LUCIA IN NAPOLI 21-24 NOVEMBER   Opera lovers will not want to miss a long weekend in Naples in late November for a performance of Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor at the Teatro San Carlo, the theatre where it received its premiere in 1835. There will also be ample opportunities for Christmas shopping as well as visiting the city's excellent museums, while the weather should still be pleasantly autumnal.

WEDNESDAY 21 NOVEMBER

Morning tour of Naples. This morning your local guide will take you on a fascinating tour of the streets and squares of Naples' old town. Visit the Church of San Gregorio Armeno with its lavish baroque interior.

Naples is famous for its tradition of Christmas cribs or 'presepi' embellished with many figures and touches of local colour. Continue to the church of Santa Chiara nel Chiostro and admire its famous crib.

Afternoon at leisure. Evening performance of LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR (Donizetti) at the Teatro San Carlo.

C: Domato Renzetti. D: Denis Karies.
Cast includes: Mariella Devia, Brigette Eger, Marcelo Alvarez, Franco Vassallo.

FRIDAY 23 NOVEMBER

Morning departure for Pompeii. The city, engulfed by volcanic lava from Mount Vesuvius in AD79 has been frozen in time, and provides a graphic glimpse of life in a Roman town nearly 2,000 years ago.

Wander in the streets, look into the shops and houses of the Roman residents and imagine the city as it was, humming with chariots jostling along the paved streets. Lunch in a local restaurant. Afternoon return to Naples.

Evening at leisure.

SATURDAY 24 NOVEMBER

Morning tour of the Royal Palace of the Bourbons, rulers of Naples in the 18th and 19th centuries, set in the exotically planted Parco di Capodimonte. Visit the museum which houses a fine collection of late Renaissance art including works by Filippo Lippi, Botticelli, Masaccio, Mantegna and Caravaggio.

A section of the museum is devoted to the porcelain figures made at the royal factory for the Bourbons. Lunchtime transfer to Naples Airport and depart on British Airways at 1505.

Arrive London Gatwick at 1700.

	PRICE per person 4 Day Tour Price £795.00 Single Room Supplement £125.00 Deposit required £225.00 Booking Deadline 30 JUN Tour Code NAP Tour price includes flights and airport taxes - transfers - accommodation - sightseeing tours as described including guides and entrance fees - buffet breakfast daily - one lunch - top category ticket for Lucia di Lammermoor at the San Carlo - tour manager or local representative. Dress: Lounge suit