Here We Come! | Italy | April 19, 2023 | LG
Day 1 Depart Greater Cincinnati Airport
Wednesday | 4/19/23
Delta SkyMiles Platinum Card Members have access to the Delta Sky Club exclusive per-visit rate of $50 per person with up to two guests at the per-visit rate of $50 per person, per location. BOS Lounges
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Day 2 Arrive in Rome, Italy
Thursday | 4/20/23
Private Transfer to Hotel $ 80.18
Forget the usual airport transportation stress, and pre-book a comfortable and convenient private transfer between Rome airports and the city center, or vice versa. The service is available from and to Fiumicino Airport
Once landed, you will have an hour to make your way through the airport and meet your driver. A friendly and professional driver will be waiting with a name sign for ease of contact. They will then take your bags and show you to your waiting vehicle. Sit back and relax as you enjoy a swift and safe journey to your hotel or city center accommodation.
The comprehensive service takes care of all elements of your journey, including flight tracking to ensure your driver is ready when you are, no matter what time your flight arrives.
Book a Private Transfer
- Hotel pick-up or drop off
- Airport meet and greet service.
- All taxes and VAT
- Tips and gratuities
- Any parking and/or toll fees
- Waiting time due to flight/train delays will not be charged.
Days 2-5 in Rome, Italy
Thursday – Sunday | 4/20/23 to 4/23/23
Hotel Scalinata di Spagna
A charming 3-star Hotel in downtown Rome, located inside an age-old building built in 1888, on a pre-existing late seventeenth-century building. The Hotel’s façade is protected by the Belle Arti. The Hotel boasts a fabulous location.
It is located on top of the Spanish Steps, Piazza Trinita dei Monti, one of the most beautiful places of the capital. From the veranda and the adjacent terrace of the Hotel you can enjoy a view over the roofs and domes of Rome.
Vatican: Museums & Sistine Chapel
Private Guided Tour for 3 | $400.90
Enjoy a comprehensive tour of the Vatican City and see some of the highlights from the papal collection in the miles of galleries that form the Vatican Museums.
Marvel at masterpieces of art from across the centuries on an itinerary focused on the most important areas of the museum. Go to the Cortile della Pigna (Pine Cone Courtyard) to see the fountain of a pine cone that once stood next to the Temple of Isis. Marvel at the octagonal courtyard of the Cortile Ottagono.
Next, go to the Gallery of the Candelabra to see some 2nd-century candelabra from Otricoli. Continue to the Gallery of Tapestries to admire Flemish tapestries by some of Raphael’s students. Discover historic maps of the world in the Gallery of Maps, before visiting one of the most beautiful Renaissance rooms in the world. Enter the apartments that Raphael painted for Julius II, before going to the private chambers of the Borgia Pope Alexander VI.
Enter the Sistine Chapel to see Michelangelo’s masterpiece frescoes and ceiling painting of the “Last Judgment.” Then, go inside the Basilica of St. Peter to experience the grandeur and spirituality of one of the world’s most important cathedrals. Discover a treasure trove of art contained within, such as the “Pietà” by Michelangelo and “St. Peter’s Baldachin” by Gian Lorenzo Bernini.
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Days 6-10 in Amalfi, Italy
Monday- Friday | 4/24/23 to 4/28/23
Day 6 | Monday | 24 April 2023
Trenitalia Frecciarossa 8335 | Car 3
10:20 am Depart Rome Termini
11:300 am Arrive at Napoli Centrale
Frecciarossa Business Class (Livello Business in Italian) features wide leather armchairs with adjustable headrests, reclining backrests and a large space between seats, arranged in rows of 2+1. Each armchair has a reclining table and every row is separated by a glass divider for greater privacy.
Mimmotaxi’s private driver awaits your arrival for your ride to Amalfi.
Hotel Option D
Hotel Luna Convento
Almost two hundred years have passed after the conversion from a Franciscan monastery grounded in the thirteenth century by St Francis of Assisi first into an inn, and after that into a Historical hotel designated “Hotel Luna Convento” which has been continuously managed by five generations of the Barbaro family.
Cloister
It is one of the oldest cloisters in the Amalfi area, a spectacular example of Moorish architecture that leaves you amazed by the evocative mystic atmosphere that reigns after almost 800 years since its foundation in 1222, by Saint Francis of Assisi
Day 7
Tuesday | 4/25/23 | Liberation Day Holiday | Festa della liberazione
Day 8
Wednesday | 4/26/23
Cooking Class | 9:30 am – 1:30 pm
Arriving from Amalfi
- On foot: Take a nice walk of about 20 minutes in the direction of Positano and up the stairs from the road. Gardens entrance is on the right, in front of G.A.S. Bar.
- By bus: Take a bus in the direction of Sorrento, Agerola or Pogerola and ask the driver to be dropped off at G.A.S. Bar. The journey takes just 3 minutes. We are just up the stairs in front of G.A.S. Bar. Tickets CANNOT be bought on board, you need to buy them before to get on the bus. Bus schedules can be checked on sitasudtrasporti.it/orari (select Campania).
Day 9
Thursday | 4/27/23 | Chartered Boat – Amalfi Coast to Capri
Meeting point (directions)(map) is the Lo Smeraldino restaurant at 9:30 am, departing at 9:45 am.
You will go on a relaxing trip from Amalfi along the beautiful coast. Visits to the Blue Grotto and Emerald Grotto and stops along the way. Lunch in Capri before returning to Amalfi. The 8.5 meter Lassù nel Bluis is all your’s!
S. Croce Beach – Amalfi
Da Teresa restaurant is a great place for lunch while enjoying a relaxing day on the beach at Santa Croce. You arrive by a free shuttle boat from the pier in Amalfi. This is where many Amalfi locals enjoy a bella day on the beach. Check out this video and their reviews on Trip Advisor and a travel blog.
