Tuscany in 7 Days

Tuscany is certainly among the most beautiful regions of Italy. Thanks to the unforgettable landscapes, excellent wine and excellent typical food, Tuscany is visited every year by millions of people from all over the world. Having so many things to see and do, we decided to create a Tour of Tuscany in just 7 days to let you completely immerse yourself in the beating heart of this beautiful region of Italy. The Moretti Car Rental will let you discover the main cities of Tuscany, a territory that has so much to offer even to those who return endlessly to visit it.

1st Day: Arrival in Florence

Arrival at Rome or Florence airport in the morning, private transfer to the hotel. The afternoon will be free. Dinner at the hotel and overnight stay.

2nd day: Florence

1. Breakfast at the hotel
2. In the morning, guided tour of the city with a private guide.
3. Lunch in a typical restaurant, to taste the real Florentine steak.
4. Free afternoon for individual visits and shopping
5. On request: prepaid tickets for the main Florentine museums, to avoid long queues at the entrances with guided tours inside.
6. Shopping with a professional personal shopper.
7. Dinner and overnight stay.

What to see in Florence

A city of timeless charm, one of the most important cities of art in the world. The cult of beauty is everywhere: splendid buildings, beautiful squares and extraordinary landscapes blend harmoniously with Tuscan traditions. Piazzale Michelangelo, Ponte Vecchio and Palazzo Vecchio, the Basilica of Santa Croce, the Duomo, are just some of the sites that you cannot be present.

3rd Day: Chianti area

1. Breakfast at the hotel.
2. Morning departure with brief stops in delightful historic towns, such as Montefioralle and Greve, the “capital” of Chianti red wine.
3. Guided tour of a wonderful historic castle in the area.
4. Typical lunch and wine tasting.
5. Free dinner and overnight stay in Florence.

4th day: Siena & San Gimignano

1. Breakfast at the hotel.
2. Departure by private luxury car with English speaking driver towards Siena.
3. Guided tour of the city with private guide.
4. Lunch in a local restaurant.
5. Departure to San Gimignano with free afternoon to visit the city.
6. Free dinner and overnight stay in Florence.

What to see in Siena

Located in the heart of Tuscany, Siena is built on three hills, keeping its medieval appearance intact, characterized by narrow, winding streets, noble palaces and monuments of great artistic interest such as Piazza del Campo, which, with its shell shape, is considered one of the most beautiful medieval squares in Italy.

What to see in San Gimignano

A city very rich in history, art and culture, it is known as the “City of the 7 Towers” and was declared by UNESCO as part of the architectural heritage of the world. It stands on a hill overlooking a green valley of the beautiful Tuscan countryside. Once the home of a small Etruscan village, it began its life as a city in the 10th century taking the name of the Holy Bishop of Modena: San Gimignano, who is known to have saved the village from the barbarian hordes.

5th Day: Lucca & Pisa

1. Breakfast at the hotel.
2. Excursion to Lucca.
3. Departure by private luxury car with driver in Lucca and guided tour of the city with private guide.
4. Lunch in a typical Pisan trattoria.
5. Departure to Pisa, guided tour of the city with private guide and entrance to the Leaning Tower.
6. Free dinner and overnight stay in Florence.

What to see in Lucca

Lucca is a refined city and, in a sense, a magical city. It is “equally adorned both by a serious Romanesque and by the most sumptuous Renaissance buildings, its alleys end in wide, luminous squares … all with consequent splendor of unsurpassed harmony. The pleasure that Lucca gives its visitors not only artistic: the old grocery store and pastry shops offering the most exquisite local specialties, the taverns and the typical family-run “trattorie”, which testify how the local inhabitants enjoy the pleasures of the table.

What to see in Pisa

In Pisa the main attraction is Piazza dei Miracoli: visitors can see one of the most incredible marble works that man has ever conceived: the Baptistery, the Cathedral, the Leaning Tower and the Monumental Cemetery, a unique and spectacular view. The Leaning Tower is the bell tower of the Duomo. In the past it was believed that the inclination of the Tower has been part of the project since its inception, but now we know that it is not so. The Tower was designed to be “vertical” and began to lean during construction.

