Fr. Thomas Graf, Spiritual LeaderSt. James The Fisherman Episcopal Church

pilgrimage in the footsteps of st. paulathens, crete, malta, & rome

april 26 - may 08, 2017

Pilgrimage arrangements:Suzanne Taskowitz

Faithful Travelsc/o International Travel Group @ Pink Plaza

(305) 451-0007

PILGRIMAGE IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF ST. PAUL FR. THOMAS GRAF, SPIRITUAL LEADER

ATHENS; CRETE, & MALTA APRIL 26– MAY 08, 2017

• APRIL 26, 2017 OVERNIGHT INTERNATIONAL FLIGHT DAY ONE – ARRIVE ATHENS (D) ARRIVE ATHENS SPATA AIRPORT. MET BY YA’LLA TOURS USA’S GREEK REPRESENTATIVE AND TRANSFER TO YOUR HOTEL FOR DINNER AND OVERNIGHT. OUR HOTEL, TITANIA, IS A 4-STAR PROPERTY LOCATED BETWEEN OMONIA AND SYNTAGMA SQUARE, A 10 MINUTE WALK TO THE PLAKA. ALL 400 GUEST ROOMS HAVE AIR-CONDITIONING, PHONE, SATELLITE TV, INTERNET ACCESS, HAIRDRYER, AND SAFE. HOTEL FACILITIES AND SERVICES INCLUDE A RESTAURANT, CAFE, AND ROOF GARDEN RESTAURANT / PIANO BAR WITH GORGEOUS VIEWS OF THE ACROPOLIS. WWW.TITANIA.GR DAY TWO – CORINTH MEET GUIDE @ 8 AM (B,L,D) AFTER ATHENS, PAUL WENT TO CORINTH. DRIVE THE HISTORIC COAST ROAD TO CORINTH. ALONG THE WAY STOP BY THE CORINTH CANAL WHICH FOR THE LAST 120 YEARS HAS TURNED THE PELOPONNESE PENINSULA INTO AN ISLAND. AT THE FOOTHILLS OF THE CORINTHIAN ACROPOLIS, HE LIVED, WORKED AS A TENT MAKER AND TAUGHT THE WORD OF GOD FOR 18 MONTHS. ARRIVE AT ANCIENT CORINTH, WHERE PAUL MINISTERED FOR NEARLY TWO YEARS AND WROTE THE EARLIEST NEW TESTAMENT WRITINGS, THE

LETTERS TO THESSALONIANS. THE COLUMNS OF APOLLO TEMPLE DOMINATE THE AGORA. SEE THE TRIBUNAL BEFORE WHICH PAUL WAS DRAGGED, BUT WHERE GALLIO REFUSED TO PASS JUDGMENT ON HIM. THE FOUNTAIN OF PEIRENE, THE AGORA WHERE PAUL'S TRIAL BY GALLIO TOOK PLACE AND WHERE THE FAMOUS BEMA STANDS. AFTERWARD WE WILL PASS BY THE ANCIENT PORT OF KECHRIES, WHERE PAUL DEPARTED FROM FOR EPHESUS AND LATER WE’LL MARVEL AT THE ENGINEERING FEAT OF THE CORINTH CANAL, DESIGNED IN PAUL’S TIME, BUT FINALLY REALIZED IN THE LATE 1890’S. HAVE LUNCH IN ROUTE RETURN TO ATHENS ALONG THE NEW SCENIC ROAD WITH MAGNIFICENT VIEWS OF THE SARONIC GULF AND THE ANCIENT PORT OF CONCHREAS FROM WHICH PAUL SAILED TO EPHESUS. RETURN TO THE HOTEL FOR DINNER AND OVERNIGHT.

