Country Roads of Puglia & the Neapolitan Riviera - Classic Group

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Food and fun abound in this 9-day guided tour through Italy. Puglia is a paradise for wine lovers. Here, you will indulge in the region’s most robust reds with an expert vintner before you are welcomed to a local family’s home in Alberobello for an intimate orecchiette pasta dinner. Board a hydrofoil to zip across the Gulf of Naples to the rocky, sun-drenched...

Overview

Trip type
Small Group Tour
Lodging level
Standard - 3 star
Physical level
Wheelchair Accessible
Trip pace
Balanced schedule

Highlights

    • Choose between two carefully selected activities
    • Capri: Discover the luxuriant Gardens of Augustus with a Local Expert and admire views of the Faraglioni rocks.
    • Capri: Enjoy a tasting of limoncello, Capri's traditional lemon liqueur.
    • Rome: During your orientation with you Travel Director see the medieval buildings, including Renaissance palaces and Baroque churches, scattered throughout the city.
    • Alberobello: Led by a Local Expert, explore this UNESCO World Heritage Site showcasing the Trulli of Alberobello. Circular structures with conical roofs that are domed within, built from local limestone and stacked without using mortar.
    • Matera: With your Local Expert, visit the famous Sassi or cave dwellings, which were home to approximately 20,000 people until 1950 and are now a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
    • Sorrento: Perched upon the cliffs, lookout to see the mighty Mount Vesuvious across the Bay of Naples.
    • Capri: Discover the luxuriant Gardens of Augustus with a Local Expert and admire views of the Faraglioni rocks.
    • Capri: Cruise by jetfoil to this famous isle through beautiful blue Mediterranean waters to meet your Local Expert.
    • Capri: Relax and enjoy the views as you are driven in an iconic open-top taxi.

What's this trip about?

    Food and fun abound in this 9-day guided tour through Italy. Puglia is a paradise for wine lovers. Here, you will indulge in the region’s most robust reds with an expert vintner before you are welcomed to a local family’s home in Alberobello for an intimate orecchiette pasta dinner. Board a hydrofoil to zip across the Gulf of Naples to the rocky, sun-drenched island of Capri. Here you can join Local Expert for a tour of Augustus Gardens or take a rousing walk along its narrow, cobblestone alleyways with your Travel Director and sample local specialties like limoncello. In Pompeii, join a Local Expert for a walk through the ruins left behind by the eruptions of Mount Vesuvius in 79 A.D. And in Rome, celebrate a fantastic trip with a once-in-a-lifetime experience: a private operetta performed during a feast of Italian specialties and wine.

Details

Itinerary focusClassic Highlights
Group sizePrivate - your group only
Age rangeNo age restrictions
Flights and transportAll internal transport included (including local flights)
Start CityRome
End CityRome

Destinations

  • Europe
  • Italy

Attractions

  • Matera
  • Rome
  • Sorrento

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Itinerary

Day 1: Welcome to Rome

Transfers to your hotel depart from Rome's Fiumicino Leonardo da Vinci Airport at 09:30, 12:30 and 15:30. Join your Travel Director at 17:30 to explore the Eternal City, passing the renaissance palaces and baroque churches scattered throughout the city. Get to know yo...

Day 2: Across the Apennines to the Trulli Town of Alberobello Relaxed Start

Head southeast, through the sun-baked landscapes to the region of Puglia and its most spectacular town, Alberobello, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.With your Local Expert, explore the small, white-washed stone houses - known as Trulli - which are clustered together thro...

Day 3: Exploring Alberobello Relaxed Start

This morning is yours to enjoy at leisure. For your Dine-at-Home experience, you are welcomed into a local family's home. See Nonna making orecchiette pasta and join her for a traditional freshly prepared southern Italian meal.

Grand Hotel La Chiusa di Chietri, Alberobello.

Breakfast, Dinner with Wine

Day 4: Free Time in Alberobello Relaxed Start

The day is free for you to enjoy this extraordinary town as you wish. Why not join an Optional Experience to the stunning city of Ostuni? With its dazzling white-washed houses and fascinating history, it is a true delight.

Grand Hotel La Chiusa di Chietri, Alberobello.

Breakfast

Day 5: The Sassi di Matera and Sorrento

Visit Matera with a Local Expert for an in-depth exploration of the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Sassi — a labyrinth of cave dwellings, churches, staircases and arches, hewn out of the solid rock. You may recognise Matera as the biblical backdrop for the film ‘The Pa...

Day 6: Capri, The Isle of Dreams

Cruise by jetfoil through the impossibly blue sea to the sun-drenched island of Capri.Travel to Capri Town by open-top taxi and meet your Local Expert for an orientation walk of the narrow alleyways. Explore Capri with Insight Choice. Choose to visit the immaculate Ga...

Day 7: The Amalfi coast and Positano Relaxed Start

Travel along Italy’s finest coastline, the Amalfi Coast. Stop for a bird’s-eye view of the terraced houses of Positano before venturing in to the heart of the town. There’s time to be tempted by the boutiques before returning to Sorrento to enjoy stunning views down t...

Day 8: On to ill-fated Pompeii and Rome

Journey north to the ancient Roman city of Pompeii, eerily preserved by the eruptions of Mount Vesuvius in A.D. 79. Your Local Expert walks you through cobbled streets to explore some of the shops, villas and temples. Witness the colourful frescoes that were hidden fo...

Day 9: Arrivederci Roma

Bid farewell to the glories of Italy. Departure transfers arrive at Rome’s Fiumicino Leonardo da Vinci Airport at 07:00 and 09:30.

Breakfast

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Price per day$325
Last Updated: 5/15/2024

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Insight Vacations Reviews & Ratings

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Mary Louise Kumagawa

Oct 2022

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Country Roads of Puglia & the Neapolitan Riviera

Wonderful sights. Very fast paced with little time to relax in be...

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Gillian Hutson

Oct 2022

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Country Roads of Puglia & the Neapolitan Riviera

I loved the itinerary that took us to small villages and less commercial areas. I think Positano was a waste and was most certainly not “country roads” . Sorento was...

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Cecilia Ellis

Oct 2022

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Country Roads of Puglia & the Neapolitan Riviera

Interesting and lots of history-and good mix of excellent tours, H...

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Dean Apger Jr

Sep 2022

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Country Roads of Puglia & the Neapolitan Riviera

Broad range of experience, from rural to Riviera with amazing history thrown in.

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Sep 2022

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Hit all the important parts of the tour. The optional parts were fantastic! Very personal

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Accommodation

  • Kolbe Hotel Rome.
  • Grand Hotel La Chiusa di Chietri, Alberobello.
  • Grand Hotel Vesuvio, Sorrento.
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