ABSA NAPLES - POMPEI - SICILY / MESSINA

SICILY SERIES 2021 DAY 1 - 4

Naples Pompei

Day 1 | July 27, 2021 - Departure to Europe Depart the US with your teammates to Naples, Italy. Day 2 | July 28, 2021 - Arrival in Naples & City Tour Your personal chaperon will welcome you at the airport. Transfer to the city center and enjoy a guided city tour with a local guide. First team dinner and overnight in Naples. Day 3 | July 29, 2021 - Catacombe di San Gaudioso & Souvenir Shopping Have breakfast at your hotel. Explore the Catacombe di San Gaudioso, a millennial history that lives below the ground in Naples. Afterwards spend some free time for souvenir shopping. Day 4 | July 30, 2021 - Pompei, Guided Tour & Speed Train to Sicily in the afternoon In Pompei you'll find Europe's most compelling archaeological site: the ruins of Pompeii. Sprawling and haunting, the site is a stark reminder of the destructive forces that lie deep inside Vesuvius. Leaving from Naples Central Station with a Frecciabianca (speed train) taking you down to Villa San Giovani (the southernmost point, closest to the island of Sicily). After your arrival in Villa San Giovani you will get on a boat taking you over directly to Messina in just 20 minutes.

NAPLES - POMPEI - MESSINA DAY 5 - 8

Messina, Stadio Primo Nebiolo Mount Etna

Day 5 | July 31, 2021 - Messina, Sicily Series Day 1 Have breakfast at your hotel. After some free time in the morning at the beach or relaxing at the hotel, the games will start at CUS Unime Cittadella in the afternoon. Day 6 | August 1, 2021 - Messina, Sicily Series Day 2 & Excursion to Etna Volcano Day 2 of the Sicily Softball Series awaits, we'll start early in the morning (heat!). In the afternoon we'll go up the side of the highest volcano in Europe, the Etna. Day 7 | August 2, 2021 - Messina, Sicily Series Day 3 & Beach of Messina Day 3 of the Sicily Softball Series in Messina. Afterwards spend the afternoon relaxing at Cittadella Universitaria or spend some time at the nearby beach of Messina. Day 8 | August 3, 2021 - Messina, Sicily Series Day 4 & Farewell BBQ Play your last games in Messina and have a farewell BBQ with the friendly folks of CUS Messina at their beautiful sports complex.

MESSINA / SICILY SERIES DAY 9 - 10

Sicily Messina

Day 9 | August 4, 2021 - Hotel Pool/Beach & Return to Naples Have breakfast at your hotel and relax at the hotel pool or nearby beach. We will check-out around noon and will make our way back to the port of Messina and to Italy's mailand. Last overnight and dinner at your hotel back in Naples. Day 10 | August 5, 2021 - Return to the USA Have breakfast at your hotel and transfer to Naples Airport. Take home great memories of this once-in-a-lifetime experience!

The programme and individual activities/items on the itinerary are still subject to change.

MESSINA - NAPLES