Tour Info
We propose an excursion for cruisers that would like to spend some hours discovering the Amalfi Coast, Pompeii and the surroundings. When your cruise stops, even for a day, don’t miss the chance to visit the main highlights!
After meeting the driver and the tour guide at your deck, we will drive you along the Coastline. You will stop in Ravello a tiny village visited by Europe’s 19th century nobility during the Grand Tour and artists like Richard Wagner who composed his “Garden of Klingsor“.
Being enchanted by Villa Rufolo and its gardens, dating from the 11th century. and also mentioned by Boccaccio in his “Decamerone”. Visit also Villa Cimbrone, built over ruins of a roman villa, to admire the superb coastline. Then Amalfi, oldest of the four medieval sea-republics of Italy, with the visit of the cathedral of St. Andrew that holds the remains of the Apostle; its oriental façade encloses a lombard-romanique interior and bronze doors fused in Constantinople in 1067. Along the Coast enjoy the breath taking view and admire Capri Island. Once in Positano we will be enchanted by the little streets full of shops which make Positano style famous all over around the world. A fishermen town of steps and arched passageways, Positano is a vertical village with countless terraced lemon, fruit and flowered gardens spectacular villas and houses which lie down to the beach protected by Saracen watch tower, remnants of past dramatic incursions of Saracens and Turks. Reaching the panorama points of Sorrento and from the high cliffs of tufa stone enjoy the Bay of Naples and the Sorrentine Coast.
After a nice lunch by the sea, you will reach Pompeii. A guided tour of the archeological Area of Pompeii will show you the forgotten city 1700 years after its concealment by deep layers of lapilli and ashes in the dramatic volcanic eruption of 79 a.d. See the Temple of Apollo, Forum, Temple of Hercules, Theatre and Odeion, basilicas, taverns and shops along the Way of Abundance, the Market and rich residences with their frescoes and mosaics, the Roman Baths.
Tour includes Pick up and drop off at your deck at the agreed time. Escorted by personal tour guide
Tour can be personalized on request!
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