Day 6: Montepulciano

1. Breakfast at the hotel.
2. Excursion to Montepulciano.
3. Departure by private luxury car with driver in Montepulciano, visit of an Etruscan winery and tasting of “Nobile di Montepulciano” (red wine).
4. Lunch in a typical restaurant.
5. Transfer to Pienza and free afternoon to discover this charming little town with its typical food shops.
6. Free dinner and overnight stay in Florence.

What to see in Pienza

Pienza is a rare gem! It was built on the foundations of the Castle of Corsignano, the Pope’s summer residence, which, strongly affected by the poverty of the local inhabitants, decided to create for them a perfect model city inspired by Humanism. This small medieval town is perfectly preserved and fascinating which has been designated by UNESCO as “a world heritage site”.

What to see in Montepulciano

Montepulciano Perched on the top of a hill, Montepulciano is considered one of the most characteristic and most intact medieval towns in the area. Its 15th century walls, buildings and palaces can be enjoyed simply by walking along the narrow streets of this town, even a movie set of many national and international films. Montepulciano is famous for the “Nobile” red wine; this is the first Italian wine to have received the DOCG identification mark, which is given only to, excellent genuine food and wine products.

Day 7: Airport

1. Breakfast at the Hotel in Florence.
2. Private transfer to airport / other destination.

Wine Tour Basso Lazio

Half-day TOUR to discover the wines of Lower Lazio, enjoy the 360-degree Panorama … You taste and we drive! It will be a memorable and fun tour! HOW: Get to know the Territory, the secrets, the history and the food and wine tradition through funny and informative comments, provided by our professional operators. Visit and get to know the best wineries of the Lower Lazio, make friends with the producers, taste their wines with winemakers … stroll among the vineyards.

Cantina Marco Carp

Wine tasting in the province of LATINA
Arrival at the Winery, meeting with the Owner who will accompany you on a visit to the winery with an explanation of the winemaking processes and tasting of three wine glasses per person accompanied by typical local products.
The tasting includes the tasting of three glasses of wine per person + typical local products: Cori bread and organic extra virgin olive oil of our production, sheep’s cheese matured in the marcs of our wine, salami with handicraft production produced nearby (Cori o Bassiano – salami or bacon or cured ham) organic table olives, dry Cori biscuits with wine / almonds.

Optional: long homemade pizzas: water and flour, yeast, salt, extra virgin olive oil and tomato (on request, 0.80 cents per each).
Continuation for a stop to visit Sermoneta and the Caetani Castle, whose origins of the Caetani castle located in the medieval village of Sermoneta date back to the 13th century when the Holy See entrusted the cities of Sermoneta, Bassiano, San Donato and other territories to the baronial family of the Annibaldi family annexes. In its territory, near the present Abbey of Valvisciolo, stood the ancient volsca town of Sulmo, mentioned by Virgil in the Aeneid. Return to the structure.

Cantina Sisco Cinc

Departure to go to visit one of the two wineries proposed south of Rome in the Province of LATINA
Arrival at the winery, meeting with the owner who will accompany you on a visit to the vineyards, and the cellar with an explanation of the wine-making processes and tasting of two wines with typical local products.

Tasting includes the tasting of two wines + typical local products (cheeses and cured meats).

Continuation for a stop to visit Sermoneta and the Caetani Castle, whose origins of the Caetani castle located in the medieval village of Sermoneta date back to the 13th century when the Holy See entrusted the cities of Sermoneta, Bassiano, San Donato and other territories to the baronial family of the Annibaldi family annexes. In its territory, near the present Abbey of Valvisciolo, stood the ancient volsca town of Sulmo, mentioned by Virgil in the Aeneid.

Province of Latina: What see!

The Province of Latina is much more beautiful than you expect it to be! Here you will find the surprises, the beauty and the places to see in the Circeo National Park and in the surroundings of the Province of Latina: on the coast and in the interior, in the Agro Pontino and on the mountains.

Fogliano

In Fogliano (LT), 80 km south of Rome, there is a coastal lake with a fishing village, an eighteenth-century villa (Villa di Fogliano) and a countryside where the Agro Pontino seems to stand still. Fogliano is the favorite walk of the inhabitants of Latina when they have time …

FOGLIANO LAKE
Lake Fogliano is the largest of the 4 coastal lakes of the Circeo National Park. It has two channels that connect it to the sea and guarantee the water circle. Around the lake the earth is dark and the buffalos live free around the marshes in a semi-marshy landscape that makes us think of the Agro Pontino as it could have been before reclamation. In the lake live aquatic animals including some swans in freedom. It is also an excellent location for birdwatching.

