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FROM THE COLOSSEUM TO THE EIFFEL TOWER

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Discover Europe on this vacation with your family! Start in Rome with a welcome dinner, then enjoy sightseeing with a Local Guide featuring visits to the Vatican Museum and Sistine Chapel, St. Peter's Square and Basilica, the Roman Forum and the Colosseum, where you get a family picture with a gladiator (if available). Next, travel to Florence and follow your Local Guide to visit the Academy of Fine Arts with Michelangelo's celebrated David, admire the cathedral, and sculpture-studded Signoria Square. Tonight, enjoy a festive pizza party at a local restaurant to see how they are made! In Venice, ride a private boat to St. Mark's Square and admire the basilica, the Clock Tower, Doges" Palace and the Bridge of Sighs. The highlight is a unique experience: create your own Venetian mask! Enjoy a pasta dinner at a local restaurant. Next, travel via Lake Maggiore and Stresa to the Swiss Alps. Ride a mountain train to car-free Zermatt at the base of the Matterhorn. You may wish to join an optional ride up the open-air railway on Gornergrat Mountain before continuing to Lausanne at Lake Geneva for your overnight stay. Next, a ride on the famous high-speed "TGV" train to Paris. In Paris, visits to the top of the Eiffel Tower and to Notre Dame Cathedral are included, and your 3-night stay allows the possibility to join a full-day optional excursion to Euro Disney. On the last evening enjoy a farewell dinner in a local restaurant to celebrate the success of an unforgettable vacation!

City Highlights
ROME:
Welcome dinner at a local restaurant; guided sightseeing including headsets, visit the Vatican Museums and Sistine Chapel, St. Peter's Square and Basilica, the Colosseum, and Roman Forum; family picture with a gladiator (if available)

FLORENCE:
Guided sightseeing including headsets, visit the Academy of Fine Arts to see Michelangelo's David, admire the cathedral and Signoria Square; pizza party at a local restaurant

VENICE:
Private boat ride; Venetian Carnival mask making; orientation including St. Mark's Square; pasta dinner at a local restaurant

ZERMATT:
Mountain train; orientation

LAUSANNE - PARIS:
By "TGV" train

PARIS:
Ascend the Eiffel Tower to the top floor; guided sightseeing, visit Notre Dame; farewell dinner at a local restaurant