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Full day excursions to the unexplored country near Rome with an English speaking driver-guide by private car. Trisulti, Fumone, Alatri, Fiuggi, Sermoneta, Valvisciolo, Bassiano, Segni, Canterno. |
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A
wonderful excursion off the beaten path to discover places that are
unimaginable for most tourists. Tour areas just about
50 miles south of Rome uncontaminated by mass tourism yet.
Experience visiting perfectly medieval walled in towns, the silence
of abbeys in the mountains, the silent panoramas with sheep
grazing and hilltop medieval villages. Enjoy an authentic meal
prepared only with local products and eventually visit a winery.
Travel a few miles in distance but a few centuries in time! |
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Not far from Rome, in its immediate surroundings,
are some enchanting places to visit: Tivoli,
Ostia, Castelgandolfo, Nemi
You can choose between spending a half day
visiting the unique Villa D'Este in Tivoli or walk through the ruins
of Ostia Antica, an abandoned Roman city like Pompeii, but less
crowded and more romantic. If none of these are for you, you can
drive to the relaxing hilltop towns and the lakes, the beautiful
area where the Pope has his Summer Residence and where they
are famous for producing a lovely white wine and taste some of it! |
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Combine together two of the
half-day tours in the
surroundings of Rome to have a really delightful
day. You can visit Tivoli and
Ostia or Castelgandolfo, Nemi and Tivoli; Tivoli and
Ostia Antica or make your own combination.
If the day is right and traffic
isn't too bad, you might also visit Tivoli in the
morning, have lunch in Castelgandolfo and walk through the ruins
of Ostia Antica, in the afternoon. You can be sure you'll have a
memorable day.
I promise, you'll see more than
you expect to see! |
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Full day excursion to Tour to Trisulti,
Fumone and Fiuggi. 8 hours. |
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description of the itinerary for the excursion to the Roman Castles,
4 hours:
We meet
at your hotel in Rome at the time you like (no later then 9:00 am) and drive to
Fiuggi. After a short stay in Fiuggi, we drive to the Abbey of
Trisulti, After visiting the abbey we go to Fumone where we
visit the castle and have lunch. We return to your hotel around 6:00
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You’ll not find many tourists in these places. The
area is called “Ciociaria” and the name comes from the special shoes
called “cioce” that the local people used to wear. I moved out of
the city of Rome some twelve years ago when my wife got pregnant and
we decided that it would have been a lot better for our son to grow
up in a little town in the country rather than breathing the smog of
the big city. The little town where I live is called Segni and it’s
one of those in this area that predate the foundation of Rome by at
least a couple of hundred years. Of course as we moved here I
started to explore the place and showing it to my friends who were
visiting me from Rome and they were simply enchanted by it! So
I decided to see the effect on the tourists from overseas and took
the first American couple there many years ago: they loved it! They
said that it was their best day in Italy and they had been here
three weeks and went all over! We Rome at 8:00 a.m. and drive to
Fiuggi a lovely little town renown for its mineral waters, we look
around and have some coffee. Than we drive up the mountains to reach
the medieval Abbey of Trisulti, once pharmacy, where the monks still
make very good liqueurs, honey and chocolate that people from the
villages all around go and buy there. Than we go back down
from mountains and drive to the little (60 inhabitants!) medieval
town of Fumone where we can have an incredible lunch in a medieval
tavern than seems to be the set for a historical movie but is real.
After lunch we drive to Alatri with its incredible walls made of
rocks so large that the legend says they were built by the Cyclopes.
They are officially dated around the fifth century B.C. but more
recent theories date them back to the ninth or tenth century B.C..
Drive by Lake Canterno on the way back to Rome. |
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Rates per vehicle for this shore
excursion:
sedan (1/4 persons) 560 Euros;
minivan (4 persons) 600 Euros;
minivan (5/6 persons) 640 Euros;
minibus (7/8 persons) 660 Euros. |
Driving time:
Rome to Fiuggi: 1hr
Fiuggi to Trisulti: 35’hr
Trisulti to Alatri: 20'
Alatri to Fumone: 20'
Fumone to Rome: 1hr |
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These rates include:
4 hours of touring (including
pick up and drop off)
in the requested vehicle conducted by experienced driving guide and
VAT (value added tax).
Rates do not include
entrance fees or meals and drinks. |
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Excursion to Sermoneta, Nifa and
Valvisciolo. 8 hours |
Not on Mondays ! |
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Travel a few miles out of Rome and and a few
centuries back in history with me. Come to see these places!
Sermoneta is an enchanting town where time stopped in the middle
ages and visiting its castle you'll see for real how they lived in
those days and how they had to think of defending their town.