VISIT THE BORGO DI FOGLIANO
The Borgo di Fogliano was a fishing village on the shores of Lake Fogliano. The area was inhabited since prehistoric times. In the eighteenth century the Caetani, owners of the lake, built other structures that are those that still define the landscape.

Castle of Sermoneta

Once upon a time there was a disputed and strategic territory that was a stone’s throw from Rome and the Via Appia and along the Via Pedemontana. The Barons Annibaldi, to whom the Holy See entrusted the fief of Sermoneta, Bassiano and San Donato. The castle was built at the behest of the Annibaldi family, at the beginning of the thirteenth century [1], the manor was born more as a military fortress, in a strategic point of the territory between Rome and Naples, than as a noble residence: the external walls are over three thick meters and the whole structure is protected by a wall that rests on the living rock. Only the male and a counter-tower known as the “male” remain of this first construction.

In 1297 the Annibaldi family ceded the territories of Sermoneta, Bassiano and San Donato to the nephew of Pope Boniface VIII, Pietro Caetani, for the sum of 140 thousand gold florins. The Caetani spared nothing to make the Rocca degli Annibaldi a true military fortress, with new buildings and five circles of walls, which, thanks to a system of drawbridges, guaranteed the possibility of isolating the tower in case of attack.

The castle, which hosted Frederick II among others and Charles V in 1536, for a long time hosted Lucrezia Borgia who lived in Sermoneta for some periods under the pontificate of Pope Alexander VI Borgia. Other guests resided in the Caetani castle, such as the popes Gregorio XIII (1576) and Sixtus V, and of other illustrious personalities: of them there are traces in a room of the complex that housed the inscriptions (still preserved on a wall) of all visitors of a certain level.

The fortress was attacked many times over the centuries. In 1798 the castle was sacked by Napoleon’s soldiers who turned it into a prison and removed 36 cannons. The castle returned to the Caetani family again towards the end of the nineteenth century, with Gelasio Caetani, who was responsible for the impressive restoration work on the old family home. In the Second World War, during the landing of Anzio in 1944, the castle was still inhabited by the Caetani (Roffredo and Marguerite Caetani) and by their settlers escaped from the Pontine plain. Since 1977 the castle belongs to the Roffredo Caetani Foundation, created by the last descendant of the Caetani family of Sermoneta Lelia Caetani, who died on 11 January 1977.

Cori

Walls
Beautiful and quite well preserved with a dedicated tourist route, it is about 2 km long. It is made in a polygonal work of the first manner (6th-5th century BC) and restored at different times, a first time in a polygonal work of the third manner (4th-3rd century BC) and a subsequent time with a work of recurrence in uncertain work and the addition of towers (late 2nd century BC). Along the path of the walls three doors (Romana, Ninfina, Signina) allowed the entrance to the city; they were of sceo type. Of them only Porta Ninfina had been preserved until modern times, but it was destroyed during the Second World War. A copy was rebuilt in 1984 on the occasion of the Palio dei Rioni di Cori. Also in polygonal work inside the walls are the many substructures that create a series of terraces that determined the urban development of the ancient Cora; among the many, they are noteworthy: the construction that supports the Forum, the current area of ​​Via delle Colonne; the building opposite the building of the Municipality in piazza Leone XIII and the construction, in front of the “Massari” school building supporting the Acropolis. The engravings of the walls and ruins of Cora made by Giovanni Battista Piranesi in 1764 are famous.

Roman Chain Bridge.
The ancient artifact (1st century BC), which allowed and still allows to cross the homonymous ditch of the Catena near Porta Ninfina; the bridge has a single arch about 20 meters high and is made of opus quadratum, the sides are in stone while the curvature is of tufaceous material. It should be noted that in Piazza della Croce there was another bridge of the same period as the Ponte della Catena, which was buried together with the ditch in the 1970s.

