The cost includes:
Tour escort per 8 days
Private transportation by coaches
3-night accommodation sharing a multiple room in Florence in a 3-star hotel
2-night accommodation sharing a multiple room in Perugia in a 3-star hotel
2-night accommodation sharing a multiple room in Rome in a 3-star hotel
7 breakfasts
7 dinners
2 packed lunches
Entrance tickets:
Guided tours of:
Tandem in Lucca (1 hour)
Earphones
Cost does not include:
ITINERARY (Some parts of the itinerary may involve bullet train or boat travel)
Day 1 Rome-Florence
At the airport of Rome, meet your tour escort who wiell stay with you throughout the entire stay in Italy. From the airport, travel northwards towards Florence. On the way stop and visit Orvieto, a town populated since the Etruscan times. Here, you will visit the Cathedral, the famous St Patrick’s Well, a cylindrical well built in the 16th century which allowed mules to carry empty and full water vessels separately in downward and upward directions without obstruction, and the underground, another town built more than 2,000 years ago. You will have lunch before continuing the transfer to Florence. Check-in
Day 2 Florence
Today will be completed dedicated to the visit of the famous Renaissance town. Your visit will include also the Academy Gallery, where the famous statue of Donatello is located, the Duomo and the Baptistry. Time at disposal in the afternoon before returning back to the hotel. Dinner
Day 3 Pisa - Lucca
Today it will be the turn to visit Pisa and Lucca. In Pisa, you will see the main monuments of the Miracles’ Square while Lucca will be visited biking a tandem in the pedestrian area. Both in Pisa and in Lucca, you will be assisted by local guides Back to the hotel late in the afternoon and dinner
Day 4 Siena - Perugia
Check-out and transfer to Perugia in Umbria stopping, first in San Gimignano, the Medieval village famous for its towers, and then in Siena, the rival town of Florence during the Middle Ages when Florence was sided with the Pope while Siena with the Emperor. Famous is the Montaperti Battle in 1260 when Florence was heavily defeated. Siena is also famous for the Palio, a horse race run twice a year since that time. After the visit continue to Perugia and check-in. Dinner
Day 5 Perugia – Assisi
In the morning, visit Assisi, the town famous in the world for St. Francis and St. Clare, the two saints devoted to the poors. After the visit of Assisi and the Basilica of St Francis, the guide will continue the tour in Perugia. Dinner
Day 6 Rome (Imperial Rome)
Check-out and transfer to Rome. In the afternoon you will visit the Capital of Italy following the theme of the Roman Empire including a guided tour of the Colosseum. Dinner
Day 7 Rome (Vatican and Baroque theme)
In the morning, you will visit the Sistine Chapel inside the Vatican Museums to then pass to explore St Peter’s Cathedral. In the afternoon, it will be an occasion for a free visit in the pedestrian area of Rome to admire the very well-known monuments: Trevi Fountain, Navona Square, Spanish Steps. Dinner
Day 8 Departure
Check-out and transfer to the airport of Rome
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