Hotel Spotlight: Grand Hotel Excelsior, Amalfi

Grand Hotel Excelsior
Via Papa Leone 10 : Amalfi, Italy 84011 : : Phone 089-830-015

Enjoy the tastes of the Amalfi region in our romantic restaurant Tato. Located on an open terrace, the restaurant offers stunning views of the city while you dine. Groups and weddings will find our hotel an intimate and elegant setting. We offer two multifunctional meeting rooms for both large and small meetings. Our hotel is just 10 minutes from the Amalfi city centre via our private shuttle. Our guests love to explore the incredible sights and rich history including such monuments as Saint Andrew’s Cathedral overlooking the Piazza Duomo.

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Amalfi Coast and Rome - Semi-Escorted Motorcoach Tour

Amalfi Coast & Rome - *Daily Departures!

An extraordinary opportunity! S ee Italy's most impressive coastline, the Amalfi Coast! This breathtaking area will dazzle you with its color filled cliffs, beautiful bays and sea side warmth. Plus start your vacation in the eternal city of Rome!

Tour Highlights:

• A Celtic Favorite!
• 8 Meals -Breakfast & Dinner
• Great for groups
• Visit Rome, Naples, Pompeii and tour the beautiful Amalfi Coast

Your Amalfi Coast & Rome tour includes:

• Accommodation at 4 star hotels for five (5) nights (additional nights can be arranged at your request)
• Italian or continental buffet breakfast daily
• One lunch (drinks included)
• Two dinners (excluding drinks)
• Private transfer on arrival and departure in Rome
• 3-Hour Discovering Rome walking tour
• Full day excursion to Pompeii
• Ground transportation by deluxe motorcoach
• Entrance fees included where indicated
• Porterage of one suitcase per person
• Portfolio of travel documents
• Service charges and taxes included (City Tax at hotels not included - as it must be paid directly to hotels)
  
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Amalfi Coast and Rome - Semi-Escorted Motorcoach Tour

The Amalfi Coast and Rome!

The Amalfi Coast, Italy (la Costiera Amalfi tana) is a breathtaking 35-mile stretch of mountainous coastline situated on the Sorrento peninsula, just south of Naples, in the region of Campania. Considered one of the most beautiful coastlines in the world, it is characterized by very steep, rocky hillsides plunging dramatically into the Mediterranean Sea. Precariously perched on these hills are charming old fi shing villages. Around every turn of this “road of a thousand bends”, one catches a new view of the seaside more spectacular than the last.

An extraordinary opportunity t0 see Italy's most impressive coastline, the Amalfi Coast!  

Your Amalfi Coast tand Rome our includes:

• Five (5) nights accomodation in 4-star hotel in Rome (3 nights) and Amalfi (2 nights).
• Ground transportation by deluxe motorcoach including airport transfers.
• English-speaking guide throughout.
• Italian buffet or continental breakfast daily excluding the day of arrival.
• Six (3) Meals: 2 Dinners, 1 lunch plus breakfasts
• Walking tour of Rome.
• Full day excursion to Pompeii.
• Entrance fees included.
• Sightseeing tours as per itinerary.
• Local taxes and tips (excluding tips to driver and guide). City tax at hotels is NOT Included and must be paid direct to the hotels
• Celtic Tours flight bag and portfolio of travel documents.
   
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Celtic Tours announces new semi-chauffeured luxury tour of Amalfi Coast & Rome

The Buzz at Celtic Tours

For Immediate Release – June 7, 2011

ART, ARCHITECTURE &; PANORAMIC VIEWS – WITH 10% OFF
Celtic Tours announces new semi-chauffeured luxury tour of Amalfi Coast & Rome

Albany, New York….Celtic Tours reveals the newest addition to their luxury line of products, “Enchanting Amalfi Coast and Rome.” To kick off this new luxury tour, Celtic Tours is pleased to offer up to $460 per person off of land on this great tour.

Travelers will experience the best of the Amalfi Coast and Rome on this semi-chauffeured tour of Italy. They will discover the natural beauty and cultural charm of Rome with its magnificent art, architecture and panoramic views and then head south to the breath-taking Amalfi Coast and the Isle of Capri.

With 7 nights accommodations in 4 and 5 star properties, tour of Rome and private guided tours of Pompeii, the Amalfi Coast and the Isle of Capri, travelers will be enchanted by Italy on their Enchanting Amalfi Coast and Rome Vacation. Land from $4283 per person sharing (before discount). More details: http://bit.ly/ilcPO2

Discount applicable for travel through November 30, 2011, must be on deposit by July 30, 2011. Travelers must use promocode AAP10P to receive discount.

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Amazing South of Italy: Italian Vacation

Journey through southern Italy and experience its rich scenery, art, culture, food and wine! Witness the breathtaking scenery of the Amalfi Coast, discover the ruins of Pompeii, and visit the stunning trulli village of Alberobello. Sail to enchanting Capri and sip coffee in the Piazza.