Fascinated by the Knights Templar? come and visit one of their
abbeys with the formula for creating gold written on its' walls! See
a medieval abandoned town, Ninfa, and let's go try the famous
prosciutto in Bassiano! |
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Short
description of the itinerary for the excursion to the Roman Castles,
4 hours:
We meet
at your hotel in Rome at the time you like and drive to |
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We leave Rome around 9:00 am, but earlier would be
better, heading for
Sermoneta. This is one of my favored places in the area and in
all of Italy. Perched on top of a hill dominating the valley which
extends all the way to the sea, it is topped by the fortress built
originally by the Annibaldi family in the 11th century. You walk
into the city though one of the gates in the medieval walls and walk
its cobble stone paved streets to reach the fortress that in the
16th century was also inhabited by the famous
Lucrezia Borgia. We will visit the castle with the help of the
local guide who unfortunately doesn't speak English, but don't
worry, I'll translate for you. After visiting the castle, we will
leave Sermoneta for the nearby Valvisciolo Abbey. This abbey, which
was founded in the 8th century, was taken over by the
Knights Templar in the 13th
is a beautiful sample of medieval art which guards one of the
mysterious palindromes which people have been engraving or painting
on walls, but no one could ever translate, the so called "sator
square" which in this unique case has a round shape! Leaving
Valvisciolo we'll head for Bassiano which is a lovely little town
known especially for its production of
Prosciutto! Hopefully we'll have lunch there and try it. I'm
saying "hopefully" because the restaurants in Bassiano are only open
for lunch during the high season. As an alternative we can have
lunch in Sermoneta. |
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Rates per vehicle for this shore
excursion:
sedan (1/4 persons) 530
Euros;
minivan (4 persons) 550 Euros;
minivan (5/6 persons) 600 Euros;
minibus (7/8 persons) 650 Euros. |
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These rates include:
4 hours of touring (including
pick up and drop off)
in the requested vehicle conducted by experienced driving guide and
VAT (value added tax).
Rates do not include
entrance fees or meals and drinks. |
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Excursion to the Etruscan sites:
Tarquinia, Ceri and Cerveteri. 8 hours |
Not on Mondays ! |
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This tour takes you around the area of the mysterious Etruscans, a
culturally and technologically very advanced populace. They
colonized the area north of Rome before Rome was founded. Later they
were absorbed by the Romans, so we only know about them from their
tombs and that's what we go see. Don't worry though, I'm not
taking you to some sort of funeral! You will enjoy visiting the
excavations, the medieval towns of Tarquinia and Cerveteri and the scenery
while we drive. But most of all, I'm sure love Ceri and the food and
wine you'll be served there! |
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Short
description of the itinerary for the excursion to the Roman Castles,
4 hours:
We meet
at your hotel in Rome at the time you like and we drive to
Tarquinia, about 50 miles north of Rome on the coast.. Then we go to
Ceri, where we'll have lunch. In the afternoon we drive to
Cerveteri to visit the little town itself and the
Etruscan necropolis in the nearby locality
called “Banditaccia”. |
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We will leave Rome at 9:00 a.m. and drive to
Tarquinia a lovely medieval town just 50 miles north of
Rome, on the coast. In Tarquinia we stroll around its attractive narrow
streets and visit the Etruscan Museum
(optional) Later we will drive to the location were some of the most
interesting Etruscan tombs have been found. Those tombs are famous
for the quality of their fresco paintings. After visiting the tombs
we drive to Ceri. Ceri
is a little medieval town still conserving its
original aspect, nothing was ever built outside the city walls!
Practically a castle with the palace of the nobles, the
Torlonia's, dominating the main square
and a little church were a Pope who lived in the 5th Century is
buried, Saint Felice II, who was
martyred in a grotto nearby. This would be the ideal place for a
lunch break there are two restaurants
there and they both serve very good food and
wine for a very moderate price. In the afternoon we drive to
Cerveteri to visit the little town itself and the
Etruscan necropolis in the locality
called “Banditaccia”. A place one must
see. A unique atmosphere. The Banditaccia necropolis brings you back
to the days of the Etruscans. Visiting it is very emotional
experience. The place is like a city for the dead just carved out of
the “tufah” stone. Each one of the cylindrical tombs has been
sculpted like a house of stone. The diameter of the tombs is between
30 and 90 feet. Inside you find a hall and bedrooms for the master,
his descendants and even for the slaves. The domed roofs are built
using tufah (tufo) blocks up to 3 feet
of length, result of the carving of the cylinder.
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room inside was decorated like a rich home, with paintings and
bas-reliefs.
Find out more
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Etruscans
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When these tombs where found they contained the items
that we can now see in the museums: arms, jewels, pottery, statues,
mirrors etc.The
Etruscans were mysterious people who populated central Italy
long before the days of Rome's greatness, People far advanced in
civilization the Etruscans (apparently they called themselves
Tyrrhenians) rose to prosperity and power, then almost disappeared
from history, leaving behind themselves unsolved questions about
their origin and culture. A common theory is that they came from
Asia Minor and they would be the Lydian's described by the Greek
historian Herodotus who left Asia because of famine and colonized
northern and central Italy. They commenced with the Greeks, the
Phoenicians and the Egyptians and they were obviously influenced by
those cultures. They tried to overrule the Romans by merging with
them rather than trying to conquer them; the last three of the
“seven kings of Rome” were in fact Etruscan. It seems that the
Romans changed from kingdom to democracy just to get rid of the
Etruscan kings. The Etruscans were than expelled by the Romans who
later conquered and absorbed them, finally adopting many of their
advanced arts, customs and institutions.
