Italy Tour Information LET'S GO TO ITALY TOGETHER Treasures of Italy from a Biblical Perspective September 28 - October 9, 2008 Back my Popular Demand Decorate Ornate presents another fabulous "Small Group" tour of Italy! We travel in our own Mercedes-Benz coach with Stephani leading the way! It's absolutely "Magical" as we go "off the tourist" paths and see things only read about in fairy-tale story books! MUST HAVE PASSPORT- GET IT NOW If you like Adventure, Fun, Bible History, Fairy-tales and Food,then you MUST get aboard this tour! Just to name a few places included in this tour: Rome, South Italy-Sorrento, Orvieto, Assisi, Arezzo, Cortona, Pisa, Florence, Venice, Verona, & so many special places in Tuscany & Umbria not mentioned, for your surprise! We will stay three glorious nights in "magical" Assisi! Yes, we are here during the famous "Feast of Celebration" of St. Francis there are no words to described this event, but magical and very spiritual Each day after breakfast, we will see, explore, and partake in the magical fairy-tale reality before us! We stay 2 nights in Verona, home of Romeo & Juliet We stay 2 nights in the Eternal City, Rome You will experience the most fabulous things on this tour We are staying in Villa Giovanna! Fabulously situated in the gorgeous village of Sorrento, surrounded by Lemon & Olive groves owned by Riccardo Filaci, son of Tony Included: Airfare & entire daily tour Villa/hotel rooms Entrance fees & boat fees(all fees) Breakfast every morning 4-5 course Dinner meals - many included All inclusive, except for a few meals, which gives you time to explore and choose yourself We travel in our "own" motor-coach, no big groups, just us! Enjoy the "Small Group" Adventure Call Decorate Ornate Store - 903.845.2519 E-mail: ALNCHANCE@AOL.com We travel in our "Own" Mercedes-Benz coach Stephani and Tony leading the way! No big groups to wait on as we explore One word to described this tour, "Magical" Tony was born and raised in Sicily, Italy and now lives in Tuscany! We visit many village markets and find the most amazing things to bring home! Stephani in Italy looking for her "Tuscany" villa to buy! Stephani at market in Italy. Stephani & Peggy in Italy market looking for treasures. Loaded up and heading to East Texas? Stephani in Rome, Italy enjoying two - Oh so good! I love the Art - Italy Stephani - Pisa, Italy - So much fun! Stephani & Luciano in boat - (my dear friend born and raised in Rome, Italy) Leaving Venice, Italy to Burano Peggy Garmon - attorney in Gilmer, TX  & Stephani Celebrating Peggy's Birthday in Burano, Italy - an Island off Venice Temple with "Icon" from Italy... Come see the selection of Icons Stephani at Cortona, Italy - Cortona is the village where the movie "Under the Tuscan Sun" was filmed. Do you remember Frances Mayes' house in the movie? Bramasole is the house and we visited it..... On our way to find Frances Mayes' house (Under the Tuscan Sun) was filmed at her house and is located at the top of Cortona, Italy village. These nice Italians were so surprised to see our bus driving up the narrow road to find her house! What a wonderful time we are having in Italy! This group Stephani took to Italy are from Houston, Dallas, Mexico, Arizona, Gilmer, Kilgore and Breckenridge! This is Peggy Garmon's, attorney in Gilmer, TX, second trip to Italy with Stephani! Jacque Gibbs & Stephani take a few minutes out of their shopping in AnaCapri, Italy, to grab a bite! You can see the expressions on the little lady & husband, as they wonder what planet we just arrive from.. Yes, the rain came down a little hard, but that's NO stopping us from shopping and having a blast.. Wow, we are seeing history right before our eyes! Stephani took this group to Italy and they are from: Houston; Tyler, Longview, Kilgore, Dallas, Florida, Bogota, Waco, and Shreveport, LA A great find at the Rome, Italy market this morning! Rome, Italy - My dear friend who paints for Decorate Ornate! Stephani talking to a local resident - Positano, Italy Anthe Caruso & Stephani in Positano, Italy - WOW so Gorgeous! South Italy - so Gorgeous... Come go with us for the Sept. & May Tours Go get your PASSPORT NOW - Sign-up NOW for next tour... Wow, George from Carthage & Brian meeting us from Iraq to enjoy a little family time Italy - Guess where? Only reveiled on Decorate Ornate Tours! This medieval village was a HUGE surprise for all of Stephani's passengers.. There are only ten (10) residents living in the medieval village way upon the mountain.. AND, the only way to get there is by: Donkey, Walking, or Motorbike... Guess what we did? Yes, we are going to WALK up this very medieval bridge! We can do it... Only ten residents living on the top village... We are going up.... After finally getting to the village, we heard this female Italian voice calling for help. In Italian she was saying, "Please let me out" Someone had turned the skeleton key that was left in her door on the outside! Yes, she was locked inside her own house! We turned the key and out came this 91 yr. old Italian lady... She has never been out of her village in 91 yrs! Being so happy and excited to see us, she insisted on bringing out her two chairs for us! Come on LaDonna & Paul - you are nearly to the top! Wow, we made it to the village, and we are going WILD looking around and running from house to house, and there is a big basilica here too! Don't forget to Sign-Up for the "Italy Tours" with Stephani