Embrace the Art of Living ‘la Dolce Vita’ During a 13-Day Guided Tour of Italy
Travel from Rome to Venice during this 13-day guided tour of Italy. Experience ancient Rome: See the Colosseum, where gladiators once fought, and Circus Maximus, where chariots raced for sport. Cruise around Venice in a private boat, then step onto St. Mark’s Square and stand in awe of its gothic-style Doge’s Palace. Sail to Murano Island, where a glassblower will manipulate molten glass into a work of art in front of your eyes. View the southern cliffs of Sorrento and see majestic Mount Vesuvius in the distance. Travel by open-top taxi with a Local Expert to the top of the island of Capri, then explore its charming alleyways — and duck into a shop to purchase a memento. Celebrate a spectacular vacation with an equally spectacular experience: a private operetta performed during a final feast in Rome.
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Venice Artisan Glassblowing Demonstration
Witness the ancient skill of glassblowing, now practised by precious few masters. Watch artisans create delicate works of art using rare traditional practices. The workshop’s master craftsmen teach visitors about the traditional craft of glassblowing and its history which dates back to the 15th century. Every visit helps to support the workshop and the survival of this traditional craft.
The workshop advances UN Sustainable Development Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities.
Rome Celebration Dinner
Enjoy a Celebration Dinner of delicious Italian cuisine and wine, accompanied by the rich tremolo of some of Italy’s best loved songs.
Rome Welcome Dinner
Enjoy a Welcome Dinner with your fellow travelers at a uniquely Roman local restaurant.
Florence Restaurant Dinner
Enjoy a traditional Bistecca alla Fiorentina steak dinner paired with delicious local wine, a specialty not to be missed.
Lake Maggiore Dine-Around Evening
For your Dine-Around Evening, choose from a selection of hand-picked restaurants for your dining pleasure.
Franciacorta Wine Tasting
Learn about this historic winery, passed down through the generations, and taste its latest vintages.
Welcome to the Eternal City of Rome
Welcome to Rome, a glorious city filled with classic antiquities, medieval buildings, Renaissance palaces and baroque churches. Transfers depart from Rome’s Fiumicino Leonardo da Vinci Airport for your hotel. Relax and settle in before joining your Travel Director at 17.30 and getting to know your fellow travelers over a delicious Welcome Dinner with wine at a local restaurant.
Arrival Transfer
Depart Leonardo da Vinci airport (FCO) at 09:30, 12:30, 15:30
Hotel Romanico Palace
Included Meals: Dinner with Wine
Authentic Dining: Enjoy a Welcome Dinner with your fellow travelers at a uniquely Roman local restaurant.
Vatican City and Rome with a Local
A Local Expert leads you through the priceless art collection of the Vatican Museums, culminating beneath Michelangelo’s famous ceiling in the Sistine Chapel. Later, continue to St. Peter’s Basilica, then cross the Tiber river to enjoy ancient Rome. See the incredible Circus Maximus, come up close and personal with the beautifully preserved Arch of Constantine, walking on the ancient pavement. Discover the history, the construction and the legends of the iconic Colosseum as you stroll around the exterior of this amazing structure.
Hotel Romanico Palace
Included Meals: Breakfast
Top Rated Highlights: Rome City Tour
Siena and Medieval Florence
Travel north to medieval Siena and stroll through the winding stone-paved streets to the vast Piazza del Campo, where the Palio horse race takes place amid great festivities. See the Fountain of Joy and then walk up to the hilltop cathedral, striped with marble. Continue through the cypress-clad hills and vineyards of Tuscany to Florence. Enjoy a traditional Bistecca alla Fiorentina steak dinner paired with delicious local wine, a specialty not to be missed.
Michelangelo Florence
Included Meals: Breakfast, Dinner with Wine
Top Rated Highlights: Siena Orientation
Authentic Dining: Florence Restaurant Dinner
Florence, Birthplace of the Renaissance
Explore Florence with Insight Choice. Choose to visit the Accademia Museum and see Michelangelo’s David. After, continue on foot to admire the multi-colored marble cathedral, bell tower and baptistery, where Ghiberti’s Gates of Paradise have been recreated in all their glory. Continue into the Piazza della Signoria, still the political heart of Florence and an open-air gallery of Renaissance masterpieces. Spend time gazing at statues such as Neptune, Hercules and Cacus along the front of the Palazzo Vecchio. Alternatively, take a stroll with your Travel Director to Piazza Santa Croce to enjoy a typical Italian treat in a local café, where you will be in the perfect spot to admire the basilica, indulge in people-watching the elegant Florentines and pamper yourself shopping for luxury goods like gold and leather.