Little remains of the Etruscan literature and their
language has been only partially deciphered. The knowledge we have
of the Etruscans only comes from studying the remains of their city
walls, houses, monuments, and especially their tombs. The tombs in
fact contained weapons, exquisite jewellery, coins; statues of
stone, bronze and terra-cotta. Plus their famous black pottery
(bucchero). Grecian and Oriental influences are seen in the style of
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Rates per vehicle for this shore
excursion:
sedan (1/4 persons) 530
Euros;
minivan (4 persons) 550 Euros;
minivan (5/6 persons) 600 Euros;
minibus (7/8 persons) 650 Euros. |
Driving time:
Rome to Tarquinia 1hr
Tarquinia to Ceri: 40'
Ceri to Cerveteri: 15'
Cerveteri to Rome: 40' |
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These rates include:
4 hours of touring (including
pick up and drop off)
in the requested vehicle conducted by experienced driving guide and
VAT (value added tax).
Rates do not include
entrance fees or meals and drinks. |
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Tour to
Umbria and
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Tour to Orvieto, Montefiascone,
Tuscania and Tarquinia. 8/9 hours. |
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Short
description of the itinerary for the excursion to Orvieto,
Montefiascone, Tuscania and Tarquinia. 8 hours:
We meet
at your hotel in Rome around 9:00 am and we drive to Tuscania where
we have a look around the town and then we drive to Montefiascone.
After taking pictures of Lake Bolsena and strolling around the town,
we head for Orvieto. Lunch can be in Orvieto or on the way there.
After visiting the Duomo (Cathedral) and walking around the streets
of Orvieto we head for for Rome where we should arrive by 5/6:00 pm. |
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The tour I suggest includes Orvieto, the most famous
of the towns in this itinerary, and other charming little towns such
as: Tuscania, Montefiascone and, time permitting, Civita di
Bagnoregio. I have done this tour several times and the people I
took always enjoyed it very much. Leaving Rome at about 9:00 am, we
make the first stop in Tuscania. Founded by the Etruscans, it became
a Roman colony in the 3rd Century b.c. and it appears today as a
charming little medieval town. Unfortunately it was badly damage by
an earthquake in 1971 and they haven't finished refurbishing the old
buildings yet. Going there on a Saturday or a Sunday you may run
into some Italian or German tourists, but if you go there any other
day of the week you feel like the city is yours! We can also use the
local coffee shop for facilities and buy a drink from them just to
return the courtesy. Continuing towards Orvieto we stop briefly at
the town of Montefiascone, another town founded originally by the
Etruscans. Built right on top of a hill overlooking the lake Bolsena
about 1800 ft a.s.l. it appears today as a really charming medieval
town. We will stop there shortly just to admire the view from the
hilltop, but we might end up finding the time to wander around the
typical streets for a little while. Montefiascone is known also for
its production of white wine which they call "Est! Est!! Est!!!"
(meaning it is! it is!! it is!!!). They say it was named that after
the German traveler Defuk who, not speaking Italian but only a few
words in Latin used that exclamation to show his appreciation for
the local wine. He ended up dying in Montefiascone and he's buried
in the local church of St. Flaviano. He died from drinking too much
of that wine they say... Another place we will can eventually visit
before Orvieto, time permitting, is Civita di Bagnoregio. This
charming little town was also founded by the Etruscans around 2500
years ago on top of a hill formed by "tufah" stone The area must
have been really different in those days. The natural erosion and
earthquakes have in fact changed the town a lot less space on top of
the hill than it originally had. In 1794 one of those earthquakes
destroyed the sort of natural bridge that linked Civita to the
bigger nearby town of Bagnoregio. The natural erosion hasn't stopped
and the sides of the hill keep crumbling down and therefore they
call Civita "the dying city". It really is a place to see! We will
approach Orvieto, the largest of the towns in our itinerary, from
the West and it will appear to us from the distance sitting on its
plateau formed by the volcanic "tufah" stone. A great view! We
should be arriving there around 1:00 pm. Time for lunch! The people
here have their main meal in the middle of the day after which they
like to nap. Shops in fact don't re-open any earlier than 3/4:00 pm.
It's the famous Italian tradition of the "siesta". You can choose
between a light lunch at the wine shop on the main square (weather
permitting you can eat outside) and some local cuisine in a typical
restaurant housed in the caves that the people of Orvieto dug in the
tufah stone underneath the city. After lunch you'll have the time to
visit the magnificent Cathedral, one on the most beautiful in Italy.
