11 Day Enchanting Italy (Tuesday Departure)
Venice, Florence, Rome, Sorrento

  • Flights NYC-Venice, Naples-NYC
  • Other departure cities available. Click on date of departure for ion and prices
  • Airline fuel surcharges
  • 9 nights First Class accommodations
  • 2 nights [Hotel Carlton & Grand Canal] or [Hotel Abbazia], Venice
  • 2 nights [Grand Hotel Adriatico ], Florence
  • 3 nights [Grand Hotel Palatino], Rome
  • 2 nights [Hotel Central] or [Hotel Cristina ], Sorrento
  • All transfers
  • 15 meals: 9 buffet breakfasts, 6 dinners with wine
  • 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
Wine tasting with local specialties at Tuscan countryside farm
Michelangelo David, Florence
Basilica of St. Francis, Assisi
Vatican Museum & Sistine Chapel, Rome
Forum & Colosseum, Rome
Dinner with Opera Singers, Rome
Visit to the excavations at Pompeii
Wine & mineral water with all dinners
Whisper technology enhanced touring
Day:3 Gondola Ride with Music
Day:7 Optional Piazzas of Rome -TS
Day:10 Optional Full Day Capri -TS
 
Day 1: Tuesday - Depart the USA
Depart the USA for Italy. Your flight includes meals, drinks and in-flight entertainment.
Day 2: Wednesday - Arrive in Venice
Arrive and transfer to your hotel. Balance of the day at leisure. This evening, enjoy an orientation meeting with your tour escort, followed by a welcome dinner. ( D )
Day 3: Thursday - Venice City Tour - (Gondola Ride with Music)
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 Doge`s 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.

Afternoon you can 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: Friday - Pisa Sightseeing En Route 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. En route to Florence, visit a local Tuscan farm in the countryside for a wine tasting with local specialties. ( B )
Day 5: Saturday - 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 Florence. This evening, dine in an authentic Tuscan restaurant in the countryside. ( B, D )
Day 6: Sunday - Sun Route Via Assisi to Rome
Today travel along the famous "Sun Route" motorway to the medieval the city of Assisi, world-known for its 13th century Basilica of St. Francis and Giotto`s frescoes. Continue to your hotel in Rome. ( B, D )
Day 7: Monday - Ancient Rome Tour - (Piazzas of Rome)
This morning, a historic tour of "ancient Rome" takes you to the Roman Forum, the political center during the Roman Republic, the triumphal Arch of Constantine, the Arch of Titus and the Colosseum, the largest amphitheater built in the Roman Empire.

Afternoon free at leisure or you can 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: Tuesday - Vatican Museum & Sistine Chapel
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 to be among the most compelling of all works of art in the Western world. Afternoon at leisure. Tonight, dine in a typical Roman restaurant with wine and music, then enjoy an illuminated tour of the city. ( B, D )
Day 9: Wednesday - Pompeii Tour, Travel to Sorrento
Drive south, passing by the famous Monte Cassino Abbey, founded by St. Benedict of Norcia in 529. Destroyed on four separate occasions, it was last rebuilt after being the site of fierce fighting during the Second World War. View Mt. Vesuvius in passing the Bay of Naples, before reaching Pompeii. Visit the ruins of this best preserved Roman city, including the Temples of Apollo and Jupiter, and the Forum. Continue to Sorrento. ( B, D )
Day 10: Thursday - Full Day in Sorrento - (Full Day Capri)
Enjoy a full day at leisure in Sorrento. Strikingly beautiful and picturesque, even by Italian standards, Sorrento is set along the sea, with stunning escarpments plunging into the Gulf of Naples. Take a walk to see firsthand why this town has long been beloved by poets and artists.

Afternoon free at leisure or you can choose our optional tour (Full Day Capri). Enjoy a full day at leisure in Sorrento. Strikingly beautiful and picturesque, even by Italian standards, Sorrento is set along the sea, with stunning escarpments plunging into the Gulf of Naples. Take a walk to see firsthand why this town has long been beloved by poets and artists. ( B, D )

Day 11: Friday - Depart for the USA
Transfer to the airport in Naples for your departure flight. ( B )
 

Notes

  • Land only price does not include arrival/departure transfers.
  • Jun 8 departure will be accommodated at the Massimo D` Azeqlio in Rome.
  • Some departures may be accommodated at the Hotel Cristina in Sorrento.
  • US citizens require a passport valid for six months beyond travel dates.
 
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