DAY THREE - ATHENS MEET GUIDE @ 8 AM (B,L) MORNING TOUR WITH TRANSFER TO PIRAEUS PORT EMBARKATION BEGIN YOUR TOUR OF ATHENS BY ASCENDING TO THE ACROPOLIS AND THE FULL SPLENDOR OF THE 5TH CENTURY B.C. ATHENS. WHILE OUR EXPERIENCED GUIDE UNCOVERS THE STORIES BEHIND THE TEMPLE OF ATHENA NIKE, THE ERECTHEUM, THE PROPYLAE, AND PERHAPS THE MOST PERFECT PIECE OF ARCHITECTURE EVER BUILT, THE MAJESTIC PARTHENON. AS WE DESCEND, WE’LL PASS MARS HILL, WHERE THE TEXT OF PAUL'S FAMOUS SERMON IS INSCRIBED ON THE ROCK AT ITS FOOT. THE EXPANSIVE AGORA OF ATHENS, WHERE THE ANCIENT PHILOSOPHERS COUNSELED AND TAUGHT, LIES BELOW. HAVE LUNCH IN ROUTE. NEXT, VISIT THE PARLIAMENT, WITH ITS FAMOUS GUARDS. THEN, TRANSFER TO PIRAEUS PORT TO BOARD YOUR OCEANIA CRUISES, RIVIERA BY 4:00 PM FOR SAILING AT 7:00 PM

OCEANIA CRUISE APRIL 29 – MAY 6, 2017 SCHEDULED PORT ORDER MAY VARY

DAY DATE PORT ARRIVE DEPART Sat Apr 29 Athens (Piraeus), Greece 7:00pm Sun Apr 30 Santorini, Greece 8:00am 6:00pm Mon May 1 Crete (Heraklion), Greece 8:00am 6:00pm Tue May 2 At Sea Wed May 3 Valletta, Malta 8:00am 6:00pm Thu May 4 Messina, Sicily, Italy 8:00am 6:00pm Fri May 5 Sorrento, Italy 8:00am 6:00pm Sat May 6 Rome (Civitavecchia), Italy 8:00am

ALWAYS CONFIRM SHIP TIME & SHIP DEPARTURE TIME

Fr. Tom will celebrate Mass at some religious venues or on board ship and there will be prayer services and discussions

during our pilgrimage.

• CRETE GUIDE WILL MEET GROUP @ 9 AM (L) ARRIVE AT AGIOS NIKOLAOS PORT IN CRETE ON BOARD OCEANA CRUISES, RIVIERA. YOU WILL BE MET BY YA'LLA TOURS USA INC. MALTA’S REPRESENTATIVE AND YOUR PRIVATE TOUR GUIDE AT 9:00AM TO START YOUR DAY TOUR OF CRETE. DRIVE TO VISIT HERAKLION CITY, APPROX. A 45 MIN TOUR. THE TOWN OF HERAKLION IS THE LARGEST URBAN CENTER OF CRETE AND THE ECONOMIC CENTER OF THE ISLAND. DURING THE MINOAN PERIOD THE TOWN OF HERAKLION SERVED AS A PORT TO KNOSSOS. CURRENTLY ITS POPULATION IS APPROXIMATELY 160,000. SINCE THE MINOAN PERIOD THE TOWN OF HERAKLION BECAME THE HOST OF VARIED CULTURES AND CIVILIZATIONS WHOSE INDELIBLE MARKS ARE VISIBLE IN THE FORM OF FOUNTAINS, CASTLES, WALLS, PALACES, AND OTHER MONUMENTS. HERAKLION IS A HEAVEN FOR ARCHITECTS AND HISTORIANS. A VISIT TO CRETE IS INCOMPLETE WITHOUT VISITING THE RENOWNED MINOAN PALACE OF KNOSSOS! THIS FABULOUS SITE DATES BACK 4,000 YEARS AGO. TWO BRILLIANT PALACES BUILT IN NEOLITHIC TIMES… VISIT THE ROOM OF THE THRONE AND THE FRESCOES DEPICTING THE PRINCE OF CRETE. EVERY SINGLE STONE SUGGESTS THAT A GREAT CIVILIZATION WAS BORN IN THIS VERY PLACE. DATING FROM 2000 BC THIS SITE REMAINS ONE OF THE WONDERS OF THE WORLD. HAVE LUNCH IN ROUTE. RETURN TO THE SHIP BY 4:30PM FOR SAILING AT 6:00 PM.

