TRAVEL GUIDE by..…. BOCHADEIRO TOURS
Anna Boixader Sussi Casals Eric Tejero
Napoli – Syracuse - 6 days tour -
Schedule: 12/06/2015 Departure Barcelona: 12:00 Arrival Napoli: 14:00 12/06/2015 Napoli day 13/06/2015 Departure Napoli: 10:00 Arrival Pompeii: 10:30 Departure Pompeii: 18:00 Arrival Napoli: 18:30 Departure Napoli: 20:00 14/06/2015 Arrival Palermo: 08:00 Palermo day
15/06/2015 Departure Palermo: 09:30 Arrival Syracuse: 13:00 Syracuse day 16/06/2015 Departure Syracuse: 11:00 Arrival Catania: 12:00 Departure Catania: 14:25 Arrival Barcelona: 16:45
Attractions and activities: 1. Pompeii Ruins The ruins of Pompeii is located 2 hours from Naples (Italy), and we can find points of interest featured as the amphitheater, the Great Palestra, Teatro Grande, House of the Faun, the Forum, the Temple of Apollo, the brothel, the Villa of the Mysteries (outside), the Temple of Jupiter, the Basilica, the Baths of the Forum and the House of the Tragic Poet, besides the Antique (museum area).
2. Markets: Shopping in Palermo Palermo still retains much of its ancient appearance of the Mediterranean in various markets scattered throughout the city: the most typical are the Vucciria, Ballarò and Il Capo. Vucciria extends between Via Roma and Cala Cassaro, within the district of Castellammare. The proximity to the port city has encouraged the settlement of merchants and traders of Genoa, Pisa and Venice from the twelfth century. The term comes from Bucceria, Boucherie in French, "butcher". The market was, in fact, initially scheduled as carnage. Later it became a market for the sale of fish, fruits and vegetables. Formerly it was called "the great Bucciria" to distinguish it from the smaller markets. Ballarò is the oldest among the markets of Palermo and extends from the House Professa plaza to Port St. Agatha. It is one of the most colorful food markets. The products sold come from the Palermo countryside. Il Capo is set in the heart of the district of the same name remains popular elements of the typical Mediterranean market.
3. San Giovanni - Syracuse The bored guide will whisk you through the original 6thcentury Greek-cross crypt, with remnants of frescoes and capitals from the Byzantine and Norman eras, including the purported column where Siracusa's first bishop, San Marziano, was flogged to death. But the real treat are the catacombs, the only set of Siracusa's many subterranean burial grounds currently open to the public. There are some 20,000 tombs down here, niched into tunnels that honeycomb the earth connecting former Greek cisterns (recycled by early Christians into chapels). Along with cornrows of graves that once housed extended families, you'll see a few faded frescoes and early Christian symbols etched into stone slabs.
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