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8 Day Italy On Sale
Venice, Florence, Rome

  • Flights NYC-Venice, Rome-NYC
  • Other departure cities available. Click on date of departure for selection and prices
  • Airline fuel surcharges
  • 6 nights accommodations
  • 2 nights [Hotel Carlton & Grand Canal], Venice
  • 2 nights [Grand Hotel Mediterraneo], Florence
  • 2 nights [Grand Hotel Palatino], Rome
  • All transfers
  • 6 buffet breakfast daily
  • Sightseeing per itinerary in modern air-conditioned motor coach
  • Services of English-speaking tour manager throughout
  • Services of local guides in all major cities
  • Entrance fees per itinerary
Airport taxes & fees
Optional tours, and gratuities

Doge Palace, Venice
Michelangelo David, Florence
Basilica of St. Francis, Assisi
Vatican Museum & Sistine Chapel, Rome
Whisper technology enhanced touring
Day:3 Gondola Ride with Music
Day:5 Optional Dinner at a Tuscan Restaurant -TS
Day:6 Dinner with Opera Singers & Illuminated Drive
Day:7 Optional Piazzas of Rome -TS
 
Day 1: Saturday - Depart the USA
Depart the USA for Italy. Your flight includes meals, drinks and in-flight entertainment.
Day 2: Sunday - Arrive in Venice
Arrive in Venice and transfer to your hotel. Balance of the day at leisure. This evening, enjoy a welcome cocktail and orientation with your tour director.
Day 3: Monday - Venice City Tour (Optional Gondola Ride)
Today begins with a boat ride to the Island of Murano, known throughout the world for its glass manufacturing industry. Visit St. Mark`s Square to begin a guided walking tour of romantic Venice. View the Golden Basilica of San Marco, the Bridge of Sighs and visit the Doges` Palace, whose facade features a massive late-Gothic gate, known as the Porta della Carta. Take the remainder of the day to explore Venice on your own.

Or Choose our optional tour (Gondola Ride with Music)One of the highlights of any Italian holiday! Enjoy a relaxing gondola ride with music along the famous Grand Canal, and experience a piece of Venetian history. Glide along the centuries old canals, past lavish palaces and under famous arched bridges (the Gondola holds a maximum of six passengers. Please note that this is not a private gondola ride). ( B )

Day 4: Tuesday - Pisa City Tour, Transfer to Florence
Travel through the stunning panorama of Tuscany to Pisa. On arrival, view the famous Piazza del Miracoli with its Leaning Tower, the Baptistery, the Duomo, and the Monumental Cemetery. The four monuments of this extraordinary piazza make for a unique architectural blend of Romanesque and Gothic styles. Then, continue on to Florence. ( B )
Day 5: Wednesday - Florence City Tour
Today`s morning tour begins with a visit to the Accademia of Fine Arts, where Michelangelo`s David is housed. Walk to the Duomo, celebrated for its magnificent dome designed by Brunelleschi, and view the Baptistery`s renowned "Gates of Paradise" by Ghiberti. Continue to explore the open air art museum of Signoria Square ending at Ponte Vecchio, known as the "Old Bridge." Enjoy the afternoon at leisure in this spectacular Renaissance city.

OR choose our optional tour(Dinner at a Tuscan Restaurant). Come join us for a Tuscan Feast tonight! An enjoyable ride through the lovely Tuscan hills will take us to a villa where a sumptuous Tuscan dinner will be served. As we enjoy the appetizers, the home-made pastas, the meats and dessert, let the wine flow and the music accompany our experience! Includes round-trip transportation, 5-course dinner with entertainment, and unlimited wine. Pickup details to be advised locally. ( B )

Day 6: Thursday - Assisi City Tour, Transfer to Rome
Today travel along the famous "Sun Route" motorway to the medieval the city of Assisi, world-renowned for its 13th-century Basilica of St. Francis and Giotto`s frescoes. Afterward, continue to Rome.

OR choose our optional tour(Dinner with Opera Singers & Illuminated Drive). Dine on a selection of traditional Italian dishes while being entertained by professional singers from Rome`s Opera House, who will perform famous opera arias. Your evening includes a four-course dinner with delightful entertainment, and unlimited wine, culminating with an illuminated tour of Rome by night. Pickup details to be advised locally. ( B )

Day 7: Friday - Tour Vatican Museum
Today begins with the visit to the Vatican Museums and Michelangelo`s breathtaking Sistine Chapel. Stroll through St. Peter`s Square, passing Bernini`s famous colonnade, to visit St. Peter`s Basilica, where you will view Michelangelo`s Pieta. This highly-finished marble sculpture depicts the body of Jesus in the arms of Mary after the Crucifixion, and is considered one of the most powerfully moving works of art in the Western world. Enjoy the remainder of the day at leisure.

OR choose our optional tour(Piazzas of Rome). This half day walking tour takes you to explore the grand piazzas of the Eternal City. Stand in awe in front of the majestic Spanish Steps, the longest and widest decorative steps in Europe, and with your local guide stroll through the most characteristic "piazzas and vias " of Rome. Stop to admire the breathtaking grandeur of the Trevi Fountain and take the opportunity to toss in one, two, or three coins, each of which is supposed to bring a unique kind of good fortune. View the monumental Pantheon, the best preserved of any Roman building and admire the baroque Piazza Navona, which follows the shape of the ancient Roman Diocletian Stadium, with Bernini`s Fountain of the Four Rivers and the Egyptian Obelisk. Pick-up details to be advised locally. ( B )

Day 8: Saturday - Depart for the USA
Transfer to the airport for your departure flight. ( B )
 

Note:

  • land only price does not include arrival/departure transfers.
  • US citizens require a passport valid for six months beyond travel dates.
 
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