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Paul’s Last Journey
ROME

Day 8 – 14 April, Sunday
SICILY
THE MORNING.
Mount Etna -
Depart after breakfast by coach travelling the east coast of the Island to see the volcano - the
highest an active in Europe.
Taormina -
Time to browse in the quaint hillside town with an ancient brick built theatre,

THE AFTERNOON
To Rome -
Depart from Catania airport on the direct flight to Rome and on to the hotel for room
assignment and the evening meal.
Dinner and Overnight in
SYRACUSE
Day 9 – 15 April, Monday
SICILY/AGRIGENTO

A day trip to the ‘Valley of the Temples’ and this major impressive site in central Sicily.
The city was founded on a plateau overlooking the sea around 582-580 BC by Greek colonists.
It once was It was one of the leading cities of Magna Graecia during the golden age of Ancient
Greece. A UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITE
It displays a variety of Greek and Roman Temples some of which were later used as Christian
places of worship during the Byzantine period.
Dinner and Overnight
in PALERMO

Day 10 – 16 April, Tuesday
POMPEII/POZZUOLI/ROME
Morninfg short flight from Palermo to Naples then visit:
Pompeii - by the slopes of Mount Vesuius with the dramatic evidence of the volcanic
desdruction of this classical Roman city.
Puteoli/Pozzuoli - the Pailine port where St. Paul landed from Sicily, staying for sven days
before taking the Appian Way to Rome. Much of that route will be followed.
Dinner and Overnight
in ROME