After visiting the church you can stroll down Orvieto's quaint
narrow streets crammed with colorful shops selling beautiful
ceramics. Orvieto produces one of the most famous Italian white
wines and the wine shop on the square offers the opportunity to
taste some of the local wines and to eat some of the prosciutto,
salame and cheeses locally produced. They will also let us visit the
cellar which, as it was commonly done in Orvieto in the old days,
was dug in the stone underneath the building. As an alternative and
time permitting, you might want to have a more substantial meal and
taste some of the region's renowned outstanding foods at a proper
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Rates per vehicle for this shore
excursion:
sedan (1/4 persons) 530
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minivan (4 persons) 550 Euros;
minivan (5/6 persons) 600 Euros;
minibus (7/8 persons) 650 Euros. |
Driving time:
Rome to Tuscania: 1hr 20'
Tuscania to Montefiascone: 30'
Montefiascone to Orvieto: 30'
Orvieto to Rome: 1hr 20' |
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These rates include:
4 hours of touring (including
pick up and drop off)
in the requested vehicle conducted by experienced driving guide and
VAT (value added tax).
Rates do not include
entrance fees or meals and drinks. |
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Short
description of the itinerary for the excursion to the Roman Castles,
4 hours:
We meet
at your hotel in Rome at the time you like and we drive to
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Rates per vehicle for this shore
excursion:
sedan (1/4 persons) 530
Euros;
minivan (4 persons) 550 Euros;
minivan (5/6 persons) 600 Euros;
minibus (7/8 persons) 650 Euros. |
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These rates include:
4 hours of touring (including
pick up and drop off)
in the requested vehicle conducted by experienced driving guide and
VAT (value added tax).
Rates do not include
entrance fees or meals and drinks. |
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Short
description of the itinerary for the excursion to the Roman Castles,
4 hours:
We meet
at your hotel in Rome at the time you like and we drive to
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Rates per vehicle for this shore
excursion:
sedan (1/4 persons) 530
Euros;
minivan (4 persons) 550 Euros;
minivan (5/6 persons) 600 Euros;
minibus (7/8 persons) 650 Euros. |
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These rates include:
4 hours of touring (including
pick up and drop off)
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VAT (value added tax).
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entrance fees or meals and drinks. |
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Full day trip to Florence from Rome. 12 hours |
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Florence, the cradle of the Italian Renaissance, the
home of Michelangelo. Everybody knows Florence everybody wants to
see it. A day trip there from Rome is the opportunity to go see the
highlights and get acquainted with the city which will help you plan
your next trip to Italy better. I can make reservations for you to
see the famous David without spending precious time in line and also
get you a guide for a more proper walking tour of the city which is
more enjoyable on foot than it is by car. |
Michelangelo's David |
Signoria Square |
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Short
description of the itinerary for the full day excursion to Florence
from Rome. 12 hours:
We meet
at your hotel in Rome at 7:30/8:00 am and drive to Florence via the
"Autostrada del Sole", the trip takes approximately 3 hours, so we
arrive there around 10:30/11:00 am. We tour around Florence for
about one hour and head back for Rome around 4:30/500 pm. Around
8:00 pm you're back at your hotel. |
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Once in the city of
Florence you will be taken to all the major highlights. The first
stop will be made in
Piazzale Michelangelo
a beautiful lookout point from where you can see a great panorama of
the city. Then you'll be driven down to
The Duomo,
the city's Cathedral. From there you can walk to
Piazza della
Signoria
which is the main square and it's decorated with statues made by
famous Florentine artists of the renaissance. Not too far from the
Signoria Square is the
Ponte Vecchio,
the famous "Old Bridge", where
the Florentine gold craftsmen have had their shops since 1500's and
you can get a beautiful view of Florence's river, the Arno. Than
we'll drive to Santa Croce.
This is
the church where Michelangelo, Galileo, Dante and other famous
Florentines are buried and the seat for the famous leather school of
Florence, which was started by the Franciscan Monks. Depending on
the time set for our reservation for the
Accademia
Museum
you'll be also taken there to see
Michelangelo's David.
Maybe you'll want to use part of your time in Florence also
to do some
shopping, You can
do that as you stroll between the Duomo,
Signoria Square and Ponte
Vecchio, in fact that's the area where most of the shops are. If you
should instead be hunting for top quality, you can walk down the
famous via Tornabuoni. This street is not too far from the Duomo,
but you'll have to give up some of your sightseeing time to shop
there. In case
you should instead
like spend your
time tasting the famous Florentine cuisine and Chianti wine,
I'll be glad to suggest a good and handy restaurant.
We'll leave Florence
between 4:30 or 5:00 pm and will reach Rome in the evening.
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Rates per vehicle for this shore
excursion:
sedan (1/4 persons) 735 Euros;
minivan (4 persons) 760 Euros;
minivan (5/7 persons) 800 Euros;
minivan (5/7 persons) 850 Euros. |
Driving time:
Rome to Florence: 3hr
Florence to Rome: 3hr |
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4 hours of touring (including
pick up and drop off)
in the requested vehicle conducted by experienced driving guide and
VAT (value added tax).
