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Italy Art Experience Italy Art Tour_1 15-02-02 11:48 AM Page 1 ItalyOctober 4-12, 2015 •Art9 days, 8 nights Experience• Maximum 20 guests Discover Rome, the Amalfi Coast & Naples with oin us as we uncover Italy’s most enduring masterpieces and emerging treasures. This graciously escorted adventure begins J in Rome with its iconic art and architecture, not to mention its lesser-known areas and private studios. Then we’re off to Italy’s stunning Amalfi Coast, visiting gorgeous towns and discovering their art treasures along the way. Visits to Pompeii and the Herculaneum and Naples round out this experience of a lifetime. Historical sites, private art tours, fabulous meals, walking tours, and plenty of free time. INCLUDES: The Lute Player l Amalfi Coast – Caravaggio 4 nights deluxe hotel accommodation in Rome l 2 nights deluxe hotel accommodation in Ravello, Amalfi l 2 nights deluxe hotel accommodation in Naples Meet l Airport transfers & ground transportation Caroline Sodenkamp l Breakfasts daily After hosting sellout Art Gallery of l Three dinners with wine Nova Scotia tours of New York City and l Visits to: the Colosseum, Roman Forum, Chicago, guests are still raving about Palatine Hill, Galleria Borghese, Vatican Caroline. The founder of Artigo Tours Museums, Piazza Navona, Pantheon, San Luigi knows the international art world del Francesi, Pompeii/Herculeneum, Catacomba inside out. Her enthusiasm and love de San Gennero, and more for the arts are contagious. She is l Behind-the-scenes Private Studio Visits & looking forward to walking tours making new friends, reconnecting with $4299 past guests, and providing you with per person double occupancy. an insider’s look at Land only. Airfare extra. Taxes included. Italy’s art scene. Contact your local Maritime Travel counsellor. Hurry! Space is limited. Colosseum www.maritimetravel.ca Italy Art Tour_1 15-02-02 11:48 AM Page 2 ITINERARY* Saturday, October 3: Overnight flight to Rome and some hidden art spaces. This evening is at leisure. Join Caroline for dinner, or explore Ravello at night. B Sunday, October 4: Caroline to greet guests at the Rome airport during mid-morning arrivals, and assist with boarding our private transfer to Saturday, October 10: After breakfast, it will be time to leave the our hotel, and check-in. Afternoon at leisure to freshen up or to take your Amalfi Coast behind for some new adventures. After we check out of our first stroll in the quintessential Roman alleyways around the hotel. We will hotel, we will make our way to fascinating Pompeii – the ancient town enjoy a welcome dinner with wine this evening at a nearby trattoria. D frozen in time (just an hour away). We will look around this famous centre, but our main focus will be its quieter, more intimate neighbor, Herculaneum, Monday, October 5: Following breakfast, we begin our Roman art which also fell prey to the molten lava of Mount Vesuvius. A local guide will experience where it all began – Ancient Rome. Explore the Colosseum, help uncover its secrets. We will then board our coach and make our way to Roman Forum and Palatine Hill with local guide. After a relaxing lunch, we the teeming city of Naples (just a half hour away), our home for the next two board our private coach and head to Villa Borghese Park to visit the 17th- nights. After a short lunch, our local guide will help us discover one of Century Galleria Borghese – 20 rooms of antiquities and art from the Italy’s most fascinating and artistic cities, and the significance of its “Centro Renaissance and Baroque periods. Balance of the afternoon and evening is Storico” (historic centre), a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Later this on your own. Throw your penny in the Trevi Fountain, sit on the Spanish afternoon, we will check into our centrally located hotel. The evening is at Steps, or take in the shopping at Via Veneto. You can join Caroline or she leisure. You may wish to join Caroline for a seafront stroll. B can point the way to a local eatery for dinner. B Sunday, October 11: Today we take in the amazing art Naples has Tuesday, October 6: Following breakfast, it’s time to discover to offer. Following breakfast, we begin at the Palazzo Reale di Capodimonte, Vatican City, the world’s smallest state. With a local guide, we explore the which houses one of Italy’s finest museums. The collection ranges from Vatican Museums, home to one of the world’s finest collections of art and Byzantine to Modern Art. The interiors and views of this monolithic royal antiquities. We then cross the bridge over the Tiber for a