Itinerary
- Drive Roma-Subiaco
-
+Subiaco
+Villa Adriana
+Casamari
+Casertavecchia
Napoli
- Pompei,
Costiera Amalfitana: +Positano
+Amalfi
Revello
-
+Capri
+Ercolano
- Gaeta
Fossanova
+Sermoneta
- Cerveteri
Ostia
- Roma:
Necropoli di San Pietro
Musei Vaticani (+Pinacoteca, +Cappella Sistina, +Stanze di Raffaello)
Piazza San Pietro
Castel Sant'Angelo
Piazza Navona
Pantheon
Via del Corso
Via Condotti
Trinita` dei Monti & Piazza di Spagna (Spanish Steps)
Via Veneto
Fontana di Trevi
- Roma:
Colosseo
Domus Aurea
Foro Romano & Palatino
Campidoglio
S.Maria Aracoeli
San Pietro in Vincoli (Moses)
S.Maria Maggiore
S.Clemente
S.Giovanni in Laterano
- Roma: Appia Antica & Catacombe S.Callisto
S.Paolo fuori le Mura
S.Maria Cosmedin
Palazzo Farnese
|
Notes
Trip difficulty: easy
Length: 10 days
Season: Spring-Fall
Approximate cost: $2,500
|
There are no hotels in Sermoneta, a wonderful medieval town on top of a hill.
Recommended restaurant in Napoli: try a "friggitoria" in the old city
(eg, the one near S Gregorio Armeno on Via Librai Biagio)
Recommended pensione in Positano: Casa La Reginella, Pensione Maria Luisa. Recommended restaurant: Le Tre Sorelle.
Capri: take the aliscafo from Sorrento to Capri, then take the funicolare
to Capri town, then hike to Arco Naturale and the Faraglioni and on to
the Giardini d'Augusto and back to the center of town (3 hours). No beaches in Capri.
Recommended hotel in Pompei: Hotel Europa, main square, walking distance from ruins
Entrance tickets are expensive.
Ercolano and Pompei are both 16,000 liras each.
A combined Ercolano+Pompei ticket is 26,000 liras.
Cerveteri and Ostia are 8,000 liras.
Musei Vaticani are 12,000. Saint Peter's dome is 8,000.
SAint Peter's Necropolis is 15,000. Palatino is 12,000.
Colosseo is 10,000.
San Callisto's catacombs are 8,000.
Domus Aurea is 10,000 and not worth it.
Hotel reservation in Rome: 06-699-1000
Several cheap hotels near Termini station, including
Scott House.
Recommended restaurants in Roma:
Le Volte (Pza Rondanini 47, near Pantheon),
Piccolo Mondo (Via Aurora 39, near Via Veneto),
La Rampa (Piazza Mignonelli, near Piazza di Spagna)
Eating vegeratian in Rome: lots of pasta and appetizers are vegetarian,
but this is not obvious to the waiter. Doublecheck they don't spray ham or
bacon on the dish.
Avoiding smokers at the restaurant: ask for a table outside.
Making phone calls requires a phone card. Most phones are not touch tone.
To schedule a visit to Saint Peter's necropolis. The visit takes you under the Vatican's crypt, around the alleys
of the original Roman cemetery. Among many pagan tombs, a few Christian signs
are visible, and eventually the boxed altar built by Constantinum that encloses
the saint's bones. Archeologists are still working on the site. Only a few
tourists are admitted every day.
The Appia Antica can be visited on bike every sunday.
|