Visit Naples, Pompeii, Amalfi, Capri and Sorrento.

Following is our suggested itinerary, please note that you may extend the number of nights in each city, as well as select the hotel of your choice and choose from different sightseeing tours.

Day 1: USA - Naples

After your overnight transatlantic flight from the United States and passing through customs, you will head to your selected hotel in Naples. This bustling capital of the Campania region has a population of over a million. After arrival at the hotel selected and check in, you will have time to get acquainted with the city, renowned for the open happy character of its inhabitants and their apparently chaotic manner of driving. Truly a spectacle for the senses. You will want to take a sunset stroll about its animated streets and savor a pizza, a dish created in this city in the 18th century in one its famous restaurants. Overnight stay.

Day 2: Naples - Pompeii - Ercolano - Naples

Enjoy breakfast at the hotel and pick up your rent a car to begin your journey. The ruins of Pompeii are scarcely 25 miles from Naples. Certainly, this has to be one of the most emotive sites for lovers of the Antiquity. In few places has the atmosphere and ambience of daily life during the Roman epoch been so vibrantly captured. A visit to Pompeii is a trip back to that moment in the year 79 A.D. when the city was frozen in time. Until the 18th century the city was buried and hidden from view, but the excavations begun under the auspices of the Bourbon rulers revealed to the world not only the incredible beauty of the city but profoundly altered our vision of Antiquity. The Forum, the Amphitheater, and the official brothel (not in current use) are only a few of the interesting sites to be visited. Pompeii invites the imagination to wander as one strolls its narrow, high sidewalks: to wonder what its inhabitants were like, how was their daily life, and, of course, what it must have been like to live that critical final hour. After your visit to Pompeii, you will drive 10 kilometers Ercolano, so named for the belief that its founding father was the mythical Hercules. This small fishing port and village never acquired the splendor or importance of neighboring Pompeii. But its magnificent and lovely situation on the Bay of Naples gave it a certain name among the rich families of Rome, with the result that many wealthy Roman patriarchs build sumptuous villas there. It suffered from the devastating Vesuvius eruption, but unlike Pompeii, which was covered by lava, it was buried in ashes, which allowed for a better conservation of wooden structures. For its reduced size and the minor presence of visitors, Ercolano emanates a special magic that allows one to sense what daily life must have been like in a small Imperial Roman provincial village. Return to Naples. Overnight stay.

Day 3: Naples - Paestum - Amalfi (Amalfitana Coast)

Breakfast. Less than sixty miles by 4-lane highway to the south in the direction of Regio Calabria, you will come upon one of the greatest archeological sites of all Italy, Paestum. You will need more than two hours to visit fully this site, located in the heart of the Campania region. As with the remains visited in the last few days, this colony of ancient Greece, which was founded in 600 BC under the name of Poseidonia, was unearthed under the auspices of the Bourbon leaders during the 18th century. It was converted into a Roman colony in 273 BC, and declined, as so many others did towards the end of the Empire with its inhabitants castigated by malaria. The Neptune Temple, which despite its name is dedicated to Zeus or Apollo, was built during the mid 5th century BC in a harmonious Doric style. In front of the temple is a building called the Basilica, which in reality is a 6th century BC temple dedicated to Hera, sister and bride of Zeus. Close by is the Forum, which has the other great attraction of the site on its other side, the temple of Ceres, also from the 6th century, and which was erected in honor to Athena. After visiting this interesting site, you will drive north towards Salerno, with a detour towards one of the most beautiful spots on the European continent, the Amalfi Coast. After driving along the winding coastal highway, you will arrive at the unofficial capital of this tourist enclave, Amalfi. After checking into the hotel selected, you can stroll the steep streets of this magical city, capital of the ancient Italian Republic, founded in the year 840, and where the amalfi tables, the world's oldest maritime code, were created. Overnight stay in Amalfi.

Day 4: Amalfi - Positano - Sorrento

Breakfast. Today you will have the whole day to recuperate forces in this lovely region. You can head directly to nearby Sorrento, and take one of the frequent ferries to the Island of Capri, or leisurely drive the coast to admire and enjoy its wild and unusual beauty. Not far from Amalfi is the Emerald Grotto, a marine cave famous for the tones that the indirect sunlight produces in its waters. A bit further on, you can stop at the village of Vettica Maggiore to contemplate the spectacular vistas of the sea. A visit to Positano, a quiet fishing village that has seduced some of the most famous names of the 20th century, such as Picasso, Nureyev, Paul Klee and Steinbeck, is obligatory. Nureyev was so enamored of the place that he bought the neighboring island of Li Galli. You will shortly arrive in Sorrento, the largest city of the region and one of the most important tourist enclaves in Italy. After checking into the hotel selected, you can stroll its animated streets and visit some of the city's gardens from which you can view the famous Gulf of Capri. Overnight stay.

Day 5: Sorrento - Hydrofoil to Capri - Sorrento

Breakfast. Today, why not catch an early morning hydrofoil to Capri? (We do not provide this service, but you may obtain it directly in Sorrento). A dramatic island soaring upward from the sea, with sweeping views, whitewashed homes and villas, fragrant lemon trees, narrow winding lanes, and flower-filled courtyards. Absorb the arches, the domes, the staircases, the buttresses, the sudden tiny piazzas, the narrow walkways, the terraced gardens, the fruiting lemon and nespoli trees, the play of shadow and light, the steep plunge into the sea at each turn, the whitewashed everything built into the cliff sides. Spend your day wandering the narrow walkways, browsing in the elegant boutiques and ceramic shops, eating gelato, looking at the spectacular vistas everywhere, and breathing Capri's fresh perfumed air. In the late afternoon, return to Sorrento for the night.

Day 6: Sorrento - Naples

Breakfast. Spend the day enjoying Sorrento and its surroundings. In the late afternoon, drive back to Naples and overnight.

Day 7: Naples - USA

Breakfast. Today you will transfer to the airport with sufficient time to return the rental car and check in for you flight back to the United States. End of our services.