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12 Days Grand Italian Vacation

12 Day Package For Italy Visiting Rome, Assisi, Siena, Florence, Bologna, Padua, Venice, Montepulciano, Naples, Pompeii, Sorrento, Capri

12 Day Package For Italy Visiting Rome, Assisi, Siena, Florence, Bologna, Padua, Venice, Montepulciano, Naples, Pompeii, Sorrento, Capri


Arrival From Rome: Departures For 2018:
April: Every Sunday
May - October: Every Friday & Sunday


Comfortable, Escorted, Great, Italian Experience including:

  • Visit also Assisi, Bologna, Siena, Padova
  • Tuscany Wine Region
  • GUIDED Visit St.Mark’s Basilica with Skip the Line
  • GUIDED Tour of Vatican Museums, Sistine Chapel and St.Peter’s Basilica (our exclusive “Skip the Line” tour!)
  • GUIDED Tour of Pompeii with the Skip the Line – The Blue Grotto in Capri– Discover the Jewels of Southern Italy

The Package Includes

  • 4 nights at Bettoja 4* hotel (or similar) in Rome
  • 2 nights at Mediterraneo 4* hotel (or similar) in Florence
  • 2 nights hotel accommodation in Venice
  • 2 nights at Michelangelo 4* hotel (or similar) in Sorrento
  • 1 night at Capri 4* hotel (or similar) in Capri
  • Transportation by Modern A/C Coach with Free Wi-Fi on board
  • Experienced Monolingual Tour Escort
  • Headsets are provided during guided tours
  • Sightseeing as per itinerary
  • Entrance fees as per itinerary
  • Meals: 11 Breakfast B, 3 lunch L, 6 Dinners

Day 1: ROME

Benvenuti a Rome! After your arrival at the airport, make your own way to your hotel and then enjoy your first day in the city at your own leisure. Overnight stay.
Breakfast


Day 2: ROME / ASSISI / SIENA / FLORENCE

Departing at 7:15 am from your hotel by a deluxe coach, you will arrive in Assisi, ready to explore, at your own leisure, this tiny town surrounded by walls, built in the Middle Ages. Take your time to visit the basilica of St. Francis, where you will see masterpieces by Giotto and Cimabue and, then, have free time for lunch (not included). Board on the bus to reach Siena, a Unesco World Heritage Site, world-known for the Palio, the historical horse race around the shell-shaped town square: Piazza del Campo. Next, you will continue on to Florence, where you will check in at your hotel before enjoying dinner and a well-earned night of rest.
Breakfast / Dinner


Day 3: FLORENCE

After breakfast, you will spend the day venturing around beautiful Florence, the “Cradle of Renaissance, where, with the help of Michelangelo, Italian art reached its pinnacle. Based on etruscan-Romen origins, the city flourished in the Middle Ages as a free “Comune” and was further refined during the Renaissance. You will be fascinated by the uncountable monuments, churches and buildings as Santa Maria del Fiore, more commonly referred to as the Duomo. On your visit, you will be amazed by its magnificent dome built by Filippo Brunelleschi. Cross a small piazza to see the “Campanile” tower (partly designed by Giotto) and the Baptistery, with its bronze doors where Michelangelo imagined the “Gates of Paradise.” In the heart of the city, you will see Piazza della Signoria, Palazzo della Signoria (also known as Palazzo Vecchio), and the Basilica of Santa Croce. Lunch in a typical Tuscan restaurant in Piazza Santa Croce. Spend the afternoon strolling the cobblestone streets of Florence on your own or take a short trip to Pisa (optional), one of the four main historical Marine Republics of Italy. There, you will tour the Piazza dei Miracoli with the Duomo, Pisa’s symbol “the Leaning Tower” and the Baptistery. Dinner at leisure, overnight stay in Florence.
Breakfast / Lunch


