W A G N E R ‘ s
I T A L Y
from bottom
to top!
As a result of the
COVID-19 virus closures
this tour has been
CANCELLED.
14 nights
Tuesday,
1st SEPTEMBER, 2020
to Tuesday,
15th SEPTEMBER, 2020
DRAFT ITINERARY
Tuesday, 1 September 2020
we arrive in PALERMO
2 nights at the Excelsior Palace.
Wednesday, 2 September 2020
guided walking tour of PALERMO
(including the SICILIAN VESPERS site)
and including Wagner’s
Grand Hotel et des Palmes
(finished refit?)
Thursday, 3 September 2020
coach – visit the MONREALE CATHEDRAL
and the temple at SEGESTA
late afternoon – fly to NAPLES
3 nights at the Royal Continental hotel.
Friday, 4 September 2020
guided walking tour of NAPLES.
Saturday, 5 September 2020
coach – visit the Sybil’s cave at
ancient CUMAE
(Virgil’s Aeneid book 6).
Sunday, 6 September 2020
coach – visit the rapidly-increasing
discoveries at POMPEII
continue to SORRENTO
1 night at the Hilton hotel.
Monday, 7 September 2020
coach – “the Amalfi Drive” –
to POSITANO, AMALFI and SALERNO
including “Klingsor’s Magic Garden”
at the Villa Rufolo, Ravello
continue to PAESTUM
1 night at the Areston hotel.
Tuesday, 8 September 2020
morning – guided walking tour
of the temples of PAESTUM
coach – to ROME
3 nights at the Star Michelangelo hotel.
Wednesday, 9 September 2020
day in ROME (including the RIENZI
and the TOSCA sites).
Thursday, 10 September 2020
day in ROME
including the TANNHÄUSER Pope’s
Lateran Basilica).
Friday, 11 September 2020
morning in ROME –
afternoon coach to SIENA
2 nights at the NH hotel.
Saturday, 12 September 2020
including the inspiration for
the “Grail Castle”
– the Siena Duomo.
Sunday, 13 September 2020
mid-afternoon –
coach to train station in FLORENCE
then bullet train to VENICE
2 nights at the Duodo Palace hotel.
Monday, 14 September 2020
day in VENICE
including the Wagner Museum
in the Palazzo Vendramin-Calergi
Tuesday, 15 September 2020
to Venice’s Marco Polo airport
– and fly home … or on elsewhere.
For any questions on the tour,
please ask Iain
then, please book through …
GEORGE HARDY at
GEORGIA HARDY TOURS
20 Eglinton Avenue West
Suite 1104 (Mail box 2067)
Toronto ON M4R 1K8
(416) 483 7533 x124
Georgia Hardy Tours
is registered under the
Ontario Travel Industry Act
Registration No. 2747543