Flights (jp)
BALTIMORE AIRPORT (BWI)
Flight 1592 departs for Atlanta (ATL) at 10:27 am.
Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL)
Flight DL 278 departs at 3:15 pm
Meet the rest of the group for your flight to Naples.
NAPLES AIRPORT
CAPODOCHINO, ITALY (NAP)
All Groups arrive at 7:00 am
Pickup at the Airport by Alessandro Sabetta
Alessandro will greet you at the airport for your transfer to B&B Al Vicolo Cileto in Felitto
Click here for the Group Itinerary for Felitto.
You will find a link there to return to this page for your custom itinerary.
Alessandro will arrange transportation to Naples.
Others in your group will be on the same train.
🚅 Napoli Centrale to Rome
Depart 11:19 am- Arrive 12:40 pm
Frecciarossa Car 6
Be at the platform area by 11:00 am. Don’t forget to watch the Partenze board for your Binario (track number of your departing train). Check online.
Traveling by train from Naples to Rome is an easy and comfortable journey. The distance from Naples to Rome is 140 miles and your high-speed train makes the trip in just 1 hour and 21 minutes. The Naples to Rome train takes you north through Italy’s scenic Campania and Lazio regions.
Arrival at Rome Termini Train Station at 12:40 pm
Your hotel is about a short walk (5-10 minutes) from the station. You can walk or take a taxi. Check-in is not until 2:00 pm, but you can ask for them to hold your bags until then.
Click here for directions.
🏨Best Western Royal Santina Rome
- Check-in: from 2.00 p.m.
- Check-out: by 11.00 a.m.
- Breakfast: 6.30 – 10.30
- Via Marsala, 22 – 00185 – Rome (RM)
- Phone: +39 06 448751
- E-mail: royalsantina@rgrhotels.it
🌟 Just steps from Rome’s Termini Station, the Hotel Royal Santina offers 118 modern, elegantly designed rooms tailored for comfort and convenience in the heart of the Eternal City. Whether you’re traveling for business or leisure, you’ll enjoy thoughtful amenities like chromotherapy lighting, free Wi-Fi, 55’’ TVs, and a pillow menu for personalized rest. Choose from a range of accommodations—from cozy Small Rooms to spacious Junior Suites with private balconies and views of St. Peter’s Dome. The hotel also features fully accessible rooms and family-friendly options, ensuring every guest feels at home. Discover Rome with style and ease at Hotel Royal Santina.
Click here to open a map of locations to see and places to eat. 🍕
You have 72 Hour Panoramic passes.
- Multilingual audio headset
- Hop-on hop-off map of Rome showing the route
- WiFi available
- Download the app prior to travel!
Explore the Eternal City with ease, and at your own schedule, on a hop-on hop-off tour sightseeing bus tour through Rome. Hop on the cheerful pink double-decker bus and travel around the city’s top attractions. Enjoy the views, listen to audio commentary in 12 recorded languages, and hop off whenever you like.
Click here for a map
Friday | Aug. 22, 2025 | Rome
🏨Best Western Royal Santina Rome
🎟️ Vatican Museums, Sistine Chapel, St. Peter’s Tour
10 am – meet at least 30 minutes prior
Meeting point: Via Tunisi, 4
At the bottom of the steps across the street from the Entrance of the Vatican Museums. The steps are located right next to Caffè Vaticano on the corner of Viale Vaticano and Via Tunisi. The closest Metro stop is Line A (Ottaviano – Musei Vaticani).
End Point: St. Peter’s Basilica
Please read this prior to your visit.
There are requirements for entry to the Vatican Museums.
You can ask the hotel to call a taxi or take the Metro.
Discover the Vatican and the Sistine Chapel, plus the option to add on St. Peter’s Basilica. Navigate the vast halls, artwork, and history with a guide who gives special insights into the collections. Skip entrance lines and explore the Gallery of the Maps, the Pineyard Courtyard, and other areas of the Vatican. Step inside the Sistine Chapel to admire ‘The Creation of Adam’ by Michelangelo and finish your tour at St. Peter’s Basilica.
Read more about – Vatican Museums, Sistine Chapel & St Peter’s Basilica Guided Tour
Tickets have a strict entrance time. It is mandatory to be there at least 30 minutes before activity time. Late arrivals cannot be guaranteed entrance as this could mean the group has already left. Under those circumstances as per standard policy no refund will be issued.