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entrance fees or meals and drinks. |
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Full day tour to Pompeii from Rome. 8 hours |
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A day trip
to Pompeii from Rome to visit the excavations and have an
unforgettable lunch by the sea before returning to Rome. Tour the
excavations to enrich your culture learning about life in ancient
Rome, but also familiarize with the Neapolitan way of life sitting
by the sea enjoying a sea food based meal and some of the famous
local chilled white wine.
Driving guides aren't allowed to
guide you through the site and I warmly suggest to hire a local
guide for the tour of Pompeii |
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Short
description of the itinerary for the excursion to the Roman Castles,
4 hours:
We meet
at your hotel in Rome at 7:30/8:00 am and drive to Pompeii.
After the tour of the excavations we drive to Seiano, a place on the
coast, for lunch and then return to Rome. You'll be back at your
hotel around 6:00 pm. |
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I really wouldn't go all the way down there just to
see Pompeii. Not that it isn't worth the trip, but how can you
travel all the way from Rome and not see at least Sorrento, the view
of the gulf of Naples and enjoy the drive on along the coastal road?
Well, with your permission, I'm not going to let you do that.
Considering that you'll leave Rome early in the morning to reach
Pompeii around 10:30/11:00 am and the walking around the excavations
will make you hungry and considering also that there isn't a
restaurant in Pompeii where I would eat, I would like to take you to
a beautiful place on the coast where you can have a great lunch by
the sea before returning to Rome. |
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Rates per vehicle for this shore
excursion:
sedan (1/4 persons) 630 Euros;
minivan (4 persons) 670 Euros;
minivan (5/7 persons) 700 Euros;
minivan (5/7 persons) 725 Euros. |
Driving time:
Rome to rest stop (Cameo Factory): 2hr
Cameo Factory to Pompeii: 20'
Pompeii to Rome: 2hr15' |
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4 hours of touring (including
pick up and drop off)
in the requested vehicle conducted by experienced driving guide and
VAT (value added tax).
Rates do not include
entrance fees or meals and drinks. |
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Full day tour to Assisi and Umbria from Rome.
10 hours |
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Visit the famous city of St. Francis in the heart of
Umbria. Umbria is one of the 20 regions in which Italy is divided
it's the only one that doesn't an access to the sea, it's rather
mountainous and its mountains are covered by woods. Gorgeous
countryside. Lots of charming medieval towns top the hills and
Assisi is one of the oldest of them. The day could be spent entirely
in Assisi to visit it thoroughly, or other Umbrian towns like Todi,
Orvieto and Deruta could be included in this trip. |
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Short
description of the itinerary for the excursion to Assisi and Umbria.
4 hours:
We meet
at your hotel in Rome at 7:30/8:00 am and drive to Umbria. Depending
on your preferences, we may spend the day in Assisi and visit it
thoroughly, or spend just a couple of hours there to see the
highlights and then continue to Deruta, Todi and Orvieto. |
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The trip to Assisi is a great opportunity to see the
famous Umbria, the region of Italy that rivals with Tuscany for the
beauty of the countryside. The drive to Assisi from Rome takes about
two hours and one gets to see some breathtaking panoramas. Umbria,
the green heart of Italy they call it and it really is lush! Assisi
was, in the pre-roman age influenced by the nearby Etruscans.
Asisium was its name as it became a Roman municipality. The martyr
Rufino introduced the Christian faith the 3rd century A.D.. After
the fall of the Roman Empire, Assisi was sacked by the Goths and
later recaptured by the Byzantines. Subject to Spoleto, it
flourished again during the 11th and 12th centuries as an
independent township, though it was troubled by wars. Subdued by
Barbarossa, it was here that Federico II was educated. St. Francis
and St. Claire were born here during this period (St. Francis 1181,
St. Claire 1193).
From the 16th century to 1860, except for the brief Napoleonic
period, it was part of the Papal States. Stone-cutters and masons
gave Assisi an incomparable appearance, and time seems to have
stopped before its beauty. Its narrow streets between buildings
built with in the typical local stone called Pietra Subasia with
their red tile roofs make you think you’ve been traveling in a
time-machine, rather than in a in normal car, to get there. Arriving
in Assisi we stop to see the Church of Santa Maria Degli Angeli,
which is at the bottom of the hill, and than climb to the town to
visit St. Claire’s . After lunch we visit St. Francis’.
