During the month of July this year, the “Vegano Italiano Festival” will take place in Italy! Tierno Tours and Green Earth Travel are offering four, one week vegan travel tours of the Amalfi region. Renowned vegan speakers will be featured during each of these weeklong tours. The tour groups will be taken to visit Cilento, Vetri Sul Mare, Felitto, the Monastery of Padula, Villa Cosilinum, Palinuro, the Castle of Roccadaspide, the Amalfi Coast, the port of Salerno, Pompeii and Peastum.

Guests will stay at one of six bed & breakfast accommodations in the National Park of Cilento.
It is Italy’s second largest national park. Cilento is one of the eight UNESCO World Heritage sites in the area. The Cilentana diet has always been very plant-based and organic as well. This region is extremely vegan-friendly.

The speakers during the tour will include the following:
Week One:Saturday July 4–Saturday July 11 – Jason Wyrick from thevegantaste.com “vegan tacos” and Jasmine Singer and Mariann Sullivan from OurHenHouse.org “Our Hen House”
Week Two:Saturday July 11–Saturday July 18 – Dr. Ruby Lathon from RubyLathon.com “Veggie Chest” and Carolyn Scott-Hamilton from HealthyVoyager.com “Healthy Voyager’s Global Kitchen”
Week Three:Saturday July 18–Saturday July 25 – Miyoko Schinner from MiyokosKitchen.com “Artisan Vegan Cheese” and Matt Frazier from NoMeatAthlete.com “No Meat Athlete”
Week Four:Saturday July 25–Saturday August 1 – Fran Costigan from FranCostigan.com “Vegan Chocolate”

Itinerary for 8 Days & 7 Nights

Day 1 – Saturday

Arrive in Naples (NAP), drive to Cilento, stopping in Vetri Sul Mare, a small town where we will see ceramics-making demos in almost every shop along Main Street. Then we will continue south to check into our villa and meet for our Welcome dinner. (D)

Day 2 – Sunday

Felitto – Harvest nature walk, where we will learn about all the wild greens, vegetables and herbs that have been used for centuries in the local dishes of Cilento. After our harvest walk, we will have lunch in a local farm house. After lunch we can choose to take a ride down the river on a paddle boat* or a nature walk throughout the mountains of Felitto. (B, L, D)

Day 3 – Monday

Our first stop is the Monastery of Padula, a UNESCO World Heritage Site and the largest antiquity of southern Italy. We will have lunch in Villa Cosilinum, a beautifully restored Villa at the top of this village. After lunch, we will have a tour of Joe Petrosino’s home before heading back to the villa for dinner and a cooking lesson from our host. (B, L, D)

Day 4 – Tuesday

Drive down the Coast of Cilento to the village of Palinuro, where we will get our boat ride to the five Grottos (caves) of the cape. We will have lunch overlooking the water and then free time on the beach. Dinner includes a cooking lesson from host. (B, L, D)

Day 5 – Wednesday

Tour of the Castle of Roccadaspide, built in 1242 by Fredrick II, passed down to the Duke Ettore Giuliani, who will give us the tour himself. After lunch at a local trattoria we will take a ride to the city of Agropoli where we will have free time to explore the city. Next we will drive back to the villa for Pizza Night, where we will make our own brick oven pizza. (B, L, D)

Day 6 – Thursday

We are heading to the Amalfi Coast. Leaving from the port of Salerno you can choose to spend the morning in Positano or the Island of Capri. Dinner back at the villa. (B, D)

Day 7 – Friday

We are spending our last day in Pompeii. We will have a 2-hour guided tour of the ancient city then drive back to the villa, stopping at Paestum, where you can see three of the best preserved collections of Greek temples outside of Greece. (B, D)
We will provide a list of things to do and vegan-friendly places to eat and offer the option to come with us to see your favorite spots on free days.

Day 8 – Saturday

Transfer to airport Naples – NAP.

* Boat rides are subject to weather and seasons

PRICES FROM $2595.00 PER PERSON

Single supplement is $385.00. Single rooms are very limited.

This Fully escorted Tour Includes:

7-Breakfasts continental
4- Lunches, including wine
7-Dinners, including wine
7-Nights in four-star Villa/B&B,
Transfers to and from airport – Naples
All admission to sites
English speaking guide throughout your stay
1st class motor coach
Tips for baggage handling, taxes and hotel gratuity, except Tour Director.
*Please note the airport transfers are included only if you are arriving and departing on the dates selected. If you arrive a day early or are staying later then the transfer is not included in the package

Please contact Donna Zeigfinger for bookings, questions, etc. at (301) 229-5666 or info@greenearthtravel.com

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