Puglia & Southern Italy

Board your overnight flight to Naples today.

Welcome to Italy! Meet your Tour Director and fellow travelers at a welcome dinner.

This morning’s guided sightseeing tour introduces you to the highlights of Naples.

• Enjoy a panoramic tour with a scenic drive along the Naples waterfront
• Pass Castel dell’Ovo, the seaside castle on a peninsula in the Bay of Naples
• Visit the National Archaeological Museum and see relics of Roman history

Enjoy a free afternoon in Naples or add an excursion.

Travel to Benevento and explore the historic city on a guided walking tour.

• View the Arch of Trajan and Church of Sant’Ilario
• Enter the Church of Santa Sofia and the Museum of Sannio

Then, continue on to the Bari region.

• Stop along the way for a guided tour of the UNESCO-protected Castel del Monte
• Step inside the 13th-century structure, which is known as a masterpiece of medieval military architecture

Sit down for an included dinner this evening.

Explore the town of Bari with a local guide.

• Visit Bari Cathedral, built atop the ruins of an Imperial Byzantine church destroyed in 1156 by William the Wicked
• See the Old Town, the castle, Piazza Mercantile, and Piazza Ferrarese
• Visit the Basilica of St. Nicholas, which contains the remains of the bishop whose penchant for anonymous gift-giving inspired the legend of Santa Claus

Enjoy a free afternoon in the Bari region or add an excursion.

Travel to Lecce, nicknamed “the Florence of the South,” to get to know the city on a guided sightseeing tour this afternoon.

• Marvel at the extravagant ornamentation of Lecce’s churches and monuments
• Visit Lecce Cathedral, the Basilica of Santa Croce, and the Roman Amphitheatre

Please note: The sightseeing tour of Lecce may take place on the morning of day 7.

Sit down for an included dinner this evening.

Enjoy a free day in Lecce or add an excursion.

Join your Tour Director and pay a visit to Ostuni’s picturesque cathedral and whitewashed Old Town homes.

Then continue on to the Trulli Valley. Sit down at one of the area's famous cone-shaped trulli homes for an included dinner featuring regional specialties.

A local guide leads a tour of Alberobello, where you’ll explore more of its UNESCO-recognized trulli, the iconic homes with symbols painted onto the roof to bring luck.

Enjoy a free afternoon in the Trulli Valley or add an excursion.

Travel through the scenic Apennine Mountains on your way to the Amalfi Coast, stopping along the way in Matera for a guided tour of the hilltop town.

• Visit the 9,000-year-old Sassi di Matera cave dwellings, including the Casa Grotta di Vico Solitario and the chiese rupestri, or “rock churches”
• View Matera Cathedral, Palazzo del Sedile, and the Tramontano Castle, which has sat unfinished since the early 16th century

Celebrate your trip at a farewell dinner this evening.

Enjoy a free day on the Amalfi Coast or add an excursion.

Sip a farewell drink as you raise a toast to your trip this evening.

Transfer to the Naples airport for your flight home or continue on to Rome.