Wings Over the Mediterranean

Arrive in Lisbon, where you are met and transferred to your hotel in the city center. Tonight, join your Resident Tour Director and fellow guests for a welcome reception and dinner.

Begin your day with an introduction to Lisbon, exploring some of the city's many highlights, stopping to admire the Jerónimos Monastery with its Manueline-style architecture, and then visiting the Calouste Gulbenkian Museum. Tonight, experience the magic of Portugal's ancient Fado tradition over dinner.

Travel just outside Lisbon today to Sintra, designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site for its stunning 19th-century monuments. Explore the National Palace of Portugal, the best-preserved medieval royal residence in the country, and then proceed to the Pena Palace, decorated with vivid colors and evocative stone carvings. Return to Lisbon for time at leisure.

Leave Lisbon for a private exploration of one of Portugal's oldest wineries. After lunch, fly by private charter aircraft to sunny Barcelona. Take in the views from the hill of Montjuïc, and then ride the cable car to the port and savor dinner beside the sea before checking in to your hotel.

Discover the groundbreaking works of Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí, including Casa Batlo and La Pedrera as well as the Sagrada Família, a spectacular basilica begun in 1882 and still not entirely completed. Enjoy your afternoon at leisure, perhaps stopping for lunch in the Central Market, also known as La Boqueria, free to explore the city. Tonight, gather for a flavorful tapas experience and a flamenco performance.

Travel overland to Figueres, where you are guided through the Salvador Dalí Theater-Museum, designed by Dalí himself and considered the world's largest surrealist object. Continue to Girona, a city that boasts Romanesque towers, medieval stone ramparts and a cathedral with the widest Gothic nave in the world. Explore the charming old Jewish Quarter and visit the medieval Arab baths before returning to Barcelona.

Fly by private charter aircraft to Naples. On arrival, enter the historic city center for lunch at a traditional Neapolitan pizzeria. Afterward, visit the National Archaeological Museum to view many of the treasures excavated from Pompeii and Herculaneum. Later, travel to the coastal town of Sorrento and settle in to your hotel, where you enjoy a relaxing Scenic Sundowner experience overlooking the glittering Gulf of Naples.

Indulge in the many splendors of the Amalfi Coast today. In the hilltop town of Ravello, take part in a cooking class, and then sample the local dishes you've helped create for lunch. Proceed on a drive to colorful Amalfi itself, before embarking by ferry on a coastal cruise back to Sorrento, absorbing postcard-perfect seascapes along the way.

This morning, visit a local organic farm, strolling through their garden to see how it showcases the local biodiversity and basking in the sun-warmed scents of aromatic herbs. Gather in the on-site dairy to learn how traditional fresh mozzarella is crafted by participating in a hands-on demonstration. Then, taste the delicious results accompanied by an aperitif, concluding this delightful Chef's Table experience. Return to Sorrento for an afternoon at leisure, free to hike the rugged hills, visit the lyrical island of Capri or simply relax.

Journey to historic Pompeii to explore this UNESCO World Heritage Site, where the daily life of ancient Italy was frozen in time by ash and debris from an eruption of nearby Mount Vesuvius in AD 79. Fly by privately chartered aircraft to Dubrovnik, where you settle into your luxurious hotel, and then enjoy dinner.

Start your day by observing silk weavers at work in Konavle who practice an intricate craft handed down through the generations. After lunch, stroll in Dubrovnik with your local guide to see the Franciscan monastery, Dubrovnik Cathedral and the Rector's Palace, a masterpiece of secular architecture. Enjoy the rest of your day at leisure.

Today, enjoy one of these Design Your Day activities. Attend a Cooking Class with a Wine Tasting and then savor what you created for lunch.Embark by Sea Kayak on a refreshing, tranquil paddle around Dubrovnik's picturesque Old Town and Lokrum Island.Discover the Hidden Gems of Dubrovnik secreted within the city walls, at museums, a granary and even a nunnery.Tonight, gather for a farewell dinner.

After breakfast, transfer to the airport to board your departing flight.