SASSI & TRULLI TOUR 
3 DAY/2 NIGHTS SOUTHERN TOUR
4 STAR HOTELS • WEDNESDAY DEPARTURES
SORRENTO • CASTELLANA CAVES • LOCOROTONDO • ALBEROBELLO
NOCI • LECCE • GALLIPOLI • OSTUNI • MATERA • SORRENTO OR ROME
INCLUSIONS:
- ACCOMMODATION IN 4* HOTELS
- DAILY BREAKFAST
- 2 DINNERS
- GROUND TRANSPORTATION BY DELUXE MOTOR COACH WITH AIR-CONDITIONING BETWEEN EACH CITY AS PER ITINERARY WITH RETURN TO ROME
- MULTILINGUAL TOUR AS PER ITINERARY
- ENTRANCE FEES AS PER ITINERARY
NOT INCLUDED:
- EVERYTHING THAT IS NOT MENTIONED UNDER “INCLUSIONS”
ITINERARY:
DAY 1 – SORRENTO/ CASTELLANA CAVES/LOCOROTONDO/ ALBEROBELLO/ NOCI
7.30am, pick up at your hotel or at the meeting point in Sorrento and departure for Apulia. Along the way you will visit the Castellana Caves discovered in 1938. The Grottos of Castellana are one of the most important attractions of Puglia and a natural heritage of inestimable value to Italy. The tour winds along a distance of 3 km, a unique guided tour of the caves to more than 60 meters deep in an amazing scenario made of stalactites, stalagmites, concretions, incredible shapes, fossils, canyons and caves with fantastic names; calcifica- tions from conformations and amazing colors solicit the imagination of children and adults. Time at leisure for lunch. After the visit to the Caves , will continue our journey to Locoroto do where you’ll enjoy a wine tasting in the local wine cellar. The journey continues to Alberobello the town of the “TRULLI” which is part of the Unesco Heritage list. The trulli are typical houses with a cone roof, used as homes and to store farmer utensils. Proceed to Noci. Dinner and overnight at the hotel Cavaliere 4*.
DAY 2 – NOCI /LECCE /GALLIPOLI/ OSTUNI/NOCI
Buffet breakfast at the hotel and departure to Lecce famous for his baroque arts & architecture developed between the end of the XVI century and the first half of the XVII century. During the tour you will admire the rich and beautiful decora- tion of the St. Oronzo church, the basilica of Santa Croce and the Celestini palace and the roman amphitheatre. The tour will continue to Gallipoli, from the Greek Kallipolis meaning beautiful city, is a fishing village on the coast in southern Italy’s Puglia region. Gallipoli has a good old town built on a limestone island and linked to the mainland by a 16th century bridge. Its harbors are used by fishing boats and there’s plenty of fresh seafood. Free time for lunch and proceed to the village of Ostuni, also called “white town” because of its white walls and white painted houses. Return to the hotel in Noci. Dinner and overnight at the hotel.
DAY 3 – NOCI / MATERA/ SORRENTO or ROME
Buffet breakfast at the hotel and departure to Matera. This town is international- ly known for the “SASSI” (stones), originated from a prehistoric (troglodyte) settlement, and are suspected to be the first settlements in Italy. The Sassi are houses into the tuff rock itself, which is characteristic of the Basilicata & Apulia regions. One of the peculiarities of this ancient city is that there is a great similari- ty with the ancient sites in and around Jerusalem. This caught the eye of film directors and movie studios and the Sassi were the set of various films such as “The Gospel according to St. Matthew”(Pasolini 1964), “King David” (Bruce Beresford 1985), “The Passion of the Christ” (Gibson 2004) and the “ Nativity story” (Hardwicke 2006). Matera is also part of the Unesco Heritage List. Time for a snack in Matera with return via Pompei where you will board a bus to Sorrento or Rome, whichever was pre-arranged before your departure based on your choice. Arrival in Rome or Sorrento.
Wednesday Departure(s)
| MONTH (2015) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MAY | 06 | 20 | |||||
| JUNE | 03 | 17 | |||||
| JULY | 01 | 15 | 29 | ||||
| AUGUST | 12 | 16 | |||||
| SEPTEMBER | 09 | 23 | |||||
| OCTOBER | 07 | 21 | |||||
WEDNESDAY DEPARTURES from MAY 06, 2015 to OCTOBER 21, 2015:
4 STAR | DOUBLE $600 | TRIPLE $570 | SINGLE $750
………..CHILD (under 12) $480
DOUBLE: Based on 2 adults sharing one room (1 Queen/King -OR- 2 Individual Single/Twin Beds as per clients request)
TRIPLE: Based on 3 persons sharing one room (1 Queen with 1 Single Bed OR 3 Individual single beds as per clients request, confirmed at the time of booking)
SINGLE: Based on 1 person sharing the room (1 Single Individual bed OR 1 Double Bed depending on availability)
Hotels used on Tour or Similar
NOCI – HOTEL CAVALIERE 4*
Hotels listed are based on availability, and are confirmed at the time of booking.
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