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Hello Mike,
We will be in Puerto Madryn January 14, on the Regal Princess. If Port Compass does not work out for you, you might want to check with the guide we will be using. whalespatagonia@infovia.com.ar
I have been communicating with Vanesa and we have planned a great day at Punta Tombo, Gaiman and will add Trelew if there is time. There will be 12 of us from our roll call taking this tour together, but they have a smaller vehicle and will accomodate smaller groups.
See pictures of Punta Tombo and tea house at Gaiman here: http://community.webshots.com/album/263904305RdZyKs/3
For information about Trelew, Gaiman & Puerto Madryn: http://patagonia-argentina.com/i/atlantica/puertomadryn/madryn.htm
Julie
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Thank you Lauren! Sounds like they are very flexible and accomodating. We'll be in Rome 3 days post cruise and will build plans around whether/when we get tickets for the Scavi. Once we know about that, we may use a walking tour guide for part of our time in Rome. Will drop your name if we contact througheternity.
Julie
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AllAboard - your plans sound terrific - you have really done your homework. Finding an apartment in Barcelona was brilliant! Please share the name and contact info of the guide you are meeting in Rome.
Julie
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Hi Charlene!
I'll have to check our roll call and see who it is that was leaving on a spring break cruise! I tried to use the little embarassed smiley here - but for some reason, I am not able to use the smilies, or change font, size or color etc.
Another option would be to take the bus to Piazalle Roma and then catch a taxi from there to the port. We will be arriving 1 day early in Venice and will take the bus from the airport to Piazalle Roma, leave our large pieces of luggage in their "left luggage" area and then take the vaporetto to our hotel. The next morning, we'll take the vaporetto back to pick up our luggage and then plan to take the taxi to the port.
Julie
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For transportation in Rome:
You can purchase a BTI (Integrated Tourist Ticket) - Valid for three days for an unlimited number of journeys on buses, metro and urban trains. Cost Euro 11,00.
Tickets are sold at tobacconists, newsstands, cafés, travel agencies, hotels, vending machines at bus terminals and metro stations and at dealers in railway stations in Rome and Lazio.
For further information visit http://www.atac.roma.it or call 800 431784 (toll free number in Italy)
Tickets must always be validated
when getting on buses
before getting on metro and trains
The bus and metro system is not free! Validate your ticket before boarding the metro; on buses, look for the orange stamping machines. If you are caught without a validated ticket, the fine to be paid ranges between Euro 50,00 and Euro 500,00.
For more information about transportation in Rome see: http://www.slowtrav.com/italy/rome_transportation/index.htm
Vatican City:
The museum and basilica are connected by a staircase. As you enter the Sistine Chapel, if you go to the far end and take the door to the right, this will exit you from the museum down to the portico of the basilica and directly next to the ticket window for the cupola. Technically this is reserved for guides and their groups. However, the guards really don't care who leaves thru that door. Take note, that you can not exit this way if you have a museum audio guide. Also take note that once you pass thru this exit, you can not reenter the museum.
You may not re-enter the museum once you leave. Well, actually you can, but you need to buy a new ticket.
There is a very large cafeteria area located below the Pinacoteca. As you enter the museum, you will go up a very large escalator and then a small flight of steps. After the steps go to the right and follow the signs.
There is also a very small cafe located right next to the Sistine chapel. If you are coming from the Raphael Rooms or the Gallery of the Maps, as you come down the stairs, do not make a left into the chapel, but continue to the bottom of the stairs and hang a right. If you are coming from the Modern Religious art section due not head up the final flight of stairs to the chapel but continue straight. There are plenty of signs directing to the cafe. It is not hard.
For information about visiting the SCAVI (excavations below St. Peter's Basilica) see: http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/institutions_connected/uffscavi/documents/rc_ic_uffscavi_doc_gen-information_20040112_en.html?GRAB_ID=142\&EXTRA_ARG=\&HOST_ID=42\&PAGE_ID=728832
Rome tourist informatioin:
http://www.stuardtclarkesrome.com
4 Walking tours of Rome can be found here: http://www.frommers.com/destinations/rome/0064010008.html
Here's an interesting site in Rome that is not often heard about:
Cripta dei Cappuccini (the Capuchin crypt in Rome)
http://studenttravels.com/mag/03-02/rome.php
http://allan.hise.org/photos/italy2002/11_cappuchin/index.html
More great pics of Rome can be seen here:
http://www.fortogden.com/rome-slide-1.html
here:http://wings.buffalo.edu/AandL/Maecenas/general_contents.html#Italy%20-%20Rome
And here - Basilicas: http://www.ourfaithjourney.org/day09.htm
Guided walking tours of Rome:
http://www.vinorossotours.com/grouptours.htm
http://www.romanpromenades.com/vatican.htm
Punta Tombo penguins
in South America
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Punta Tombo is visited as an excursion in the port of Puerto Madryn. On our recent Regal cruise, we missed Puerto Madryn as well as Stanley - so our only option for penguins was Punta Arenas and it was as described by Live4cruises. Certainly better than no penguin viewing at all, but definitely inferior to what we hoped for at Punta Tombo!