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September 23 – October 1, 2022 $3,899 from NEW YORK September 19 - 24, 2022 Pre extension to: $1,349 October 1 - 6, 2022 Post extension to: Northern Italy $2,499

PRE EXTENSION TOUR TO Northern Greece DAY 4 - Monday, September 26, 2022 DAY 1 - Monday, September 19, 2022 / / PATRAS NEW YORK / ISTANBUL This morning we board our bus and begin our journey to Mycenae. The Mycenaean’s were fierce warriors and great engineers who designed and built remarkable bridges, fortification walls, and Tour members are welcomed to New York for our departing flight to Istanbul via wide-body aircraft beehive-shaped tombs, all employing Cyclopean masonry and elaborate drainage and irrigation arriving the next day. Meals served on board. systems. Their palatial centers, "Mycenae rich in gold" and "sandy Pylos," are immortalized in

Homer's Iliad and Odyssey. DAY 2 - Tuesday, September 20, 2022 ISTANBUL / This afternoon drive to Patras port to board our ferry to Bari, Italy. Dinner and overnight on the Today we arrive in Istanbul and transfer to our flight to Thessaloniki. Upon arrival we are met and ferry. board our bus for a transfer to our hotel for dinner and overnight. DAY 5 - Tuesday, September 27, 2022 DAY 3 - Wednesday, September 21, 2022 BARI / POZZUOLI / / THESSALONIKI This morning we will disembark our ferry and head to Pozzuoli. This is the same port where Paul Today a full-day excursion to Philippi and Kavala. Paul landed at Kavala () coming from landed, "…and after one day the south wind blew, and we came the next day to Puteoli." (Acts Troas with Timothy and . This ancient city was renamed Christoupolis because it was the first 28:13). Here we will visit the area of the sea-port and the Roman Amphitheater in order to get a European city to accept Christianity. At the ruins of ancient Philippi you will see the baptism site, sense of what Paul experienced once he arrived on the mainland of the “Roman Empire”. Check a crypt where Paul may have been imprisoned, the Acropolis, the Market Place, and the into our hotel for dinner and overnight. ancient theatre. At the Gangitis River the apostle preached to a group of women. Lydia, a merchant trading purple cloth, believed the Gospel and was baptized with members of her DAY 6 - Wednesday, September 28, 2022 household. We return to Thessaloniki, birthplace of Aristotle, where time permitting we will have a POMPEII / MINTURNO / FORO APPIO short tour of the city before returning to our hotel for dinner and overnight.. This morning we go to Pompeii, and have an archeological journey through the ancient city.

Pompeii, which was buried under a layer of ash and pumice by a sudden eruption of Mount

