CAMPANIA WEEKEND TRIP

Date from: Thursday, January 12, 2012

Date to: Friday, March 16, 2012

The region of Campania is known for its charming, welcoming people and delicious food. John Cabot University is taking YOU to the cities of Caserta, Capri, and Pompeii .



Caserta is located on the edge of the Campanian plain at the foot of the Campanian Subapennine mountain range. The city is best known for the Palace of Caserta. Modern Caserta was established around the defensive tower built in Lombard times by Pando, Prince of Capua. Pando destroyed the original city around 863. The tower is now part of the Palazzo della Prefettura which was once the seat of the counts of Caserta, as well as a Royal residence. The original population moved from Casertavecchia (former bishopric seat) to the current site in the 16th century.



Capri is an island in the Tyrrhenian Sea off the Sorrentine Peninsula, on the south side of the Gulf of Naples. It has been a resort destination since the time of the Roman Republic. The island features the Marina Piccola (the little harbour), the Belvedere of Tragara, which is a high panoramic promenade lined with villas, limestone crags called sea stacks that project above the sea (the Faraglioni), Anacapri, the Blue Cave (Grotta Azzurra), and the ruins of the Imperial Roman villas.



Pompeii, an Roman city buried and preserved by a volcanic eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD, is one of the most significant proofs of Roman civilization for its display of art, customs, trades and examples of everyday life in ancient times.

You may think you have been brought to Greece but you’re still in Italy! Unlike Pompeii and even Herculaneum, Paestum can often be deserted, and its gleaming white marble temples, set against the silver mountains, provide a uniquely Greek experience in Italy.

The main attractions of Paestum are the remains of three major Doric temples, dating from the first half of the 6th century BC. The temples were dedicated to Hera and Athena, although they have traditionally been misidentified in the 18th century as a basilica and temples of Neptune and Ceres.



Participation fee: € 150



What's included?



• Roundtrip Transportation Private Coach Bus Service



• 2 nights at a hotel in Sorrento with breakfast



• 2 Dinners



• Private Guided Tours



• Roundtrip Transportation to the island of Capri



• Entrance to Pompeii archeological site



• Insurance



• Helpful and knowledgeable chaperones!