{"id":164,"date":"2017-02-24T21:08:46","date_gmt":"2017-02-24T21:08:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/edhilltours.com\/?page_id=164"},"modified":"2023-01-20T16:17:38","modified_gmt":"2023-01-20T21:17:38","slug":"italy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/edhilltours.com\/?page_id=164","title":{"rendered":"Italy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1543 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/edhilltours.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/St-Marks-Square-Venice-300x98.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"327\" height=\"107\" srcset=\"https:\/\/edhilltours.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/St-Marks-Square-Venice-300x98.jpg 300w, https:\/\/edhilltours.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/St-Marks-Square-Venice-768x251.jpg 768w, https:\/\/edhilltours.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/St-Marks-Square-Venice-1024x334.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/edhilltours.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/St-Marks-Square-Venice-210x69.jpg 210w, https:\/\/edhilltours.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/St-Marks-Square-Venice.jpg 1042w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 327px) 100vw, 327px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Ed Hill Tours has specialized in tours to Italy almost since our beginning in 1962. Rome, the &#8220;Eternal City&#8221; and ancient capital, teems with history, culture, art &#8211; and gelato &#8211; as does most of Italy! Rome has always been a popular 2 or 3-day extension to our Israel Holy Land tours, and most of Rome&#8217;s leading sites such as, the Colosseum, Vatican, Sistine Chapel, Catacombs, and the ancient Forum can be visited during a 2-day stay. We also arrange deluxe motor coach tours of <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1523 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/edhilltours.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Roman-Forum-300x185.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"185\" srcset=\"https:\/\/edhilltours.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Roman-Forum-300x185.jpg 300w, https:\/\/edhilltours.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Roman-Forum-768x473.jpg 768w, https:\/\/edhilltours.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Roman-Forum-1024x630.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/edhilltours.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Roman-Forum-210x129.jpg 210w, https:\/\/edhilltours.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Roman-Forum.jpg 1095w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>various lengths which usually begin with 2 or 3 nights in Rome, then north to Tuscany visiting delightful Siena, San Gimignano &#8211; the medieval\u00a0 &#8220;skyscraper&#8221; town, Florence with it&#8217;s amazing Duomo and Art Museums (think Michelangelo&#8217;s David), and Pisa&#8217;s famous leaning tower. From there travel through the beautiful Apennine Mountains to Verona, famous for being the setting of Shakespeare&#8217;s &#8220;Romeo &amp; Juliet.&#8221; Continue to Venice, the city with no roads &#8211; only canals, built on 100 small islands. Must-see Venetian sites include: Piazza San Marco, Doge&#8217;s Palace, St. Mark&#8217;s Basilica and the Bridge of Sighs. And a gondola ride is also a must as it&#8217;s impossible to see many amazing parts of Venice except from a gondola. <em>We recommend 2 night stays in Rome, Siena, Florence, and either Verona or Venice for a 10-day tour.*<\/em><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1534\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1534\" style=\"width: 262px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1534\" src=\"https:\/\/edhilltours.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Ana-Capri-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"262\" height=\"197\" srcset=\"https:\/\/edhilltours.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Ana-Capri-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/edhilltours.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Ana-Capri-210x157.jpg 210w, https:\/\/edhilltours.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Ana-Capri.jpg 550w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 262px) 100vw, 262px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1534\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">View from Anacapri<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>If Southern Italy and a slightly shorter tour is your preference, we&#8217;ll design your tour to journey south after your Rome visit. Travel by deluxe coach to Naples and nearby Pompeii, viewing Mount Vesuvius. Stay in a beautiful mountainside hotel in Sorrento or Positano on the Amalfi Coast&#8230;you may wish to sample lemoncello, the drink made from the lemons grown in this region. Enjoy a short boat-ride to the magical Isle of Capri and visit it&#8217;s highest point, Anacapri, for an amazing view of the Tyrrhenian Sea and the Amalfi Coast. <em>We recommend 3 nights in Rome and 3 nights on the Amalfi Coast for an 8-day inclusive tour.*<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>*Includes day of departure and return date. These are samples of two of our most popular Italy tours. We produce only Custom Italy Tours based on a tour leader&#8217;s desired dates of travel, specific itinerary, level of accommodations, and other tour details.<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ed Hill Tours has specialized in tours to Italy almost since our beginning in 1962. 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