A Travel Blog entry by khillski from Rome, Lazio, Italy
Breakfast was on the terrace of the hotel overlooking the Bay of Naples. Today we are going to Isle de Capri, a small island off the tip of the Sorrento Peninsula. The ferry ride takes about 30 minutes and offers great views of the Sorrento Peninsula and ...
A Travel Blog entry by khillski from Rome, Lazio, Italy
Historically beautiful, rich and powerful, it was in the Ager Vaticanus stadium just south of the Vatican that 1st-century emperor Nero martyred the Christian faithful. Among them was apostle Peter, whose tomb lies beneath the monumental St Peter's ...
A Travel Blog entry by khillski from Rome, Lazio, Italy
Our cruise ended today as we docked early at the port of Civitavecchia. Although Civitavecchia itself is not a tourist destination, anyone traveling by sea into or out of western Italy will pass through this port city. Built in the 2nd century by Emperor ...