Fossanova Abbey

The Fossanova Abbey is located in Priverno, a few minutes drive from the Priverno-Fossanova station and is the oldest example of Cistercian Gothic in Italy. It is austere, bare and sober inside. The cloister is a rectangle of peace and beauty. Today plants grow next to the well …

Abbey of Valvisciolo

Built in rigorous Romanesque-Cistercian style, it is one of the greatest masterpieces of the genre in the province after the Fossanova abbey. Tradition has it that this abbey was founded in the 12th century by Greek monks and was occupied and restored by the Templars in the 13th century. When this order was dissolved in the 14th century, the Cistercians took over. A medieval legend is linked to this abbey, where it is said that in 1314, when the last Templar Grand Master, Jacques de Molay, was placed at the stake, the architraves of the churches broke. Even today, by carefully observing the architrave of the main portal of the abbey, a crack can be seen. The signs of the Templar presence consist of some characteristic crosses: in the first step of the church floor, in the ceiling of the cloister and the most famous of all carved in the left part of the central eye of the rose window, which came to light in the restoration of the beginning of the century. In recent times, on the western side of the cloister, knocking down a false wall, the five famous words of the magic palindrome came to light, graffitied on the original plaster: SATOR AREPO TENET OPERA ROTAS, with the variant, so far a unicum, that the twenty-five letters are arranged in five concentric circular rings, each of which is divided into five sectors, so as to form a figure similar to a target.

WHAT TO DO AT CIRCEO IN WINTER

The Circeo National Park is notoriously a perfect place for summer and spring. You can explore the beaches of the National Park and hike along the paths, go canoeing, snorkel, discover the caves of the Circeo Promontory, or simply take …

The Circeo National Park

Established in 1934 it is one of the oldest protected natural areas in Italy. Located along the Tyrrhenian coast of historic Lazio, it extends along the stretch of coastline between Anzio and Terracina, covering an area of 5,616 ha and taking its name from the homonymous promontory.

Cerasella

Located in the heart of the forest, it is the ideal starting point for an excursion. It is an equipped area where there is a wildlife enclosure with deer and wild boar. From here you can choose between different paths, all flat and not particularly challenging.

Cocuzza

It houses the Documentation Center on School Education and the Sanitary Work in the Pontine Marshes.

The Villa of Domitian

In Palazzo, on the eastern shore of Lake Sabaudia, is the largest monumental complex in the entire Circeo area: the Villa of Domitian (1st century AD).
The considerable extension of the ancient complex, slightly smaller than the surface currently occupied by the area of the Natural Reserve of Circe Ruins, in which the villa is almost entirely included, makes it one of the most interesting complexes in all of Lazio.

PONZA

Most of the travelers who visit Ponza do it for the coast of the island and for the incredibly beautiful water that bathes it. There is no doubt that Ponza is a wonderful sea, although a little too crowded in August, but there are also many …

Wine Tour Castelli Romani

Half-day TOUR to discover the wines of the Castelli Romani, or further south between the sea and the mountains, enjoy the 360° panorama …

You taste and we drive! It will be a memorable and fun tour! HOW: Get to know the Territory, the secrets, the history and the food and wine tradition through funny and informative comments, provided by our professional operators. Visit and get to know the best wineries of the Castelli Romani, make friends with the producers, taste their wines with winemakers … stroll through the vineyards and medieval villages, the most beautiful views of the Castelli Romani.

Cantina Giulia

Arrival at the winery, meeting with the owner who will give you a historical illustration of the company that continues in the winemaking bottling and storage of wine with a visit to the vineyards. Tasting: Tasting of three organic wines paired with typical local products. Continuation to the second cellar, at the end of the visit we continue to stop in Frascati (Villa Aldobrandini (also known as Villa Belvedere) is one of the most important villas in Frascati. It stands on a panoramic hill overlooking the entrance to the town, and it has a centuries-old history, divided between important families and papacy.It was built for Cardinal Pietro Aldobrandini, nephew of Pope Clement VIII on an existing building of 1550 that belonged to Monsignor Alessandro Rufini). and Nemi, a characteristic country for strawberries, (The first information on the festival documented in the municipal archives of Nemi dates back to 1922. The strawberry, in its two varieties (“seasonal” and “re-flowering”), is a characteristic product of Nemi from centuries: nemorense strawberries were sung and made famous by the famous song in Roman dialect ‘Na gita a li Castelli) Here you can buy typical local products. The tour ends here in this small town of Roman castles. Return to the structure.

