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I MUST SEE ROMA... 2021 Pozzuoli, , Foro Apoio, Tre Taberna, Farscati, Roma

Day 1 Arrival / Petuoli city through the northern gates, to continue his journey towards . Upon arrival at Rome International Airport, we will meet our professional We will walk approx 3 miles along one of the best preserved parts of the tour escort and travel south on the “Sun Highway” , to reach Pozzuoli . This part of the paved Roman way is easily walkable and it in approx. 3 hrs time. We are exactly in the same location where Paul is really amazingwith its fantastic landscape, a well preserved bidge of landed. “... and after one day the south wind blew, and we came the next the XVI century that goes beyond the small river and several other rests of day to Puteoli.” (,13) Some time at leisure to relax at hotel, before ancient monuments. Overnight in Foro Appio, at “Mansio Hotel” which is moving to the centre of the village to visit the area of the seaport and the located in the same place where an ancient Roman “posta” . The Appian Roman Amphitheater in order to get a sense of what Paul experienced Way had rest stations all along its path, in which travelers could stay and once he arrived on the mainland of the “”. Take a break to get a shelter for the night, have a warm meal and let the horses recover. taste a real Napolitano coffee and a “sfogliatella” before returning to our Forum Appii (Foro Appio) is the only historical certified destinations in hotel for dinner and overnight (D) of Paul’s journey to Rome. We will enjoy a special dinner, based Day 2 on ancient roman recipes. (B, D) Depart the hotel after breakfast and reach Pompei in less than a one hour Day 4 Pontine Marshes / Tres Tabernae / Frascati drive. We will meet our local guide to have an archeological journey Recent archaeological excavations have allowed to identify the location of through the ancient city. Buried under a layer of ashes and lapilli by a Tres Tabernae, an ancient staging post which soon became an inhabited sudden eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD, after 1700 years the excavations settlement and has been a bishopric since 313 AD. This might be the have brought to light Pompeii, a town whose daily life of the Imperial place where the Sacred Writings remind us of the meeting of Paul with Age has been petrified , as under a spell, in its gestures, secrets, in the the Christian Communities. “... And so we came to Rome. 15… The panic felt by its inhabitants during the last moments.Visiting the “frozen brothers there had heard that we were coming and they traveled as far city” would create a feeling similar to that experienced by Paul when he as the Forum of Appius and the Three Taverns to meet us.” (Acts 28,14) walked through similar streets from his time period. We will visit This afternoon we will reach the area called “Roman Castels” where houses, shops, temples, squares, streets and also the “Lupanare” magnificent Renaissance villas, (house of prostitutes ) and the “Suburbane Therm”(with erotic frescos, almost all well preserved, were among which the only saffico-picture of the Roman world) So we will built between the 16th and 17th understand the anger of Paul shouting aloud against corruption and centuries, in the area of ancient perdition of the Romans. “... Tusculum.They were built in the For this cause God gave them same places where the ancient up unto vile af ections: for roman villas once stood and often even their women did change above them, copiyng the shapes the natural use into that which of both buildings and is against nature.” (Romans gardens. We will overnight at one 1,26) Return to Pozzuoli to of these renaissance villas, turned enjoy a real pizza dinner and into hotel. Dinner with great view overnight (B, D) over Rome. Overnight (B, D)

Day 3 Walking day: This is a suggested itinerary: Minturno / Itri / Forum We will be glad to customize a program that meets your specific Appi (2 miles) needs, requirements and budget. You may also choose your own “... and so we went toward Rome.” (Acts 28,14) Depart the hotel after travel dates and city of departure. a good breakfast. We will stop to visit the ruins of this well-preserved Roman village located along the Appian Way, which is the same that For information on our Fund Raising Program and benefits for your St. Paul would have seen during his trip to Rome. When Paul visited group please email: [email protected] it, the city was probably different, but there were already colonnades along the Via Appia, a large square, temples and a theatre. Paul left the