Your Amazing South of Italy Tour Includes:

* Accommodation at 4 Star hotels
* Italian buffet Breakfast daily (no eggs)
* Return Transfer by private car/minibus and driver from/to the airport in Rome to hotel in Rome
* Four dinners and two lunches included
* Service charges and taxes included
* Ground transportation by deluxe motorcoach from Day 3 until day 7 (with the arrival at the hotel in Rome)
* Tour escort / Assistant beginning on day 3
* Sightseeing tours as per the itinerary
* Local guides (English - French - Spanish language) and entrance fees during the tour





Enjoy the Amazing South of Italy on this great Italian Vacation. For limited time only, select departures of this tour are on sale - use coupon code CS100.

Plan your summer vacation with Celtic Tours!

Haven't planned your summer vacation yet? Here are a few of Celtic Tours summer escorted motorcoach tours for you to choose from:

Celtic Dream: Our premier tour offers you an updated itinerary in 2011. This tour has added attractions for 2011 and features most of the major historic and scenic attractions of Ireland. The Celtic Dream is acknowledged by visitors and Travel Agents as being the best value tour offered to Ireland.

Irish Rose: Enjoy this scenic 10 day / 8 night tour of Ireland with an updated 2011 itinerary with added attractions. Highlights include: Dingle Peninsula, Foynes Flying Boat Museum, Medieval Castle Banquet, Galway Bay, Glenveagh Castle, Inishowen Peninsula, Giants Causeway, Belfast and the Titanic Tour.

Celtic Sojourn: Tour Highlights include Medieval Castle Banquet, Cliffs of Moher, Galway Bay, The Giants Causeway, Glenveagh Castle, Inishowen Peninsula, Belfast and the Titanic Tour.

Ancient Ireland: For those with limited time to spend in Ireland, we bring you the 6-day/4-Night Ancient Ireland Tour. A breathtaking shorter tour that brings you the best of scenic and Ancient Ireland! This is a great tour to combined a self-drive tour to extend your stay and make it a vacation of a lifetime.

West of Ireland: Discover the majestic West of Ireland. Travel back in time as you visit Achill Island with its wild views of mountains and beaches. See the remains of deserted cottages from the famine years. In Donegal, we will see the highest cliffs in Europe at Slieve League. See spinning, knitting and weaving as we travel along scenic routes to Ardara and Glenties.

The Amazing South of Italy: Journey through southern Italy and experience its rich scenery, art, culture, food and wine! Witness the breathtaking scenery of the Amalfi Coast, discover the ruins of Pompeii, and visit the stunning trulli village of Alberobello. Sail to enchanting Capri and sip coffee in the Piazza.

Sorrento and the Amalfi Coast: The Amalfi Coast, Italy (la Costiera Amalfi tana) is a breathtaking 35-mile stretch of mountainous coastline situated on the Sorrento peninsula, just south of Naples, in the region of Campania. Considered one of the most beautiful coastlines in the world, it is characterized by very steep, rocky hillsides plunging dramatically into the Mediterranean Sea. Precariously perched on these hills are charming old fi shing villages. Around every turn of this “road of a thousand bends”, one catches a new view of the seaside more spectacular than the last. Across the water lies the Isle of Capri, or the Blue Island. The Isle of Capri is renowned the world over as an exclusive holiday destination.

Tuscan Experience: Tuscany enchants us today because it holds a special link between traditions of the past and present. Villa Casagrande, a wine-producing villa constructed in 1392, will serve as our host for six nights. We will find ourselves strolling down quiet lanes bound by stone walls, cypress trees and cream-colored villas. A true Tuscan Experience!

Treasures of Italy: Enjoy the best of Italy during your unique journey highlighting the rich history and spectacular beauty of this majestic country. You will enjoy the best of traditional cities including Florence, Venice and Rome.

Visit Ireland and Italy on these great escorted motorcoach tours with Celtic Tours!

Beautiful Sorrento and Historic Rome together in an unforgetable tour

Sorrento and Rome Extravaganza Tour

Special Departure: September 13-22, 2011

Join Celtic Tours for this special departure featuring

• Roundtrip Airfare from JFK to Italy
• Transfer from Naples Airport to Sorrento
• Breakfast daily, except morning of arrival.
• 5-nights in beautiful Sorrento - at the 4-star Hotel Flora
• Full day tour of the Amalfi Coast
• Tour of traditional Lemon Farm
• Full day on the Isle of Capri
• Full day including Pompeii + Campania Wine Tour to La Cantine del Vesuvio
• Transfer from Sorrento to Rome
• 3-nights in Rome at the 4-star Grand Hotel Palatino
• Afternoon guided tour of Imperial Rome
• Morning guide tour: The Vatican + Afternoon guided tour: The Eternal Rome
• Papal Audience*
• Transfer from Rome hotel to Airport
  

Join Celtic Tours for an unforgettable tour of Italy on this special departure.

Alberobello and Trulli Dwellings

Alberobello, in the Puglia region on southern Italy, is a picturesque and fairy-tale like destination which makes an interesting daytrip destination of a pleasant base for a few days while traveling through Southern Italy. Famous for its trulli, it is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.It is a featured stop on Celtic Tours new The Amazing South of Italy tour.

