Fri, Oct 30 · Newark
- 1:55 PM3:29 PM✈️UA 1892 · CLE → EWR
Sat, Oct 31 · Rome
- 6:40 PM7:55 AM +1✈️UA 40 · EWR → FCO
Sun, Nov 1 · Rome
- 9:00 AM10:00 AM🚗Taxi · FCO → St. Peter's Giovy Terrace
- 10:00 AM🏠Check in · St. Peter's Giovy TerraceViale delle Mura Aurelie, 7A 6, 00165 Roma RM, Italy
- 12:00 PM📍Optional Angelus, St. Peter's Square (Pope Leo XIV)St. Peter's Square, Vatican City
- 5:00 PM📍Optional All Saints Mass, St. Peter's Basilica (Altar of the Chair)St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City
Mon, Nov 2 · Rome
- 10:00 AM📍Weekday Mass · St. Peter's BasilicaSt. Peter's Basilica (prayer entrance), Vatican City
Tue, Nov 3 · Rome
- 7:30 AM7:45 AM🚗Optional Taxi (van) to Viale Vaticano entrance
- 8:30 AM10:30 AM📍Vatican Museums · Spanish guided tourMusei Vaticani, Viale Vaticano, 00165 Roma
- 11:30 AM1:00 PM📍Pick up Audience tickets · Bronze DoorPortone di Bronzo, Piazza San Pietro, Vatican City
Wed, Nov 4 · Rome
- 10:00 AM11:30 AM📍Papal General Audience · St. Peter's SquarePiazza San Pietro, Vatican City
- 4:30 PM5:30 PM📍Scavi · Tomb of St. Peter (Vatican Necropolis), EnglishUfficio Scavi, Fabbrica di San Pietro, Vatican City
Thu, Nov 5 · Rome
- 9:00 AM10:00 AM📍Pantheon · timed entryPiazza della Rotonda, Rome
- 12:15 PM📍Colosseum · 24H ticket (Forum + Palatine)Colosseo, Piazza del Colosseo, 00184 Roma
- 2:00 PM📍Optional San Clemente excavations (€10, not booked)Via Labicana, Rome (5 min walk from the Colosseum)
- 3:00 PM4:30 PM📍Santa Maria Maggiore · Pope Francis's tombPiazza di Santa Maria Maggiore, Rome
Fri, Nov 6 · Assisi
- 9:15 AM🏠Check out · St. Peter's Giovy Terrace
- 10:00 AM🚗Pickup Europcar · Rome Municipio XV
- 10:45 AM1:20 PM🚗Drive · Rome → Assisi
- 2:00 PM🏠Check in · Al Quattro (Assisi)Via Sant'Apollinare, 4, 06081 Assisi PG, Italy
Sat, Nov 7 · Assisi
- 10:00 AM📍Basilica of San Francesco · tomb firstBasilica di San Francesco, Assisi
- 2:15 PM3:30 PM📍Optional San Damiano by taxi (closes ~16:30–17:45 in winter)San Damiano, Assisi
- 4:00 PM6:30 PM📍Carlo Acutis · Santuario della SpogliazioneSantuario della Spogliazione (Santa Maria Maggiore in Assisi, next to the Bishop's Palace)
Sun, Nov 8 · Termoli
- 7:45 AM🏠Check out · Al Quattro, leave with bags + car
- 8:30 AM📍Sunday Mass · Porziuncola (Plan A)Basilica di Santa Maria degli Angeli (Porziuncola), Assisi
- 9:45 AM3:35 PM🚗Drive · Assisi → Termoli via Ascoli Piceno
- 3:35 PM🏠Check in · Borgo Antico (Termoli)Via Maro de Gregorio Pasquale, 16, 86039 Termoli CB, Italy
Mon, Nov 9 · Matera
- 10:00 AM4:00 PM🚗Drive · Termoli → Trani → Matera
- 4:00 PM🏠Check in · L'Abbraccio dei Sassi (Matera)Vico Fornaci Vecchie, 12, 75100 Matera MT, Italy
Tue, Nov 10 · Matera
- 9:30 AM6:00 PM📍Optional Sasso CaveosoVico Solitario, Matera
- 10:30 AM2:30 PM📍Optional Altamura outing (~4 h, 20 min each way)Altamura (cathedral, old town)
Wed, Nov 11 · Matera
- 10:00 AM📍Optional Piano: Duomo + Palombaro LungoCattedrale di Matera
- 3:00 PM📍Optional Belvedere Murgia Timone (park at Jazzo Gattini + shuttle)Centro Visite Jazzo Gattini, Matera
Thu, Nov 12 · Polignano
- 10:00 AM4:00 PM🚗Drive · Matera → Polignano via Alberobello
- 4:00 PM🏠Check in · Casa Ileana (Polignano a Mare)Via Porto, 85 piano primo, 70044 Polignano a Mare BA, Italy
Fri, Nov 13 · Polignano
- 10:00 AM3:40 PM📍Locorotondo day tripLocorotondo (30 min from Polignano)
Sat, Nov 14 · Polignano
- 10:00 AM2:30 PM📍Optional Monopoli or OstuniMonopoli (15 min from Polignano)
Sun, Nov 15 · Ostia
- 9:00 AM4:35 PM🚗Drive · Polignano → Lido di Ostia by highway
- 4:35 PM8:00 PM🏠Check in · Attico sul Mediterraneo (Lido di Ostia)Via dei Fabbri Navali, 8, 00122 Lido di Ostia RM, Italy
Mon, Nov 16 · Ostia
- 8:15 AM🚗Return Europcar · Rome Fiumicino (FCO)
- 12:55 PM5:00 PM✈️UA 509 · FCO → EWR
- 7:59 PM9:44 PM✈️UA 2398 · EWR → CLE