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2017 Mediterranean Tour of Emotions 2017 MEDITERRANEAN TOUR OF EMOTIONS The magic of Italy’s South Discover little-known places, share the authenticity of small fishing villages and their inhabitants, breathe in nature’s wild breezes, enjoy things you have never experienced before, savour Southern Italy’s recipes and ingredients, cherish the decidedly Mediterranean flavoured wines. These are the elements we wish our guests will treasure as they sail on Blue Deer along the Mediterranean coast of Italy. Our desire, and consequently the cruises we have chosen, revolve around enabling our guests to discover Italy from a different angle, seen from the sea. An Italy that is not overly touristy, on the contrary, places where time seems to stand still. Places where you still hear fisherman shouting in incomprehensible dialect, in the town square or down at the port, that their fresh fish has arrived. Places where you can still pick wild Indian fig directly off the cliffs, or where you can see to what length the Romans went to civilize their islands. Places where you can discover how to grow and gather capers, or how to grow a grape that produces no more than 2,000 bottles per year. Come share in the beauty of the world We want our guests to discover precisely all this through the cruises www.sanlorenzolodges.com listed below. We are of course willing to change our cruises for you. The routes are merely suggestions, based on our own personal experience in this marvellous paradisiacal corner of southern Italy, and also on the enthusiastic feedback of our guests who experienced these magical places during the previous two seasons. All that remains is for us to invite you to dream and come sail with us Giorgia and Stefano Barbini ROMA LAZIO Gaeta CAMPANIA Palmarola Ponza NAPOLI Procida ST P O Ventotene AREA Pontine Islands N Ischia 1 T I N E Capri I S L A N D S DAY 1 Arrival in Naples marina and transfer to the boat Welcome on board and departure to Procida 13nm (1:45 hours) Overnight in Procida marina After breakfast visit of Procida Island DAY 2 Lunch in Procida After lunch departure to Ischia 4 nm (0,45 hours) Overnight in Ischia anchoring in front of Castel Sant’Angelo DAY 3 After breakfast visit of Ischia Island Lunch in Ischia After lunch departure to Ventotene 26 nm (3,20 hours) Overnight in Ventotene DAY 4 After breakfast visit of the beautiful Roman harbour and Villa Giulia. (we can Experience the wild beauty of organize a private guide) Pontine Islands and Naples Gulf Overnight in Ventotene After Breakfast departure to Ponza 22nm (2:45 hours) DAY 5 2017 Tour of Emotions > 1st Area Lunch in a bay along the island Visit of the beautiful village or enjoy the bays around Overnight in Ponza DAY 6 After breakfast departure to Palmarola 6nm (0:50 hour) Enjoy the wildness and the beauties of bays Overnight in Palmarola at the anchor DAY 7 After breakfast discover the other bays of Palmarola In the afternoon departure to Gaeta 36nm (4:30 hours) Overnight in Gaeta DAY 8 After breakfast transfer to the airport or to the next destination PROCIDA ISLAND Alphonse de Lamartine, who came to Procida at the beginning of the 19th narrow strip of land with a beach on one side and a pretty century while in the French army. harbour on the other. This means that you can enjoy a short Another celebrated novel is L’isola circular stroll along the seaside. The harbour at Chiaiolella di Arturo (1957), one of the greater has been developed into a large leisure marina, which livens works of Elsa Morante. Procida has up on summer weekends when Italian families disembark been chosen as a film set for numerous films, mainly for its The Secret Island In The Bay Of Naples from their yachts for a meal. It is also a working fishing panoramas and its typical Mediterranean architecture. The Procida is located between Capo Miseno and the island of harbor with many inhabitants laying across the nets. The most famous are Il Postino and The Talented Mr. Ripley. The Ischia. It is less than 4.1 square kilometres (1.6 sq mi). Its best sunsets can be caught over the marina small city of Procida is one of the most underrated tourist coastlines, very jagged, are 16 km (9.9 mi). The Terra Murata spots within the bay of Naples.This city has so much to offer hill is the highest point on the island (91 metres (299 ft)). Marina della Corricella - The most picturesque and when it comes to food, shopping, historical sites and vast Geologically, Procida was created by the eruption of four charming spot on the island of Procida is Marina Corricella. landscape views. volcanoes, now dormant and submerged. After the fall of This is a thin sliver of waterfront backed