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BIBLICAL TOURS >
By Sea & Land: Paul’s Journey to Rome |
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St. Paul's Cathedral, Malta |
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Vatican, Rome |
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Taormina, Sicily |
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Pompeii |
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Forum, Rome |
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LAND & AIR from New York
(in US$) |
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$5,990 |
Double per person |
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$1,090 |
Single supplement |
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INCLUDING |
• International Air Fare between New
York – Malta & Rome–New York
• 2 nights stay in Malta Hotel
Cavalieri or similar
• 1 nights stay in Syracuse (Ortygia),
Grand Hotel Ortigia or similar
• 1 night stay in Taormina, Excelsior
Palace Hotel or similar
• 1 night stay in Reggio Calabria,
Hotel Alba Nuova or similar
• 2 nights stay in Naples city centre,
Decumani Hotel de Charme or
similar
• 5 nights stay in Rome, Best
Western Hotel Universo or similar
• Daily open buffet breakfasts
• 12 dinners (8 dinners at the hotels,
4 dinners at local restaurants in
Rome)
• Bottled water at the dinners
• Transportation by private bus where
necessary according program.
• Roma Pass for 3 days
• Ferry tickets Malta / Pozzallo
• English-speaking assistant at the
airport and at the port in Malta
• English-speaking guide minimum 3
hours - maximum 8 hours per day
according program
• Entrance fees to the sites and
museums
• Whisper Headsets in Rome for 5
days (to skip long lines)
• City taxes in Italy. |
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EXCLUDING |
• Lunches and drinks
• Tips to drivers and guides;
• Other services not included above |
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TOUR ITINERARY:
SEPTEMBER 23 SAT DEPART NEW YORK (JFK) - FLY MALTA (MLA)
SEPTEMBER 24 SUN MALTA
Arrival of the group to Malta International Airport at
09:50 AM. Meeting and assistance at airport by English
Speaking assistance. Transfer by private bus to Zurriq to
enjoy the view of Blue Grotto (photo stop). *If weather is
nice, group can enjoy a boat ride. Visit the Mnajdra and
Hagar Qim Temples. Transfer to St. Paul’s Bay for free time
and luch. After lunch visit San Pawl Milqi. Check-in at
hotel and brief meeting. Dinner & Overnight at Hotel in
Malta. (B,D).
SEPTEMBER 25 MON MALTA
Buffet Breakfast at hotel. Full Day English Speaking
Guide (8hours). Transfer to Rabat & Mdina for visiting Mdina
(St.Paul’s) Cathedral, Bastion Square, St. Paul’s Catacombs,
St. Agathe’s Catacombs, Domus Romanus. Lunch at lea sure.
Transfer to Valletta by coach including visit of the Church
of St. Pauls Shipwreck and the Upper Barakka Gardens.
Transfer back to hotel. Dinner & Overnight at Hotel in
Malta. (B,D)
SEPTEMBER 26 TUE MALTA - FERRY TO POZZALLO - AGRIGENTO -
SYRACUSE
Boxed Breakfast at hotel and checkout. Early Pick up from
hotel for transfer to Ferry terminal including English
Speaking representative. 05:00 am Departure by ferry to
Pozzallo.
06:45am. Meet your driver in Pozzallo and drive to Agrigento
(165kms). Visit Valley of Temples. Proceed to Piazza
Armerina for visiting of the Villa Romana del Casale (98km).
Proceed to Syracuse for dinner and overnight (147km). (B,D)
SEPTEMBER 27 WED SYRACUSE - TAORMINA
Breakfast at hotel and checkout. Full day tour of Syracuse.
Visit the Archaeological Area in the morning and Ortigia
island in the afternoon. Drive to Taormina. Dinner and
overnight in Taormina area. (B,D)
SEPTEMBER 28 THU TAORMINA - FERRY TO REGGIO CALABRIA
Breakfast at hotel and checkout. 08:30 am Guided visit of
Taormina included the Greek Theatre. Drive to Messina at
noon (52km) Take 3:00 pm ferry to Reggio Calabria (35min).
Upon arrival meet your guide and go by private bus to the
Museum of Magna Grecia. Check-in to hotel. Dinner and
overnight in Reggio Calabria. (B,D)
SEPTEMBER 29 FRI REGGIO CALABRIA - POMPEII - NAPLES
Box Breakfast at hotel and checkout. Drive to Pompeii.
