Optional Tours

Optional Rome Extension

Alitalia Airlines
(Based on a minimum group of 20/25 passengers)

DAY 1 – ARRIVE ROME
Day without a planned program. Transfer to your hotel. Afternoon at leisure. Dinner aboard your flight. Upon arrival transfer to our hotel.

DAY 10 – ROME – VATICAN MUSEUM & SISTINE CHAPEL / OLD APPIAN WAY / ST. PAUL'S BASILICA / CATACOMBS
Morning – Vatican Museums and Sistine Chapel – see mysterious Vatican City, the Sacred Museum, the Vatican Library and the incredible Sistine Chapel, built to the precise dimension of the original Temple of Solomon as described in the Bible with its famous Fresco of "Genesis" by Michelangelo. Afternoon – Catacombs, St. Paul Basilica and Old Appian Way. Motor past Tiberias Island, the Jewish Synagogue, Aventine Hill and the Pyramid of Caius Cestius near St. Paul's Gate. See Basilica of St. Paul, the largest in Rome after St. Peter's. Our next visit is to the catacombs, a maze of tunnels hollowed out where the early Christians persecuted by the Romans had to practice their religious rites and bury their dead. Return to your hotel via the Old Appian Way.

DAY 11 – ROME / COLOSSEUM / TREVI FOUNTAIN / ST. PETER IN CHAINS
Imperial Rome – this morning's delight is to see and learn about the glory and grandeur of the Eternal City. See the Seven Hills, the Roman Forum, Arch of Titus and Arch of Constantine; thence into the Colosseum for an explanation of its history. Stop at Trevi Fountain to throw in our coin and ensure our "Arrivederci Roma". Continue to Church of St. Peter in Chains to see the famous Moses by Michelangelo and the original chains in which St. Peter was brought captive to Rome. Afternoon at leisure for shopping, browsing, or having an aperitif along the sidewalk cafes on the beautiful Via Veneto.

DAY 12 – ROME / U.S.A.
Transfer to the airport for our flight homeward arriving home early evening. The close of an unforgettable tour, to have walked in the footsteps of the Master and the early Christians.

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