Discovering the South of Italy
Classical antiquity mingles with splendid views of the sea, while the islands off the coast pull visitors in with their stunning beauty.
26. Alla scoperta del Sud dell’Italia – DI LONARDO AMICI 3.0
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DAY 1: DEPARTURE
Monday - September 8, 2025
<< Click here for details× AZ603G 08SEP JFK-FCO 05.40pm-08.15am (+1day)
AZ1263G 09SEP FCO-NAP 09.40am-10.35amDeparture from USA to Italy. OVERNIGHT: Flight.
Dinner and breakfast served on board.AZ603G 08SEP JFK-FCO 05.40pm-08.15am (+1day)
AZ1263G 09SEP FCO-NAP 09.40am-10.35am -
DAY 2: MORNING ARRIVAL AT NAPOLI AIRPORT
Tuesday - September 9, 2025<< Click here for detailsYour are greeted at the airport by your Tour Leader.
Transfer to hotel accomodations via private motor coach.
Check in procedure at the Hotel in Sorrento.
Presentation and review of the tour with the group.
Relax and Lunch – on your own. Tour leader available to suggest locales.Relax in Sorrento or walking tour with your tour leader.
Welcome dinner included -
DAY 3: SORRENTO
Wednesday - September 10, 2025<< Click here for detailsVisit Sorrento, its narrow streets, its nature and the wonderful landscape: the town overlooks the Bay of Naples as the key place of the Sorrentine Peninsula, and many viewpoints allow sight of Naples itself, Vesuvius and the Isle of Capri.
Enjoy Sorrento! Sorrento is famous for its lemon trees and the production of limoncello, a digestif made from lemon rinds, alcohol, water and sugar. Taste other typical production like citrus fruit, wine, nuts and olives.
Cooking lesson today and beach time in Sorrento.
Free time for dinnerTOURS INCLUDED
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Limoncello tasting
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City Tour with english local guide
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Cooking lesson
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Limoncello tasting
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DAY 4: TRANSFER TO BARI AND STOP IN NAPLES
Thursday - September 11, 2025<< Click here for detailsTransfer to Naples via private motorcoach.
The path along the seaside is one of the most characteristic avenues in Naples. From the San Carlo Theatre to Piazza del Plebiscito and then to Piazza Martini you can see the Basilica di San Francesco of Paola and the Royal Palace then, through via Caracciolo along the seaside, you arrive at the Castel dell’Ovo.
Free time for lunch. Continue to your hotel in Bari anche hotel check-in.
Dinner includedTOURS INCLUDED
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City Tour with english local guide
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City Tour with english local guide
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DAY 5: BARI
Friday - September 12, 2025<< Click here for detailsWalking city tour in Bari: Castello, Cattedrale, Basilica di San Nicola, Teatro, Palazzi. Possibility to enjoy the old city centre by bike. Afternoon free time for shopping and relax.
Free time for dinnerTOURS INCLUDED
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City Tour with english local guide
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City Tour with english local guide
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DAY 6: ALBEROBELLO AND POLIGNANO A MARE
Saturday - September 13, 2025<< Click here for detailsHalf day trip via private motorcoach to ALBEROBELLO, and walking tour with tour leader to discover this small town: UNESCO World Heritage site for its unusual districts of trulli, the characteristic white-washed conical-roofed houses of the area. If possibile, quick stop in ALTAMURA for tasting its typical bread and “Caciocavallo” cheese.
Travel back to Polignano a Mare and beach time in the afternoon.
Return to your hotel in Bari for dinner time.
Free time for dinnerTOURS INCLUDED
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Bread tasting
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Bread tasting
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DAY 7: TRANSFER TO SICILY AND STOP IN MATERA
Sunday - September 14, 2025<< Click here for detailsTransfer to Taormina, Sicily via private motor-coach (Please note: 500 km – 5/6 hours) with stop in Matera. Explore the unique cave dwellings of Matera, including churches carved right from the rock that made Matera a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Take the ferry from Reggio Calabria to Messina and continue to your hotel in Taormina with your private motorcoach.
Hotel check in and relax.
Dinner includedTOURS INCLUDED
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City Tour with english local guide
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City Tour with english local guide
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DAY 8: TAORMINA
Monday - September 15, 2025<< Click here for detailsIn the morning visit the Greek Theatre and the city.
Free time for shopping or walking city tour with Tour Leader.