• MALTA MEET GUIDE AT 9 AM ARRIVE AT VALLETTA PORT IN MALTA AT 8:00AM YOU WILL BE MET BY YA'LLA TOURS USA INC. GREEK REPRESENTATIVE AND YOUR PRIVATE TOUR GUIDE AT 9:00AM TO START YOUR DAY TOUR OF MALTA. ST. PAUL IN MALTA - CHRISTIANITY HAS ALMOST 2000 YEARS OF HISTORY IN MALTA. ACCORDING TO TRADITION, IT WAS BROUGHT TO THE ISLANDS BY NONE OTHER THAN THE APOSTLE PAUL HIMSELF IN AROUND A.D. 60.

PAUL WAS BEING TAKEN TO ROME TO BE TRIED AS A POLITICAL REBEL, BUT THE SHIP CARRYING HIM AND SOME 274 OTHERS WAS CAUGHT IN A VIOLENT STORM ONLY TO BE WRECKED TWO WEEKS LATER ON THE MALTESE COAST. ALL ABOARD SWAM SAFELY TO LAND

THE SITE OF THE WRECK IS TRADITIONALLY KNOWN AS ST. PAUL'S ISLAND, AND IS MARKED BY A STATUE COMMEMORATING THE EVENT.

THE WELCOME GIVEN TO THE SURVIVORS IS DESCRIBED IN THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES (XXVIII) BY ST. LUKE:

"AND LATER WE LEARNED THAT THE ISLAND WAS CALLED MALTA. AND THE PEOPLE WHO LIVED THERE SHOWED US GREAT KINDNESS, AND THEY MADE A FIRE AND CALLED US ALL TO WARM OURSELVES... "

AS THE FIRE WAS LIT, PAUL WAS BITTEN BY A POISONOUS SNAKE BUT HE SUFFERED NO ILL EFFECTS. THE ISLANDERS TOOK THIS AS A SIGN THAT HE WAS A SPECIAL MAN. THIS SCENE IS DEPICTED IN MANY RELIGIOUS WORKS OF ART ON THE ISLANDS.

ACCORDING TO TRADITION, THE APOSTLE TOOK REFUGE IN A CAVE, NOW KNOWN AS ST. PAUL'S GROTTO IN RABAT, MALTA.

DURING HIS WINTER STAY, HE WAS INVITED TO THE HOUSE OF PUBLIUS, THE ROMANS' CHIEF MAN ON THE ISLANDS. IT WAS HERE, ACCORDING TO TRADITION, THAT PAUL CURED PUBLIUS' FATHER OF A SERIOUS FEVER. PUBLIUS IS THEN SAID TO HAVE CONVERTED TO CHRISTIANITY AND WAS MADE THE FIRST BISHOP OF MALTA. THE CATHEDRAL OF MDINA IS SAID TO STAND ON THE SITE OF PUBLIUS' HOUSE.