Vesuvius in the year 79 A.D., is a town whose daily life of the Imperial Age has been petrified. It is DAY 4 - Thursday, September 22, 2022 as if it were under a spell in its gestures, secrets and in the panic felt by its inhabitants during its THESSALONIKI / KALAMBAKA last moments. Visiting the “frozen city” creates a feeling similar to that experienced by Paul when This morning we continue on to with the tombs of the royal dynasty, most notably King he walked through similar streets from his time. Then we will visit the houses, shops, temples, Philip II and a young prince who is identified as Alexander IV, the son of Alexander the Great. squares, streets and also the “Lupanare” (which was a brothel with its frescos showing erotic Continue on to , or , where Paul found people who eagerly received his message, scenes) and the “Suburbane Therm” (with erotic frescoes, among which the only saffico-picture of “examining the Scriptures daily to see if these things were true” (:11). Continue our drive to the Roman world). Now you understand the anger of Paul shouting aloud against corruption and and on to Kalambaka for dinner and overnight. perdition of the Romans. Romans 1, 26…. For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature. From Pompeii DAY 5 - Friday, September 23, 2022 we go to Minturno, then to Foro Appio for a typical dinner and overnight. KALAMBAKA / This morning we visit , a cluster of pillars of rock, and the “Hanging Monasteries” perched DAY 7 - Thursday, September 29, 2022 on top of rock cliffs. There were a series of 24 monasteries constructed upon the spires of stone. FORO APPIO / TRES TABERNAE/ ROME Most were abandoned and only 6 survive today, 5 of which are inhabited by monks and 1 by After breakfast we will have time to meditate on Paul. This was a swamp when Paul arrived here. nuns. We continue our drive through the beautiful scenery of Greece. Imagine Paul walking with Stand by the river, full of historical and spiritual meanings. Foro Appio, at “Mansio Hotel” is located his followers and teaching them God’s word as they continued down the road. Our bus will take us in the same place where an ancient Roman “posta” (place where travelers could rest and change through Larissa, Lamia and Trikala and on to Delphi for dinner and overnight. their tired horses before continuing their journey). This might be the place where the Sacred Writings remind us of the meeting of Paul with the Christian Communities :14 (...”And so DAY 6 - Saturday, September 24, 2022 we came to Rome. The brothers there had heard that we were coming and they traveled as far as DELPHI / ATHENS the of Appius and the Three Taverns to meet us.”) Depart Foro Appio late in the morning and travel towards Rome, stopping a few minutes at the Church of St. Paul (built in the place This morning in Delphi we visit the museum with the famous Bronze Charioteer and other items where he met the Christian Community) of TRES TABERNE – Three Taverns …and so we went that date back to the time of Paul. We visit the Temple of Apollo; where Paul must have spoken to toward Rome. (Acts 28:14.) Then we will continue to Rome. We arrive in Rome in the late the people about the Living God, continue to the Theater, the and the morning. In the afternoon we will visit the Roman Forum, Colosseum and Mamertine Prison, Castalian Spring. We then follow Paul’s ministry south as we travel on the national highway where Paul was held. Check into our hotel for dinner and overnight. through famous Thebes, Levadia and the village of Arachova. Continue to the hotel in Athens where we check in for dinner. DAY 8 - Friday, September 30, 2022 ROME / VATICAN CITY / CATACOMBS / ST. PAUL'S This morning we visit the Vatican Museum and Gallery (and if time permits Raphael’s Rooms with Footsteps of Peter & Paul BEGINS HERE their wonderful frescoes) the Sistine Chapel – where Michelangelo’s recently restored masterpieces adorn the ceilings and walls – and Pincio Garden. We continue into St. Peter’s DAY 1 - Friday, September 23, 2022 Basilica and view Vatican City. This afternoon we visit St. Paul’s Basilica Outside the Walls and NEW YORK / ISTANBUL the Church of St. Peter in Chains with the famed statue of Moses by Michelangelo. We visit the Old Appian Way and the Catacombs of St. Calixtus, and then return to our hotel for dinner. Tour members are welcomed to New York for our departing flight to Istanbul via wide-body aircraft arriving the next day. Meals served on board. DAY 9 - Saturday, October 1, 2022 DAY 2 - Saturday, September 24, 2022 ROME /USA ATHENS We will be taken to the airport for our flight home. We will cherish the memories of Paul the Apostles life that changed the course of man. This morning we arrive in Istanbul and transfer to our flight to Athens.

This afternoon we arrive in Athens and be met and transferred to our hotel for check in. Dinner and overnight at our hotel. POST EXTENSION TOUR TO Northern Italy

DAY 3 - Sunday, September 25, 2022 DAY 1 - Saturday, October 1, 2022 ATHENS / CORINTH ROME / ASSISI / FLORENCE This morning we start our tour of Athens by visiting the important modern and archaeological sites This morning we will go through the Umbrian green hills covered in olive groves and vineyards to in the city of Athens, the Acropolis and neighboring monuments. While driving through the main reach Assisi. Upon arrival, meet your local guide and start an unforgettable walk through the streets of Athens, we have an opportunity to see other places of interest such as the University, narrow streets of the ancient town which sweeps the flanks of Monte Subasio. You will visit the the Academy, the National Library, the Temple of Zeus, the Panathenian Stadium, Omonia Church of Santa Chiara, the site where St. Francis was born and then on to see the house where Square, Constitution Square and the Royal Palace. he spent the first years of his life. Then, near the ancient city walls, you will visit the Basilica of St