Dinner includedTOURS INCLUDED
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City Tour with english local guide
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Teatro greco di Taormina
Entrance scheduled for the group
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City Tour with english local guide
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DAY 9: TAORMINA BEACH DAY
Tuesday - September 16, 2025<< Click here for detailsEnjoy a relaxing day on the beach.
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DAY 10: TRANSFER TO PALERMO AND STOP IN AGRIGENTO
Wednesday - September 17, 2025<< Click here for detailsTransfer to Palermo via private motor-coach and stop in Agrigento.
You will visit the Valle dei Templi, (Valley of the Temples), an archeological site and one of the main attractions of Sicily, as well as a national monument of Italy. The area, one of the most outstanding examples of Greater Greece art and architecture, is included in the UNESCO World Heritage Site list, and is the largest archeological site in the world.
Free time for lunch and continue to Palermo.
Hotel check in and relax.
Dinner includedTOURS INCLUDED
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City Tour with english local guide
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Valle dei Templi
Group entrance reservation
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City Tour with english local guide
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DAY 11: PALERMO
Thursday - September 18, 2025<< Click here for detailsPanoramic tour of the city stopping at the most important historical buildings: the Palace of the Normans with its Palatina Chapel, the great Cathedral built in 1184 and the Church of the Martorana. Also admire the most beautiful Public Park and gardens in Palermo: the Garibaldi Garden.
Free time for lunch.
Afternoon trip to Monreale, a town on the slope of Monte Caputo, overlooking the very fertile valley called “La Conca d’oro” (the Golden Shell- named for its shape), famed for its orange, almond and olive trees. At the cathedral, constructed by Arabs in 1174, you can admire the priceless mosaics created by Greek and Venetian craftsmen.
Free time for dinnerTOURS INCLUDED
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City Tour with english local guide
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City Tour with english local guide
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DAY 12: CEFALÙ
Saturday - July 19, 2025<< Click here for detailsFull day trip to Cefalù via private motorcoach.
Walking tour with your tour leader and enjoy the town and the seaside.
DI LONARDO AMICI 3.0 TRIP 2025: BOAT TOUR in Cefalù included for the group. Please note: boat excursiones depends form weather and sea level.
Return to Palermo and farwell dinner included.TOURS INCLUDED
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Tour by boat
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Tour by boat
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DAY 13: DEPARTURE
Saturday - September 20, 2025
<< Click here for details× AZ1774G 20SEP PMO-FCO 07.00am-08.10am
AZ602G 20SEP FCO-JFK 09.35am-01.15pmTransfer to the airport, via private motor coach.
Lunch and snack served on board. Same day arrival.AZ1774G 20SEP PMO-FCO 07.00am-08.10am
AZ602G 20SEP FCO-JFK 09.35am-01.15pm
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DAY 1: DEPARTURE
Departure from USA to Italy. OVERNIGHT: Flight.
Dinner and breakfast served on board. -
DAY 2: MORNING ARRIVAL AT NAPOLI AIRPORT
Your are greeted at the airport by your Tour Leader.
Transfer to hotel accomodations via private motor coach.
Check in procedure at the Hotel in Sorrento.
Presentation and review of the tour with the group.
Relax and Lunch – on your own. Tour leader available to suggest locales.Relax in Sorrento or walking tour with your tour leader.
Welcome dinner included -
DAY 3: SORRENTO
Visit Sorrento, its narrow streets, its nature and the wonderful landscape: the town overlooks the Bay of Naples as the key place of the Sorrentine Peninsula, and many viewpoints allow sight of Naples itself, Vesuvius and the Isle of Capri.
Enjoy Sorrento! Sorrento is famous for its lemon trees and the production of limoncello, a digestif made from lemon rinds, alcohol, water and sugar. Taste other typical production like citrus fruit, wine, nuts and olives.
Cooking lesson today and beach time in Sorrento.
Free time for dinner -
DAY 4: TRANSFER TO BARI AND STOP IN NAPLES
Transfer to Naples via private motorcoach.
The path along the seaside is one of the most characteristic avenues in Naples. From the San Carlo Theatre to Piazza del Plebiscito and then to Piazza Martini you can see the Basilica di San Francesco of Paola and the Royal Palace then, through via Caracciolo along the seaside, you arrive at the Castel dell’Ovo.
Free time for lunch. Continue to your hotel in Bari anche hotel check-in.
Dinner included -
DAY 5: BARI
Walking city tour in Bari: Castello, Cattedrale, Basilica di San Nicola, Teatro, Palazzi. Possibility to enjoy the old city centre by bike. Afternoon free time for shopping and relax.
