24/03/2022
CLASSICAL ITALY TOUR
7 nights/8 days / min 15
DAY 1 Rome
Welcome to Rome! After meet at the airport your driver, you will be transferred to your hotel (Transfer included!). After dinner (on your
own) be ready for the departure of the Rome by night tour. Our local expert guide will lead you to discover the wonders of the Eternal
City, charming by day - absolutely romantic by night. You enjoy the whole center of this magic city in the moonlight during this
panoramic mix of bus and walking tour. The tour ends in Colosseum area. Enjoy on your own the rest of the night. Return to the hotel
on your own and overnight stay.
DAY 2 Rome · Assisi · Siena · Florence
Breakfast. Early departure from your hotel by a deluxe coach, you will arrive in Assisi, ready to explore, at your own leisure, this tiny
town surrounded by walls, built in the Middle Ages. Take your time to visit the basilica of St. Francis, where you will see masterpieces
by Giotto and Cimabue and, then, have free time for lunch before boarding on the bus to reach Siena, a Unesco World Heritage Site,
world-known for the Palio, the historical horse race around the shell-shaped town square: Piazza del Campo. Next, you will continue on
to Florence, where you will check in at your hotel before enjoying dinner and a well-earned night of rest.
DAY 3 Florence
After breakfast, you will spend the day venturing around beautiful Florence, the “Cradle of Renaissance", where, with the help of
Michelangelo, Italian art reached its pinnacle. In the morning, a local guide will accompany you to visit the uncountable monuments,
churches and buildings such as Santa Maria del Fiore, more commonly referred to as the Duomo, with its magnificent dome built by
Filippo Brunelleschi. Cross a small piazza to see the “Campanile” tower (partly designed by Giotto) and the Baptistery, with its bronze
doors where Michelangelo imagined the “Gates of Paradise.” In the heart of the city, you will see Piazza della Signoria, Palazzo della
Signoria (also known as Palazzo Vecchio), and the Basilica of Santa Croce. Lunch in a typical Tuscan restaurant. Spend the afternoon
strolling the cobblestone streets of Florence on your own. Dinner at leisure, overnight stay in Florence.
DAY 4 Florence · Bologna · Padua · Venice
After breakfast in Florence, departure to Bologna. There, with the help of a local guide, you will discover the elegant city center with its
“porticos”, it’s shopping streets and so on. From Piazza Malpighi you will walk to Piazza del Nettuno and Piazza Maggiore (Neptune
square and Major square) in the heart of the city, then King Renzo’s Palace; Palazzo Podestà and the basilica of San Petronio, one of
the biggest in the world. Bologna it’s a real gourmet’s heaven…don’t miss a tasty meal at your own leisure! In the afternoon, continue
toward Padova, with Sant’Antonio Basilica: one of the most visited churches by pilgrims of the catholic world. Later in the afternoon,
arrival in Mestre. Check in at your hotel for dinner and overnight stay.
DAY 5 Venice
After breakfast, transfer by bus to the Tronchetto parking and pier then enjoy a private water-taxi transfer to Piazza San Marco, where
a local guide awaits you to visit the splendid St. Mark’s Basilica (“Skip the Line” tickets included) and after this check out the most
iconic places of the “Floating City”: the Palazzo dei Dogi (outside), symbol of Venice’s glorious past, the legendary “Bridge of Sighs”.
Spend the afternoon roaming along Venice’s canals at your leisure and then return to the hotel and overnight.
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DAY 6 Venice · Tuscany Wine Region · Rome
After breakfast, departure from Mestre heading to Tuscany, world-known for its landscapes, its churches and castles and its delicious
wines. You will proceed to the Chianti wine region with a stop in one of the small medieval towns renowned for its wine and lunch in a
typical restaurant including a sample of different local wines!! After lunch, quick stop to spend some free time. In the evening, you will
arrive in Rome to check in into your hotel. Overnight in Rome.
DAY 7 Rome
Breakfast. Departure from the hotel for the guided tour of the Vatican Museums, Sistine Chapel and St. Peter’s Basilica! Upon arrival,
your guide will lead you into the museums where you’ll visit one of the most important art collections of the world. Walk along the
beautiful Galleries of Tapestries and Geographical Maps before admiring Raphael’s Rooms and, then, the amazing Sistine Chapel.
After this incredible masterpiece, you will be taken by a privileged door to St. Peter’s Basilica: the biggest church in the world! The tour
ends in St. Peter’s Square. Enjoy the rest of the day to explore the city at your own leisure or get any one of our selected tours for the
afternoon or at night! Overnight stay.
DAY 8 Rome
After breakfast, transfer to the airport. End of services.
Note: the program is of course subject to variations according to exact flight arrival/departure times.
To get a good price the best months for this tour are summer or October
May and September is very high season and the prices must be made ad hoc
The price includes:
- Accommodation in double room in good 3*/4* hotels: 1 night Rome, 2 nights Florence, 2 nights Mestre, 2 nights Rome including buffet
breakfast daily
- dinners according to program: Florence x 1, Mestre x 1 (3-course menu, beverages not included)
- lunches according to program: Florence x 1 (3-course menu, beverages not included) Chianti wine region x 1 (good 3 or 4 course
menu, incl. sampling of local wines)
- Bus at disposal according to the abovementioned program, incl. parking and highway expenses, lodging and meals for the driver (the
driver has a limit of 9 hours driving time per day and must rest 12 hours before the next service. This implies that the bus is NOT
available during the evening after 20:00)
- English speaking tour leader from day 1 to day 8, incl. lodging and meals
- English speaking local guides: Florence HD, Bologna 2 hrs, Venice 2 hrs, Vatican Museums-St Peters 4 hrs
- Entrance fees to S. Mark’s Basilica/Venice, Vatican Museums + St. Peter’s Baslica/Rome
- ferry crossing in Venice from Troncheto parking/pier to St Mark’s Square and return
- long-rent whisperers from day 1 to day 7 included
The abovementioned package rates do NOT include:
- Lunches and dinners (except as mentioned above)
- city tourist taxes in the various cities, which must be paid directly on the spot
- entrance fees (except those mentioned above)
- local guides other than those mentioned under “the package rate includes”
- individual transportation during the evening
- porterage in/out of the hotels and at the airports/train stations/harbors
- tips, personal extras and everything not explicitly mentioned under “the prices included
