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Rates per
vehicle for this excursion:
sedan (1/4 persons) 580 €;
minivan (4 persons) 640 €;
minivan (5/7 persons) 680 €.
minivan (5/7 persons) 720 €. |
Driving times:
Naples to Sorrento: 1hr
Sorrento to Positano :
30'
Positano to Pompeii: 45'
Pompeii to Naples:
20' |
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The rates include:
VAT (value added tax 10%), 9 hours of touring in the requested vehicle
conducted by experienced driving guide.
Each additional hour will be charged 1/9 of the total of the tour's
rate.
Rates do
not include:
Entrance fees, meals, drinks, personal purchases or anything not
specifically listed as included. |
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We meet at the port at
8:00 or 8:30 a.m. and take motorway A3
heading for Sorrento. We ca make a stop on the way for a typical
Neapolitan breakfast. You can
taste the famous Neapolitan coffee and "Sfogliatella" pastry.
You
will also have the opportunity to visit one of the factories
where experienced craftsmen manufacture the world known cameos.
Cameos are miniature bas-reliefs that ancient Roman ladies wore as
jewels and which have been found in good quantities in the
excavations of Pompeii. Simply made from seashells, the value is
determined more by the quality of the art rather than that of the
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After this short
brake we'll get back on the motorway and drive on it for another 15
minutes and once we reach the city of Castellammare we'll leave the
motorway and begin to drive along the coast of the Penisola
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We'll be making
frequent stops to admire breathtaking panoramas. Spectacular
overhanging cliffs, the isle of Capri, the city of Naples and the
Mount Vesuvius will inspire you to take incredible pictures! We'll
finally reach Sorrento and spend some time there. Sorrento is at the
tip of the homonymous peninsula, built on overhanging cliffs. Time
can be spent wandering around its colorful streets full of shops
selling the typical products: inlaid wooden furniture, embroidery,
ceramics and, of course, the famous "Limoncello" liqueur, We will
then leave Sorrento and start to drive over the hills to go back
down from them on the opposite side of the peninsula, the one that
faces the Gulf |
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of
Salerno. Once we'll be on
the Salerno side we'll be traveling on the famous "Amalfi Drive",
the road that leads to Amalfi. We'll only be going half way on it,
just as far as Positano. We'll be making more stops for more
panoramas and once we reach Positano we'll have the time to stroll
around its enchanting little streets and the ladies will go crazy
over the shops selling lemon soaps and perfumes, fashionable clothes
and shoes... Lunch can be on the mountain overlooking Positano or a
snack in the town by the sea. It depends on the time we'll have and
your preference. |
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The restaurant
on the hilltop is a very nice, but rustic, family operated
restaurant the offers a great selection of home made pastas and
locally produced meats, cheeses and vegetables, not to mentioned the
desserts, for a reasonable price. After lunch we'll drive to
Pompeii to visit the world famous excavations. Pompeii was a city of
30,000 souls and therefore the excavation area is really vast. Just
to see the highlights you need to spend 2 hours there. |
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Driving guides
are nor permitted to conduct guided tours of Pompeii and I
recommend you hire a local guide for the tour. They charge about 100
Euros for the tour, but they are worth it.
The alternative is to hire an audio guide. After touring Pompeii
we'll head back towards Naples.
Return to the ship at about 5:30 p.m. |
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