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Treasures of Naples and Pizza Tasting (P9)

by kathy
March 10th, 2014

Arrive Naples
Daily • Year Round

Private tour with deluxe vehicle at your
disposal and English speaking guide. Tour P9

Authentic Neapolitan Pizza Margherita from a pizzeria located on the Via dei Tribunali in Naples.

Authentic Neapolitan Pizza Margherita from a pizzeria on the Via dei Tribunali in Naples.
By ElfQrin (Valerio Capello) (Own work) [GFDL or CC-BY-SA-3.0], via Wikimedia Commons

Whatever it is about Italy, Naples, Sorrento, Amalfi Coast, and Pompeii that intrigues you, fascinates you, tempts you, or entertains you – you will find it because your visit will be tailored exactly to your desires. Fascinated by the tastes of Italian cuisine? Your private guide will suggest the best restaurants. Have your heart set on Italian footwear or daring designs in clothing? Talk it over with your guide-in your own language-and find out where to shop. Back to Tours out of Naples page.

Tour

Video by Giovanni Russo

Experience Naples on a walk through San Gregorio Armeno, heart of the historic city. Tour San Gennaro Cathedral with its Gothic crypts and Baroque masterpieces. Explore the Cathedral’s Treasury Museum, a repository of art, manuscripts and precious liturgical objects. Then taste the one, the only, the true pizza of Naples.

Board your motorcoach and drive to the heart of historic Naples. Your walking tour travels the medieval streets and passes through San Gregorio Armeno, home to the city’s artisans and medieval guilds.

San Gregorio Armeno – Your walking tour explores the heart of the historic city, at the center of which lies this district surrounding the cathedral. San Gregorio Armeno is traditionally home to Naples’ artists, artisans and Medieval guilds.

San Gennaro Cathedral – Largely rebuilt after a devastating earthquake in the 15th century, the magnificent cathedral boasts Perugino’s painting of the “Assumption,” Gothic crypts including the tomb of Pope Innocence IV, masterpieces of Baroque painting and the truly extraordinary Treasury of San Gennaro Museum.

San Gennaro Treasury Museum – Housed in a chapel adorned with frescoes by Giordano, the museum exhibits masterworks from the San Gennaro Treasury. The truly astonishing Treasury is a repository that includes paintings, illuminated manuscripts, jewelry, and precious liturgical objects in gold and silver donated to the cathedral over the course of nine centuries by Popes, kings, nobles and notables.

Pizza was invented in Naples in 1830. Sample the real deal at a pizzeria, where the traditional thin-crust pie is baked in a high-temperature wood-burning oven.

Note: Dress conservatively when visiting sacred sites. Visitors to San Gennaro Cathedral should wear attire that covers the shoulders and legs – miniskirts, shorts and Capri pants are not acceptable. On Sundays and during Mass service inside the Cathedral, the guide will make the explanation from the outside and guests will enter on individual basis.

The Tour is inclusive of:

  • Private vehicle at disposal
  • English Speaking Guide at disposal
  • Entrance fees to Treasures of San Gennaro Museum
  • Lunch at a typical Neapolitan pizzeria, inclusive of wine, mineral water and coffee

Duration: 4 ½ hrs
Pick up and return: Naples Pier
Suggested Departure: 8:30am

Availability: This tour is available every day.

Difficulties: Extensive walking involved during the visit of Naples historical centre.

Rate per person in USD$
Minimum 2 guests
Per person: $444 (Minimum 2 guests)
Per person: $329 (Minimum 3 guests)
Per person: $261 (5 to 6 guests)
Per person: $230 (7 to 15 guests)

Please note that these rates are for the suggested itinerary, and will vary with additional services and tours. We’ll be glad to custom tailor your tour.

Not Included:

  • Personal expenses, beverages, and meals not specifically included
  • Gratuities for local personnel
  • Drinks/beverages
  • Travel insurance
Categories Italy, retired

Herculaneum & Naples’ Archaeological Museum (P8)

by kathy
March 10th, 2014

Arrive Naples
Daily • Year Round

Private tour with a vehicle at your disposal
and an English speaking guide. Tour P8

Herculaneum archeological site, Italy

Herculaneum archeological site, Italy
General Custer [GFDL, CC-BY-SA-3.0 or CC-BY-2.5], via Wikimedia Commons

Whatever it is about Italy, Naples, Sorrento, Amalfi Coast, and Pompeii that intrigues you, fascinates you, tempts you, or entertains you – you will find it because your visit will be tailored exactly to your desires. Fascinated by the tastes of Italian cuisine? Your private guide will suggest the best restaurants. Have your heart set on Italian footwear or daring designs in clothing? Talk it over with your guide-in your own language-and find out where to shop. Back to Tours out of Naples page.

Tour

Video by Swiss Travel Channel

The eruption that buried Pompeii in ash buried nearby Herculaneum in mud. A guided walking tour explores this well-preserved site, which remained undiscovered until 1709. Try a real Neapolitan pizza at lunch. Visit the Archaeological Museum home to a collection of artifacts from Pompeii and Herculaneum including the fabled “Farnese Bull.” Shop for handmade jewelry and delicate brooches at a local cameo factory.

The drive from Naples on the autostrada affords views of the Bay of Naples and the still-active volcano, Mt. Vesuvius.

Herculaneum – Discovered in 1709, Herculaneum was buried under mud during the eruption of Vesuvius – which preserved the city. Your walking tour takes in well-preserved Roman villas with portico gardens, fountains and baths. The highlights include the well-preserved wall frescoes and floor mosaics.

Visit a cameo factory in Herculaneum and browse for handmade jewelry, including delicate brooches, rings and bracelets.