www.AdriaticPilgrimages.com • 800-262-1718 • 310-548-1152 Day 5 Walking day: Approaching Rome (8 miles) of the emperor over Maxentius in the 4th century AD (tradition says that After a good breakfast, we depart Frascati and drive a short distance. before the battle the Emperor saw a brilliant cross in the sky and said the Drop off and continue by walk along the last segment of Paul’s journey, famous words “in hoc signo vinces”). The tour ends at the , we are now close to Rome, from here on it is possible to continue everlasting symbol of the greatness of Rome and the stage for the without interruptions and in a very easy way, by knowing that we are historical fights of the . After break for lunch, we regain our bus exactly in the Apostle’s footprints. The original basalt paving stones are and drive to visit the Tre Fontane Abbey, where Paul was beheaded sometimes still visible, while at the sides we can see the ruins of funeral by order of Emperor . We will see the cell where Paul was held monuments. Their importance is linked to the “owner’s” social status: the night before his execution, and we will be able to walk down the tower tombs, aedicule, temple tombs, simple dovecote tombs, tumulus road that the Apostle would have taken from the cell to the site of his or mausoleums. It was forbidden to place cemeteriesinside the towns. beheading. Continue to the of St. Paul outside the Walls where The tombs were all place along the roads leading to Rome. Break for the body of the apostle was buried after he was beheaded. This is the lunch. (included). We will stop along the way, to visit the Catacombs, the man responsible for carrying the Catholic faith to the Gentiles, who wrote Chistian cemetery, developed from the mid-third century AD. Finally we much of the , the man famous for having poured out his regain our bus. On the way to the hotel, we will pass by the Basilica of life for Christ. Return to the hotel for dinner and overnight (B, D) Santa Prisca, built above the house which dates back to the first century AD. Aquila and Priscilla were a Jewish couple, converted into Christianity, were tentmakers and had met and hosted Paul in Corinth and then in Ephesus. Paul mentions them in his letter to the Romans, and greeted together with the community “sho shall meet in their house” “...Greet Prisca and Aquila, my fellow workers in Christ , who for my life, laid down their own necks; to whom not only I give thanks, but also all the assemblies of the Gentiles. Greet the assembly that is in their house” (Romans 16, 1-23) Check in at the hotel, after a deserved dinner, we can enjoy a restful overnight (B, L, D) Welcome in the Eternal City, where faith, history and art to flood the heart, mind and eye, bringing the stories from the New Testament to life, many of these stories rendered by the most talented artists ever to live. Day 6 AM Paul in the World that was Rome (2 miles ) / PM Tre Fountane Abbey and Basilica of St Paul Outside the Walls How God used a man with a Hebrew heart, a Greek tongue and Roman mind. This tour will show the great “power” of Rome and Emperors who Day 7- AM: From Empire to World Faith PM: At leisure demanded divinity for themselves. This was mainly what Apostle Paul The Gospel did not stop with Paul, but was transmitted through the preached against. “... And worshipped and served the creature more than centuries to the ordinary people by means of the arts. One cannot spend the Creator, who is blessed forever.” (Romans 1, 25) We will walk from time in Rome and miss a visit to the incredible Vatican Museum and the Trajan’s Column along the Via dei Fori Imperiali (street of the Imperial Sistine Chapel. So today we will shift our focus away from Paul’s life and Fora), we see the Forum of Trajan, the biggest and most splendid of all, break some new ground in our understanding of art. In centuries whose markets, true forerunners of the modern commercial centers. of history we have understood the importance of the human value of art We will reach the , once political and religious center of and its contribution, in harmony with the Divine Word, as an instrument the town, which today isthe seat of the Municipality. Walking through of evangelization. Every artist could, through words and images, create the valley we reach the Mamertine Prison, an ancient tradition says that the imago between iconology and iconography, with competence of Peter and Paul were held prisoner her and that miraculously caused intent and technique of execution. Today we can admire all this in a water to spring from the ground, they were able to convert and baptize unique place. The itinerary of the Vatican Museums contains a show of a number of fellow prisoners and also their jailers, who became martyrs art, history and faith in comparison with all the “Divine feeling” of the in theirturn. Then we step into the : the great Rome with world. If The Sistine Chapel explains how much Michelangelo wanted its important buildings will revive before our eyes; the , seat of the to leave a message of faith to humanity, until today and forever, the Roman Senate, the State Archive, the , palaces of justice, the Raphael’s Rooms, are an obligatory path in our history, because we do , and the House of the Vestals, the virgins in charge of not lose the thread between Fides et Ratio, between our faith and the keeping the sacred fire always alive, and all around temples and columns reason. Two simple walls, two themes in comparison.We cannot reason if and arches of triumph erected to commemorate gods of Roman history. we do not possess the knowledge “causarum cognitio” taken from “and changed the glory of the incorruptible God into an image made Divinarer Notitia (Knowledge of the Divine Things) This afternoon we like to corruptible man” (Romans 1, 23) Leaving the Roman Forum we will enjoy time at leisure in the beautiful baroque area of Rome: see continue to the , erected to commemorate the victory the Spanish Steps, the Trevi Fountain, the Pantheon and Piazza Navona. Dinner will be served at a local restaurant. Overnight in Rome (B, D) Day 8- Departure After breakfast, transfer to the Rome Airport to take our flight to USA (B)