8 days · 7 nights
Sicily to Rome: The Final Voyage
A journey that closes the story, tracing the last recorded sea voyage and its arrival at the capital. Strong on early Christian archaeology — catacombs, house churches and the earliest basilicas.
Day by day
Day 1
Arrival in Malta
Transfer to Valletta and an evening walk along the bastions.
Day 2
Malta by coast
St Paul's Bay, Mdina and the catacombs of St Paul and St Agatha at Rabat.
Day 3
To Sicily
Short flight to Catania and transfer to Syracuse.
Day 4
Syracuse
Neapolis archaeological park, the Duomo built into a Greek temple, and Ortygia.
Day 5
Pozzuoli & Naples
The Flavian amphitheatre and Roman port, then north toward Rome.
Day 6
The Appian Way
A guided walk on the original basalt paving and a visit to the San Callisto catacombs.
Day 7
Rome
Forum, Mamertine prison, and the basilica of St Paul Outside the Walls to close the journey.
Day 8
Departure
Transfers to Fiumicino.
