SMITHSONIAN JOURNEYS. We are eager to introduce you to one of our newest travel partners – Smithsonian Journeys. As the world’s largest, most diverse museum-based educational travel program, their commitment to excellence is unrivaled. Smithsonian Journeys are custom-designed, offer exceptional pace and character, and are best known for their “special blend of cultural insights, personal attention and fun – in addition to values that can’t be beat.” As we focus on Europe this issue, we’ll highlight specifically their 14 unique and enriching journeys to Italy – including Italian Masterpieces, Villas and Vistas of the Lake District, Joys of the Italian Table, Apulia: Italy’s Southern Gem, The Glories of Rome, Italian Automobile Design, Insider’s Florence, Insider’s Venice, Tuscan Treasures, Italy’s Heartland and Bell’Italia. One of their most popular journeys is Great Retreats of the Romans. With departures in May and October of this year, you can look forward to savoring la dolce vita on the Amalfi Coast. This intriguing 11-day land-only vacation that includes hotel accommodations, many meals, and other exceptional amenities (economical air add-ons can be easily arranged from your home town) begins in Naples with a “welcome” reception and dinner. The following two days include an in-depth tour of Naples, prior to visits the Phlaegrean Fields (a fascinating cauldron of volcanic and thermal activity whose beauty and therapeutic powers enchanted the likes of Virgil, Cicero, and Caesar!), the seaside towns of Herculaneum, Vesuvius, Sorrento, Capri, Pompeii, Amalfi Coast and Ravello, Paestum and Ama, and a final day in Naples that includes a very special private tour of the National Archaeological Museum, festive reception and farewell dinner. Smithsonian Journeys is “Travel Beyond the Ordinary.”

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