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Escorted Package Includes
- Flights NYC-Venice, Rome-NYC.
Other departure cities available. Click on date of departure for selection and prices
- Airline fuel surcharges
- 6 nights accommodations
- All transfers
- 8 meals: 6 buffet breakfasts, 2 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
Special Features
- Doges' Palace, Venice
- Wine tasting with local specialties at Tuscan countryside farm
- Michelangelo's David, Florence
- Basilica of St. Francis, Assisi
- Vatican Museum & Sistine Chapel, Rome
- Wine & mineral water with all dinners
- Whisper technology enhanced touring
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 DAY 1, Sunday - Depart USA
Depart the USA for Italy. Your flight includes meals, drinks and in-flight entertainment
DAY 2, Monday - Arrive in Venice
Arrive in Venice 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.
Overnight: Venice
Meals: Dinner
DAY 3, Tuesday - Tour Venice
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.
Optionals: Gondola Tour (PM)
Overnight: Venice
Meals: Breakfast
DAY 4 , Wednesday - Venice, Pisa, 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.
Overnight: Florence
Meals: Breakfast, Dinner
DAY 5, Thursday - Tour Florence
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.
Optional: Tuscan Evening with Dinner
Optional: Uffizi Tour (PM)
Overnight: Florence
Meals: Breakfast
DAY 6, Friday - Florence, Assisi, 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 Rome.
Optionals: Dinner with Opera Singers and Illumination Drive
Overnight: Rome
Meals: Breakfast
DAY 7, Saturday - 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 was created for the funeral monument of French cardinal Jean de Billheres. Remainder of the day at leisure.
Optionals: Walking tour of Piazzas and Fountains of Rome (PM)
Overnight: Rome
Meals: Breakfast
DAY 8, Sunday -
Depart for the USA
Transfer to the airport for your departure flight.
Meals: Breakfast
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Book your Optional Tours before you travel and see more, save time, and save money. Tours purchased while traveling cost at least 10% more! Tours often sell out - avoid disappointment! Save your cash - many countries do not accept credit cards.
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Gondola Ride with Music
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Day #3 |
01 Apr 2008 - 30 Apr 2009 $59
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This is one of the highlights of any Italian holiday, a relaxing ride in a Venetian gondola through centuries old canals, past lavish palaces, under famous arched bridges, accompanied by music.
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Dinner at a Tuscan Restaurant
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Day #5 |
01 Apr 2008 - 30 Apr 2009 $79
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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.
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Uffizi Tour 1:30 PM
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Day #5 |
01 May 2008 - 31 Mar 2009 $65
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Skip the long lines and enjoy a tour of the Uffizi Gallery with an expert guide. Located in the Palazzo degli Uffizi, the gallery is one of the oldest and most prominent collections of art in the world. Originally the private collection of the Medici family, the palazzo was opened to the public in 1765. Your tour highlights exceptional examples of Florentine painting with an aim to help you better understand the works of masters including Giotto, Fra Angelico, Filippo Lippi, Botticelli, Leonardo da Vinci, and Michelangelo. Following the tour, enjoy a refreshing break at the museum's cafeteria, offering a breathtaking view of the city. Afterward, continue to explore the galleries at your leisure.
Tour departs from the reservation entrance door outside the Uffizi Gallery at 1:30 PM. Please arrive 15 minutes prior to departure.
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Dinner with Opera Singers & Illuminated Drive
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Day #6 |
01 Apr 2008 - 30 Apr 2009 $89
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Optional opera dinner, complete with wine and music, and followed by a illuminated tour of Rome by night.
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Piazzas of Rome
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Day #7 |
01 Apr 2008 - 30 Apr 2009 $42
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A half day walking tour to explore the Eternal City. Stand in awe in front of the majestic Spanish Steps, and with your local guide stroll through the most characteristic Piazzas of Rome, including Trevi Fountain (Three coins), the monumental Pantheon -- best preserved of Roman buildings -- and the baroque Piazza Navona.
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Book your Optional Tours before you travel and see more, save time, and save money. Tours purchased while traveling cost at least 10% more! Tours often sell out - avoid disappointment! Save your cash - many countries do not accept credit cards.
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We are unable to reserve airline seats for you until 11 months prior to your date of travel. Until then, we offer a choice of airfares from major US cities which you may select for your reservation. Your final flight details, airfare, airport taxes and fees will be advised 11 months prior to travel. Airfares are subject to change.
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Air reservations may be completed no more than 11 months prior to the date of travel. For travel more than 11 months prior, please call Gate 1 at (800) 682-3333.
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