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE SEEMS TO SUPPORT THIS TRADITION, AS MALTA WAS ONE OF THE FIRST ROMAN COLONIES TO CONVERT. VALLETTA, MALTA’S CAPITAL AND WORLD HERITAGE SITE IS NOTHING SHORT OF AN OPEN-AIR MUSEUM. IT IS A LIVING EXPERIENCE OF BAROQUE ARCHITECTURE, A MONUMENT DONATED BY THE KNIGHTS OF ST JOHN NEARLY FIVE CENTURIES AGO. THROUGHOUT THE YEARS, VALLETTA HAS WELCOMED EMPERORS, HEADS OF STATE, ARTISTS AND POETS AND IS NOW THE PERMANENT SEAT OF THE MALTESE GOVERNMENT. THE GROUP WILL WALK THROUGH THE STREETS OF THIS MAGNIFICENT CITY. THEY WILL PROCEED TO THE UPPER BARRACCA GARDENS TO ADMIRE THE BREATHTAKING PANORAMA OF THE GRAND HARBOR. THEN, PROCEED TO ST JOHN’S CO-CATHEDRAL, ADORNED IN RICHES THAT DATE BACK TO THE KNIGHTS OF MALTA INCLUDING THE WORLD FAMOUS CARAVAGGIO PAINTING THAT IS ON DISPLAY IN THE ORATORY OF THIS CATHEDRAL. THE GROUP ALSO VISITS THE CHURCH MUSEUM THAT IS ADORNED WITH FLEMISH TAPESTRIES. AFTER, THEY WILL ALSO VIEW THE GRAND MASTER’S PALACE BRIEFLY FROM OUTSIDE AS WELL AS OTHER BUILDINGS OF HISTORICAL IMPORTANCE. LATER ON AND TO CLOSE THE VISIT OF VALLETTA, THE GROUP WILL VISIT THE GRAND MASTER’S PALACE FROM OUTSIDE, ANOTHER BUILDING OF HISTORICAL IMPORTANCE AND ALSO FROM INSIDE. OPTIONAL, THE GROUP CAN VISIT INSIDE THE STATE ROOM. CONTINUE DOWN THE JETTY AGAIN WITH THE COACH (OR BY WALK- DEPEND OF THE GROUP WILLS) AND TAKE THE LITTLE TYPICAL BOAT FROM MALTA TO CROSS THE GRAND HARBOR. THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO DISCOVER THE HISTORICAL AREA KNOWN AS THE THREE CITIES: VITTORIOSA (BIRGU), COSPICUA (BORMLA) AND SENGLEA (ISLA). DRIVE PAST COSPICUA WILL BRING US TO VITTORIOSA WHERE WE WALK THROUGH THE VARIOUS NARROW STREETS SHADED BY MANY HISTORIC BUILDINGS AND CHURCHES. FROM THE OLD QUAY WE WILL PROCEED TO TAKE A TYPICAL HARBOUR ‘FREGATINA’ FOR A TOUR OF THE FAMOUS HARBOR CREEKS. WE WILL ALIGHT IN SENGLEA WHERE WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK OUT FROM THE BEAUTIFUL ‘VEDETTE’ KNOWN AS ‘GARDJOLA’. THIS WATCH TOWER, PLACED IN THE CENTER OF THE GRAND

HARBOR IS AN OLD LOOKOUT POINT IN SENGLEA. IT IS FAMOUS FOR ITS SCULPTURE OF EYES AND EARS ON THE EXTERIOR WALLS MAKING REFERENCE TO ITS JOB AS A LOOKOUT AND PRESUMABLY A ‘LISTEN-OUT’ TOO. THE VEDETTE HAS WONDERFUL VIEWS ACROSS MALTA’S CAPITAL CITY VALLETTA AND OVER THE GRAND HARBOUR ALLOWING FOR SOME GREAT PHOTOGRAPHIC OPPORTUNITIES. LUNCH WILL BE SERVED AT THE LA MARINA TRATTORIA ITALIAN RESTAURANT, SITUATED IN THE OLD TREASURY BUILDING OF THE KNIGHTS OF SAINT JOHN, AT THE HISTORIC BIRGU WATERFRONT IN VITTORIOSA. THE RESTAURANT HAS BEEN DESIGNED USING TYPICAL MALTESE TILES COMBINED WITH A CONTEMPORARY LOOK, EACH TAILOR MADE LAMPSHADE SHOWS A DIFFERENT SCENARIO SEEN ON MALTESE ISLANDS AND THE LARGE OUTSIDE TERRACE OFFERS A SPECTACULAR VIEW OF VALLETTA. AFTER LUNCH DRIVE IN MDINA – THE ANCIENT CAPITAL OF MALTA, A TREASURE OF ARCHITECTURE. THE HISTORY OF MDINA TRACES BACK MORE THAN 4000 YEARS. LAMP LIT BY NIGHT AND REFERRED TO AS “THE SILENT CITY”, MEDINA IS FASCINATING TO VISIT FOR ITS TIMELESS ATMOSPHERE AS WELL AS ITS CULTURAL AND RELIGIOUS TREASURES. IMPRESSIVE PALACES LINE ITS ARROW, SHADY STREETS. MEDINA IS ONE OF EUROPE’S FINEST EXAMPLES OF AN ANCIENT WALLED CITY AND EXTRAORDINARY IN IT’S MIX OF MEDIEVAL AND BAROQUE ARCHITECTURE. TIME STANDS STILL IN THE NARROW, MEDIEVAL BYWAYS OF MEDINA, AS IF HUMBLED BY THE SOLEMN MAJESTY OF THE 17TH-CENTURY CATHEDRAL THAT PRESIDES OVER THEM. DESIGNED BY VANGUARD BAROQUE ARCHITECT LORENZO GAFÀ, THIS UNIQUE EDIFICE WAS FIVE YEARS IN CONSTRUCTION AND IS DEDICATED TO ST. PAUL - THE PATRON SAINT OF MALTA. FLANKED BY TWIN BELL-TOWERS, THE CATHEDRAL’S IMPOSING OCHRE FACADE OPENS INTO AN AWE-INSPIRING SPACE BESTREWN WITH MARBLE, ORNATE MASONRY-WORK AND RICHLY-DETAILED SIDE-CHAPELS. THE GILDED ARCHED VAULT WITHIN DEPICTS THE SHIPWRECK OF ST. PAUL IN MALTA AS DESCRIBED IN ACTS IN A SERIES OF BREATHTAKING CEILING PANEL-PAINTINGS BY THE MANNO BROTHERS. SURVIVING WORK FROM THE EARTHQUAKE-RAVAGED NORMAN CHURCH OVER WHICH THE CATHEDRAL WAS CONSTRUCTED INCLUDES 15TH-CENTURY TUSCAN PANEL-ART (NOW DISPLAYED IN THE MUSEUM), A BAPTISMAL FONT DEDICATED TO THE CONVERSION OF ST. PAUL AND THE ANCIENT PORTAL DOOR WHICH NOW CONDUCTS TO THE VESTRY. RETURN TO THE SHIP BY 5:00PM FOR SAILING AT 6:00PM. ******************************************************************************