The Service Includes: Visit Estate – Vineyard – Cellar – tasting 3 Bio wines + pairing of organic products of the territory.

Cantina Francesco

Arrival at the winery, meeting with the owner who will give you a historical illustration of the company that continues in the winemaking bottling and storage of wine with a visit to the vineyards. Tasting: Tasting of three organic wines paired with typical local products. Continuation to the second cellar, at the end of the visit we continue to stop in Frascati (Villa Aldobrandini (also known as Villa Belvedere) is one of the most important villas in Frascati. It stands on a panoramic hill overlooking the entrance to the town, and it has a centuries-old history, divided between important families and papacy.It was built for Cardinal Pietro Aldobrandini, nephew of Pope Clement VIII on an existing building of 1550 that belonged to Monsignor Alessandro Rufini). and Nemi, a characteristic country for strawberries, (The first information on the festival documented in the municipal archives of Nemi dates back to 1922. The strawberry, in its two varieties (“seasonal” and “re-flowering”), is a characteristic product of Nemi from centuries: nemorense strawberries were sung and made famous by the famous song in Roman dialect ‘Na gita a li Castelli) Here you can buy typical local products. The tour ends here in this small town of Roman castles. Return to the structure.

The Service Includes: Company Visit – History of the Territory – Wine tasting with tasting of typical local products.

Cantina

Initially a complete historical illustration of the company is made, which then continues in the wine-making, bottling and storage rooms of the wine. The tasting of wines and bruschetta with extra virgin olive oil of own production, will be made in the cellar.

The tasting includes the tasting of the following types of wine:
– FRASCATI D.O.C. REGILLO ET BIANCA
– D.O.C. CASTELLI ROMANI ROSSO
– DEGUSTAZIONE OLIO EXTRA VERGINE DI OLIVA
The tasting will be accompanied by bruschetta with olive oil produced in our company. The visit ends with a tour of the old cellar, where you can admire the old grottoes of the company, and finally with the illustration of the olive oil extraction process directly in the own oil mill. At the end of the visit we continue to stop in Frascati (Villa Aldobrandini (also known as Villa Belvedere) is one of the most important villas in Frascati. It stands on a panoramic hill overlooking the entrance to the town, and has a centuries-old history, divided between important families and papacy.It was built for Cardinal Pietro Aldobrandini, nephew of Pope Clement VIII on an existing building of 1550 that belonged to Monsignor Alessandro Rufini). and Nemi, a characteristic country for strawberries, (The first information on the festival documented in the municipal archives of Nemi dates back to 1922. The strawberry, in its two varieties (“seasonal” and “re-flowering”), is a characteristic product of Nemi from centuries: nemorense strawberries were sung and made famous by the famous song in Roman dialect ‘Na gita a li Castelli) Here you can buy typical local products. The tour ends here in this small town of Roman castles. Return to the structure.

Castelli Romani: Things to see!

Castel Gandolfo

In 1929, with the birth of the Vatican City State and the related treaty, the papal villas of Castel Gandolfo (to which the nearby Villa Barberini was now added) were declared papal extraterritorial domain and precisely with Pope Pius XI the Apostolic Palace of Castel Gandolfo returned to being the summer residence of the popes …
Albano Laziale (Amphitheater). A few kilometers from Rome, it is one of the most important centers of the Castelli Romani, very welcoming and frequented by both tourists and the citizens themselves. The origins of the city of Albano Laziale date back to the Paleolithic era and extended to the Neolithic. It takes its name from the place belonging to the territory of Alba Longa, where a villa of the emperor Domitian was built between Lake Albano and the Via Appia.

