DAY 9 • Mount Etna • Home-Hosted Lunch • Mount Etna conversation
Explore Mount Etna, Europe’ s largest active volcano. Then, experience two Exclusive Discovery Series events: A Home-Hosted Lunch followed by a conversation about Mount Etna with a local expert.
Meals: B, L | Grande Albergo Maugeri or similar
DAY 10 • Fly to Valletta, Malta Check out of your hotel before dawn and fly to Malta. Meals: B, L | Land ' s End Boutique Hotel or similar
DAY 11 • Valletta • Conversation about government corruption in Malta
Discover Valletta, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Later, hear about a journalist’ s ill-fated investigation into government corruption during an Exclusive Discovery Series event.
Meals: B, D | Land ' s End Boutique Hotel or similar
DAY 12 • Optional Mdina & Rabat tour On your own. Or, join an optional tour to explore Mdina,“ The Silent City,” and Rabat, home to Wignacourt Museum’ s treasures.
Meals: B, D | Land ' s End Boutique Hotel or similar
DAY 13 • Palazzo Parisio • Boat ride to the Blue Grotto
Explore the village of Naxxar and the Palazzo Parisio. Later, take a boat ride to the Blue Grotto limestone arch.
Meals: B, L | Land ' s End Boutique Hotel or similar
DAY 14 • Optional Island of Gozo tour Explore Valletta at leisure or join an optional tour to the island of Gozo, where you’ ll taste hobz( a Maltese sourdough bread) and visit the Cittadella of Victoria.
Meals: B | Land ' s End Boutique Hotel or similar
DAY 15 • Hagar Qim & the Three Cities Visit Hagar Qim, one of the oldest religious sites on Earth. Then discover a trio of historic fortified towns known as“ The Three Cities”— Cospicua, Senglea, and Vittoriosa.
Meals: B, L, D | Land ' s End Boutique Hotel or similar
DAY 16 • Return to U. S. Transfer to the airport for your flight home, or begin your Rome’ s Ancient Relics & Renaissance Art post-trip extension. Meals: B
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OPTIONAL EXTENSIONS
Tunisia: Tunis, Kairouan & Ancient Carthage PRE-TRIP: 7 nights from $ 1,495
Rome’ s Ancient Relics & Renaissance Art POST-TRIP: 4 nights from $ 1,795
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