SOUTHERN ITALY TOUR Let Paisano Travel Help You Discover the Magic of Campania
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SOUTHERN ITALY TOUR Let Paisano travel help you discover the magic of Campania. Campania, in southern Italy, boasts 11 UNESCO World Heritage sites. It is one of the most visited regions in Europe. Together we will explore the heart of Campania where you will discover the enchanted Amalfi coast, the timeless archaeological treasures of Pompeii, Herculaneum and Paestum, as well as the magnificence of the royal houses of Naples and Caserta of the Spanish Bourbon kings. SAMNIUM You will also experience all that the Sannio Beneventano, Campania has to offer including its ancient traditions, history and the charm. You will discover our excellent traditional food and great Sannite wines. Your home base will be a magnificent hotel. Each day from the comfort of a luxury bus, we will travel between 1-11/2 hours to the sites we will explore. In the evening we will relax in the city and enjoy the traditional folklore, food and crafts of Sanniti Benevento. With Paisano Travel you will create unforgettable memories, Campania will remain forever in your heart. AT A GLANCE • Just only a small group no more than 12 people; • The journey to the places to visit will last from 40 minutes to 1 hour and a half; • Every day we will have a full-time guide; • Wine and food experience; • Our mission: to give you the joy of “living in Italian” an emotional holiday without stress. ITINERARY DAY 1 Arrival in Rome at Leonardo Da Vinci airport in the morning and transfer by our bus to the home base in Benevento. DAY 2 BENEVENTO Benevento is a city rich in history, here through the archaeological remains we can discover and understand the various cultures of the Samnite people, the Romans and the Lombards, who colonized the city of Benevento. We will be amazed by the legends related to witches, the pleasant landscapes of the places where Padre Pio was born, the castles of medieval testimonies, the expanses of vineyards, the rows of olive trees cultivated by farmers in respect of traditional cultures. In Benevento "you will live Italian style" you will taste the food cooked in strict compliance with the ancient recipes, are the flavors of tradition accompanied by local wines of great excellence and finally the desserts, nougat candy, the famous liqueur Strega, which stimulates the imagination of confectioners who use Strega for their sweets. That's why you can't give up on tasting an apple with" Strega" or a nougat with" Strega soul" We cannot fail to visit ancient cellars where we will drink fine wines. You can attend and participate in traditional festivals, festivals , folk traditions that have their roots in ancient time. DAY 3 CASERTA – SAN LEUCIO IN CASERTA After having breakfast our bus will take us to Caserta. Only a forty minute ride and we will arrive in Caserta at the entrance of the majestic royal palace. Our guide will explain everything we will see. We will be amazed to admire the royal rooms, the party halls, the furnishings, the furniture, the paintings, the marbles and the precious works of Italian artisans. We will continue the visit to the gardens of the palace. After a light lunch we will continue to San Leucio in Caserta which is only a few kilometers away. Here the Bourbon king Ferdinand IV started the silk factory where precious silks were produced and exported all over Europe. It will be an amazing day. In the evening a hearty dinner with good samnite wine at our home base will give us refreshment. The Royal Palace of Caserta In 1752 the king of Naples Charles IV of Bourbon had the royal palace built in Caserta and wanted it to be authoritative and great. Precious marbles, furniture, damask furnishings, paintings, are of incomparable beauty. We will be enchanted for hours to observe the refinement and elegance of the works created by Italian artisans. The palace includes a park of about 120 hectares of land with gardens and great marble works that enrich the suggestive fountains and basins which sometimes form fountains. The complex has been declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. The Silk Factory In the silk factory of San Leucio in Caserta the famous silks were produced and exported not only to the kingdom of the Bourbons but throughout Europe. They are beautiful silks, special and recognizable by the manufacture. They created dresses, bedspreads, tablecloths, upholstery, wallpapers and cassocks. We will visit the silk museum where the original machinery of the time is preserved, implanted in the second half of the 18th century. These silks surprise for their