Within the confines of the Villa Settimo Severo he built a camp, which took the name of Castra Albana. Albano Laziale has been the Episcopal seat since the 5th century, it boasts monumental churches, sumptuous villas, Christian catacombs from the 4th century, a castle. The vast park of 28 hectares, dating back to the 16th century, is annexed to the palace, rich in a luxuriant mixed deciduous vegetation, archaeological finds, fountains and artifacts from the 17th century, the last fragment of the “nemus aricinum” consecrated to Diana. Originally born as “Barco”, that is, a fenced area for hunting, … The visitable parts of the Palace are the Rooms of Cardinal Flavio Chigi on the ground floor, the Noble Floor, the Museum of the Roman Baroque on the left mezzanine level …

Norma and gardens of Ninfa

The town of Ninfa, whose name seems to derive from a temple of the classical age dedicated to the Nymphs, present on a small lake island, had to exist already during the Roman era, but it was a small agricultural center. During the mid-eighth century, Pope Zaccaria received a gift from Constantine V Copronymus, as a sign of gratitude for having opposed the advance of the Lombards by interceding with King Liutprando, vast agricultural areas near Norma, where there was a country estate [2]. In this period the Via Appia and the Via Severiana became impassable due to the progress of the swamp and this led to the displacement of commercial traffic on the piedmont road that passed near Ninfa: the imposition of a toll on anyone who wanted to use the road it turned out to be a source of wealth and soon Ninfa became a small urban center, with numerous houses and churches.

Ruins on the Ninfa river

In the 16th century Cardinal Nicolò III Caetani gave orders to the architect Francesco Capriani to build a garden in the Ninfa area, consisting simply of two avenues at right angles and two niches from which water flowed which then flowed into the river for trout farm: this garden fell into disrepair shortly after the cardinal’s death in 1585. In the eighteenth century of Ninfa there was no longer any trace after that even the last mill and the fulling closed. In 1765 the town hall was transformed into a barn by the Duke Francesco V and in the same period Pope Pius VI started a reclamation of the marshes but all ended in a stalemate.

The garden

The garden, of the size of eight hectares, is an English garden that houses over a thousand plants and is crossed by numerous streams of irrigation as well as by the river Ninfa: the river originates from the homonymous lake of nature resurgence and flow, up to the integral reclamation, for over 40 kilometers in the agro pontine in the first tract with the name Ninfa and then with the name Sisto, until it flows between Terracina and the Circeo; starting from the 30s the resurgence waters were however diverted, just south of the garden …

Neptune (Port and American Cemetery)

Forte Sangallo, or Fortress of Nettuno, is a fortress located on the coast of the city of Nettuno, near its historic village
The American cemetery and shrine of Neptune for the fallen of Sicily in Rome was born as a temporary war cemetery two days after the Allied landing at Anzio and Nettuno. Since 1956 it has become permanent and its American Monuments Commission is responsible for its maintenance and administration

Anzio (Nero’s Villa)

Along the coastal strip of Anzio, there was the grandiose imperial villa of Nerone, starting from the tip of Capo d Anzio and via Furio Anziate for more than 800 meters towards the west up to the cape of the Arco Muto. At Anzio, as Tacitus reports, Nero was born, and perhaps for this reason he was chosen by the emperor to build there.

Rome Shopping Tour

Come with us to discover the most beautiful Rome offers: showrooms, ateliers, jewelers, laboratories, art galleries, the best outlets. Fashion, accessories, craftsmanship, furniture, design, art … and so on

Available itineraries

Outlet

Outlet you can shop IN design STORES and branded outlet stores. You will find considerable savings of 25% to 65% every day from leading designers and brand names, including Burberry, Coach, D&G, Fendi, Gucci, Prada, Giorgio Armani, J Crew, Lacoste, Salvatore Ferragamo, Tommy Hilfiger, Versace, Zegna, Adidas, Nike, Max Mara, Polo Ralph Lauren and much more.

High fashion

Discover with us the most exclusive and famous streets of the fashion capital:
• Via del Corso
• Via dei Condotti
• Via del Babuino
• Piazza di Spagna
On request, a Limousine is also available for the entire “Alta Moda” tour.

Craft Shopping

Discover with us the most particular craft shops in the city.
• Rione Monti
• Piazza Navona
• Campo de’ Fiori

Shopping at Markets

From vintage, to used, from collecting to good business: rediscover with us the pleasure of shopping among the stalls.
• Via Sannio
• Shopping etnico a Piazza Vittorio

Positano and Amalfi

The Amalfi and Positano tour will start by visiting one of the most famous tourist itineraries in Italy, thanks to the exceptional beauty of the landscapes that follow one another incessantly in a setting of rocks, picturesque towns, lush vegetation and the enchanting blue sea background. You will then admire Positano, Praiano and Amalfi where you can visit the splendid Duomo, lunch in a restaurant (optional). In the afternoon continue to Sorrento, one of the most famous tourist resorts in Italy for the production of oranges, lemons and fine wines. Free time for shopping. Return in the evening.

