo the most interesting elements of the medeteranian into one and a half weeks of adventure. Your students will be amazed at the remarkable diversity of the sites they are able to view during this medium-length tour. Fully customizable, Italy, Magna Grecia offers the astute professor or trip planner an array of options to suit the needs of both themselves and their participants.
Day 1: PALERMO. Assistance & transfer to the hotel. Dinner and overnight in the hotel. .
Day 2: PALERMO. After breakfast sightseeing in Palermo and Monreale. Lunch at the hotel. In the afternoon. panoramic tour of Mt. Pellegrino and Mondello. Dinner & overnight.
Day 3: PALERMO-SEGESTA-SELINUNTA- AGRIGENTO. Breakfast and departure for Segesta for visit of the Temple of the 5th century and Selinunta (ruins of 14 Greek Temples from 4-5thC.) Lunch at the seaside. Drive to Agrigento. Dinner & overnight in the hotel.
Day 4: AGRIGENTO-SYRACUSE. After breakfast visit of the Valley of the Greek Temples ( 21 temples available), proceeding for the Piazza Armerina ( Roman Villa with 3.500 square metres of mosaics).
Lunch in restaurant. Continue to Syracuse. Dinner & overnight.
Day 5: SYRACUSE-NAXOS. After breakfast visit of the Archeological Site in Syracuse. Lunch at the hotel. In the afternoon. drive to Catania and Giardini Naxos (Taormina seaside). Naxos was the first Greek colony in Sicily in 734 B.C.. Dinner & overnight.
Day 6: NAXOS-AETNA. After breakfast departure for Aetna ( 1.800 meter tall ). Visiting some dead craters (Crateri Silvestri). Lunch on the way. Return to Naxos for dinner & overnight.
Day 7: NAXOS-NAPLES. After breakfast departure for Reggio Calabria. Visiting the Archeological Museum with Riace bronzes (5th C. B.C.warrior). Lunch in Cosenza. Proceeding for Naples. Dinner and overnight in Naples.
Day 8: NAPLES. After breakfast, sightseeing of Naples. Lunch in the hotel. Afternoon excursion to Cuma and return to the hotel for dinner & overnight.
Day 9: NAPLES. After breakfast, full day excursion to Ercolano and Pompeii with lunch in Pompeii. Back to the hotel for dinner and overnight.
Day 10: NAPLES-PAESTUM. Excursion to Paestum. Lunch in Paestum. Return to the hotel for dinner & overnight .
Day 11: NAPLES-ROME. After breakfast , departure for Rome. Arrive in the morning. Day at leisure.
RATE $ 2,410 p.p. (min. 30 passengers + 1 free)
$ 2,185 p.p. (min. 35 passengers + 1 free)
Includes:
- Ten (10) overnights in selected 3 Star hotels in double rooms with private facilities
- Nine (9) dinners in the hotels
- Local guides in Palermo Monreale, Agrigento, Syracuse. Naples and Pompeii
- Motorcoach transportation as per itinerary ( including driver's expenses ).
- Round trip ferry passage from Messina -Reggio.
- Entrance fees at monuments at present rates.
- Porterage at hotels and at the airport upon arrival.
* VAT taxes 19%
Single supplement: $ 250 p.p.
*Rates for 2006/07 are based on the current exchange rate of the Euro to the Dollar (1 Euro = $1.35) and are subject to change due to currency fluctuations