Highlights:
- Enjoy an Italian culinary experience, with a hands-on lesson teaching us how to make pizza the authentic way.
- Spend two nights staying in a traditional, heritage-listed trullo, a conical shaped house unique to the region of Puglia.
- Take a tour of a local olive farm. Located on the plains of the Marina di Ostuni, the impressive olive trees are thought to be up to a thousand years old.
- Stay in one of Matera’s ancient sassi cave dwellings, carved into the limestone gorge of La Gravina, for two nights.
- Watch the world go by while enjoying a coffee and freshly prepared pastries known as pastizzis at a well-established café, in the heart of Valletta.
- Experience the authentic flavours of a traditional Maltese restaurant, where we’ll enjoy a tasting of local Gozitan wine over a light lunch.
Inclusions:
- Small group tour of max. 20 travellers
- Return economy-class flights from Australia to Europe. Taxes included
- All touring in air-conditioned vehicles
- Ferry from Calabria to Sicily
- Ferry from Pozzallo to Malta
- 15 nights in 3-4 star hotels
- 2 nights in local trullo, Alberobello
- 2 nights in cave hotel, Matera
- 19 breakfasts, 1 lunch and 6 dinners, including group welcome and farewell dinners
- English-speaking locally based tour directors
- English-speaking locally based guides
- Tipping included
Please enquire with your RAC travel consultant for a detailed itinerary.
Day 1: Depart Australia
Day 2: Arrive Rome
Day 3: Rome
Day 4: Rome - Pompeii - Sorrento
Day 5: Isle of Capri Excursion
Day 6: Positano and the Amalfi Coast Excursion
Day 7: Sorrento - Alberobello
Day 8: Monopoli and Locorotondo Excursion
Day 9: Alberobello - Ostuni - Matera
Day 10: Matera
Day 11: Matera - Taormina Riviera
Day 12: Mount Etna Excursion
Day 13: Taormina Riviera - Palermo
Day 14: Palermo
Day 15: Palermo - Monreale - Agrigento
Day 16: Agrigento - Ragusa - Malta
Day 17: Malta
Day 18: Gozo Island Excursion
Day 19: Malta
Day 20: Malta
Day 21: Depart Malta
Day 22: Arrive Australia
Prices
Dates
*Advertised price is per person, twin share based on 20 April 2027 departure. Single supplement applies for solo travellers. Other travel dates available at a seasonal surcharge. Please enquire with your RAC travel consultant for current availability and pricing.
*All prices shown are per person, twin share based on 20 April 2027 departure. Single supplements apply. Prices are correct at time of printing but are subject to change. Return economy-class flights from Australia to Europe are included. Taxes included. Flights are subject to availability at time of booking. Please enquire with your local RAC travel consultant for current availability and pricing. Further Bunnik Tours terms and conditions apply.
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