Wanting to see more of Umbria in one day, the visit of Assisi can be
limited to the church of St. Francis and a stroll through the
typical streets, so the rest of the day can be spent visiting
Deruta, famous for its ceramics, Todi and Orvieto |
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Rates per vehicle for this shore
excursion:
sedan (1/4 persons) 630 Euros;
minivan (4 persons) 670 Euros;
minivan (5/7 persons) 700 Euros;
minivan (5/7 persons) 725 Euros. |
Driving time:
Rome to Assisi: 2hr
Assisi to Rome: 2hr
Assisi to Deruta: 20'
Deruta to Todi: 20'
Todi to Orvieto: 30'
Orvieto to Rome: 1hr 10' |
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These rates include:
4 hours of touring (including
pick up and drop off)
in the requested vehicle conducted by experienced driving guide and
VAT (value added tax).
Rates do not include
entrance fees or meals and drinks. |
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Full day tour to Sorrento and Pompeii from Rome.
12 hours |
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A lovely day trip to southern Italy to visit the
world known Pompeii and to enjoy the coastal drive to Sorrento.
Famous for it's romantic sceneries, Sorrento will enchant you with
its narrow streets and the incredible views of the Gulf of Naples.
The lemons and the orange trees growing on the streets will remind
you that this is the city where they invented the famous
"Limoncello" liqueur. Lunch by the sea, maybe with Italian music
played by an accordion, may complete the scene. |
Vesuvius |
Pompeii |
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Short
description of the itinerary for the excursion to Sorrento and
Pompeii from Rome. 12 hours:
We meet
at your hotel in Rome at 7:30/8:00 am and drive to Sorrento first,
making a stop on the way there. We'll drive along the and reach
Sorrento, which is also the ideal place to stop for lunch. In the
afternoon we drive to Pompeii to visit the excavations and then
return to your hotel in Rome.
This
itinerary could be reversed: Pompeii in the morning and Positano in
the afternoon. |
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We leave from your hotel around 7:30/8:00 am and drive
to Sorrento first. After driving for 2 hours you're going to need
pit stop and the Cameo factory in Herculaneum is perfect for this,
not only you can use their clean restrooms (in Pompeii they're
filthy!) but you can also learn about the cameos since they give you
a little tour. Across the street from the factory there's a coffee
shop where you can try the famous Neapolitan "Espresso".
Sorrento is a lovely resort area at the tip of
the homonymous peninsula which separates the Gulf of Naples from the
Gulf of Salerno. The drive to Sorrento offers unforgettable
panoramas. Driving along the winding road, built on spectacular
overhanging cliffs, the isle of Capri, the city of Naples and the
mount Vesuvius appear in front of your eyes. Arriving in
Sorrento about one hour can be spent walking around its narrow
streets and looking at the colorful shops selling typical products
like Limoncello liqueur, inlaid wooden furniture, embroidery and
ceramics.
Sorrento is also a good place for a nice, typical seafood
based lunch by the sea in a good restaurants right on top of the
wonderful cliffs or down by the seashore for a rather moderate
price. Leaving Sorrento in the early afternoon, we drive to Pompeii
to visit the famous excavations.
Unfortunately, though I would love
to personally guide my clients through the ruins, I am not allowed
to do so. They have local guides there and they are the only ones
who have the permit for guiding through Pompeii's ruins. The cost
for hiring a local guide is about 100 Euros, for a group up to 6
people, and the tour lasts nearly 2 hours. The alternative to hiring
a personal guide is the audio guide, a sort of portable CD player
that one takes along and activates once he arrives to the spot
marked on the map, that comes with it, and tells the story of the
particular site that moment he's looking at. After visiting Pompeii
we return to Rome to arrive there in the early evening. |
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Rates per vehicle for this shore
excursion:
sedan (1/4 persons) 735 Euros;
minivan (4 persons) 760 Euros;
minivan (5/7 persons) 800 Euros;
minivan (5/7 persons) 850 Euros. |
Driving time:
Rome to Cameo Factory (pit stop): 2hr
Cameo Factory to Sorrento: 40'
Sorrento to Pompeii: 40'
Pompeii to Rome: 2hr15 |
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These rates include:
4 hours of touring (including
pick up and drop off)
in the requested vehicle conducted by experienced driving guide and
VAT (value added tax).
Rates do not include
entrance fees or meals and drinks. |
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Full day tour to the Amalfi Coast and
Pompeii from Rome. 12 hours |
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A special day spent between the loveliest town on the
Amalfi Coast, Positano, Pompeii and Sorrento. We drive along the
Coast of Sorrento, and cross the hills of the Sorrentina Peninsula
and get on the Amalfi Drive to reach Positano. Stroll through the
characteristic streets and enjoy the town and its shops, then we drive to Sorrento. After lunch
we drive to
Pompeii to visit the excavations. Depending on the season and
traffic conditions, the itinerary could be reversed: Pompeii in the morning and
Positano in the afternoon. |
Pompeii |
Positano |
Sorrento
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Short
description of the itinerary for the excursion to Positano and
Pompeii,
12 hours:
We meet
at your hotel in Rome at 7:30/8:00 am and drive to Positano first,
making a stop on the way there. We'll drive on the Coast of Sorrento
and we'll cross the hills to get on the Amalfi Drive to reach
Positano. We drive then to drive to Sorrento, which is also the
ideal place to stop for lunch. In the afternoon we drive to Pompeii
to visit the excavations and then return to your hotel in Rome.