A trullo is a small dwelling built with the local limestone, thick dry-stone walls and a characteristic conical roof. Many trulli roofs are adorned with ancient symbols of their pagan inhabitants. Trulli were generally constructed as dwellings or storehouses and were traditionally built without any cement or mortar, thus avoiding taxation. Legend has it that trullo were built by peasants and when the tax collector came around, they quickly dismantle their house. The vast majority of trulli have one room under each conical roof, a multi-roomed trullo house has many cones representing each room.

Icons of the Puglia region, trulli dot the countryside. But nowhere are they as numerous as in the city of Alberobello. Take a stroll through the twisting and turning steets, lined with trulli, of Rione Monti, The streets are also filled with wine shops, artisanal shops and kitschy souvenir shops. Around the main tourist area, there are many little bars, snack-shops, restaraunts and pizzerias, some in trulli. There are also a handful of small museums. When visiting Alberobello, don’t miss the Chiesa Sant’Antonia: a giant trullo church.

Visit Alberobello and the fairy-tale like trulli on Celtic Tours new The Amazing South of Italy Vacation.

The Amazing South of Italy Vacation

Amazing South of Italy!

Join Celtic Tours as you journey through southern Italy and experience its rich scenery, art, culture, food and wine! Witness the breathtaking scenery of the Amalfi Coast, discover the ruins of Pompeii, and visit the stunning trulli village of Alberobello. Sail to enchanting Capri and sip coffee in the Piazza.

Your Celtic Tours Amazing South of Italy Tour Includes:

* Accommodation at 4 Star hotels
* Italian buffet Breakfast daily (no eggs)
* Return Transfer by private car/minibus and driver from/to the airport in Rome to hotel in Rome
* Four dinners and two lunches included
* Service charges and taxes included
* Ground transportation by deluxe motorcoach from Day 3 until day 7 (with the arrival at the hotel in Rome)
* Tour escort / Assistant beginning on day 3
* Sightseeing tours as per the itinerary
* Local guides (English - French - Spanish language) and entrance fees during the tour

Learn more about Celtic Tours newest vacation in Southern Italy

Sorrento and the Amalfi Coast

Sorrento and the Amalfi Coast

"Do you know the land where the lemons are in flower?

In the green leaves golden oranges shine

A quiet wind blows from the blue sky

Quiet is the myrtle, serene the laurel

Do you know it well?

There, there

I would like with you, my love, to go!"

J.W. Goethe

Sorrento, wedged on a ledge between the mountains and the Mediterranean, is an attractive resort of 20,000 residents. Spritzed by lemon and olive groves, this gateway to the Amalfi Coast has an unspoiled old quarter, a lively main shopping street and a spectacular cliffside setting.

Sorrento Peninsula has a landscape unique in the world, where low and high hills, deep valleys and majestic mountains alternate, where the Man’s work - who levelled even the most impervious areas, transforming them in the famous terraces degrading towards the sea, on which he cultivated orange and lemon trees, olive groves and vineyards - has been grandiose. These are the delight’s gardens that in springtime exhale a stirring scent of orange - blossom. The mild and dry climate for most part of the year makes Sorrento Peninsula the ideal destination in every season.

The Amalfi Coast, Italy (la Costiera Amalfi tana) is a breathtaking 35-mile stretch of mountainous coastline situated on the Sorrento peninsula, just south of Naples, in the region of Campania. Considered one of the most beautiful coastlines in the world, it is characterized by very steep, rocky hillsides plunging dramatically into the Mediterranean Sea. Precariously perched on these hills are charming old fi shing villages. Around every turn of this “road of a thousand bends”, one catches a new view of the seaside more spectacular than the last. Across the water lies the Isle of Capri, or the Blue Island. The Isle of Capri is renowned the world over as an exclusive holiday destination.

Join Celtic Tours for an unforgettable Sorrento and Amalfi Coast Vacation

Sorrento and the Amalfi Coast

Sorrento and the Amalfi Coast!

The Amalfi Coast, Italy is considered one of the most beautiful coastlines in the world. The Isle of Capri is renowned the world over as an exclusive holiday destination.


Your Sorrento and Amalfi Coast tour includes:

*Six nights accomodation in 4-star hotel in Sorrento.
*Ground transportation by deluxe motorcoach including airport transfers.
*English-speaking guide throughout.
*Italian buffet breakfast daily excluding the day of arrival.
*One welcome dinner + farewell dinner including wine and water.
*One farewell dinner at the Villa with drinks included.
*Four hotel dinners.
*Half-day guided tour in Pompeii including entrance fees.
*Sightseeing tours as per itinerary.
*Local taxes and tips (excluding tips to driver and guide).
*Celtic Tours flight bag and portfolio of travel documents.

Witness the breathtaking scenery of the Amalfi Coast, discover the ruins of Pompeii and sail to enchanting Capri on Celtic Tours Sorrento and the Amalfi Coast Vacation.