"Pompeii is Something So Wonderful, So Full of Mystery, So Captivating to the Imagination”

Charles Dickens

Rome to Venice

This cruise will take you to some of the most impressive and memorable ancient Greek and Roman monuments in the world. The journey begins at probably the most famous of these: Pompeii. You will then visit Herculaneum and the Doric temples of Paestum. Then it is on to Sicily where you will find the most spectacular Greek sites and the marvellous artistic and architectural achievements of Norman Sicily. The cruise also includes the Roman Palace of Diocletian in Split, Croatia. Finally, the Aegean Odyssey makes its way up the Adriatic to Venice.

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Departure dates:

Oct 4, 2010

date	port	Arrive	Depart
Day 1	DEPARTURE Depart North America
Day 2	ROME, Italy Arrive in Rome and transfer to CIVITAVECCHIA to board Aegean Odyssey	embark	7.00pm
Day 3	SORRENTO, Italy Morning tour to POMPEII Afternoon tour to HERCULANEUM or National Archaelogical Museum in NAPLES	7.00am	overnight
Day 4	AT SEA Cruising Capri & Amalfi coast	7.00am	1.00pm
Day 4	SALERNO, Italy Afternoon visit to PAESTUM	2.00pm	7.00pm
Day 5	LIPARI ISLANDS, Italy Cruising the Aeolian islands and STROMBOLI
Day 5	CEFALÙ, Sicily Afternoon sightseeing in CEFALU	1.00pm	6.00pm
Day 5	PALERMO, Sicily	9.30pm	overnight
Day 6	PALERMO, Sicily Morning city tour Afternoon visit to Monreale Cathedral		overnight
Day 7	PALERMO, Sicily Morning visit to Archaeology Museum, Palazzo Abatellis Afternoon at leisure		midnight
Day 8	TRAPANI, Sicily Morning tour to SEGESTA & SELINUNTE Wine-tasting in MARSALA, optional visit to Erice	7.00am	overnight
Day 9	TRAPANI, Sicily		5.00am5.00am
Day 9	AGRIGENTO, Sicily Afternoon tour of VALLE DEI TEMPLI	1.00pm	8.00pm
Day 10	SYRACUSE, Sicily Morning sightseeing including TOMB OF ARCHIMEDES Afternoon visit to Ortygia and TEMPLE OF APOLLO	7.00am	midnight
Day 11	TAORMINA, Sicily Morning city tour including Graeco-Roman theatre Afternoon optional tour to Mount ETNA	6.00am	midnight
Day 12	AT SEA Cruising to Dubrovnik
Day 13	DUBROVNIK, Croatia Morning sightseeing walk	6.00am	1.00pm
Day 13	KORCULA, Croatia Cruising KORCULA and HVAR
Day 13	SPLIT, Croatia	9.00pm	overnight
Day 14	SPLIT, Croatia Morning tour of PALACE OF DIOCLETIAN		1.00pm
Day 14	KORNATI ISLANDS, Croatia Afternoon cruising the KORNATI ISLANDS
Day 15	VENICE, Italy Morning sightseeing tour Afternoon at leisure, optional trip to TORCELLO	7.30am	overnight
Day 16	VENICE, Italy Disembark and transfer to airport for the flight home	disembark

Cruise Map & Gallery

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Itinerary Inspirations

Pompeii: The Life and Death of a Roman Town
Art & Architecture: The Cultural Legacy of Magna Graecia
Vesuvius, Etna & Stromboli: The History and Geology of the Great Volcanoes
Flavours of The Mediterranean: A Gastronomic History

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