Francis, which houses the tomb of the Saint. This afternoon we continue north to Florence. Check This afternoon we drive along the coastal road to Corinth. Continue along the wonderful beach of in your hotel for dinner and overnight. Kinetta, make a brief stop at the Corinth Canal, then on to to visit the Museum, the

Bema of St. Paul, the Doric Temple of Apollo, the Askeleion, , Lechaion Road, and the Peirene Fountain. Return to our hotel for dinner overnight. DAY 2 - Sunday, October 2, 2022 DAY 4 - Tuesday, October 4, 2022 FLORENCE/ ACCADEMIA GALLERY / FREE / VENICE / VERONA / MILAN FLORENCE This morning we begin a long, but wonderful day as we head to Verona. The first glimpse of the This morning discover the cradle of the Renaissance, where one breathes art in the medieval city is love at first sight. “There is no world without Verona walls” pens William Shakespeare, who streets, in the craftsmen's workshops, and in the Renaissance Palaces. Visit the Baptistery of St. has lent Verona fame and immortality with his tale of two star-crossed lovers, Romeo Montecchi John, the religious essence of the city, the Duomo with the Medici Chapel, the Church of St. (Montagu) and Juliet Capuleti (Capulet). Reboard our bus and continue to Milan, Italy’s fashion Lorenzo, Piazza della Signoria and the Basilica of Santa Croce, a masterpiece of Gothic art and and business . You’ll enjoy a panoramic tour, highlighted by the enormous gothic cathedral the pantheon of famous Italians such as Michelangelo. Visit the Accademia Gallery, which hosts known as “Il Duomo” and perhaps the world’s premier opera house, the Teatro alla La Scala. Michelangelo’s famous David. Board your bus to reach your hotel located on the Maggiore Lake. Dinner and overnight.

The rest of the day is at leisure to explore additional treasures of Florence and shop on your own. DAY 5 - Wednesday, October 5, 2022 The outdoor Market of San Lorenzo boasts leather products, and the Ponte Vecchio, covered VENICE / VERONA / MILAN since medieval times with goldsmiths' shops, is a must for Florence's other specialty, gold jewelry. Dinner and overnight in Florence. This morning we go to Verona. The first glimpse of the city is love at first sight. “There is no world without Verona walls" pens William Shakespeare has lent Verona fame and immortality with his DAY 3 - Monday, October 3, 2022 tale of two star-crossed lovers, Romeo Montecchi (Montagu) and Juliet Capuleti (Capulet). FLORENCE / VENICE Reboard our bus and continue to Milan, Italy's fashion and business capital. You'll enjoy a Depart Florence after breakfast and drive through the scenic Tuscan countryside to the highway panoramic tour, highlighted by the enormous gothic cathedral known as "Il Duomo" and perhaps where we travel towards the north and reach Venice. Upon arrival, we transfer to central Venice the world's premier opera house, the Teatro alla La Scala. Visit Santa Maria delle Grazie, which by private motor-boat to tour the magnificent Piazza and Basilica of St. Mark’s, its marvelous houses one of the world's most celebrated works: Leonardo da Vinci's "Last Supper". Board your Byzantine-style architecture studded with colored marbles and glittering gold and housing bus to reach your hotel located on the Maggiore Lake. Dinner and overnight. the tomb of the Evangelist Mark. Visit also the elaborate Doge’s Palace, the lavish home of the former Venetian rulers with its famous Bridge of Sighs, where prisoners crossed before being led DAY 6 - Thursday, October 6, 2022 to the dungeons. Enjoy some time at leisure for an optional gondola ride or for shopping. Transfer MILAN / USA to our hotel for dinner and overnight. Early morning transfer to the airport for our flight back home. We have walked where Paul and Peter ministered to the early church and to us as well.

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ACCOMMODATIONS: class hotels based on twin occupancy with bath. Single-room supplement totals are Northern https://www.maranathatours.com/tours/return-to-travel-special- Greece $320 and Footsteps of Peter & Paul $720 and Northern Italy $400.

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