Day 2, August 6 Rome (D) AM Upon arrival meet your tour manager and driver, transfer to the centre. Buon Giorno!

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1 Suthern Italy & Sicily 12 Days/11Nights August 5 16, 2014 $2, per persn Day 1, August 5 Departure Overnight flight frm Canada. Day 2, August 6 Rme (D) AM Upn arrival meet yur tur manager and driver, transfer t the centre. Bun Girn! ROME--is a mdern city, as well as the mst celebrated ancient city in the wrld. N ne knws when Rme was funded. Sme say it existed as early as 750 B.C. as an Etruscan city, but the city has at least 2500 years f unparalleled cultural accmplishments. Yu will enjy a half day guided tur f Rme. Yur general tur f Rme starts by driving past Circus Maximus, Palatine Hill, and the Arch f Cnstantine t the Cliseum. Frm there g alng the Way f the Imperial Frums t Piazza Venezia with its Mnument t Victr Emmanuel, and n t Capitline Hill with its view f the Rman Frum. Visit the Panthen and Piazza Navna with its three splendid funtains, and cntinue past the Ara Pacis Augustae t finish yur tur at the beautiful Trevi Funtain. Afternn check-in at the htel. Welcme dinner at a lcal restaurant and vernight in Rme Day 3, August 7 Rme, Vatican ( B) AM After breakfast enjy a guided visit f the Vatican including visit f St Peter and Vatican Museum with the famus Sistine Chapel. Whisper sets are included. Afternn free fr individual sightseeing yur tur manager will assist the different ptins. Yu can visit the Panthen, ne f the Basilica s r g up t the Ancient Appian Way where yu will find the Catacmbs. Strll arund Villa d Este famus fr its water system, the architecture and its gardens. Or take the metr t Ostia Antica and enjy the beach. Fr the shpping lvers, see the many luxury stres lcated in Via Venet, r the best knwn name in the Italian fashin wrld can be fund in the area between Vial del Crs and Piazza di Spagna. Dn t frget t enjy traditinal Italian ice cream! Dinner n yur wn. Overnight in Rme. Day 4, August 8 Rme, (B) n cach DAY Day at leisure in Rme. Yur tur manager will assist yu with ptinal turs, advice yu n visits t make n yur wn r take yu t sme truly unique places. Maybe yu wish t take the fast train t Flrence and g back and frth fr the day?

2 Dinner n yur wn and vernight in Rme. Day 5, August 9 Rme, ( B, ) DAY After breakfast departure fr excursin t Assisi, althugh a Cathlic pilgrimage center, wrth visiting. Just befre arriving in Assisi yu will visit the Basilica f St. Mary f the Angels. In this basilica St. Francis cnsecrated St. Clare as the Bride f Christ. Yu will see the Transit Chapel where St. Francis died n Octber , and the little curtyard with the rse bush int which St. Francis threw himself t vercme temptatin. After checking in time t admire the Basilica f St. Francis and t visit the Church f St. Clare with a lcal guide. On the way back visit a winery, prducing Perugia wines, like Orviet Classics, Sangivese-based reds, and Sagrantin di Mntefalcs. Wine tasting with cheese included. Or Visit Siena, pearl f Tuscany. Siena, built n three hills and surrunded by well preserved walls, is filled with fine examples f Gthic architecture and has ne f the wrld's mst unique piazzas - il Camp - (shaped like a shell with scallped edges). Upn arrival enjy an rientatin tur with yur turescrt. Yu will see the famus Piazza del Camp, a slping amphitheatre f a square, the Palazz Pubblic, the public palace, which dates back t 1250 and is still the seat f the Municipality and as well the green-and-white-striped Dum, Siena s cathedral. On the way back visit a winery, prducing Tuscan wines, like Chianti! Wine tasting with cheese included. Optinal is Siena: fllw a Crash Class t learn hw t taste wines and read the labels! Wine tasting f 3 wines included. Return t Rme fr dinner n yur wn and vernight. Day 6, August 10 Rme, Pmpeii Srrent ( B, D) DAY After breakfast transfer t Pmpeii. Drive t the ancient city f Pmpeii, where yu will enjy a guided tur f its ruins. Once a Rman pleasure resrt, Pmpeii was ttally cvered by ht cinders and lava spewed frth by an angry Mt. Vesuvius. Next, yu'll drive t Amalfi alng the picturesque Amalfi Cast, perhaps the mst beautiful drive in Italy. In Amalfi yu'll visit the 9th-century cathedral with its tiled dme and the Clisters f Paradise. Orange and lemn grves are t be fund in the surrunding cuntryside and even encraching n the twn. Yu'll cntinue t Srrent, the mst imprtant resrt, knwn fr its many beautiful gardens, this regin is very ppular with

