Escorted Small Group Tour and Private tour extension/ max 16 / Guaranteed departures
Accommodation in superior first class hotels
Rome (2) - Florence (3) - Venice (2)
- Milan (2)
Category:
Small group tour, Comprehensive, Scenic Land
Journey
Itinerary
Day 1: Friday – Rome
Arrival (D)
Welcome to Italy!
6.30pm is our briefing. Meet your Tour
Leader and your travel companion at the Bar of the hotel
At the end, walk to the restaurant
and enjoy a tasty welcome dinner. Overnight in Rome
Day 2: Saturday – Half day Rome and Vatican
Visit (B)
Meet your assistant in the lobby
and transfer to the heart of Rome: Spanish Steps,
Pantheon, Piazza Navona and the Baroque quarter. Free
time for lunch and relax. Then transfer to the Vatican
for a guided visit. At the end transfer to your hotel.
Optional:
Tonight experience the real Roman food! Meet your tour
leader and enjoy a relaxed walking along the narrow
streets of ancient Rome. End the tour at your restaurant
for a tasty Roman Dinner. Return to hotel with your tour
leader. Overnight in
Rome.
Day
3: Sunday - Siena
(B, L)
Meet your assistant at hotel and transfer to Florence by
private coach.
The drive itself is a magnificent
path along the roads of Tuscany, where it is possible to
enjoy the view of hills covered by vineyards, olives
tree, small villages and original bell towers. En route
stop in Siena, probably Italy's loveliest medieval city.
The town offers magnificent masterpieces and incredible
views. Upon arrival, enjoy a “farmer lunch”: “Original
Tuscan Food: wine tasting with cheese and salami. After
lunch, free time to explore the city. At the end,
continue to your final destination. Before arrival, stop
in a vineyard in Chianti for a wine tasting.
Late afternoon arrival in Florence. Free
time for dinner. Overnight in
Florence.
Day
4: Monday –Florence (B)
Day at leisure. Overnight: Florence
Optional: Pisa &
Lucca tour
Day
5: Tuesday –
Florence (B)
Start your exploration of Florence
from the unknown and most picturesque sides of the city:
visit the fresh market of San Lorenzo where is possible
to find the food arriving fresh everyday from Tuscan
Countryside. It’s will be a great opportunity to taste
many varieties of cheese, fruits and vegetable, breads.
Free time for lunch.
Meet your guide in the hotel to explore the heart of the
town.
Lorenzo de Medici transformed
Florence into the cradle of the Renaissance by
attracting the best artists, architects and writers of
the time such as Leonardo
da Vinci, Michelangelo and Botticelli to whom he
commissioned various works. Visit Piazza della Signoria,
Palazzo Vecchio ( from outside), the Dome with Giotto's
bell tower ( from outside), Ponte Vecchio.
Finally, visit the Accademia and see the masterpiece of
Michelangelo: the statue of David.
Optional:
Tuscan Dinner with a sunset walking. This moment of the
day is spectacular and the great to shoot your photos.
Overnight in Florence
Day
6: Wednesday –
Venice (B)
Breakfast in hotel. Transfer to
Venice
by high-speed train. Arrival late in the morning and
check in at hotel. Rest of the day is free. Overnight:
Venice.
Day
7: Thursday –
Venice (B, D)
In the morning visit the classic Venice: S. Marco
Square, Doge Palace, the Rialto Bridge and the Gran
Canal. Free time for lunch. In the Sunset discover the
amazing hand of Venice during the sunset time. Your tour
guide will escort you between the Venetian “calli” and
their “Bacari”, the typical and traditional venetian
bars to taste the famous “Cicchetti”, the typical
venetian food. With this suggestive itinerary, you have
the possibility to know the charmed Venice between
lights, colors and savours. At the end, enjoy a Venetian
Dinner. Optional: Gondola Tour at the end of the tour.
In the evening, meet your assistant for a 45 minutes
sunset walking. Overnight in Venice
Optional
Gondola Tour at the end of the tour.
Day
8: Friday –
Venice -Milan (B)
Begin your 2 nights private post-tour to Milan & Como
( From this moment, the tour continue on private
basis, without tour escort. The tours included are shared)
Transfer to Venice Station, then board
you high speed train to Milano. Upon your arrival, meet your
driver and transfer to your hotel.
You will be picked up later at your hotel by our driver and
transferred to Largo
Cairoli to start your tour of Milan.
Your half-day sightseeing tour of Milan also includes a walking
tour, introducing you to Italy’s most stylish city. Take a look
at the medieval Sforza Castle. Visit the splendid Duomo, one of
the world's largest, most striking Gothic cathedrals. Walk
inside Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II shopping gallery, a 19th
century glass vaulted shopping arcade. Enter Milan’s most famous
Opera House, the fabulous La Scala theatre. Your entrance ticket
provides 24 hour admission to the theatre and museum so you can
return the next day. Finally the tour ends with the view of
Leonardo da Vinci's masterpiece, The Last Supper includes this
difficult to obtain pre-booked entrance, guaranteeing exclusive
no line entry and an intimate viewing of the Last Supper.
At the end of the tour, you will have the possibility to spend
more time in the heart of the town or continue to the hotel on
you own.
Overnight in Milan
Day
9: Saturday – Como Lake (B)
Today, enjoy a guided full day visit of Como & Bellagio.
( pick up and drop off included)
Discover Lake Como in Italy's beautiful Lake District,
just a short distance from Milan. Nestled between the
huge snowcapped Alps that rise up from its shores, is
fashionable lakeside town Como. After spending time
shopping and dining, you will take a two-hour panoramic
cruise on Lake Como to the enchanting village of
Bellagio.
Overnight in Milan
Day
10: Sunday – Milan departure (B)
Check-out and
independent transfer to airport or railway station on your own.
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