A Visit to Amalfi and Rome | November 17-27, 2024
🎟️ Activities Booked 🎟️
- Day 1 – Depart CVG ✈️ Boston 🛬 Rome
- Day 2 – Arrival in Rome
- Day 2➡️9 – Maiori Hotel Panorama (booked)
- Day 7 – Party at Corte San Lorenzo
- Day 9- Rome
- Day 9 – Rome Hotel Artimides
- Rome Food Tasting Tour with Visit to Trionfale Food Market
- Rome Christmas Nativities and Angels Tour in Rome
- Day 12 – Depart Rome ✈️ New Your (JFK) 🛬 Cincinnati (CVG)
- Day 12 – JFK Airport Lounges
Other Information
- Naples and Campagnia in November
- Visiting the Shrine to Padre Pio
- Rome in November
- Transportation to Rome Hotels from Train Station
- Using the Rome Metro (subway) | Tap & Go Payments
- Parking in the City of Amalfi and the Luna Rossa Garage
- Wine Windows of Florence
- Claiming your VAT refund prior to departure
Day 1 | Depart Greater Cincinnati Airport
Sunday | 11/17/24
We’ve left for Italy!
Logan International Airport (BOS)
Arrive at 6:14 pm
Depart for Rome 7:25 pm
Layover 1h 21m
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Day 2 | Arrive in Rome, Italy | Monday 11/18/24
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Rental Car Fiumicino Airport
Hertz Toyota C-HR or similar. Pickup at 9 am.
Drive to Maiori (directions)
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Anzio Beach-Head War Cemetary
The cemetery contains 2,316 Commonwealth burials of the Second World War, 295 of them unidentified. There is also one First World War burial which was brought into the cemetery from Chieti Communal Cemetery near Rome. The cemetery is permanently open and may be visited anytime.
Anzio Beach Head War Cemetery has Memory Anchor tours available using the FREE app for mobile phones and tablets. The tours cover different aspects of the site and the Commonwealth servicemen and women we commemorate within the grounds.
The free Memory Anchor app can be downloaded for iOS and Android.
The app can be used remotely or, if you are visiting the cemetery, you can use the tour to follow a path around it, reading the stories along the route. There is also a scan function allowing the user to scan a headstone and bring up the related casualty information throughout the cemetery. Directions from FCO➡️Anzio➡️Maiori (4h 45m).
The Battle of Monte Cassino – 18 Stories.
Amalfi Coast Hotels
Days 2-9
Mon. – Mon. | 11/18- 11/25/2024
Hotel Panorama (booked)
Free cancellation until 11/11/2024
Room Type: Dependence
Breakfast and parking included.
The 40-square-meter apartment has been recently refurbished and is located at the second floor in the annex property close by the Hotel Panorama.
Check in at the reception of Hotel Panorama, located in Maiori, Via Santa Tecla n. 8.
It is composed by a bedroom with extra-large double bed, a living room with kitchenette and private balcony with view on the village.
It is also equipped with every comfort: air conditioning, internet Wi-Fi, smart tv, washing machine, dishwasher, oven, induction cooking and all essentials for cooking. Parking was booked at €15 per day.
Parking in Amalfi
Daily and Overnight
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Days 7 | Amalfi | Sant’Egidio del Monte Albino
Sat. | 11/23/2024 | 8:00 pm
Via Ugo Foscolo 28 | Sant’Egidio del Monte Albino (SA) (map)
Phone +39 081910741 | WhatsApp +39 081910741
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Visiting the Shrine of St. Padre Pio
More information on visiting the shrine to Padre Pio
Sagrato S. Giovanni Paolo II, 71013 San Giovanni Rotondo FG, Italy
Days 9-11 | Rome
Mon. – Wed. | 11/25 – 11/27/2024
Hotel Artemide (map)
A Deluxe Room awaits on Via Nazionale, a bustling thoroughfare in the heart of Rome’s historic center.
Via Nazionale, 22 +39 06 489911
info@hotelartemide.it Facebook
From Termini Train Station, Hotel Artemide is just 900 meters (3000 feet) away, easily accessible by a 10-minute walk or a quick taxi ride. The Colosseum, Roman Forum, and Trevi Fountain are just a short walk away, and the subway is located just 100 meters (328 feet) from the hotel.
Wind: 6mph SE
Humidity: 76%
Pressure: 29.88"Hg
UV index: 2
73°F
73°F
75°F / 55°F
75°F / 57°F
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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
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
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Wind: 6mph SE
Humidity: 76%
Pressure: 29.88"Hg
UV index: 2
73°F
73°F
75°F / 55°F
75°F / 57°F
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Roman Food Tasting Tour with Visit to the Trionfale Food Market
Indulge in a true epicurean feast in Rome with this lavish tasting of 18 different types of food during this gluttonous 4-hour eating and walking tour of Rome. Stroll around the dynamic food markets, chat with the so-called Michelangelo of pizza at the famed Pizzarium (and sample a slice). Munch on cured meets and cheeses at Paciotti Salumeria, the best gourmet shop in the city. And savor fresh pasta and wine at an award-winning restaurant. Finally, finish off the tour with some delicious gelato.
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Christmas Nativities and Angels Tour in Rome
Meeting Point (MAP)
Basilica Parrocchiale Santa Maria del Popolo. Piazza del Popolo, 12, 00187
End point:Saint Peter’s Square
Piazza San Pietro, 00120 Città del Vaticano, Vatican City
Read more here.
This tour has been designed to showcase the magic of Christmas time in Rome and provide a better understanding of the importance of the holiday. Learn about local Christmas traditions and legends as you visit some of the most beautifully decorated spots in the city.
The tour begins in Piazza del Popolo, in front of the church of Santa Maria del Popolo, where you can learn about the miraculous holy water. Near it, you will also be able to admire the Twin Churches’ Christmas nativity. Continue the tour to Piazza Venezia and admire the stunning decorations while listening to historical anecdotes about Christmas in Rome.
Next, marvel at the majestic Church of Santa Maria in Aracoeli and the Holy Child, a sculpture baptized in the River Jordan that features as the center of the Christmas nativity scene. Stop in Piazza Navona, then cross the Bridge of Angels before ending the tour in the center of the Catholic world, Piazza San Pietro.
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Christmas Markets in Rome (click here)
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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 claiming your VAT refund at Fiumicino airport in Rome.
Day 12 | Depart Rome, Italy at 12:00 pm
Rome Fiumicino Airport
Delta Flight 0231 to New York (JFK)
John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK)
Arrive at 4:00 pm
3h 29m Layover in the Delta Sky Club or Amex Centurion Lounge
Delta Flight 5023
Depart for CVG at 7:29 pm
Centurion Lounge at JFK
Tucked away on the bottom level of the lounge is a bar within a bar — “1850,” the Centurion Lounge JFK speakeasy. You have to know how to access this hideaway. Ask any staff person and they’ll tell you how.
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Arrive at 9:47 pm – Greater Cincinnati Airport (CVG)
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