8-Day Break

• Day 1 – Fly from your chosen airport to Rome where you’ll be met and transferred to Cassino for a seven-night stay. D
• Day 2 – Salerno & Caserta We start our tour at Salerno, where British forces landed in 1943. We see the beach-head, and the Roman Ruins where the Americans fought. We visit Salerno War Cemetery, seeing the grave of the great-grandson of the Duke of Wellington, and then go to the beachhead area, seeing where the British and American troops landed, before taking lunch close to the Greek-Roman ruins at Paestum. In the afternoon, we travel to Caserta, visiting the War Cemetery, looking at the story of Yorkshire and England cricketer, Hedley Verity, and see the Caserta Palace, where General Alexander had his headquarters. B,D
• Day 3 – Monte Cassino In Cassino we visit the Cassino War Cemetery and Cassino Memorial to the Missing. We include a visit to the excellent Historiale Di Cassino multi-media museum, where lunch is also included, and then in the afternoon we travel up to the abbey and Polish War Cemetery. We also visit the German War Cemetery at Caira. B,L,D
• Day 4 – Hill 593, Snakeshead Ridge & the Liri Valley We continue with our look at Monte- Cassino with a specially arranged visit to Hill 593 and Snakeshead Ridge, where much of the actual fighting took place. (Please note this will involve some walking.) We also walk down to Albaneta Farm and the wreck of a Sherman Tank, now a memorial to Polish troops. After lunch, we look at the fighting in the Liri Valley, seeing the ground at Acquino Aerodrome and looking at the Hitler Line defences between Acquino and Pontecorvo, before ending the day at the Gari/Rapido River, the scene of a disastrous American assault in 1944. B,D
• Day 5 – Anzio Today we look at the Battle of Anzio, seeing the US War Cemetery at Nettuno before having lunch in the seaside town of Anzio. After lunch we see the Anzio War Museum, Anzio War Cemetery and the Beachhead Cemetery, before going to the infamous Flyover at Campo di Casni, scene of fighting in 1944. B,D
• Day 6 – Sangro & Ortona We head north today, travelling to the Adriatic coast at Ortona, where we have a short walking tour of the town seeing where street to street and house to house fighting took place; Ortona was a place of great Canadian sacrifice in December 1943. We also visit the war museum and spend lunchtime in the town. In the afternoon, we visit the Canadian dead at the Moro River War Cemetery and end the day in the Sangro Valley and Sangro War Cemetery. B,D
• Day 7 – Minturno On our final day we travel to Minturno War Cemetery where the men who fell in the Volturno and Garigliano Crossings and in the fighting at nearby Monte Camino are buried. In the afternoon we return to Cassino for free time in the town, and a final visit to the Cassino War Cemetery. B,D
• Day 8 – We return to Rome for our flight home to the UK. B

Included Meals: B=Breakfast D=Dinner

Please Note: Entrance fees to museums and places of interest are at extra cost.

Accommodation
You’ll stay for seven nights at the 3-star Hotel Forum Palace, or similar in Cassino. The hotel is situated close to the centre of the city and offers a restaurant, bar and lounge. All bedrooms have T.V., telephone, hairdryer and air-conditioning.

Extras
Optional Excursions.
Single room supplement £149
Travel Insurance- from £41.95