On the Amalfi and Positano tours you will be picked up directly from your hotel at the scheduled time to visit the following stages:

1. Visit Positano.
2. Amalfi tour.
3. Lunch in Amalfi at a typical restaurant.
4. Tour of the major monuments of Sorrento.

In the evening you will be driven back to your hotel. The total duration of the tour will be around 10 hours.

What see

Positano

Positano is a holiday resort, thanks to its location where the climate is very mild, subtropical, the winters are very warm with temperatures that never fall below 8 degrees, long and hot summers but cooled by the sea breeze.

Positano has been a holiday resort since the Roman Empire. In fact, beneath the church of Santa Maria Assunta there was a finding of a villa whose access was by sea. From the 10th century to the 12th century Positano was part of the Duchy of Amalfi. In particular, the town is renowned in the 10th century as a commercial center developed so as to compete with the renowned Venice.

Saracen Towers

In the Middle Ages Positano saw the construction of numerous towers for the sighting of the Saracens (peoples coming from the Arabian peninsula), authors of raids and raids against the local population. The first tower is located outside the town of Positano in Punta Campanella where the Amalfi coast ends and the Sorrentine coast begins. From the first tower sighted the Arabs launched a first signal with a cannon shot, alerted the second tower and so on, warning the whole Amalfi coast so that the Positanesi could take refuge on the steep hills. Today Positano is a tourist center famous throughout the world and does not fear rivals.

Amalfi

Amalfi is an Italian town in the province of Salerno and since 1997, the Amalfi coast takes its name from Amalfi, declared by the UNESCU HERITAGE OF HUMANITY.

Its foundation is traced back to the Romans (its coat of arms bears the inscription Descendit ex patribus romanorum). From the ninth century, first (in chronological order) among the maritime republics, it competed with Pisa, Venice and Genoa to control the Mediterranean Sea. The Maritime Code of Amalfi, better known as the Tavole amalfitane, had a great influence until the XVII century. Amalfi reached its maximum splendor in the XI century, after which it began a rapid decline: in 1131 it was conquered by the Normans and in 1135 and 1137 sacked by the Pisans. In 1343, then, a storm with a subsequent tsunami destroyed most of the city.

The most famous monument of Amalfi is certainly the Duomo in Arab-Sicilian style and currently dedicated to Sant’Andrea, patron saint of the city. In fact, more than the Duomo one should speak of the Cathedral complex, since the current building results from overlapping and juxtaposing various churches of various ages. The first building dedicated to Christian worship, was an early Christian church dating back to the 6th century AD, which, as in many similar cases throughout Italy, probably replaced a temple dedicated to Roman gods. Between the 6th and 9th centuries AD, the first Cathedral built on the previous Paleochristian, was dedicated to the Most Holy Mary of the Assumption, the first protector of Amalfi. The current church dedicated to Sant ‘Andrea dates back to the 9th century AD, it was built alongside the previous one and communicating with it, commissioned by the Duke Mansone I; later additions were made to it in the Middle Ages and the Baroque period (see the Campanile, the altar of Sant’Andrea, with two statues by Bernini; the beautiful Cloister of Paradise, erected by the bishop Filippo Augustariccio and where there was the sarcophagus he represented to high relief “the wedding of Peleus and Thetis” on the lateral surface and “Romulus and Remus suckled by the wolf” to one of the chiefs, with the medieval inscription “Cesarius de Alaneo (Alagno) de Amalfi …. MCCLXIII”, “CESAREUS ALANEO IACET ARCHIDIACONUS ISTE IURIBUS.

Sorrento

Sorrento, the most beautiful and famous town on the peninsula is located about 50 km south of Naples and is located above a terrace overlooking the sea, the landscape of gardens and citrus fruits. Surrounded by equally pleasant and characteristic villages (Vico Equense, Meta, Piano di Sorrento).