3 freigners and artists, the pet Trquat Tass was brn in Srrent in Dinner at a lcal restaurant. Yu will enjy the lcal cuisine with abundant seafd and lcal mzzarella cheese washed dwn with the red Gragnan r white Ravell wines. Overnight in Srrent0 Day 7, August 11 Srrent Capri Srrent ( B ) DAY After breakfast yu will crss the sparkling blue sea t the rmantic Isle f Capri, r "Gat Island," by steamer. Yu will spend a full day explring this enchanting island, frm its clrful harbr (Marina Grande) t it highest twn (Anacapri). A stp at the Blue Grtt will be the highlight f yur visit--transfer t a rw bat and make yur way thrugh the cave's three ft high entrance, then delight at the vibrant blue light reflecting all arund yu. Dinner n yur wn and vernight in Srrent. Day 8, August 12 Srrent Palerm (B) vernight n ferry bat Naples- Palerm AM Spend a leisurely mrning having breakfast at yur htel and then explring histrical center. See the steeply slping streets with the barque church flanked by delightful 13C Clisters whse vegetable-mtif capitals sustain interlaced arcades in the Sicilian-Arabe style. Dn t miss the nearby public gardens Villa Cmunale which ffer a gd view f the Bay f Naples. In afternn, depart fr Naples Harbr, where yu will bard the vernight Ferry t Palerm. Departure time (2013) at 8.15 pm. Dinner and breakfast are nt included n the bat. Included is a bed in a 4 bedded cabin indr hut. Day 9, August 13 Palerm (B,D) AM Arrive in Palerm, disembark arund 8 AM and meet yur lcal guide. First we serve breakfast in a lcal restaurant. Enjy a city tur befre yu make yur way t the htel. Palerm the capitl and chief seaprt f Sicily, built at the head f a wide bay. It lies n the edge f a wnderfully fertile plain bunded by hills and nicknamed the Cnc d Or ( Glden Basin) where lemn and range grves flurish. Yu will see the immense ryal palace built by the Nrmans, church di San Givanni degli Eremiti, La Martrana ( St. Mary f the Admiral) and the Piazza Bellini the Mrish and Nrman features f the square are particularly evident in the three rse clred

4 cuplas f San Catald. At the end f the tur yu will visit the famus fd market Vucciria, a vibrant clrful market held every day ( except Sundays) until 2 pm AM Afternn is at leisure. Yur tur manager will assist with the pssible ptins, yu can visit the Piazza Pretria with its spectacular funtain, r the Church di San Francesc d Assisi. The church dedicated t St. Francis f Assisi was built in the 13C ntewrthy are the prtal and rse windw n the façade. See the Cala, ld harbr f the city r visit the Internatinal Marinette museum (pen frm 4-7 pm) Dinner at a lcal restaurant t tasted traditinal Sicilian cuisine. Overnight in Palerm. DAY 10, August 14 Palerm - Mnreale (B) AM After breakfast, depart fr Mnreale the twn dminating the green plain f the glden Basin f Palerm, grew up arund the famus Benedictine abbey funded in the 12C by the Nrman King, William II. Yu will visit the Dum with the beautiful brnze drs, the Byzantine nrth drway and the msaics. Cntinue t the chistr ( Clisters ) they affrd views f the abbey church and n the suth side there is a funtain that was used as a lavab by the mnks. Afternn yu will visit ne f the wineries t taste sme different Marsala wines, which are dark and strng. Transfer back t Palerm. Rest f the afternn is at leisure.) Dinner n yur wn and vernight in Palerm DAY 11, August 15 Palerm ( B,D) n cach DAY Day at leisure. D yu last minute shpping r visit the Mazzara, the lng- established pasticceria (pastry shp) Farewell dinner with music at a lcal restaurant. Overnight Palerm. DAY 12, August 16 Palerm ( B) AM Enjy a final breakfast at yur htel befre departing fr the airprt f Palerm fr yur flight hme. Nte: unexpected circumstances may cause changes t the events utlined in the itinerary.

5 Inclusins: 9 night accmmdatin in mix f 3* and 4* class htels based n twin bedded rms with private facilities Breakfast Buffet daily 4x dinners at lcal restaurants ( 3 curse excluding drinks) Supplement fr farewell dinner with music Overnight ferry Naples t Palerm, including bed in 2 bedded indr cabin Tur manager thrughut the tur Private cach fr all transfers accrding t the itinerary, incl. all drivers csts ( n cach n day 4 and 11 ) Lcal guides: Rme city tur, Vatican, Assisi r Siena, Pmpeii, Palerm Entrance fees: Vatican plus whisper sets, Pmpeii, Capri excursin Wine tasting Sicily Supplements: Single supplement: CAD$ p.p. based n 9 nights Single cabin vernight ferry TBA (upn request and if available) Nt included: dinner n bard the ferry Naples - Palerm Cntact Details ubcalumni@travelcuts.cm 42U-6138 Student Unin Blvd, Vancuver BC V6T 1Z Mn - Fri 9am - 5pm Thu 9:30am - 5pm Clsed Weekends