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| Day 1: Thu - Depart USA |
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Depart the USA to Italy. Your flight includes meals, drinks, and in-flight entertainment for your journey.
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| Day 2: Fri - Paris, Optional Dinner at Eiffel Tower & Cruise |
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Arrival to Paris, optional arrival transfer is available up on request. Rest of the day is free at your leisure.
Evening you may choose our optional tour (Dinner at Eiffel Tower & Cruise). Who can visit Paris, in all its romanticism, and fail to dine at one of the city most famous national monuments--the Eiffel Tower? This evening, enjoy dinner at the Altitude 95 restaurant, located on the first floor of the Eiffel Tower. While dining, enjoy scenic views of the city by night from one Paris premier eateries. After dinner, and depending upon your seasonal itinerary, you will see the city historic monuments in full illumination on a panoramic drive or by boat along the Seine on the Bateaux Parisiens cruise. Please note that formal attire is required.
Departs 6:15pm from 2 Place des Pyramides 75001 Paris. Please arrive 15 minutes prior to departure. Summer tours (Apr - Oct) end at the Eiffel Tower winter tours (Nov - Mar) end at Opera Square.
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| Day 3: Sat - Paris, Optional Paris Tour Cityrama & Paradis Latin Dinner & Show |
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Free day at your leisure, or choose our optional tour (Paris Tour Cityrama). Discover the beauty of Paris from the comfort of a double-decker coach. See the principal landmarks of this fashionable city, beginning with the Place des Pyramides and continuing to the Opéra, Place Vendôme, Concorde Square, Champs-Elysées Avenue, Arc de Triomphe, Eiffel Tower, Invalides, Orsay Museum, The Louvre, Notre-Dame Cathedral, Sorbonne, Pantheon Church and the Hotel Saint-Germain-des-Prés, in the heart of the Latin Quarter. Departs at 10:00 a.m. from 2 Place des Pyramides 75001 Paris. Please arrive 15 minutes prior to departure time. Tour will return to departure point for drop-off.
Evening you may choose our optional tours (Paradis Latin Dinner & Show -Festival). Experience the fabulous nighttime performances for which Paris is famous a cabaret show at the elegant Paradis Latin, the most Parisian of the great cabarets. Built by Gustave Eiffel in 1889, the Paradis Latin is a national landmark, home to the hit show Paradis dAmour. The show is a tribute to love through the ages, and is a truly sensual event. Enjoy interactive French Cabaret at its best, featuring original scores, provocative costumes, and dance numbers unlike any you have seen.
The program contains material that may be unsuitable for children. Formal evening attire is recommended. Dinner at 8:00 p.m. Show begins at 9:30 p.m. Transportation is not included.
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| Day 4: Sun - Paris, Optional Versailles Apartments (VA) 8:45 AM |
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Free morning at leisure, or choose our optional tour (Versailles Apartments (VA) 8:45 AM). Relive the glorious period of Louis XIV, XV and XVI as you pace one of the largest and most influential formal gardens in the world. Today`s tour takes you Versailles Palace to witness the grandeur of French classical architecture. Visit the Palace and extravagant State Apartments, including a guided visit to the Reception Halls, the Queen`s Bedroom, and the Hall of Mirrors. You will also have time to walk the palace grounds and formal gardens, designed by Andre le Notre, at your leisure. En route, you will be prepared for your tour with commentary detailing the history of this magnificent site.
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| Day 5: Mon - Rome, Optional Illuminated Rome by Night |
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After breakfast, check out from your Paris hotel, optional departure transfer to airport is available up on request, flight from Paris to Rome, up on arrival optional arrival transfer is available up on request.
Rest of the day is free at leisure or choose our optional tour (Illuminated Rome by Night). This evening, depart Piazza San Bernardo for an illuminated tour of Romes historic piazzas and fountains. Along the way to the famous Piazza della Repubblica, enjoy flood-lit views of the Palazzo Margherita, Porta Pinciana, Villa Borghese, Piazzale Flaminio, Via Flaminia, Piazza del Popolo, Piazza Augusto Imperatore, and Via del Corso. Arriving at the Piazza della Repubblica, visit Trevi Fountain, the largest and most exquisite Baroque fountain in Rome, before continuing along the Via Quattro Fontane to view the equally impressive, Fountains of the Four Seasons. From Piazza Venezia, enjoy charming views of the Memorial of King Vittorio Emanuele II and the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. From this prime vantage point, admire the Capitol, Imperial Forum, Colosseum, Palatine Hill, Aventine Hill, Circus Maximus, and the Great Synagogue, overlooking the former Jewish ghetto. Conclude this fascinating tour of the Eternal City by night with views of the Castel Sant Angelo and St. Peters Basilica on your return.
Departs at 8:00 p.m. from Via V. E. Orlando, 95. Pick-up from hotel 45 minutes prior to departure time. Drop-off at hotel if in the city center, or near a taxi stand if your hotel is located outside the city center.
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| Day 6: Tue - Rome, Optional 3 Vatican Museums |
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Free dat at leisure or choose our optional tour (3 Vatican Museums). This morning, depart from the Piazza San Bernardo, site of Moses` Fountain, and travel along Via Bissolati and Via Veneto. Pass by Villa Borghese, one of Europe`s most elegant parks, and previous estate of the noble Borghese family. The tour continues to the Vatican Museum and Galleries, where you will find galleries of chandeliers, tapestries, geographical maps, the Sobiesky Hall and the Immaculate Conception Hall. From here, visit the Sistine Chapel and behold the great frescoes by Michelangelo. Passing through the Vatican Hall, continue to the Basilica of Saint Peter, one of the four major basilicas of Rome, and burial site of its namesake, Saint Peter.
Please note that on Wednesdays during the Holy Father`s Audience, the visit inside St. Peter`s Basilica will not take place.
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| Day 7: Wed - Rome, Optional 2 Ancient Rome |
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Free day at leisure, or choose our optional tour (2 Ancient Rome). Today`s tour will feature the classic splendor of the Roman Empire. Leave Piazza San Bernardo, adorned by Moses` Fountain, and head to Piazza Venezia where you will admire the Memorial to King Vittorio Emanuele II and the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. Continue to the square of the Capitol, and admire the unique sight of the Forum, Colosseum and Palatine Hill, one of Rome`s most ancient districts. Walk along the pavement of the original Roman grid, which crosses the ruins of the Roman Forum, the Curia, and the Reggia. Enjoy views of the Temple of Vesta, the Arch of Titus and the Triumphal Arch of Constantine. Continue with an inside tour of the Colosseum, a giant amphitheater used for gladiatorial contests and public spectacles, and the largest building ever built in the Roman Empire. The tour concludes with a visit to the church of St. Peter in Chains, where Michelangelo`s famous statue of Moses is housed.
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| Day 8: Thu - Departure |
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After breakfast, check out from your hotel, optional departure transfer to the airport is available up on request.
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Notes:
- US citizens require a passport valid for six months beyond travel dates.
- This trip must be sold as air & land together.
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| France Paris Eifel Romance |
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| France Paris Louvre |
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| France Paris Versailles Fountain |
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| France Paris Eiffel Tower in late evening |
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| France Paris Notre Dame Cathedral |
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| Italy Rome Colosseum |
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| Italy Rome Spanish Steps |
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| Italy Rome Trevi Fountain |
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| Italy Rome Piazza San Pietro |
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| Italy Rome Vatican Museum Rome |
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| Italy Rome Tivoli |
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| Italy Rome Piazza San Pietro |
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