The story speaks of a Greek “Surrentum” which would recall in the name the sirens then adored on the peninsula, and of the luxurious villas that the Romans built in the imperial age, imitating the predilection of Tiberius for the nearby Capri. The foundation of Sorrento is attributed to the Greeks, although the first inhabitants of the place were the Italic peoples from the Etruscans.

In the historic center you can see the orthogonal layout of the roads of Roman origin with thistles and decumans, while towards the mountain it is surrounded by sixteenth-century walls where you can visit the Cathedral rebuilt in the fifteenth century, and the Church of St. Francis of Assisi with its remarkable fourteenth-century cloister with an arched portico with intertwining arches on octagonal pillars. The Sedile Dominova and the Correale Museum of Terranova where paintings and objects from the 17th and 18th centuries are preserved.

Naples & Pompeii

The Naples and Pompeii tour will start visiting Vesuvius at a height of about 1000 meters, from here you can admire the wonderful Gulf of Naples, known as one of the most fascinating tourist places in Italy, thanks to the variety of cities and towns that are here located. Then, if you wish, you will leave the car to continue the walk up to the crater. The excursion will continue towards Pompeii where you can admire the city buried during the eruption of 79 AD brought to light by the archaeological excavations of the 18th century to today.

In the Naples and Pompeii tour you will be picked up directly from your hotel at the scheduled time to visit the following stages:

1. Visit Vesuvius.
2. Pompeii tour.
3. Lunch in Naples at a typical restaurant.
4. Tour of the major monuments of Naples.

In the evening you will be driven back to your hotel. The total duration of the tour will be around 10 hours

What see

Vesuvius

It is an eccentric crater formed following the progressive stagnation of viscous lava around the emission center. Also noteworthy are the bird’s eye views of the Gulf of Castellammare, as well as on the island of Capri, both perceptible as soon as they reached the c.d. Matrone Road from the municipalities of Trecase and Boscotrecase. After having climbed the aforesaid Matrone Road for a long stretch and subsequently flanked the Gran Cono, it returns down into the Inferno Valley until it reaches the inner slopes of Monte Somma. Here it is possible to admire a particular geological formation, different from the rocks that surround it, formed following the intrusion of magma within fractures of the ancient volcanic building. This type of formation called “dicco” culminates, in this specific case, with a soaring natural arch placed on the upper vertex of the rocky layer. The deep lava crevasse is also impressive, visible immediately after reaching the wide natural balcony that allows you to look out over the plain of the Sarno river.

POMPEII

Here life stopped suddenly on August 24th 79 AD under a blanket of fiery lapilli, slag and ash, up to 7 meters high. What disappeared was a center of secular life, of which the original nucleus can be recognized today, the fractures and communities that contributed to giving it form. A high lava platform dominates the mouth of the Sarno river, which once flowed closer, as in ancient times the coast was further back. A site, from every point of view, of strategic importance, as a point of passage of roads of regional importance and port for the hinterland centers. Pompeii was born by fusion of agricultural centers that, at the end of the VII a.C. they occupied that very platform so favorable to trade and commerce. At the beginning of the following century the most ancient monuments were built (the Doric Temple, for example) and the city passed under the Greek, Etruscan and then Samnite hegemony. Pompeii today, lives of a splendor that remains unchanged over the years, and that has allowed it to be counted among the UNESCO World Heritage Sites.

Pizzeria Regina Margherita

In the different years of my activity I have had the opportunity to try to eat in various restaurants and trattorias in various cities, in Naples I recommend the REGINA MARGHERITA PIZZERIA. This I am presenting to you is simply exceptional! Combine the excellent quality of food served at great prices !!! But with the difference that here you really eat a typical Neapolitan cuisine! Freshly prepared.

Naples

After lunch we continue for a panoramic tour of Naples, a beautiful city and main port of the Mediterranean: its location, the variety of its appearance and the cultural and religious traditions make this city irresistibly fascinating. You can admire the exteriors of Palazzo Reale, now home to the National Library, the exteriors of Castel del Nuovo known as Maschio Angioino, the exterior of Castel dell’Ovo and the promenade from which you can admire a beautiful panorama, the Teatro San Carlo, piazza del Plebiscito located in the heart of the city where you can taste excellent coffee and cakes in the adjacent bar. Return in the evening.