This itinerary could be reversed: Pompeii in the
morning and Positano in the afternoon. |
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More about this tour: |
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We leave from your hotel around 7:30/8:00 am and drive
to Sorrento first. After driving for 2 hours you're going to need
pit stop and the Cameo factory in Herculaneum is perfect for this,
not only you can use their clean restrooms (in Pompeii they're
filthy!) but you can also learn about the cameos since they give you
a little tour. Across the street from the factory there's a coffee
shop where you can try the famous Neapolitan "Espresso".
This is almost exactly the same as the tour to
Sorrento and Pompeii but, in this case, before going to Sorrento we
do a little side trip on the famous Amalfi drive. We reach as far as
Positano and spend some time there. After visiting Positano we drive
to Sorrento to be there in time for lunch. Arriving in
Sorrento about one hour can be spent walking around its narrow
streets and looking at the colorful shops selling typical products
like Limoncello liqueur, inlaid wooden furniture, embroidery and
ceramics.
Sorrento is a lovely resort area at the tip of
the homonymous peninsula which separates the Gulf of Naples from the
Gulf of Salerno. Sorrento is also a good place for a nice, typical seafood
based lunch by the sea in a good restaurants right on top of the
wonderful cliffs or down by the seashore for a rather moderate
price. Leaving Sorrento in the early afternoon, we drive to Pompeii
to visit the famous excavations. The drive from Sorrento to Pompeii offers unforgettable
panoramas. Driving along the winding road, built on spectacular
overhanging cliffs, the isle of Capri, the city of Naples and the
mount Vesuvius appear in front of your eyes.
Unfortunately, though I would love
to personally guide my clients through the ruins, I am not allowed
to do so. They have local guides there and they are the only ones
who have the permit for guiding through Pompeii's ruins. The cost
for hiring a local guide is about 100 Euros, for a group up to 6
people, and the tour lasts nearly 2 hours. The alternative to hiring
a personal guide is the audio guide, a sort of portable CD player
that one takes along and activates once he arrives to the spot
marked on the map, that comes with it, and tells the story of the
particular site that moment he's looking at. After visiting Pompeii
we return to Rome to arrive there in the early evening. |
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Rates per vehicle for this shore
excursion:
sedan (1/4 persons) 735 Euros;
minivan (4 persons) 760 Euros;
minivan (5/7 persons) 800 Euros;
minivan (5/7 persons) 850 Euros. |
Driving time:
Rome to Cameo Factory (pit stop): 2hr
Cameo Factory to Positano: 40'
Positano to Sorrento: 30'
Sorrento to Pompeii: 40'
Pompeii to Rome: 2hr15' |
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These rates include:
4 hours of touring (including
pick up and drop off)
in the requested vehicle conducted by experienced driving guide and
VAT (value added tax).
Rates do not include
entrance fees or meals and drinks. |
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Full day tour to Sorrento, Capri and
Pompeii from Rome. 12 hours |
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Sorrento, Capri and Pompeii all in one day from Rome!
It can be done, but you can't waste any time, you have ferries to
catch! This trip is too much traveling for little children and
senior citizens. You can't tour around carelessly, you have to keep
going. I would rather make this a 2-day tour, but if you only have
one day to see them, we can do it! In addition, this is a tour for
high summer, from late May to early October, the rest of the year it
gets dark too early for this tour. |
Capri |
Pompeii |
Blue Grotto entrance |
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Short
description of the itinerary for the excursion to the Sorrento,
Capri and Pompeii from Rome,
12 hours:
We meet
at your hotel in Rome at 7:30 am and drive to Pompeii first, making
a stop on the way there. After visiting the excavations, we drive
along the coast to reach Sorrento. You board the ferry from Sorrento
and reach Capri in about 30 minutes. You tour around Capri and then
catch the ferry (one hour) to Naples. While you'll be visiting
Capri, I'll drive to Naples and meet you there. Once we meet again
in Naples, we drive back to your hotel in Rome. |
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This tour is similar to the one described above to
Sorrento and Pompeii, but in the Summer we can manage to squeeze in
a short excursion to the beautiful island of Capri. We make a stop
just before Pompeii. After driving for 2 hours you're going to need
pit stop and the Cameo factory in Herculaneum is perfect for this,
not only you can use their clean restrooms (in Pompeii they're
filthy!) but you can also learn about the cameos since they give you
a little tour. Across the street from the factory there's a coffee
shop where you can try the famous Neapolitan "Espresso". After
visiting Pompeii, we drive to Sorrento and board the hydrofoil to
Capri. We have to be there by 1:30 pm, so there's no time to stop
for lunch, you'll have time for lunch in Capri. An alternative would
be to bring sandwiches and eat them on the ferry. While you'll be visiting Capri, I'll drive to
Naples and meet you there and so we'll save about one hour. Once we meet again
in Naples, we drive back to your
hotel in Rome.
