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Amalfi
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Travel from
Rome along the "Highway of the Sun"
and after
 passing
Mt.Vesuvius volcano which destroyed
Pompeii in 79 a.d. ascend a scenic road that
crosses the mighty jagged Lattari
Mountains and little towns specialized
in the production buffaloes-milk mozzarella
and arrive in Ravello.An incomparable
and celebrated eagle-nest town frequently
visited by Europe's 19th century nobility
during the Grand Tour and artists like
Richard Wagner who composed his "Garden of
Klingsor".
After having
visited the Moorished-styled garden
of Villa Rufolo dating from the 11th century.
The Villa ,
 also
mentioned by Boccaccio in his "Decamerone",
is an enchanted oasis of prodigious plants
and flowers laid out on inebriating
terraces overlooking the awesome cliffs high
above Amalfi. Visit also Villa
Cimbron, built over ruins of a roman
villa, to admire the superb coastline and to
try spot Gore Vidal's retreat clinging to
the craggy lime cliffs where myriad terraces
of lemon groves degrade steeply to sea level.
Descend a spectacular road to Amalfi,
oldest of the four medieval sea-republics of
Italy, and where Flavio Gioia invented the
navigation compass and where the first
maritime laws were established. The town
became wealthy
 through
the close commercial ties with the orient
and Sicily. Visit the cathedral of St.
Andrew that holds the remains of the
Apostle; its oriental façade enclose a
lombard-romanique interior and bronze doors
fused in Constantinople in 1067. Henry
Longfellow re-evocated in his poetry
dedicated to Amalfi the incredible beauty of
the surroundings and John Ruskin many
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Continue
driving along the savage beauty of the coast
bathed by brilliant
sunlight and the amazing vertical bluffs of
vivacious colours and deep fjords of
scintillating blue waters forming the coast
road made up of 1000 bends with villages of
cluster homes clinging to the mountains and
between the sky and sea. See the distant island
of Capri
and arrive in Positano, a fishermen
town of flights of steps and narrow arched
passageways, enlivened by summer casual
fashions much appreciated by the
cosmopolitan clientele. Positano is a
vertical village with countless terraced
lemon, fruit and flowered gardens and cubic
domed pastel houses beneficially exposed to
the sea breeze degrading down to the beach
protected by Saracen watch tower, remnants
of past dramatic incursions of Saracens
and Turks.
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time to browse and enjoy the exotic
atmosphere continue and reach the panorama
points of Sorrento to admire its
perched situation on high cliffs of tufa
stone with wonderful views of the Bay of
Naples and Mt.Vesuvius and
enjoying the Sorrentine Coast with
its unforgettable vistas reach the "Highway
of the Sun" and return to Rome.
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At your hotel or
other agreed spot in Rome.
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(Tour suitable
for children)
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RATES
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TOUR AVAILABLE ONLY IN
LIMOUSINE OR MINIVAN |
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RATES PER PERSON BY AIR-CONDITIONED
LIMOUSINE OR MINIVAN
INCLUDING TAX
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LIMOUSINE HAS
UP TO 4 PASSENGERS PLUS DRIVER |
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FOR MORE THAN
4 PASSENGERS A MINIVAN WILL BE USED
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2 pers. |
3 pers. |
4 pers. |
5 pers. |
6 pers. |
7 pers. |
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€ 245,00 |
€ 175,00 |
€ 150,00 |
€ 115,00 |
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€ 85,00 |
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