by a cliff made the Western Roman Empire and the Byzantine reconquest of fishermen’s houses. Behind a long fishing harbour, Marina Grande - This is the main port of Procida where all in the Gothic Wars, Procida remained under the jurisdiction houses were built on and into the rock in a kind of pretty boat tours, boat transfers, ferries and hydrofoils disembark. of the Duke of Naples. The continual devastation first by the vertical muddle. There are several bars and restaurants Here you get the refreshing feel of the authenticity in Italy Vandals and Goths, and later by the Saracens, pushed the in Corricella, with tables attractively scattered along the with the colorful architecture and fishing markets. Marina population to resettle in a fortified village typical of medieval waterfront, interspersed with painted fishingboats. Despite Grande is the economic and social center of Procida where times. The population was sheltered by a cape, naturally the obvious tourist appeal of the settlement, it still has an you will find many local craft shops, as well as bars, pizzerias defended by walls that peak on the sea that were later ‘authentic’ feel, like so much of Procida. This is a wonderful and restaurants much appreciated by natives and tourists. fortified, thus acquiring the name of Terra Murata (“walled spot for a lazy lunch or a romantic evening meal with the land”). Several writers have set their novels in Procida. water lapping nearby. Marina di Chiaiolello - The harbor itself is very quant and One of the most notable is the novel Graziella written by pleasant. Its most appealing feature is the location. Its on a 2017 Tour of Emotions > 1St Area > Pontine Islands PROCIDA ISLAND You fell for Procida as soon as you will see the view from the Terra Murata. A tangle of houses painted in pink, yellow, blue and green tumble towards Marina Corricella, the sun setting behind it and lighting up the sky in a blaze of orange and pink. Small fishing boats are dotted in the water—the fishermen use the lavishly bright buildings to find their way home. Procida is the smallest island in the Bay of Naples faded and crumbling, doors are ancient and rusted, and the and despite its location just a 40 minute hydrofoil ride from streets are enlivened with pink bougainvillea and tiny white Naples it receives nowhere near as many foreign visitors as jasmine, their scent will accompany you on your strolls. the neighbouring islands of Capri and Ischia. Lemon groves are squeezed into every available space. Procida seems to want to keep its secret to itself, although it’s The 17th century settlement is traffic-free and can only be The Terra Murata is the highest point on the island and the popular with napoletani looking for a summer escape from reached by stairs in passageways through the houses. Along oldest village—the fortress walls were built as protection the steaming, chaotic city. The tiny island is only 4 square the waterfront there are piles of fishing nets and patio from invaders in the 15th century. You can wander the kilometres and you can walk everywhere—to the black restaurants where you can enjoy a meal with a view of the medieval streets and visit the rather quirky and crumbling sand beaches that ring the island, almost empty during the Terra Murata and bobbing fishing boats. church the Abbazia di San Michele which has excellent week and bustling with families on weekends; and through views from its terrace. the winding narrow streets in the centre, the high walls Procida’s highlight is Marina Corricella, the colourful hiding cube shaped houses and lush gardens. Paintwork is fishing village that’s built into the rock leading to the sea. 2017 Tour of Emotions > 1St Area > Pontine Islands Roman Imperial Port As soon as you disembark and cross Porto Nuovo dock VENTOTENE ISLAND (new port), you will be faced with an incredible view of the old port of Ventotene, which is carved entirely in tufa stone. It is the first unique surprise you will experience on this wonderful island. The first thing you notice in the Roman port is a line of archways on the right, carved into the rock, which also serve as storage sheds. On the left the port is protected by a boundary that is also made of tuff stone. The whole area was built by transporting around 60,000 cubic meters of original tufa! One can see next to the port’s Ventotene, halfway between Ponza and Ischia, is the entrance, facing the Levant, a cavity with an opening above smallest inhabited island of the Pontine islands. It is a that contained the chains used to close the port when the tranquil spot, surrounded by crystal clear waters and offers sea was dangerously rough.
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