Michelangelo Florence
Included Meals: Breakfast
Top Rated Highlights
• Choose between two carefully selected activities: Florence Accademia Museum Visit OR Enjoy a Local Treat
• Florence Orientation
Pisa and the Italian Lakes
Stop in Pisa to see the incredible Leaning Tower from which Galileo is said to have conducted experiments on velocity and gravity, as well as the splendid cathedral and baptistery, decorated with mosaics and designs in solid marble. Your journey continues, past the marble quarries at Carrara, used since the time of Ancient Rome, through the dramatic Apennine Mountains to the fertile valley of the River Po. Continue to your lakeside resort on beautiful Lake Maggiore. As night time draws in, why not work up an appetite before dinner with a traditional evening stroll, or passeggiata as they say in Italy?
Hotel Simplon
Included Meals: Breakfast
Top Rated Highlights:
• Pisa Orientation
• Italian Lake District La Passeggiata
The Italian Lake District
Today is set aside for you to relax and enjoy all the fantastic sights of this beautiful lakeland area. For your Dine-Around Evening, choose from a selection of hand-picked restaurants for your dining pleasure.
Hotel Simplon
Included Meals: Breakfast, Dinner with Wine
Authentic Dining: Lake Maggiore Dine-Around Evening
To Venice With Wine Along the Way
Follow the southern fringes of the European Alps to the vineyards of the Franciacorta wine region near the shores of Lake Iseo. Here, winemaking traditions run deep. Taste the delicious vintages produced with a master vintner at a family-owned estate. Continue to the unique city of Venice and step back in time to the 16th century.
BW Premier Collection CHC Continental
Included Meals: Breakfast, Dinner with Wine
Authentic Dining: Franciacorta Wine Tasting
The Magic of La Serenissima
A private boat ferries you to St. Mark’s Square. See the basilica, Doge’s Palace and Bridge of Sighs. Join a MAKE TRAVEL MATTER® Experience during a visit to a traditional arts center, where you can see how beautiful handcrafted glass is made by expert glassblowers, safeguarding traditional skills. Enjoy being serenaded with traditional songs on a gondola ride, gliding through the city canals in romantic awe. Spend the afternoon as you wish. As night falls, why not savor the magic of St. Mark’s square with its orchestras and al-fresco cafes?
BW Premier Collection CHC Continental
Included Meals: Breakfast
Top Rated Highlights:
• Venice Orientation
• Venice Gondola Ride
Make Travel Matter: Venice Artisan Glassblowing Demonstration
Hilltop Assisi
Skirt the Venetian Lagoon and cross two of Italy’s most important rivers, the Adige and Po. The scenery will then change dramatically as you drive through the wild Apennines. Your destination is the stone-built, hilltop town of Assisi, home of St. Francis. See the Church of St. Mary of the Angels before continuing up Mount Subasio. Then, with our Local Expert, visit the beautiful Basilica of St. Francis.
Hotel Giotto Assisi
Included Meals: Breakfast, Dinner with Wine
Top Rated Highlights:
• Assisi City Tour
• Assisi Basilica of St Francis Visit
Sorrento on the coast
Journey along the clifftop road to the picturesque resort of Sorrento, perched upon the southern cliffs of the Bay of Naples and looking out to Mount Vesuvius. With the evening at leisure, why not try some of the local specialties during a regional dining experience?
Hotel Isabella
Included Meals: Breakfast
Top Rated Highlights: See Mount Vesuvius
Capri, the Isle of Dreams
In the morning, cruise to Capri, known as the Isle of Dreams. With your Local Expert, explore the narrow alleyways of Capri town, browse in exclusive boutiques and wonder at the views over the Tyrrhenian Sea. Descend to the port by funicular railway and return to Sorrento for some relaxation time. Perhaps join an optional visit to Positano and the Amalfi Coast?
Hotel Isabella
Included Meals: Breakfast, Dinner with Wine
Top Rated Highlights:
• Cruise by Jetfoil to the Isle of Capri
• Isle of Capri City Tour
• Isle of Capri Open-top Taxi Ride
On to ill-fated Pompeii and Rome
Journey north to the ancient Roman city of Pompeii, eerily preserved by the eruptions of Mount Vesuvius in A.D. 79. Your Local Expert walks you through cobbled streets to explore some of the shops, villas and temples. Witness the colorful frescoes that were hidden for centuries. Continue beneath the striking hilltop monastery of Monte Cassino and back to Rome where your journey reaches its zenith in the evening. In the heart of The Eternal City, you are treated to a quintessential Italian experience. Fine food, wine, music and a private performance of enchanting operetta for your Celebration Dinner.
Bettoja Hotel Massimo D’Azeglio
Included Meals: Breakfast, Dinner with Wine
Top Rated Highlights: Pompeii City Tour
Authentic Dining: Rome Celebration Dinner
Arrivederci Roma
Bid farewell to the glories of Italy. Departure transfers arrive at Rome’s Fiumicino Leonardo da Vinci Airport.
Departure Transfer
Arrive at Leonardo da Vinci airport (FCO) at 07:00, 09:30
Included Meals: Breakfast
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