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Tour Code: ZHF
Tour Length: 8 days
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CIAO, ITALIA!
Day 1 - (Sat.) Board your overnight transatlantic flight. Day 2 - Arrive in Rome, Italy. (Sun.) Time to rest or start exploring the "Eternal City." At 6 p.m. meet your Tour Director and traveling companions for a special welcome dinner at a local restaurant. (D) Day 3 - Unearth Ancient Rome. (Mon.) Morning sightseeing with a Local Guide focuses on the ancient part of the city. Visit the imposing COLOSSEUM, one of the New 7 Wonders of the WorldŽ. Here you will learn about life as a gladiator and get a FAMILY PICTURE WITH A GLADIATOR (if available). Continue to the ruins of the ROMAN FORUM, where Roman legions marched in triumph. The afternoon is at leisure - your Tour Director will have suggestions for exciting optional excursions. (BB) Day 4 - From the Vatican to Pisa's Leaning Tower & Florence. (Tue.) This morning your Local Guide introduces you to Vatican City, the heart of the Roman Catholic Church. Visit the VATICAN MUSEUMS and SISTINE CHAPEL, world famous for Michelangelo's ceiling paintings and The Last Judgement, before continuing to monumental ST. PETER'S SQUARE and BASILICA. Depart for Pisa to admire the cathedral, the baptistry on Campo dei Miracoli, and take pictures of the amazing Leaning Tower, 180 feet high and no less than 12 feet out of the perpendicular. Then on to Florence, the splendid capital of Tuscany and the cradle of the Renaissance. Tonight, have a festive PIZZA PARTY at a local restaurant where an Italian chef demonstrates just how Italian pizzas are made! (BB,D) Day 5 - Explore Renaissance Florence & See the Famous David. (Wed.) This morning, follow your Local Guide to visit the ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS with Michelangelo's celebrated David and admire the magnificent cathedral, Giotto's Bell Tower, the Baptistry's heavy bronze "Gate of Paradise," and sculpture-studded SIGNORIA SQUARE. In the afternoon, time to check out the enticing shops with Florentine leather goods and gold jewelry. Later, sample flavors of cioccolato, nocciola, or maybe stracciatella at an exclusive GELATO TASTING. (BB) Day 6 - Cruise Venice's Canals & Discover the Bridge of Sighs. (Thu.) Drive across the Apennine Hills and through the plains of the mighty River Po to Venice. Enter the city in style by PRIVATE BOAT to meet your Local Guide. Highlights of your walking tour are ST. MARK'S SQUARE and its BASILICA, the Clock Tower, lavish DOGES" PALACE and the BRIDGE OF SIGHS, where doomed prisoners caught their final glimpse of the world. (BB) Day 7 - Create Your Own Venetian Mask & Enjoy a Gondola Ride. (Fri.) This morning, enjoy a unique experience: create your own VENETIAN CARNIVAL MASK. Then walk through narrow streets along the canals and across scenic bridges to St. Mark's Square and enjoy an included GONDOLA RIDE. Time to rest or to enjoy the Lido beaches before joining your Tour Director and fellow travel companions for a festive farewell dinner on Burano Island. (BB,D) Day 8 - Depart Venice. (Sat.) Your homebound flight arrives the same day. (BB) |