refined beauty. The Vatican, the oval room of the white house, the royal palaces of all Europe are furnished with the silks of the small manufacturing industry wanted by the king Ferdinand IV of Bourbon. DAY 4 POMPEII AND HERCOLANEUM At 8:30 a.m. we will leave Benevento with our bus, after an hour or so we will be in Pompeii. Our guide will lead us to visit the city of Pompeii buried by the lava of the Vesuvius. The eruption of the Vesuvius, incessant in the year 79 a.d. buried the whole city of Pompeii in a few minutes. Escavations have unearthed homes, furnishings, painting and petrified people, we will catch the last moments of the city life. Everything is as it was then, well preserved. We will have a day of strong emotional impact and the memory will be with us forever. After the visit to Pompeii we will move to the archaeological area of Herculaneum where we will continue and complete the visit. The archaeological area of Pompeii and Herculaneum stretches out to the sea in the middle of the Gulf of Naples, the lava soil, the sun, the sea breeze, the mild climate, gives a flavor to the products of the earth without equal. The eruption of Vesuvius has given the soil volcanic ash and the wine grapes grown here make the wine unique in terms of characteristics, the Lacryma Christi of the Vesuvius wine will accompany our lunch in a magnificent and traditional vinery restaurant, overlooking the sea. In the evening we will be in Benevento where our guests will have some free time to visit the city and then return to the home base where a light dinner based on products and wines from Benevento awaits us DAY 5 NAPLES In the morning we will leave for Naples, after a short trip we will be in the center of the city, our guide will accompany us on a visit to the site "Underground Naples". Underground Naples is a unique work of its kind. You will be amazed by this path in the subsoil of Naples that winds at a depth of 40 meters between cistern, tunnels and caves dug into the tuff. Here we will see the remains of the ancient Greek Roman aqueduct, the air raid shelters of the Second World War, and the war museum. It is a very suggestive place! After Underground Naples we will visit the chapel of San Severo built by prince Raimondo di Sangro, a treasure chest of works of art full of misery and magic. The chapel of San Severo is the most visited place by Italian and foreign tourists, in 2019 it was visited by 750,000 people. One of the most surprising works is the sculpture of the veiled Christ, so called for the veil effect given to the marble by the author of the work Giuseppe Sanmartino. We cannot leave Naples without enjoying the "margherita" pizza with tomato and mozzarella, the best pizza in the world. Afternoon in the cellar to taste the great Samnite wines. Evening dinner in the square in the shadow of the arch of the emperor Trajan. DAY 6 PAESTUM AND VIETRI We will travel by bus to the UNESCO World Heritage site of Paestum founded by Greece explorers in 580 BCE, where we will explore the ancient Greek settlement, the magnificent Greek temples and visit the museum containing the artifacts of this ancient city. As we travel to Paestum in the comfort luxury bus our guide will explain the history and answer any questions you may have. The three Greek temples which dominate the landscape. The temple which is believed to be the earliest built in 550 BC is called the Basilica or the Temple of Hera, because of the many figurines of Hera, the wife of Zeus, King of the Gods, discovered there While in Paestum we will discover the art, culture and of course the architecture of ancient Greece. After our visit to Paestum, we will share a wonderful mid-day repast of the best local cuisine and wines. From Paestum we will enjoy a relaxing bus ride to the Amalfi coast, where we will experience the breathtaking views of the gulf of Salerno. We will explore the town on foot. If you like you can sample its famous Limoncello, made with the famous Amalfi lemons. We will visit the town of Vietri on the sea, world famous for its ceramics and tiles. Here we will visit ceramic workshops, some of which have been creating the sought after traditional blue and yellow ceramics for centuries and other innovators creating ceramics for a new century. using the time honored traditional techniques. From Vietri on the sea we will return to our home base where we will have a wonderful dinner accompanied with the Sannio's excellent wines. DAY 7 AMALFI The Amalfi coast with its overhangs and bays offers us a breathtaking view. Clusters of houses as they are perched on the slope of the mountains overlooking the sea arouse wonder and amazement.