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Tour Code:ZI9
Length: 14 Days
Tour Quality: First Class
Tour Type: Escorted Tour
Single Supp.: $499
Triple Room Disc.: $49

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Start Date	End Date	Brochure Land & Air	Brochure Land Only	Our Price (Land & Air)	Our Price (Land Only)	Quote
Wed, Dec 31, 1969	Wed, Dec 31, 1969			Call Us	Call Us	Quote

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Itinerary

Tour Highlights

Countries Visited: Italy

City Highlights: Assisi, Capri, Florence, Milan, Pisa, Pompeii, Ravenna, Rome, Sorrento, Venice, Verona

Tour Itinerary

This classic Italian 14-day vacation is our most popular, with departures throughout the year. Two night stays in Rome, Florence, Lake Maggiore, Venice, and Sorrento, plus one night in St. Francis’ Assisi, offer plenty of time to visit the main sights with a Local Guide. Discover St. Peter’s, the Sistine Chapel, the Colosseum, Michelangelo’s David, St. Mark’s and Doges’ Palace with the Bridge of Sighs. Stops are also made in Pisa to see the Leaning Tower, and in dynamic Milan, in subtropical Lugano in Switzerland, in Verona, in Ravenna, and in Montecassino to visit the medieval Abbey. The two nights in Sorrento include visits to Pompeii at the foot of Mount Vesuvius, and to the Isle of Capri, with a visit to Villa San Michele in Anacapri.

Day 1: Board your overnight transatlantic flight.

Day 2: Arrival in Rome, Italy.
Time to rest or start exploring the “Eternal City.” At 6 pm, meet your Tour Director and traveling companions for a special welcome dinner with wine at one of Rome’s lively restaurants. (D)

Day 3: Rome.
Sightseeing with your Local Guide starts with a visit to the VATICAN MUSEUMS and SISTINE CHAPEL (arranged next morning if closed today), world famous for Michelangelo’s ceiling paintings and The Last Judgement. Continue to monumental ST. PETER’S SQUARE and BASILICA. Cross the Tiber and visit the COLOSSEUM and the ROMAN FORUM, where Roman legions marched in triumph. Then, time for independent activities and exciting optional excursion possibilities. (B)

Day 4: Rome–Pisa–Florence.
North to Pisa for pictures of its amazing Leaning Tower. Continue to Florence, the capital of Tuscany and home to Renaissance splendor. (B,D)

Day 5: Florence.
Follow your Local Guide to the ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS with Michelangelo’s David and the magnificent CATHEDRAL. Admire Giotto’s Bell Tower, the Baptistry’s “Gate of Paradise,” and sculpture-studded SIGNORIA SQUARE. Afternoon free to relax or to find out more about Florence’s artistic wealth. Why not join an optional dinner at a Tuscan restaurant? (B)

Day 6: Florence–Milan–Lugano, Switzerland–Lake Maggiore, Italy**.
Drive through the Apennine hills past Bologna, home of Europe’s oldest university, to dynamic Milan. Orientation features its gothic DUOMO, glass-domed GALLERIA, and famed La Scala Opera House. Then, continue to Lugano in the Italian-speaking part of Switzerland. A leisurely break to stroll along the lake, window-shop the refined Via Nassa, or sip an espresso on the Piazza Riforma. Next, a scenic drive along Lake Maggiore, one of Italy’s most beautiful areas. Spend two nights at your elegant resort. (B,D)

** Departures 1027-1222 overnight in Milan instead of Lake Maggiore. Dinner on day 6 and Lugano visit not included

Day 7: At Leisure by Lake Maggiore**.
A restful day to sleep in or maybe join an optional excursion to the baroque palace and peacock gardens of enchanting Isola Bella (open Mar. 26-Oct. 23, subject to change). (B,D)

** Departures 1027-1222 overnight in Milan instead of Lake Maggiore. Dinner on day 6 and Lugano visit not included

Day 8: Lake Maggiore**–Verona–Venice.
East to Verona, medieval setting for Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, to see Juliet’s Balcony and the well-preserved Arena. Join the locals for lunch before continuing to Venice, deemed by some the most romantic city in the world. (B)