Once you are back in Naples, take a short orientation drive around the city; drive past the round-towered Castel Nuovo, San Carlo Opera House, Umberto I Gallery, the Royal Palace, San Francesco di Paola Church and the Castle of the Egg overlooking the spectacular Gulf of Naples.

National Archaeological Museum – Originally a cavalry barracks, Charles of Bourbon established the museum in the late 18th-century to house the Farnese collection he inherited. The highlights include the Farnese Bull, a classical Roman sculpture depicting figures from Greek mythology. The museum possesses an extraordinary collection of murals, frescoes and mosaics from Pompeii and Herculaneum.

Stop at a typical Neapolitan “Pizzeria” restaurant where you will taste the real Pizza. The world’s first true pizzeria opened in Naples in 1830 and the pizza became known throughout the world for its unique taste.

Note: This tour is not available on Tuesdays because the Archaeological Museum is closed.

The Tour is inclusive of:

  • Private vehicle at disposal
  • English Speaking Guide at disposal
  • Entrance fees to Herculaneum excavations and Naples’ Archaeological Museum
  • Lunch at a typical Neapolitan pizzeria, inclusive of wine, mineral water and coffee

Duration: 8 hrs
Pick up and return: Naples Pier
Suggested Departure: 8:30am

Availability: This tour is available every day with exception of Tuesday when the Archaeological Museum is closed.

Difficulties: Extensive walking involved for the inside visit of Herculaneum excavations. Cobblestones and uneven surface included.

Rate per person in USD$
Minimum 2 guests
Per person: $604 (Minimum 2 guests)
Per person: $434 (Minimum 3 guests)
Per person: $332 (5 to 6 guests)
Per person: $280 (7 to 15 guests)

Please note that these rates are for the suggested itinerary, and will vary with additional services and tours. We’ll be glad to custom tailor your tour.

Not Included:

  • Personal expenses, beverages, and meals not specifically included
  • Gratuities for local personnel
  • Drinks/beverages
  • Travel insurance
Categories Italy, retired

Pompeii & Naples’ Archaeological Museum (P7)

by kathy
March 10th, 2014

Arrive Naples
Daily • Year Round

Private tour with a private vehicle and
English speaking guide. Tour P7

Pompeii, with Vesuvius towering above.

Pompeii, with Vesuvius towering above.
Qfl247 [CC-BY-SA-3.0 or GFDL], via Wikimedia Commons

Whatever it is about Italy, Naples, Sorrento, Amalfi Coast, and Pompeii that intrigues you, fascinates you, tempts you, or entertains you – you will find it because your visit will be tailored exactly to your desires. Fascinated by the tastes of Italian cuisine? Your private guide will suggest the best restaurants. Have your heart set on Italian footwear or daring designs in clothing? Talk it over with your guide-in your own language-and find out where to shop. Back to Tours out of Naples page.

Tour

Explore the ruins of Pompeii on a guided walking tour. Try a real Neapolitan pizza at lunch. Visit the Archaeological Museum home to a collection of artifacts from Pompeii and Herculaneum including the fabled “Farnese Bull.” Shop for handmade jewelry and delicate brooches at a local cameo factory.

On the way to Pompeii, you drive south on the motorway with views of Bay of Naples and Mt. Vesuvius, the still-active volcano that buried Pompeii in 79 A.D

Pompeii – This Roman resort was buried by volcanic ash. Entering by the sea gate, your guided walking tour of the excavated area takes in the city’s baths, villas, theaters and wrestling grounds. Plaster casts mark the positions of the fallen, who were swiftly overcome by the volcanic ash. The highlights include stunning frescoes and mosaic-inlaid floors.

Visit a cameo factory near Pompeii and browse for handmade jewelry, including delicate brooches, rings and bracelets.

Once you are back in Naples, take a short orientation drive around the city; drive past the round-towered Castel Nuovo, San Carlo Opera House, Umberto I Gallery, the Royal Palace, San Francesco di Paola Church and the Castle of the Egg overlooking the spectacular Gulf of Naples.

National Archaeological Museum – Originally a cavalry barracks, Charles of Bourbon established the museum in the late 18th-century to house the Farnese collection he inherited. The highlights include the Farnese Bull, a classical Roman sculpture depicting figures from Greek mythology. The museum possesses an extraordinary collection of murals, frescoes and mosaics from Pompeii and Herculaneum.

Video by valoridinapoli

Stop at a typical Neapolitan “Pizzeria” restaurant where you will taste the real Pizza. The world’s first true pizzeria opened in Naples in 1830 and the pizza became known throughout the world for its unique taste.

Note: This tour is not available on Tuesdays because the Archaeological Museum is closed.

The Tour is inclusive of:

  • Private vehicle at disposal
  • English Speaking Guide at disposal
  • Entrance fees to Pompeii excavations and Naples’ Archaeological Museum
  • Lunch at a typical Neapolitan pizzeria, inclusive of wine, mineral water and coffee

Duration: 8 hrs
Pick up and return: Naples Pier
Suggested Departure: 8:30am

Availability: This tour is available every day with exception of Tuesday when the Archaeological Museum is closed.

Difficulties: Extensive walking involved for the inside visit of Pompeii excavations. Cobblestones and uneven surface included.

Rate per person in USD$
Minimum 2 guests
Per person: $604 (Minimum 2 guests)
Per person: $434 (Minimum 3 guests)
Per person: $332 (5 to 6 guests)
Per person: $280 (7 to 15 guests)

Not Included:

  • Personal expenses, beverages, and meals not specifically included
  • Gratuities for local personnel
  • Drinks/beverages
  • Travel insurance
Categories Italy, retired