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• Guided /Escorted sightseeing and all ground transportation from Valva ( air conditioned ) as indicated, with a multi lingual speaking tour guide.

• Individuals or groups can be picked up at Naples airport or trainstation - additional fees may be payable.

• Welcome cocktail drink.

• Meals as indicated , pre-set menu (B = breakfast: Daily , L = lunch: , D = dinner)

• Accommodation in three and four stars hotels, rooms are with private bathroom facilities.

• Accommodation tax, service taxes and charges & meals as indicated

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By special arrangements, couples or small groups can book this tour and start it on any day of the week.

Itinerary
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Morning

• Arrive at Valva

• Get settled at Palazzo Gaudiosi D'Urso at Valva.

• Dinner at Ristorante “I due Cannoni” or “La Collina” both in Oliveto Citra.

Morning

• Visit to Colliano and lunch at a typical tavern; visit to Caseificio Lullo – Colliano – to see how they produce “mozzarella” and “ricotta” cheeses

Afternoon

• Visit of the old borough of Valva and Villa d’Ayala.

• Lunch at Agriturismo a Casa di Mary or Ristorante “Il Mulino”, both in Colliano.
   

Day 3- Paestum

Morning

• Visit of archeological area of Paestum.

Paestum is the classical Roman name of a major Graeco-Roman city in the Campania region.

It has always been shrouded in mystery. It was probably founded around 650 BC by a large group of Dorians who had been expelled from the city of Sybaris, a luxurious resort across the mainland on the Ionian Sea. The Dorians named their new colony Poseidonia, after the most important of their gods; it flourished and quickly became the greatest city on the gulf of Salerno. Then in 510 BC, Sybaris was destroyed. Poseidonia languished until 390 BC, when it fell to a tribe of local barbarians called the Lucanians. Legend has it that for decades the Greek inhabitants of the captive city secretly met once a year to remember the illustrious days of their forefathers.

The city of Paestum covers an area of approximately 120 hectares. It's only the 25 hectares that contain the three main temples that have excavated. The other 95 hectares remain on private land and have not been excavated.

The modern town of Paestum, directly to the north of the archaeological site, is a popular seaside resort. In the region of Paestum there are long, sandy beaches.

• Lunch at ristorante “Nettuno” or “La pergola”

Afternoon

• Visit ofAgropoli. At the beginning of Cilento coast, dominated by the historical centre, with a feudal castle accessible through a beautiful door, it represents one of the most important and lively place of Cilento. The town (20.000 inhabitants) , where have been recently found some tombs of an age prior to the byzantine period, keeps also the medieval ruins of S. Francesco's monastery, the church of Holy Mary of Costantinople (XVI century), S. Marco's, S. Francesco's, Tresino and Pagliarulo towers, in fairly good conditions. A port with 900 places boat, a traditional and conforting hospitality, the charming beacbeach of Trentova bay contribute to feature Agropoli as important seaside resort.

or visit of S.Maria di Castellabate and the old borough of Castellabate.

Morning

• Visit to Padula

Padula is known for its Charterhouse, an unquestionably artistic and prestigious monument.

The Padula Charterhouse was founded in 1306 by Tommaso Sanseverino. This Padula Charterhouse is so unique and different from any other because of its wide and numerous rooms; just mentioning some numbers gives us an idea of the actual space, the gardens, market yard and monastery cover over 250.000 square meters.

The Charterhouse San Lorenzo of Padula Monastery extends on 52.000 square meters and there are 320 rooms. It is actually Europe's biggest; we can therefore easily deduct that it consists of a complex of many buildings which were added and piled up through the centuries up to the clear baroque marks we can see today. The one-aisle gothic church is exceptionally gorgeous, with cross vaults and groin arches.

The floors are majolicated and go back to the XVIII century; the Chorus of Fathers is extremely prestigious, entirely notched and carved. A glorious wide staircase connects two levels of the big cloister, while the staircase in Padula Charterhouse develops in two elliptical ramps offering visitors a striking scenic effect.

• Lunch at Ristorante “La sosta del Priore” or “La locanda dei Trecento”

Afternoon

• Visit to Teggiano

In the afternoon visit of Teggiano. It is an ancient centre of Diano Valley, full of medieval monuments. It is considered a small city-museum, included among the most important centres of the area. In 1485 the Sanseverinos', supporters of angioin party, hatched the famous "Barons' plot", just in the castle of Teggiano, against Ferdinando d'Aragona King of Naples.

Very very beautiful to visit: Church of Annunziata with frescos and big altar piece (XVI century). Church of S. Angelo with crypt (1200) Church of SS. Pietà with medieval cloister, frescos and wooden statues of XVI century. Diocesano Museum in the XV century church of S. Pietro, with important tombstones, frescos and the Bartolomeo Franconi's baldachin tomb (1401). Church of S. Francesco (1307) with a beautiful wooden ceiling painted in 1745. Church of S. Andrea with tablets painted by Andrea Sabatini (XVI century). Rural Civilization Museum.

• Return to Valva for resting and dinner at Contursi Terme restaurant Paradise.

Morning

• Visit to the Abbey at Goleto

The splendid San Guglielmo al Goleto Abbey, another masterpiece of Romanesque architecture, one of the most evocative of the monumental complexes of South Italy. The Abbey of San Guglielmo of Goleto is situated on top of a hill not far from Sant'Angelo dei Lombardi. This monastery has attracted many pilgrims over the years, and today is an ideal retreat from the hustle and bustle of city life.

Inside its thick, stone walls is St. Luke's Chapel, with its important frescos, and the Greek Crossed Church .Also to be found inside the walls are a few small houses from the middle ages built by pilgrims whose religious convictions drew them near to St. Guglielmo's abode for protection. The Tower of the Abess' Defense can be admired through an inward door. The silence and the peace that pervades the monastery creates a mystical and unreal atmosphere.

• Lunch at Ristorante “La Ripa”- Rocca San Felice, or “Il Porcellino” – S. Angelo dei Lombardi.

Afternoon

• In the afternoon shopping with Susanna Gaudiosi “personal shopper”. She will take to the best and cheap shops of the zone, and will suggest and assist you in your shopping.
   
• Lunch at a typical farm house "La valle degli ulivi"

Morning

• Visit to Antica Volcei

In the places of the itinerary Ancient Volcei the history of the human installation has not known standstills or meaningful interruptions and the whole territory is rich of archaeological documentation, characterized by shed installations since the archaic age.

It gives testimony of it the town of Buccino, rose on the "situs" of the ancient Volcei where the rests of mosaics, roads, shops, overlap the buildings and the churches of the medieval Buccino.

The extraordinary overlapping and the intersection of elements that testify the importance and the consistence of the recovered archaeological patrimony, realizes a sky open museum!
In Buccino and in its proximities, the great main villas of the Roman age can be admired.

• Lunch at ristorante “Montestella” or “Il Chiostro degli antichi sapori”  or guided visit of Rosapepe Spa and time to spend at the thermal swimming pool+relaxing massage or simply Lunch at Grand Hotel Rosapepe Terme

Afternoon

• Return to Palazzo Gaudiosi D’Urso meeting hall, lessons for making “taratella”, a typical pasta from Valva and dinner with typical products of the zone.

Morning

• Departure - after a another hearty breakfast guests will say goodbye, and with great memories of their stay in Valva, make their way to the next part of their journey.