Italian Art Capitals

Upon arrival at the airport or train station we will meet you and deliver you to your centrally located hotel in the eternal city.

Activity: Skip the Line: Ancient Rome including the Colosseum, Roman Forum and Palatine Hill Half-Day

Activity: Prestige Tour of Vatican City Including St. Peter's Basilica After crossing the park of Villa Borghese we reach the Vatican City, the smallest independent sovereign state in the world. In the Vatican Museum, you'll be shown a fine collection of antiquities, including the Sculpture Museum, the fascinating Tapestry Gallery, the Gallery of Maps and the world famous Sistine Chapel decorated by Michelangelo. The tour will then proceed to the Basilica of St. Peter, where you will see the art treasures of the largest Roman Catholic Church in the world, including Michelangelo's Pieta'. Transportation by coach, guide service, entrance and guided tour of the Vatican Museum and the Sistine Chapel, entrance and guided tour of the Basilica of St. Peter

After a delicious buffet breakfast at your hotel, you will head to Roma Termini station to board your train to Florence. Upon arrival at the Florence train station you will taxi to your hotel in central Florence where you will spend the next 4 nights of your stay in Tuscany.

Small Group Walking tour of Florence Including the Uffizi Gallery This afternoon you will make your own way to the predetermined meeting point in central Florence where you will begin your half-day Walking Tour with Uffizi Gallery. After a brief orientation with your tour guide you will commence with a pleasant walk through the most fascinating and interesting places of Florence including the Cathedral with Brunelleschi’s Dome, the Baptistery with its famous Gates of Paradise, Signoria Square with its Palazzo Vecchio and Loggia dei Lanzi. We will conclude the tour discovering Uffizi Gallery with its famous collections of Italian Renaissance paintings. The tour will finish enjoying a beautiful view of Florence, from Uffizi terrace. It is possible to remain into the museum until closing time

Activity: Cooking and Market Tour with Chef Giovanni For wine and food lovers alike, no doubt this will be a highlight of your stay in Florence, touring the local markets with our chef Giovanni and cooking and eating a full Tuscan meal complete with wine, you will have a new appreciation for Florentine cuisine after today's tour.

Activity: A Day in Chianti: Siena, San Gimignano & Monteriggioni Experience with this tour a wonderful day in the Tuscan countryside, admiring the most suggestive corners of Siena and San Gimignano and try with us the unique flavor of local wines. Departing from Florence, our first stop is San Gimignano, one of the most fascinating examples of medieval Tuscan towns, declared a World Heritage Site by Unesco. In San Gimignano you will have free time to discover the beautiful squares, buildings, churches and suggestive alleyways and to shop. Following San Gimignano, we head to Siena and travel through some of the most beautiful Tuscan landscapes and stop in a farm house, where you will be able to taste some excellent Chianti Classico wines that will be accompanied by cheese, bruschettas, salami and Tuscan sausage. Following our wine tasting, we will continue to Siena, where, after free time for lunch (excluded) and shopping, our local and expert guide will lead you through its steep medieval streets, admiring the splendid palaces until we will reach the Cathedral (interior), Palazzo Comunale (Municipal Building) and Piazza del Campo where the Palio race take place every year. On our return to Florence, we head through some beautiful territory and stop at the fortress town of Montereggioni, one of the oldest hamlets in Tuscany.

Activity: Walking Tour of Venice Have a walk outdoors (no entries)through the most characteristic and important places for the history of Venice. An essential tour for the understanding of Venice! Route: Piazza San Marco,Origins, history and description of the main monuments: Basilica San Marco, Palazzo Ducale, Bell Tower, clock Tower and Procuratie.Santa Maria Formosa -History and anecdotes related to this wonderful and characteristic square. Campo SS. Giovanni e Paolo,the Pantheon of Venice, the great School of Charity, the Captains of Fortune.Marco Polo's House and Malibran Theatre, anecdotes and past and recent history cross each other in this beautiful corner of Venice. Return to San Marco through the Mercerie, vital connection between Rialto and San Marco and the main street for the city shopping.

Day at Leisure in Venice

Time to say goodbye Arrivaderci!