• PILGRIMAGE TO GREECE WITH CRETE & MALTA • 2 NIGHTS OF ACCOMMODATIONS WITH BUFFET BREAKFAST AND DINNER

DAILY. • 4 LUNCHES DURING TOURS. • ALL TRANSFERS FROM THE AIRPORTS IN ATHENS TO SHIP IN PIRAEUS. • 5 DAYS OF TOURING IN A PRIVATE, AIR-CONDITIONED BUS WITH

LICENSED, ENGLISH-SPEAKING GUIDE. • ALL ENTRANCE FEES AS PER ITINERARY. • PORTAGE AT AIRPORT AND HOTEL (ONE SUITCASE PER PERSON). • SERVICE FEES AND LOCAL TAXES. • TIPS TO THE GUIDE AND DRIVER

IMPORTANT NOTE – CANCELLATIONS AND REFUNDS • A $100 PER PERSON DEPOSIT REQUIRED UPON BOOKING IS NON-

REFUNDABLE FOR TOURS AND HOTEL ARRANGEMENTS IN ATHENS. • FINAL PAYMENT IS DUE ON JANUARY 20, 2017 FOR TOURS AND CRUISE.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR OCEANIA CRUISES CAN BE FOUND ON YOUR INDIVIDUAL RESERVATIONS. OCEANIA PENALTIES BEGIN AT 121 DAYS PRIOR TO SAILING. • ALL PASSENGEERS WILL BE REQUIRED TO HAVE TRAVEL INSURANCE