Free time for dinner -
DAY 6: ALBEROBELLO AND POLIGNANO A MARE
Half day trip via private motorcoach to ALBEROBELLO, and walking tour with tour leader to discover this small town: UNESCO World Heritage site for its unusual districts of trulli, the characteristic white-washed conical-roofed houses of the area. If possibile, quick stop in ALTAMURA for tasting its typical bread and “Caciocavallo” cheese.
Travel back to Polignano a Mare and beach time in the afternoon.
Return to your hotel in Bari for dinner time.
Free time for dinner -
DAY 7: TRANSFER TO SICILY AND STOP IN MATERA
Transfer to Taormina, Sicily via private motor-coach (Please note: 500 km – 5/6 hours) with stop in Matera. Explore the unique cave dwellings of Matera, including churches carved right from the rock that made Matera a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Take the ferry from Reggio Calabria to Messina and continue to your hotel in Taormina with your private motorcoach.
Hotel check in and relax.
Dinner included -
DAY 8: TAORMINA
In the morning visit the Greek Theatre and the city.
Free time for shopping or walking city tour with Tour Leader.
Dinner included -
DAY 9: TAORMINA BEACH DAY
Enjoy a relaxing day on the beach.
Free time for dinner -
DAY 10: TRANSFER TO PALERMO AND STOP IN AGRIGENTO
Transfer to Palermo via private motor-coach and stop in Agrigento.
You will visit the Valle dei Templi, (Valley of the Temples), an archeological site and one of the main attractions of Sicily, as well as a national monument of Italy. The area, one of the most outstanding examples of Greater Greece art and architecture, is included in the UNESCO World Heritage Site list, and is the largest archeological site in the world.
Free time for lunch and continue to Palermo.
Hotel check in and relax.
Dinner included -
DAY 11: PALERMO
Panoramic tour of the city stopping at the most important historical buildings: the Palace of the Normans with its Palatina Chapel, the great Cathedral built in 1184 and the Church of the Martorana. Also admire the most beautiful Public Park and gardens in Palermo: the Garibaldi Garden.
Free time for lunch.
Afternoon trip to Monreale, a town on the slope of Monte Caputo, overlooking the very fertile valley called “La Conca d’oro” (the Golden Shell- named for its shape), famed for its orange, almond and olive trees. At the cathedral, constructed by Arabs in 1174, you can admire the priceless mosaics created by Greek and Venetian craftsmen.
Free time for dinner -
DAY 12: CEFALÙ
Full day trip to Cefalù via private motorcoach.
Walking tour with your tour leader and enjoy the town and the seaside.
DI LONARDO AMICI 3.0 TRIP 2025: BOAT TOUR in Cefalù included for the group. Please note: boat excursiones depends form weather and sea level.
Return to Palermo and farwell dinner included. -
DAY 13: DEPARTURE
Transfer to the airport, via private motor coach.
Lunch and snack served on board. Same day arrival.
PACKAGE PRICE INCLUSION
Transportation
– Flight NY – Italy – NY
– Private motorcoach at exclusive use of the group
– Transportation within cities historical centre by walk
Accomodation
– 11 Nights: Three or four stars hotel in double room.
(Supplement is $ 600 for single room)
– Breakfast is included daily
– 6 dinner included as specified in the daybyday (with water and a glass of wine).
Touring
– Entrance fees to museums specified in tour
– Specialized English local guides for entrance to specified museums. The guides are certified by the Association of Professional Guides
Tasting
– At least 1 tasting is included in the trip
Gadgets
– Superciao tour logo backpack, cap, bracelets
– ITALIA IN TASCA: pocket travel guide
Security
– Accompanying Tour Leader for duration of the tour 24/7.
– Basic travel insurance
Tour cost does NOT include:
– Room supplement for single
– Optional Trip Protection/Cancellation Insurance
– Excess baggage fee
– Lunch and beverages other than water
– Tips and gratuities. Suggested fees are listed in the final price quote.
– Personal expenses: purchases, phone cards, hotel minibar
FLIGHT
Business class upgrades or flight deviations (from departure date/location or return date/location) must be requested and confirmed with the carrier. Any and ALL additional costs are the responsibility of the requesting participant/teacher.
TERMS&CONDITIONS
Please read carefully the complete Terms&Conditions at the following link: https://www.superciaotour.com/terms-conditions/
TOUR PROGRAM
The Programs on the website are sample descriptions only.
Superciao Tour will insert the final Program and details in your website area, 30 days prior to departure and will inform the Group Leader and all the participants of all the Tour details: the DAY BY DAY. The Day by Day will provide all information pertinent to your trip.
