SPECIAL INCLUDED FEATURES:
- 16 included meals - INCLUDED!
- Sightseeing as indicated - INCLUDED!
- All Entrance Fees - INCLUDED!
- All transfers and baggage handling INCLUDED!
ADDITIONAL INCLUDED FEATURES:
- Air transportation from NYC or NEWARK (other gate ways available upon request)
- First Class hotels for 8 nights * 16 included meals consisting of: ? 8 buffet breakfasts ? 1 dinners at hotel PLUS ? Dining plan: 5 dinners and 2 lunches at popular restaurants
- Wine, mineral water & coffee served with lunch & dinner meals at hotels and restaurants
- Touring by private, air conditioned motorcoach
- Professional Central Holidays Tour Director
- Sightseeing as indicated including local guide and entrance fees
- All transfers and baggage handling(Land Only rates do not include airport transfers at arrival and departure city)
- Travel bag, one per person
- Luggage tags and document holder
- HEAR CLEAR ? Personalized audio system to hear every word your guide says even at a distance
- Hotel taxes and service charges
Dining Plan
Five dinners and two lunches at popular restaurants, featuring regional
cuisine, including wine, mineral water and coffee
- Welcome dinner in Venice
- 1 dinner in Venice
- 1 lunch in Bologna
- Festive dinner in Florence
- 1 lunch in a Torgiano
- 1 Dinner in Rome
- Farewell dinner party in Rome
Bonus Sightseeing
- Doge?s Palace in Venice
- St. Anthony's Basilica in Padua
- Michelangelo?s ?David? in Florence
- Visit Assisi
- Wine-tasting excursion to Torgiano
- St. Peter?s Basilica in Vatican City
- Vatican Museum & Sistine Chapel
TOUR DESCRIPTION
Visitors revel in renowned attractions and exquisite sites;
Doge's Palace in Venice where travelers will see the beautiful
rooms decorated by 16 century artists, Piazza Della Signoria in
Florence, Rome's Coliseum, plus so much more during their 10-day
immersion into "la dolce vita"! Travelers will live the tapestry
of sights, sounds, flavors and feelings of the true Italy on this
Premier Escorted tour.
ITINERARY & MAP
Day 1/Sun Depart USA
Evening departure. Meals and refreshments served on board.
Day 2/Mon Venice
Morning arrival into Venice, Marco Polo Airport. Here you?ll be met and
transferred to your hotel in Venice. The balance of the day is at leisure.
This evening enjoy a welcome dinner at a popular restaurant.
Day 3/Tue Venice
Your morning tour of Venice is on foot and will highlight the Basilica of St.
Mark, and the Doge?s Palace with its splendid rooms decorated by 16th century
artists such as Titian, Tintoretto, and Veronese Also view the Bridge of Sighs,
and Piombi Prison. Afternoon is at leisure with enough time for more
sightseeing, shopping or relaxation. Tonight enjoy a delectable Venetian
dinner with wine in a popular restaurant.
Day 4/Wed Venice/Padua/Bologna/Florence
Morning departure for Florence, with stops in Padua and Bologna. A tour of
Padua highlights the Basilica of St. Anthony and its art, including the
largest bronze works of Donatello. Continue your scenic drive through the
beautiful countryside and stop in Bologna, the gastronomic capital city of
Italy. Here you?ll be treated to a special lunch at a well-known restaurant
featuring typical Bolognese specialties and Lambrusco wine. After lunch,
continue on to Florence, home of Michelangelo.
Day 5/Thu Florence
Morning tour takes you to Michelangelo Square for a panoramic view of the
city, the Academia to see Michelangelo?s original ?David? statue, Giotto?s
Bell Tower, the Baptistry with its ?Gates of Paradise? doors, Signoria
Square and Santa Croce Church. Afternoon free. Tonight, enjoy a festive
dinner with wine and music at a charming restaurant located in the beautiful
Tuscan hillside outside Florence.
Day 6/Fri Florence (Pisa Excursion)
This morning is free for some last minute shopping or just relaxing. This
afternoon you?ll enjoy an excursion to one of the world?s best known sights ?
the Leaning Tower of Pisa. Late afternoon return to Florence. Dinner is at your hotel.
Day 7/Sat Florence/Lake Trasimeno/Perugia/Assisi/Torgiano/Rome
Morning departure for Rome. Drive through the serene Tuscan and Umbrian countryside
passing by the shores of Lake Trasimeno, past the medieval city of Perugia and on to
Assisi. Here you will stop at the Basilica of St. Francis, the burial site of St.
Francis. Continue south to Torgiano a town known for the production of fine red
wine, where you will enjoy a rustic lunch followed with wine tasting tour of
the Lungarotti wine cellar and visit the wine museum. Resume your journey to
Rome. Tonight, explore the exciting Roman nightlife.
Day 8/Sun Rome
Rome is filled with monuments, museums, fountains, antiquities and other sites
worth exploring. Use this free day to discover the ancient and modern aspects
of cosmopolitan Rome for yourself. Or you might choose an excursion to Pompeii
or Sorrento, or an optional guided tour to Ostia Antica or the Castelli Romani.
But don?t forget that Rome is Italy?s shopping mecca with excellent prices on
everything from silk neckwear to Gucci leathers. Tonight enjoy a Farewell dinner
with wine in a lovely Roman restaurant.
Day 9/Mon Rome
This morning experience a very special, privately guided tour of the priceless
collection of art and treasures found in the Sistine Chapel and Vatican Museum.
You will be amazed by the beautiful wall frescoes created by Michelangelo,
Perugino and Botticelli. The unique ceiling of the Sistine Chapel is surely
one of Michelangelo?s greatest achievements. Continue to St. Peter?s Basilica,
the largest church in the Christian world, built over the tomb of St. Peter.
Then proceed to the Piazza Venezia, Roman Forum, with a stop at the Colosseum ?
a testament to the greatness of Rome?s past. Continue your full day tour viewing
the Arch of Constantine, Circus Maximus, the Synagogue, Isola Tiberina and
Castel Sant? Angelo. Then back to your hotel to get ready to dine out at a
popular Roman restaurant.
Day 10/Tue Rome to USA (or extend your stay)
Morning transfer to airport for your return flight home. Meals and refreshments
served on board. Same day arrival into USA.
