Anzio, Monte Cassino & San Pietro: Italian Campaign By Air
- Duration: 5 days
- Board Basis: Half Board
- Tour Ref: D2TLEGKIAC
Holiday Summary
- Travel Type: Air
PLEASE NOTE: Price is per person and based on two people sharing a twin/double room. Single room supplements and upgrades are not included.
Itinerary
Day 1
Fly to Rome and transfer to our overnight hotel in the Pomezia area.
Day 2 - Anzio
We travel to nearby Anzio. The Anzio landings in January 1944 were designed to by-pass the Germans at Cassino and advance rapidly on Rome, but it became one of the most static fronts of WW2. Here, we visit the Anzio War Museum (recommended donation of a minimum €2pp), see the British War Cemeteries and see where the Allies landed. After lunch, we visit the Sicly-Rome American War Cemetery and Visitors' Centre, before travelling to our hotel in Cassino for three nights.
Meals - Breakfast, Dinner
Day 3 - San Pietro; Italian War Cemeteries
This morning we journey to the French Cemetery at Venafro and then to San Pietro, a small village in the crucial Mignano Gap, where American forces fought a tough battle in 1943. This is now a preserved battlefield site and we explore the ruins. While in San Pietro we visit the local war museum, please note there is an entrance fee of approx. €5per person. After lunch, we see the Italian Cemetery at Mignano and then have free-time in Cassiano where you can also join a short walking tour looking at the battlefield sites in the town.
Meals - Breakfast, Dinner
Day 4 - Monte Cassino; Liri Valley
Today we look at the four battles for Cassino and start at Cassino War Cemetery where the dead from the fighting in 1944 are buried or commemorated on the Cassino Memorial. We then visit the Bedford and Hertfordshire Memorial and look at the final battle for Cassino, at the River Rapido, in the Liri Valley and on the Hitler Line near Aquino. After lunch, we travel up onto the impressive Monte Cassino, with some stunning views., also seeing the Polish War Cemetery, Polish Visitor’s Centre and then some time in the monastery.
Meals - Breakfast, Dinner
Day 5
On our final morning, you will be tranferred to the airport for your return flight. Depending on your flight time you may have some leisure time in the picturesque town of Frascati near Rome.
Meals - Breakfast