restful and casual palace are spectacular. Spend some time wandering on your own. Later we lunch. This afternoon we visit Piazza Navona with Bernini’s famous will meet up and enjoy a private tour of the Catacomba de San Gennero. “Fountain of Four Rivers” and many other treasures. We’ll also stop by the This is Naples’s most sacred catacomb and houses treasures such as best-preserved ancient building in Rome, the Pantheon. We’ll end our day frescoes from the 2nd Century and mosaics from the 5th Century. We then at the church of San Luigi del Francesi to take in Caravaggio’s spectacular head back to the city centre. Lunch is on your own. Afterword, join Caroline scenes from the life of St. Matthew. Dinner and the rest of the evening is at to visit the studio of a local artist/collector. Tonight we enjoy a farewell leisure. Join Caroline or find your own cozy trattoria. B Neapolitan feast paired with local wines. We will toast new friends, fabulous Wednesday, October 7: After breakfast, Caroline will unveil the art art, and memories to last a lifetime. B D of modern Rome. We start at the fascinating home and studio where the Monday, October 12: After breakfast, we will check out of our hotel surrealist painter Giorgio de Chirico worked and lived for 20 years. Then it is and board our private transfer to the airport in Naples to catch our returning time to go behind the scenes with Caroline as we uncover some of the flights home. lesser-known parts of Rome. We visit galleries, hear from Roman art professionals, meet an artist in his studio and see some street art along the way. We will take time for lunch and coffee in a local artists’ hotspot. The Terms & Conditions: *Some itinerary details are subject to change. Price balance of the afternoon and evening are free to do some shopping or to is per person based on double occupancy. Cancellation Policy: Once full payment join Caroline on a walk in the fun, picturesque neighborhood of has been received, the tour is considered non-cancellable. Deposit of $500 per Trastevere. B person required at time of booking. Deposit is fully refundable if tour does not occur. Full payment required 90 days before start date of t our. Minimum number Thursday, October 8: After breakfast, we check out of our hotel of bookings required to guarantee departure. Gratuities are extra. and bid adieu to the Eternal City. We board our coach for stunning views Liability: Travel arrangements made by Maritime Travel Exclusive Escorted and beautiful towns on the Amalfi Coast. Enroute, we will enjoy the Tours and Holiday Escapes are subject to the terms, conditions and tariffs set out countryside of Southern Italy, take a break for Italian coffee and sweets and by our suppliers. Maritime Travel Exclusive Escorted Tours and Holiday Escapes arrive early afternoon at the charming town of Ravello, our home for the next will not assume liability for any refunds, losses, damage, costs or expenses two nights. We will check into our hotel and have time to freshen up and arising out of injury, accident or death, loss of, or damage to, or delay in baggage relax. Later this afternoon, join Caroline on a studio visit of a local artist. We or other property, delay, inconvenience, upset, disappointment, stress, frustration, end our first Amalfi day with a delicious welcome dinner with and enjoy or loss of enjoyment or loss of holiday time resulting from: some of the local wines, while overlooking the spectacular Coastline. B D (i) the act or fault or omission by any party other than by Maritime Travel Exclusive Escorted Tours and Holiday Escapes or its employees; Friday, October 9: After a leisurely breakfast, we will enjoy one of (ii) mechanical breakdown, government action, weather, strike or any other the world’s most iconic drives along the serpentine Amalfi Coast road. We action beyond its control; will visit the beautiful towns along the way... Amalfi, with its impressive (iii) being denied access to aircraft due to contravening the airlines conditions Arab-Norman Duomo; Positano, where we will head to the beach for lunch; of carriage; and on the opposite end of the peninsula, Sorrento for a not-to-be-missed (iv) the traveller missing flight connections or departures or failing to follow sip of Limoncello. Caroline has some artful surprises planned, as we stop in instructions of tour representatives. towns along the way. These will include visits to an artist’s private studio B = BREAKFAST L = LUNCH D = DINNER For your security and peace of mind, we recommend you purchase Maritime Travel Insurance www.maritimetravel.ca.
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