PROGRAM CHANGES
SCT reserves the right to make any necessary changes pertaining to activities closures, or for reasons that jeopardize the safety of participants. SCT may cancel a Tour due to insufficient participants.
LAND ONLY
Participants may choose to purchase only the land portion of the trip. Participants must then make their own round trip travel arrangements and join the group at the first hotel accommodation. When a participant is not with the main group, SCT is not responsible for the participant in any way. Domestic or international flights or transfers of any kind outside SCT are responsibility of client: Tour participants who choose land only must arrange transportation from airport to the first hotel and vice versa on their own.
SCT will deduct $ 1000.00 from the package price quote.
CANCELLATIONS AND REFUNDS
The cancellation policies outlined below take into consideration the costs SCT incurs long before groups ever depart.
Notice of cancellation from a tour will only be accepted from the participant, his or her legal guardian or the group leader.
The date of cancellation will be determined by the date on which SCT receives written notice to the following email addresses:
federica.protti@superciaotour.com
Cancellation refunds can only be made to the person whose name appears on the account; monies cannot be transferred to another account.
The refunds will be made within 50 days from the request.
- SUPERCIAO TOUR STANDARD CANCELLATION POLICY
90 days or more prior to departure: Full refund minus a $250 cancellation fee*.
89 to 66 days prior to departure: Full refund minus a $450 cancellation fee*.
65 to 30 days prior to departure: Refund 50% of the Program Fee*.
29 days or less prior to departure: No refund will be issued. - CANCELLATION WITH REPLACEMENT**
90 days or more prior to departure- Full refund less the non-refundable $250 cancellation fee*.
89 – 66 days prior to departure – Full refund less a $ 350 substitution fee*.
65 days or less prior to departure- Replacement can no longer be accepted.
* Non-refundable fees are also deducted from refunds.
** When a participant cancels the reservation but finds a person to replace him or her for the same Program.
PASSPORTS, VISAS & TRAVEL DOCUMENTS
A valid US passport is required for travel for US citizens. If you do not have a valid passport please contact your closest passport office. Passports must be valid at least 6 months after the return date. US citizens do not need to obtain visas for Italy. When and if visa is required it is passenger’s responsibility to obtain one. Cancellations due to lack of appropriate travel documents will incur usual penalties.
PASSPORT NAME
Participant’s name must be registered EXACTLY AS IT APPEARS ON ONE’S PASSPORT!
Upon receipt of the airline ticket, the passenger is responsible to check the itinerary, spelling of his/her name, dates, times to insure its validity. If the airline allows, it will charge a $ 250 change fee each time the ticket is altered. Once a ticket is issued, it belongs to person in whose name it was issued.
The participant will be responsible for any fees applied by the airline if exact information has not been provided. Should the ticket have any errors, it is the passenger’s responsibility to contact Superciao Tour srl immediately.
SPECIAL TRAVEL CONDITIONS DUE TO COVID-19
SCT will inform and support the group with all the necessary information for the procedures to be implemented according to the pandemic situation at the time of travel. Each participant must complete and sign a WAIVER OF LIABILITY form.
BAGGAGE
Each tour participant is advised to bring one suitcase and one small carry-on bag (8”x14”x22”). The Airlines New Baggage Regulations are as follows:
* For passengers travelling in Economy-Class: 1 piece at 50lb (23kg) maximum dimensions of 45 in. (158 cm); the sum of the 3 dimensions must not exceed 62 in. (158 cm) for each bag.
* Carry on Items: 1 piece maximum weight 18lb (8kg), maximum dimensions 22x15x8 in (55x40x20 cm).
Please check with your specific airline to verify the size and weight allowances.
Superciao Tour is not responsible for any loss, delay of or damage to luggage or its contents and for any event during the time the participants are not on board.
TRAVEL INSURANCE
- Civil Liability Insurance – Nobis – Policy n.203118346
(2.100.000 € casualty – 2.100.000 € person – 2.100.000 € damages of personal belongings/animals). - Guarantee Fund, Multi-risk Travel Policy, Cancellations and Bankruptcies – Nobis – Policy n.203111335
- Accident and Personal Injury Policy – Zurich – Policy n.653A3115
(50.000 € death – 50.000 € permanent disability – 1000€ medical expenses – 50€ daily hospital allowance). - Legal protection – Arag – Policy n.31867871
- American insurance for the cancellation of the trip is optional at additional cost.