AND PREMIUM WILL BE PAID WITH FIRST DEPOSIT • NO REFUND WILL BE PAID FOR UNUSED SERVICES SUCH AS: TRANSFERS,

SIGHT-SEEING, MEALS, HOTEL ACCOMMODATION, ENTRANCE FEES, AND OTHERS THAT ARE LISTED IN THE TOUR PROGRAM. RESPONSIBILITY AND LIABILITY: WHEREAS YA'LLA TOURS USA INC., FAITHFUL TRAVELS / INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL GROUP AND THE PARTICIPATING AIRLINES AND TOUR OPERATORS OPERATE THE LAND TOURS OFFERED UNDER THIS PROGRAM ONLY AS AGENTS OF THE AIRCRAFT, RAILROADS, CAR RENTAL CONTRACTORS, STEAMSHIP LINES, HOTELS, BUS OPERATORS, SIGHT-SEEING CONTRACTORS AND OTHERS WHO PROVIDE THE ACTUAL LAND ARRANGEMENTS, WE ARE NOT LIABLE FOR ANY ACT, OMISSION, DELAY, INJURY, LOSS OR DAMAGE OR NONPERFORMANCE OCCURRING IN CONNECTION WITH THESE TOURS. THE PASSENGER CONTRACT IN USE BY THE AIRLINE CONCERNED, WHEN ISSUED, SHALL CONSTITUTE THE SOLE CONTRACT BETWEEN THE AIRLINE AND THE PURCHASER OF THESE TOURS AND/OR PASSENGER. LAND ARRANGEMENTS: THE TOUR OPERATOR RESERVES THE RIGHT TO CHANGE THE ITINERARY DUE TO UNFORESEEN CIRCUMSTANCES. IN ALL CASES, YA'LLA TOURS USA INC. WILL DO ITS BEST TO MAINTAIN THE CONTENT OF THE TOUR. THE TOUR OPERATOR RESERVES THE RIGHT TO CHANGE THE HOTELS LISTED ON THE TOUR FOR OTHERS OF SIMILAR QUALITY. PASSENGER RESPONSIBILITY: PASSENGER HAS READ THE ABOVE TERMS AND CONDITIONS AND AGREES TO EACH OF THEM. PASSENGER HEREBY WARRANTS THAT HE/SHE FULLY UNDERSTAND EACH OF THEM. SPECIFICALLY PASSENGER UNDERSTANDS THAT SHOULD HE/SHE CANCEL THEIR TRIP FOR ANY REASON, PASSENGER WILL BE CHARGED THE CANCELLATION FEE SET OUT IN THE 'CANCELLATIONS & REFUNDS' SECTION. PASSPORT AND DOCUMENTATION: YOUR PASSPORT MUST BE VALID FOR AT LEAST SIX MONTHS AFTER THE END OF THE TRIP.

• PILGRIMAGE TO ROME – MAY 6 – 8, 2017 • PLEASE SEE INFORMATION SHEET

PILGRIMAGE TO ROME MAY 6 – 8, 2017

• SATURDAY. MAY 6

AT DISEMBARKATION, GROUP WILL BE MET AT PIER & DROP LUGGAGE @ HOTEL BEFORE A

TOUR OF THE VATICAN A LICENSED ENGLISH SPEAKING GUIDE WILL ESCORT YOU THROUGH THE VATICAN

MUSEUMS WITH SISTINE CHAPEL AND ST. PETER’S BASILICA; THE TOUR TAKES ABOUT 3 HOURS;

RESERVED TICKETS WILL BE PURCHASED TO BY PASS THE LINES

RETURN TO HOTEL – HILTON GARDEN INN ROME, CLARIDGE OR SIMILAR

The excellent location for our hotel, sets guests in the heart of the stylish Parioli area of Rome. Enjoy

easy access to the city center and visit the Villa Borghese Gardens for breathtaking scenery. The Gardens are also home to a number or buildings, attractions and the Galleria Borghese, showcasing a

stunning collection of paintings, sculpture and antiques.

• OPTIONAL NIGHT TOUR OF ROME WILL LEAVE HOTEL AT 7:30 P.M.

• SUNDAY, MAY 7

AFTER HOT BUFFET BREAKFAST, GROUP WILL DEPART FOR TOUR ENTITLED "CHRISTIAN ROME" WHICH INCLUDES

THE BASILICA OF SANTA MARIA MAGGIORE, ONE OF THE OLDEST SHRINES DEDICATED TO THE BLESSED VIRGIN. THIS SHRINE CONTAINS A RELIC FROM THE MANGER OF THE INFANT JESUS.

BASILICA OF ST. JOHN THE LATERAN WITH THE SCALA SANTA

AND THE FORMER RESIDENCE OF THE POPES PRIOR TO THEIR RETURN TO ROME IN 1377. ALSO VISIT THE TREVI FOUNTAIN AND

ST. PAUL OUTSIDE THE WALLS, WHICH HOUSES THE REMAINS OF ST. PAUL UNDER ITS MAIN ALTAR.

THE 3 BASILICAS ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT CHURCHES OF ROME FROM THERE WE WILL VISIT THE CATACOMBS.

THEY ARE HANDMADE EXCAVATIONS IN THE CITY USED AS CEMETERY BY THE ROMANS AND BY THE CHRISTIANS.

• LUNCH WILL BE AT A LOCAL PIZZERIA AND NOT INCLUDED IN THE TOURS.

