![]() Education has fuelled the local economy since the 1400s, and students from across Italy compete for places in its elite university. But the world-famous Leaning Tower is just one of many noteworthy sights in this compelling city. ![]() Once a maritime power to rival Genoa and Venice, Pisa now draws its fame from an architectural project gone terribly wrong. Italy’s fashion industry was born and bred here. * Shore excursions are available & optional – FLORENCE & PISAĬradle of the Renaissance, romantic, enchanting and utterly irresistible, Florence (Firenze) is a place to feast on world-class art and gourmet Tuscan cuisine. Centered on the domed bulk of St Peter’s Basilica and Piazza San Pietro, it contains some of Italy’s most celebrated masterpieces, many housed in the vast Vatican Museums. The Vatican, the world’s smallest sovereign state (a mere 0.44 sq km), sits atop the low-lying Vatican hill just a few hundred metres west of the river Tiber. ![]() Idling around picturesque streets, whiling away hours at street side cafes, and people-watching on pretty piazzas – these are all central to the Roman experience. Few cities can rival Rome’s astonishing artistic heritage. Ancient icons such as the Colosseum, Roman Forum and Pantheon recall the city’s golden age as caput mundi (capital of the world), while it’s many monumental basilicas testify to its historical role as seat of the Catholic Church. * Shore excursions are available & optional – ROME & VATICAN.Ī heady mix of ruins, awe-inspiring art and vibrant street life, Italy’s hot-blooded capital is one of the world’s most romantic and inspiring cities. The result is a remarkably well-preserved slice of ancient life, where visitors can walk down Roman streets and snoop around millennia-old houses, temples, shops, cafes, amphitheatres and even a brothel. Much of the site’s value lies in the fact that the town wasn’t simply blown away by Vesuvius in AD 79 but buried under a layer of lapilli (burning fragments of pumice stone). Modern-day Pompeii (Pompei in Italian) may feel like a nondescript satellite of Naples, but it’s here that you’ll find Europe’s most compelling archaeological site: the ruins of Pompeii.The ruins of ancient Pompeii make for one of the world’s most engrossing archaeological experiences. It’s here that you’ll find the country’s best pizza, pasta and espresso, its most appetizing street markets, not to mention some of its most celebrated dishes. Welcome to Italy’s most unlikely masterpiece.īlessed with rich volcanic soils, a bountiful sea, and countless generations of culinary know-how, the Naples region is one of Italy’s epicurean heavyweights. Naples is a place of soul-stirring art and panoramas, spontaneous conversations and unexpected, inimitable elegance. You may take an excursion (optional) or step out on your own to wander the streets of Naples. Your ship will dock in Naples early in the morning.
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