** Departures 1027-1222 overnight in Milan instead of Lake Maggiore. Dinner on day 6 and Lugano visit not included

Day 9: Venice.
Enter in style by PRIVATE BOAT to meet your Local Guide. Highlights of your walking tour are ST. MARK’S SQUARE and the byzantine BASILICA, lavish DOGES’ PALACE and the BRIDGE OF SIGHS. Then, watch skilled GLASSBLOWERS fashion their delicate objects in the age-old manner. Later, discover Venice at your own pace or take an optional gondola ride. (B,D)

Day 10: Venice–Ravenna–Assisi.
Follow the sparkling Adriatic coast to Ravenna to see the mosaics in the 6th-century BASILICA OF ST. APOLLINARIS IN CLASSE. Afternoon arrival in Assisi. Visit the CHURCH OF ST. CLARE with your Local Guide and enjoy a pleasant walk to the massive 13th-century lower BASILICA OF ST. FRANCIS. Time to take in this peaceful town on your own. (B,D)

Day 11: Assisi–Pompeii–Sorrento.
Today, visit POMPEII, the Roman city both destroyed and preserved by an eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. Overnight in the charming, bayside resort of Sorrento. (B)

Day 12: Sorrento. Excursion to Capri.
Speed across the bay by JETFOIL to the Isle of Capri. Ride the FUNICULAR to Capri village for a guided visit of this pretty town. Free time to explore the little shops on the Piazzetta before returning to Sorrento. The remainder of the day is at leisure. (B)

Day 13: Sorrento–Rome.
A short drive back to Rome. Tonight, consider saying arrivederci to your traveling companions at an optional festive dinner in one of Rome’s fine restaurants. (B)

Day 14: Your homebound flight arrives the same day. (B)

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What's Included

Rome:
Welcome dinner at a local restaurant; guided sightseeing, visit the Vatican Museums and Sistine Chapel, St. Peter’s Square & Basilica, and the Colosseum and Roman Forum

Pisa:
Take pictures of the Leaning Tower

Florence:
Guided walking tour, visit Michelangelo’s David, the cathedral, and Signoria Square

Milan:
Orientation including the Galleria and the Duomo

Lugano (Switzerland):
Visit the subtropical town

Verona:
Walking tour including Juliet’s Balcony and the Arena

Venice:
Private boat ride; guided walking tour, visit St. Mark’s Square & Basilica, Doges’ Palace and the Bridge of Sighs; glassblowers’ demonstration

Ravenna:
Visit the Basilica of St. Apollinaris in Classe

Assisi:
Guided sightseeing, visit St. Clare’s Church and St. Francis’ Basilica

Pompeii:
Guided walking tour of the excavations

Sorrento-Capri:
By jetfoil

Capri:
Guided visit of Capri village, including a funicular ride

Note:

Departures 1027-1222 overnight in Milan instead of Lake Maggiore. Dinner on day 6 and Lugano visit not included
1222 Christmas Eve in Florence and New Year’s Eve in Sorrento

MEALS
Buffet breakfast (B) daily; 6 three-course dinners (D) (departures 1027-1222: 5 three-course dinners), including a special welcome dinner with wine in Rome

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Accommodations

Rome Cicerone (SF) or Starhotels Metropole (SF) or Crowne Plaza St. Peter’s (F), Florence Grand Hotel Mediterraneo (F), Lake Maggiore Grand Hotel Bristol (F) at Stresa or Starhotels Ritz (F) at Milan, Venice Ambasciatori (F) at Mestre, Assisi Dei Priori (F), Sorrento Grand Hotel Cesare Augusto (F) or Corallo (F), Rome Holiday Inn West (F) or Melia Roma Aurelia Antica (F) or Cicerone (SF)

Single room supplement:
$561

Triple room reduction per person:
$52

Extra nights per person in Rome:
Mar.-Apr.: in single room $245, in twin room $180, in triple room $146
May-Apr.’10: in single room $267, in twin room $195, in triple room $160

2010 departures are subject to itinerary and price modification.

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