Day 4: FLORENCE / BOLOGNA / PADUA / VENICE

After breakfast in Florence, departure to Bologna. There, you will discover the elegant city centre with its “porticos”, it’s shopping streets and so on. From Piazza Malpighi you will walk to Piazza del Nettuno and Piazza Maggiore (Neptune square and Major square) in the heart of the city, then King Renzo’s Palace; Palazzo Podestà and the basilica of San Petronio, one of the biggest in the world. Bologna it’s a real gourmet’s heaven…don’t miss a tasty meal at your own leisure! In the afternoon, continue toward Padova, with Sant’Antonio Basilica: one of the most visited churches by pilgrims of the catholic world. Later in the afternoon, arrival in Venice: the City of Love, one of the most Romentic cities of the whole world and, undoubtedly the most beautiful city built by man! Check in at your hotel for dinner and overnight stay.
Breakfast / Dinner


Day 5: VENICE

After breakfast, enjoy your private water-taxi transfer to Piazza San Marco, with “skip the line” tickets for your Guided visit to the splendid St.Mark’s Basilica and, after this, check out the most iconic places of the “Floating City”: the Palazzo dei Dogi, symbol of Venice’s glorious past, the legendary “Bridge of Sighs”. Spend the afternoon roaming along Venice’s canals at your leisure and then return to the hotel for dinner and overnight.
Breakfast / Dinner


Day 6: VENICE / MONTEPULCIANO (TUSCANY WINE REGION) / ROME

After breakfast, departure from Piazzale Rome heading to Tuscany, world-known for its landscapes, its churches and castles and its delicious wines. You will proceed to Val di Chiana with a stop in Montepulciano, a medieval town rich in history and art. Known for its “Nobile” wine, on purchase in local wine houses, Montepulciano also hosts an annual jazz and wine festival every July. Spend the afternoon discovering Montepulciano at your own pace, enjoying free wine tastings in many wine shops and free time for shopping. In the evening, you will arrive in Rome to check in into your hotel.
Breakfast


Day 7: ROME

Between 7:45 - 8:00 am, after breakfast, departure from the hotel for the Guided included tour of the Vatican Museums, Sistine Chapel and St. Peters’s Basilica with our exclusive “Skip the Line” access! No stress to reach the area: upon arrival, your guide will lead you into the museums where you’ll visit one of the most important art collections of the world. Walk along the beautiful Galleries of Tapestries and Geographical Maps before admiring Raphael’s Rooms and, then, the amazing Sistine Chapel. After this incredible masterpiece, you will be taken by a privileged door to St. Peters’s Basilica: the biggest church in the world! The tour ends on St.Peter’s Square: enjoy the rest of the day to explore the city at your own leisure or get any one of our selected tours for the afternoon or at night! Overnight stay.
Breakfast


Day 8: ROME / NAPLES / POMPEII / SORRENTO

After breakfast , pick up at your hotel at 7:00 am approximately. Departure by coach heading south crossing the regions of Lazio and Campania. Arrival in Naples and short panoramic tour seeing sites such as the Mergellina, Castel dell’Ovo, Santa Lucia, then heading to Pompeii for your guided tour. Lunch before entering in Pompeii and then visit the ruins of the famous Romen city destroyed by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 A.D. Leaving Pompeii, you will drive along the Sorrentine Coast, arriving in Sorrento for dinner (dress code: jacket for men) and an overnight in your new hotel.
Breakfast / Lunch & Dinner


Day 9: SORRENTO

Breakfast and dinner at the hotel and day at you disposal. Spend the day exploring Sorrento on your own.
Breakfast / Dinner


Day 10: SORRENTO / CAPRI

After breakfast, get ready for an exciting excursion to the island of Capri: one of the most exclusive summer destinations of the Mediterranean! Depending on weather and sea conditions, you will admire the dreamy Blue Grotto on a small rowboat. Afterward, enjoy lunch at a local restaurant and then roam the island at your own pace. In the afternoon, check in at your hotel in Capri, enjoy your dinner and relax for the night.
Breakfast / Lunch & Dinner


Day 11: CAPRI / ROME

After breakfast, spend a leisurely morning exploring Capri. In the afternoon, you will reach the mainland ready to depart for Rome, where you will check in to your hotel and spend the night.
Breakfast


Day 12: ROME

Enjoy one final breakfast before the tour comes to an end.
Breakfast


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