Pianeta Sport

TOUR #09

Tuscany + Rome

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from € 791.00


Cost of the tour per student in March

Euro 866.00 based on 40 students + 4 teachers

Teachers are free of charge

The group will be accommodated in 3-star hotels

In case our Escort is not requested, the cost is Euro 791.00

 

The cost includes:

Tour escort per 9 days

Private coach per 9 days

Coach city permits

Bike rental in Lucca

Train in Le Cinque Terre

5-night accommodation sharing a multiple room in Montecatini

3-night accommodation sharing a multiple room in Rome

8 breakfasts

8 dinners

Entrance tickets:

  • Necropolis of Tarquinia and Cerveteri
  • Academy Gallery in Florence
  • Duomo and Baptistery in Florence
  • The Leaning Tower in Pisa
  • White marble caves
  • Colosseum
  • Vatican Museums
  • The Catacombs

Guided tours of:

  • Tarquinia and Cerveteri
  • Florence
  • Pisa
  • Lucca by bike
  • Siena
  • San Gimignano
  • Volterra
  • Le Cinque Terre
  • White Marble Caves
  • Imperial Rome
  • Vatican Museums
  • The Catacombs
  • Baroque Rome

Cost does not include anything not specified in the voice “The cost includes

Day 1 Rome – Tarquinia – Cerveteri - Montecatini

At the airport of Rome, meet your tour escort who will stay with you throughout the entire stay in Italy. From the airport, reach Tarquinia first and then Cerveteri: you will visit the necropolis dating back to the Etruscan times. In the afternoon you will reach Montecatini where you will spend 5 nights.

 

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

 

Day 3 Pisa - Lucca

Today you will visit the famous Leaning Tower in Pisa and the other monuments located in the Miracles’ Square before reaching Lucca, one of the best well-preserved wall-towns in Europe. The visit of Lucca will be made by bike.

 

Day 4 San Gimignano – Volterra

Today you will visit San Gimignano, the medieval wall-town village famous for its towers, the first “skyscrapers” in the history and in the afternoon Volterra, another medieval borgo where you will discover the alabaster caves and workshops for which the area is famous for. The chalky white alabaster from Volterra is considered the finest in Europe because of its characteristic compactness, transparency, veining, softness and smoothness.

 

Day 5 Le Cinque Terre – White marble caves

Today you will drive westwards to reach the Tyrrhenian Sea where Le Cinque Terre are located. You will explore this enchanting area by train and on foot walking a nice panoramic path. In the afternoon, on the way back to the hotel, you will stop in Carrara, whose name is linked since centuries to the white marble caves that you will visit with a guide. It is from this marble that the most famous statues come from.

 

Day 6 Siena - Rome

Check-out and transfer to Rome stopping 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 the that time. After the visit continue to Rome and check-in

 

Day 7 Rome

This morning, you will visit the Capital of Italy following the theme of the Roman Empire including a guided tour of the Colosseum. In the afternoon, it will be the turn of the Baroque, very well represented by the famous square and fountains located in the pedestrian area of the city: Trevi Fountain, Navona Square, Spanish Steps. A guide will be with you all day long.

 

Day 8 Rome

Today, the theme will be the Christianity. We’ll start with a visit to the Sistine Chapel inside the Vatican Museums to then pass to explore St Peter’s Cathedral, while in the afternoon, it will be the turn of the Catacombs.

 

Day 9 Departure

Check-out and transfer to the airport of Rome


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