• PLEASE BRING EUROS. • ADMISSION TO THE CATACOMBS & VATICAN IS COVERED

THIS EVENING, WE WILL ENJOY A GALA FAREWELL DINNER AND SOME FREE TIME MENU CHOICES FOR YOUR SELECTION WILL BE PROVIDE

MONDAY, MAY 8 GROUP WILL BE TRANSFERRED TO AIRPORT FOR FLIGHT HOME.

Tour Trip

• Colosseum • Piazza Venezia • Via dei Fori Imperiali (and Trajan Forum) • Trevi Fountain • Spanish Steps • St Peter's Basilica and Square • Gianiculum Heill

Duration: 3 hours Departure from: our hotel

Rome At Night Tour

Introduction:

Experience Rome like never before: under the Moon and the Stars! Enjoy an entertaining and fun evening under the Roman stars in the comfort of your own private deluxe vehicle driven by your personal Rome Cabs English speaking Driver eager to help you create lasting memories you’ll cherish forever. You will tour Rome’s most famous monuments, sites, and piazzas that are breathtaking at night and spectacularly different than day time.

No visit to Rome is complete without experiencing the Eternal City at Night! Pick up time from your hotel is 7:30 PM.

Description:

Your unforgettable night time tour includes a stop at Rome’s most famous ancient monument, the Coliseum. If you enjoy its magnificence during the day, you’d be amazed at its hauntingly beautiful transformation at night.

You will drive through the stunning Piazza Venezia where you will enjoy the view of the splendidly lit monument dedicated to Italy’s first king, Vittorio Emanuele II. This impressive and imposing structure nicknamed the “wedding cake” by the Romans, is made of pure white Carrara marble that appears to glow at night bathed in lights.

Nearby is Via dei Fori Imperiali, lined with various ancient imperial forums, most noticeable being Trajan’s Forum and Market with the famous Trajan’s Column.

Always enjoyed is drive to the Trevi Fountain, a spectacle of lights dancing on water pouring from its original 1st century BC aqueduct, Aqua Virgo. The Trevi Fountain at night was also featured in Fellini’s Italian classic, “La Dolce Vita”. The ancient Roman Pantheon is and impressive monument not only during the day, but also at night under the stars.

The Spanish Steps is also a sight to see under the stars. Its wide sweeping stairway is gathering place for locals and visitors alike, and it’s a happening place day and night. A drive to the Vatican for a stop in St Peter’s Square is always recommended. St Peter’s Basilica at night is one of the most classic images in Rome, and a stunning sight.

On top of the Gianiculum Hill you can take in the panoramic vista of Rome below with a spectacular view of sparkling lights, luminous church domes and a sea of roof tops resting beautifully under a blanket of stars.

After your tour is complete, your driver will take you back to your hotel.

Selection of stater

Appetizer with bruschetta and fried foods (mozzarella and stuffed olives) Appetizer with salami and cheese

Flan with ricotta cheese, vegetables and cream of tomato

Menu 1

“Penne” Pasta with Pachino tomatoes and basil Turkey Supreme with ham and provola cheese

Seasonal side dish Dessert

Menu 2

“Rigatoni” Pasta amatriciana style Roasted pork loin with porcini mushrooms

Seasonal side dish Dessert

Menu 3 “Mezze maniche” Pasta with aubergines and sardinian cottage cheese

Pork scalope with orange and mint Seasonal side dish

Dessert

Menu 4

Young potatoes with basil pesto sauce

Beef braised with vegetables sauce Seasonal side dish

Dessert

½ Mineral water- ¼ House wine – 1 Coffee

PILGRIMAGE IN THE FOOT STEPS OF ST. PAUL

FR. THOMAS GRAF, SPIRITUAL LEADER April 26 – May 8, 2017

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HOTEL ACCOMMODATIONS - DOUBLE OCCUPANCY – SINGLE RATES UPON REQUEST • _______PILGRIMAGE TO GREECE (APRIL 27 – 29 ) PRE-CRUISE $980 • _______CHRISTIAN TOURS IN CRETE AND MALTA PORTS $350 • _______PILGRIMAGE TO ROME (MAY 6 & 7) POST CRUISE $980 • _______NIGHT TOUR OF ROME (MAY 6) $79

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