Guided visit of Pompeii Archeological site and Herculaneum.
Dinner and overnight in Naples area. (B,D)
SEPTEMBER 30 SAT NAPLES
Breakfast at hotel and checkout. 08:30 am. Visit
Archeological Museum of Naples. Proceed to Pozzuoli. Visit
Archeological area of Pozzuoli. Dinner and overnight at the
hotel in Naples area. (B,D)
OCTOBER 01 SUN NAPLES - ROME
07:00 Breakfast at hotel. 08:00 Drive to Rome following Via
Appia, stopping at amphitheater of Santa Maria Capua Vetere
(Capua), Minturnae (Minturno), Tomb of Cicero (Formia),
Terracina for Temple of Jupiter Anxur, Forum of Appius (Borgo
Faiti) and Three Taverns (5 km SE of Cisterna). Dinner and
overnight in Rome. (B,D)
OCTOBER 02 MON ROME
07:30 Breakfast at hotel. 09:00 Get by your own the meeting
point (Colosseum) with the guide and start a full day
walking tour of Domus Aurea, Colosseum, Arch of Titus, Roman
Forum, Palatine Hill; after lunch Trajan’s column, Trevi
Fountain, Pantheon and Ara Pacis. 19:30 Dinner and overnight
in Rome. (B,D)
OCTOBER 03 TUE ROME
07:30 Breakfast at hotel. 08:45 Walk on your own Via di
Cecilia Metella. 09:00 am Meet your guide at the Mausoleum
of Cecilia Metella and start a full day walking tour
visiting Mausoleum of Cecilia Metella, Circus and villa of
Maxentius, San Sebastian catacombs, Vigna Randanini Jewish
catacombs*, Domine Quo Vadis Church, Porta Appia (Porta San
Sebastiano); afternoon visit: Basilica Santi Giovanni e
Paolo al Celio, Baths of Diocletian. Depending on special
permit availibility, we will also visit the Vigna Randanini
(Jewish catacombs). 19:30 Dinner and overnight in Rome. (B,D)
OCTOBER 04 WED ROME
07:30 Breakfast at hotel. 09:00 Meet your guide and start a
full day walking tour visiting Vatican Museum with its Pio
Christian Museum, Sistine Chapel, and St. Peter’s;
archaeological tour of Vatican Necropolis (it is subject of
special permit); Mausoleum of Hadrian (Castel Sant’Angello).
19:30 Dinner and overnight in Rome. (B,D)
OCTOBER 05 THU ROME
07:30 Breakfast at hotel. 09:00 Meet your guide and driver
and start a full day bus tour visiting the St. Paul’s Gate
and Museum of the Via Ostiense, Church of Saint Paul outside
the Walls, Tre Fontane Church, ports of Ostia with synagogue
(outside) and Portus. 19:30 Dinner and overnight in Rome. (B,D)
OCTOBER 06 FRI ROME AIRPORT - FLY BACK
Breakfast at hotel and check-out. Transfer by private bus to
the Fiumicino airport. Depart home. (B)
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"Paul’s
journey to Rome that concludes the book of Acts is one of the most
exciting stories in ancient literature. It recounts the fateful
shipwreck that occurred west of Crete. Our tour will pick up the
story on the island of Malta, where Paul and the other 275 survivors
came ashore. From Malta we will visit each of Paul’s stops on his
way to Rome mentioned in Acts 28. We first ferry to Sicily to see
the archaeological wonders of Syracuse, Agrigento, and Taormina.
After the ferry crossing of the Strait of Messina, we come to Reggio
Calabria. In the Naples area we will see the volcanized remains of
Pompeii, the fabled Naples Archaeological Museum, and the port of
Puteoli, where Paul made landfall. We will then follow the Appian
Way to Rome, stopping at the Forum of Appius and the Three Taverns.
Our four days in Rome are packed with visits to all the major
archaeological sites. We will also tour Rome’s ports of Portus and
Ostia, where we will see the Late Antique synagogue. Our twelve days
will be filled with fascinating sites, beautiful scenery, and
exquisite food, so I invite to join me as we sail and walk in Paul’s
footsteps."