In Capri I suggest to use a local Taxi to tour the island.
The taxi drivers generally speak enough English to give you a little
tour and will take you all over the island. They will make stops to
let you walk around the most interesting places and set a time with
you to get picked up again and drive you to the next place. The usual charge for the tour of the island is 200
Euros. Once you are done with the grotto, you will be taken to
Anacapri and Town of Capri Itself. The biggest attraction in Capri is the "Blue Grotto". Normally
tourists are routed onto a the big boats which, from the Marina Grande,
bring them to the Grotto. Once the boat gets to the Grotto's
entrance, tourists have to wait aboard to be taken inside by smaller boats that fit its
6-feet wide entrance. They spend a few minutes inside the Grotto and then they are brought back to the bigger
boat which takes them back to the port. The whole thing takes a couple of hours.
Few people know you can drive to the Grotto and get tricked into
going on the
big boat. If you drive there you can visit the grotto in 1hr rather than 2
or 3
without waiting a long time.
The alternative to using a taxi is to use the
funicular to get to the city of Capri and, naturally, to go to the
Blue Grotto by boat. The entrance to the Grotto is so shallow and
small that if the sea is a little wavy they'll not let you visit it
and in such case you can use the time to take the bus to Anacapri,
which you would not have the time for if you went to the Grotto by
boat.
Touring by taxi is a better alternative, you can go
all over in a couple of hours. You save time skipping
the trip by boat and the wait outside the Grotto's entrance on a
rocking boat.
My favored taxi driver on the island is Paolo, yes same name, who
has been able to perfectly upkeep a Vintage FIAT from the 60's, also
a Stretch Convertible, which is very cute and much better suits the
"Dolce Vita" atmosphere of the island, rather than a newer car. He
also speaks some basic English, and is a nice courteous person. All
the other Taxi Drivers use a special FIAT Stretch Convertible New
Car, car for 7 passengers. |
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Taxis in Capri. My
friend Paolo's vintage taxi is the red one, a Fiat "1800" my 1961! |
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Rates per vehicle for this shore
excursion:
sedan (1/4 persons) 735 Euros;
minivan (4 persons) 760 Euros;
minivan (5/7 persons) 800 Euros;
minivan (5/7 persons) 850 Euros. |
Driving time:
Rome to Cameo Factory (pit stop): 2hr
Cameo Factory to Pompeii: 20'
Pompeii to
Sorrento: 40'
Sorrento to Capri (hydrofoil): 20'
Capri to Naples: (hydrofoil): 1hr'
Naples to Rome: 2hr |
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These rates include:
4 hours of touring (including
pick up and drop off)
in the requested vehicle conducted by experienced driving guide and
VAT (value added tax).
Rates do not include
entrance fees or meals and drinks. |
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Excursion to . 8 hours |
Not on Mondays ! |
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Short
description of the itinerary for the excursion to the Roman Castles,
4 hours:
We meet
at your hotel in Rome at the time you like and drive to |
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Rates per vehicle for this shore
excursion:
sedan (1/4 persons) 530
Euros;
minivan (4 persons) 550 Euros;
minivan (5/6 persons) 600 Euros;
minibus (7/8 persons) 650 Euros. |
Driving time:
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These rates include:
4 hours of touring (including
pick up and drop off)
in the requested vehicle conducted by experienced driving guide and
VAT (value added tax).
Rates do not include
entrance fees or meals and drinks. |
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Excursion to . 8 hours |
Not on Mondays ! |
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Short
description of the itinerary for the excursion to the Roman Castles,
4 hours:
We meet
at your hotel in Rome at the time you like and drive to |
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More about this tour: |
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Rates per vehicle for this shore
excursion:
sedan (1/4 persons) 530
Euros;
minivan (4 persons) 550 Euros;
minivan (5/6 persons) 600 Euros;
minibus (7/8 persons) 650 Euros. |
Driving time:
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These rates include:
4 hours of touring (including
pick up and drop off)
in the requested vehicle conducted by experienced driving guide and
VAT (value added tax).
Rates do not include
entrance fees or meals and drinks. |
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Excursion to . 8 hours |
Not on Mondays ! |
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Short
description of the itinerary for the excursion to the Roman Castles,
4 hours:
We meet
at your hotel in Rome at the time you like and drive to |
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More about this tour: |
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Rates per vehicle for this shore
excursion:
sedan (1/4 persons) 530
Euros;
minivan (4 persons) 550 Euros;
minivan (5/6 persons) 600 Euros;
minibus (7/8 persons) 650 Euros. |
Driving time:
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These rates include:
4 hours of touring (including
pick up and drop off)
in the requested vehicle conducted by experienced driving guide and
VAT (value added tax).
Rates do not include
entrance fees or meals and drinks. |
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