St Peter’s Basilica & Sistine Chapel are subject to last-minute closures for religious ceremonies. When this occurs, you may be offered an extended tour of the Vatican Museums. While they endeavor to tell tour groups ahead of time if there are any planned disruptions to the Basilica’s opening hours, this is not always possible and, in these cases, they will not provide refunds or discounts.
| Important information: |
| Vatican Museums, Sistine Chapel & St Peter’s Basilica Guided Tour |
| Mobile Ticket accepted: On the day of travel, you can present a paper or mobile ticket to redeem your tour/activity. The supplier will accept both printed and mobile tickets. You can present your photo ID with your ticket on an electronic device (smartphone or tablet) or a printed ticket on the day of travel. |
| Cancellation Policy: |
| For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours in advance of the start time of the experience. |
Read more about – Vatican Museums, Sistine Chapel & St Peter’s Basilica Guided Tour
Saturday | Aug. 23, 2025 | Rome
🏨Best Western Royal Santina Rome
🎟️ Ancient Rome Guided Tour: Colosseum, Forum and Palatine 2:30 pm
Meeting Point: Via delle Terme di Tito, 75, 00184 Roma RM, Italy (map)
You will be meeting inside the park.
For questions about your tour, contact: Gray Line +39064742501
Having a Passport is mandatory for entry!
After meeting your guide and group at a convenient central spot, head first to the top of Palatine Hill to enjoy views over the Roman Forum and the Circus Maximus below. Listen as your guide recounts the legend of the seven hills of Rome, and explore the hilltop ruins, including the impressive Hippodrome of Domitian and the House of Augustus.
Continue into the heart of ancient Rome to visit one of the city’s most popular attractions—the mighty Colosseum. Accompanied by your guide, learn more about the remarkably preserved amphitheater, which dates back to AD 72, and hear stories of the notorious gladiator games once held in the stadium.
After visiting the Colosseum, stop to admire the Arch of Constantine, which dates back to AD 315, before setting out to explore the ruins of the Roman Forum. Enjoy a guided tour of the archaeological site, including the Via Sacra, the Temples of Vesta, Antonino and Faustina, and the ancient Basilica Julia.
Your tour ends in central Rome, close to the Colosseum.
Read more about – Ancient Rome Guided Tour: Colosseum, Forum and Palatine
Getting Around Rome
By ATAC Metro (Subway)
Rome Metro (ATAC) Network
There are three lines: A, B, and C covering the City of Rome. Lines A & B meet at Termini Station which is the center of the bus, metro, and railways.
Click for more information. MAP
You must validate paper tickets or risk being fined when stopped by transit police!
TAP AND GO ON ATAC
With Tap & Go your ticket is in your wallet! With a contactless credit, debit or prepaid card that shows the contactless symbol you don’t need a paper ticket for buses, trams, trolleys, and metro lines. You may also be able to use your NFC-enabled devices (smartphones, smartwatches, wearables) if you have payment setup on the device. No need to register for ATAC unless you want an account to track your travels.
You will tap your card or device to the reader and be charged the going rate for your ticket. Each time you board or pass a turnstile, you need to tap before you go. Taps made to change between different means of transport (bus-metro/railway, metro/railway-bus and bus-bus), if made within the validity period of the ticket (100 minutes), are considered as one single tap and there will be no further charge.
REMEMBER TO TAP ON EACH VEHICLE BEFORE TIME RUNS OUT
Trevi Fountain
Reservations are not required to visit, but there is a queuing system in place that places a limit of 400 people in the area around the fountain.
Read my page on Visiting the Trevi Fountain for more information.
Roman Forum and Palatine Hill
Originally a marketplace, the Forum was the center of day-to-day life in Rome: the site of triumphal processions and elections and the venue for public speeches, criminal trials and gladiatorial matches. It has been called the most celebrated meeting place in the world, and in all history.
Colosseum tours generally include access to Roman Forum and Palatine Hill
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Sun. Aug. 24, 2025
Depart Rome Fiumicino Airport
Delta Flight 67
Departs at 11:35 am
Arrives in Atlanta at 4:45 pm.
Delta Flight 1257
Departs Atlanta at 6:59 pm
Arrives in Baltimore at 8:51 pm.
Preparing to Return – The VAT
Purchases of many articles in European Union countries are subject to a value added tax. In Italy you may see the tax on your receipt as “IVA”.
You may claim a refund of the tax on articles that will be taken home without being used in the E.U. Here is a guide for the process.