The restaurant is open from 12:00.
The beach service and the bar await you from 09:00 in the morning.
Santa Croce Beach, 1 – 84011 Amalfi (SA)
Tel.089831237
Mobile 3351596166
Email: info@ristorantedateresa.it
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Discover the stunning Path of the Gods, without stress on this private tour along the Amalfi Coast. Be led by a professional, local tour guide. If you want to enrich your day, you can best choose the option with private transfer and local lunch included.
Click here for info and to book.
Amalfi Lemon Experience Cooking Classes and Tours
The Amalfi Coast
Book your private boat tour here and enjoy lunch at da Paolino Restaurant on Capri while you are there.
A Beautify Day
Lunch or dinner at Donna Sofia’s and shopping in Sorrento.
Contact Vince to make a reservation.
Directions from Piazza Tasso B&B
Sal De Riso is the premier Italian pastry chef. The restaurant is within sight of the dock where you arrive after a short ferry ride from Amalfi. Catch the ferry at the Amalfi port and enjoy a sweet lunch.
Do I enjoy the pastries? We all do!
Cooking Class | Ravello
From her website Mamma Agata’s cooking course takes place in her private home situated high on a clifftop, 1000 feet above the sea level. Mamma’s Hidden Treasure is a very gracious home that majestically overlooks the Amalfi Coastline, with wonderful terraces and a spacious garden full of lemon trees, fruit trees, flowers, vegetables and poultry and she produces nearly all the food that she cooks for the school and the family!
“Mamma Agata” has been the chef for many major Hollywood actors and actresses, including Humphrey Bogart, Anita Eckberg, Richard Burton, Lyz Taylor, Fred Astaire, Charles Cubbon, Van Efflin, Federico Fellini (a big pasta e fagioli lover), Jaqueline Kennedy (1962 in Ravello), Marcello Mastroianni and also for important international journalists, writers and politicians such as Susanna Agnelli.
See her Facebook page and reviews on Trip Advisor.
Day 11 | 29 Apr 2023 | Depart Amalfi for Rome
Mimmotaxi’s private driver awaits your ride to the train station, Napoli Centrale.
Trenitalia Frecciarossa 8335 | Car 3
~1:30 pm Meet Mimmotaxi private driver for your ride from Amalfi to Naples.
Frecciarossa 9648 | Car 3
3:00 pm Depart Napoli Centrale
4:10 pm Arrival Rome Termini
Leonard Express to Fiumicino Airport
Frecciarossa Business Class (Livello Business in Italian) features wide leather armchairs with adjustable headrests, reclining backrests and a large space between seats, arranged in rows of 2+1. Each armchair has a reclining table and every row is separated by a glass divider for greater privacy.
Day 11 in Rome, Italy
Saturday| 4/29/23
Hilton Airport Hotel
The hotel is a five-minute walk from Leonardo da Vinci International Airport. Nuova Fiera di Roma is within 12 kilometers. Rome attractions like the Colosseum and St Peter’s Basilica are a 35-minute ride away. Enjoy a swim in our indoor pool and a peaceful soak in the whirlpool.
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.
Please watch this video about claimya VAT refund at Fiumicino airport in Rome.
Day 12- Depart Rome, Italy at 10:15 am
Arrive at 1:35 pm
Logan International Airport (BOS)
Delta SkyMiles Platinum Card Members have access to the Delta Sky Club exclusive per-visit rate of $50 per person with up to two guests at the per-visit rate of $50 per person, per location. BOS Lounges
The Delta SkyMiles Platinum Card must be used as the payment method to receive the exclusive per-visit rate.
Logan International Airport (BOS) | Layover Ideas
Top Recommended Layover Activities:
1. U.S.S. Constitution
Launched in 1797, “Old Ironsides” sailed her way into the history books by taking on the British fleet in the War of 1812. She fought in 40 naval battles, and never lost. The vessel received her unusual nickname after French cannonballs bounced off her sides during an 1815 military engagement. Still seaworthy, the ship is the oldest commissioned warship in the world. Free admission and tours, conducted by U.S. Navy personnel offer a look back in time. An adjacent museum features interactive exhibits. Visitors will undergo security checks before boarding.
2. Boston Common
America’s oldest park is the heart of Boston, offering recreation opportunities and a glimpse into history through numerous monuments to the past. Designated as public space in 1640, British soldiers later camped here during the Revolutionary War. Part of the Freedom Trail, the park adjoins the Massachusetts State House and Beacon Hill. A favorite spot is the Frog Pond, which doubles as an ice skating rink. The park is the beginning of the “Emerald Necklace,” a seven-mile string of local parks designed by Frederick Law Olmsted. Free.
3. Freedom Trail
The red line on the sidewalk leads you on this 2.5-mile, self-guided tour of Revolutionary sites, which starts at the Boston Common, America’s oldest public park, and ends up at the famed Bunker Hill Monument.
4. New England Aquarium
The 200,000-gallon Giant Ocean Tank is the centerpiece of the Aquarium, Boston’s most visited tourist attraction.
5. Boston Massacre Site
In front of the Old State House, a circle of cobblestones commemorates the Boston Massacre. At this site, tensions between the colonists and British soldiers erupted into violence on March 5, 1770. A minor dispute between a wigmaker’s young apprentice and a British sentry turned into a riot. The relief soldiers that came to the aid of the British were met by an angry crowd of colonists who hurled snowballs, rocks, clubs, and insults. The soldiers fired into the crowd and killed five colonists. Samuel Adams and other patriots called the event a “massacre”.
Depart Boston Logan Airport (BOS) 7:25 pm
Arrive at 9:53 pm – Greater Cincinnati Airport (CVG)
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