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Venice
Athens
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12 days
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Italy and Greece are steeped in history with a treasure trove of ancient sites and scenic beauty. On this affordable Italy and Greece tour, you’ll see the exceptional features these countries have to offer, starting in Venice and ending in Athens. In Italy, you’ll stay in the Venice area, Rome, and Florence; in Greece, you’ll stay in Delphi, Olympia, Nauplia, and Athens. Your flight from Rome to Athens is included in your package. In Venice, take a boat ride to St. Mark’s Square and watch glassblowers create works of art as they have done for centuries – or discover the lagoon at your own pace. Enjoy must-see sights, including Piazza Signoria, in the middle of Florence; see the Roman arena in Verona, and Pisa’s famous Leaning Tower…Visit Rome with a local guide who brings ancient Imperial Rome back to life. Step back in time on your visit to Athens’ Acropolis and the Parthenon, dating back to the 5th century BC, and the most accurate indication of the influence and wealth of Athens at its greatest peak. You’ll also visit Mycenae, dating back to 1350 BC, where you’ll marvel at the arches, fountains, ramparts, and amazing masonry still standing, and Delphi, known in antiquity as the “navel of the earth”. All these elements come together perfectly to create a value-minded Italy and Greece tour like no other!
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Day 1
ARRIVE IN VENICE AREA, ITALYWelcome to Italy! Check into your hotel. The rest of the day is free for you to explore Italy’s romantic city using your CosmosGO app. This evening, meet your Tour Director and travel companions at the welcome dinner at the hotel. (D)
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Day 2
VENICEVenice is a place of unmatched beauty and a feast of fantastic sights. View the delightful crisscrossing canals, the gondolas, arched bridges, palaces, and piazzas. Your included orientation features a boat ride to St. Mark’s Square and a visit to a Venetian glassblowing workshop. You’ll have time to explore at leisure on your own, perhaps sipping a cappuccino or the typical Venetian drink called "spritz" at one of the many bars or cafés. An optional excursion to the island of Burano will give you the opportunity to see more of the Venetian Lagoon before enjoying a delicious meal. (B)
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Day 3
VENICE AREA–VERONA–MONTECATINITravel to Verona, setting for Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet. Marvel at the ancient Roman Arena, built for gladiator fights but now still used as a popular venue for festivals and concerts; shop in Via Mazzini, or just wander the cobblestone streets of the city center. Tonight, experience the harmony of rural life in Tuscany with an optional farmhouse dinner in the Tuscan countryside. On the menu? Good food, better wine, and the best company! Overnight in the Tuscan spa town of Montecatini.Today’s Distance: 224 mi/ 360 km (B)
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Day 4
MONTECATINI–FLORENCE–MONTECATINIToday, enjoy a full day discovering the wonders of Florence, starting with a guided walking tour, featuring some of the city’s greatest attractions. See Piazza Santa Croce; world-famous Signoria Square; 13th-century Palazzo Vecchio with its collection of artistic masterpieces; Loggia dei Lanzi; the unique Duomo with Giotto’s Gothic Bell Tower and the Baptistry’s ornate bronze door known as the “Gate of Paradise.” Return to Montecatini.Today’s distance: 79 mi /127km (B)
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Day 5
MONTECATINI–PISA–ROMEVistas of rolling hills, cypress trees, vineyards, olive groves, and rural villages form the backdrop of your journey through beautiful Tuscany. Stop in Pisa and enjoy a mini-train ride to the Square of Miracles and the amazing Leaning Tower, then on to Rome. Today’s Distance: 255 mi/ 410 km (B)
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Day 6
ROMEThe “Eternal City” is steeped in history, vibrantly alive and exciting, and absolutely unique! Start the included introduction to Rome’s landmarks from St. Peter’s Square with a Local Guide. Enjoy a drive along the iconic landmarks of the city: the Tiber River, the Caius Cestius Pyramid, the Aurelian Walls, and the Caracalla Baths. Complete the experience with a walk back in time from the Circus Maximus to the Arch of Constantine and to the fascinating Colosseum, symbol of the Roman Empire.* (B)* For operational reasons, changes to the Rome program cannot be excluded.
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Day 7
ROME–ATHENS, GREECETransfer to the airport for your included flight to Athens. From the capital of Italy to the capital of Greece, absorb the Mediterranean flair and discover the influence of ancient Roman and Greek civilizations on modern life and arts. (B)
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Day 8
ATHENS–MYCENAE–NAUPLIA AREAJoin the included sightseeing tour of Athens, featuring the highlights of the city and a visit to the Acropolis. Travel to the Corinth Canal, built between 1881 and 1893 and stop here for a picture. Continue to visit the Mycenae archaeological site with a Local Guide to learn about the ancient city of Homer’s epics. Enjoy views of the rugged Peloponnese scenery on the way to Nauplia. This evening, enjoy an included dinner at a local restaurant.Today’s Distance: 90 mi/ 145 km (B,D)
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Day 9
NAUPLIA AREA–OLYMPIADrive south through the Peloponnese to Olympia. Take advantage of some time at leisure or score the perfect 10 with a guided optional tour of ancient Olympia, site of the first Olympic Games, featuring the ruins of the Temple of Zeus. Today’s Distance: 118 mi/ 190 km (B)
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Day 10
OLYMPIA–DELPHICross the Rion-Antirion bridge and skirt the Gulf or Corinth to continue inland to Delphi. Built at the foot of Mt. Parnassus, Delphi was considered by ancient Greeks to be the center of the world where the oracles of Apollo predicted the fate of many a man. Today’s distance: 150 mi/ 240 km (B,D)
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Day 11
DELPHI–ATHENSEnjoy free time in Athens to explore with the help of the CosmosGO app, visit the museums or take the tram to the coast. In the evening, enjoy the lively atmosphere of the tavernas in the old Plaka district with its narrow streets and sound of bouzouki music. (B)
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Day 12
ATHENSYour vacation ends with breakfast this morning. (B)
Meals: Breakfast
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For operational reasons, schedule changes to the Rome program cannot be excluded.
This tour requires walking on uneven terrain, especially at archaeological sites, which may pose a challenge to guests with physical limitations or reliant on mobility devices such as wheelchairs.
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Tremendous and outstanding professionalism from our tour guide. She made our tour easy-going and enjoyable to follow, I will recommend her, and absolutely I will be using cosmos again
I thought the tour guides you had on staff were amazing. It really made the tour great. Everything was very clear and made me comfortable. I plan on using your services again soon.
Our tour director, Giuseppe, was exceptional; his knowledge base was outstanding and he did a great job managing 44 people! Our bus drivers, Antonio in Italy and Panajotis in Greece were masters of their craft. Bus in Italy was great; Greek buses were marginal. Our local guides were great, too, particularly Stefan in Rome. In Rome, the Villa Maria Regina hotel needs to be changed. It's poorly located, has bed bugs, poor ac in the rooms and the staff were surly. The B&B hotel in Florence is very well located, but feels like a college dorm; tired and worn. Florence included dinner was marginal. Antoni Palace Hotel in Venice is not in an ideal location, but is better located than the Poppi Hotel listed in the Cosmos brochure. Also, the dinner included at Antoni was quite poor and the tour director warned us that it would be. I would encourage Cosmos to offer a dinner coupon at a nearby restaurant should any of the guests choose to eat elsewhere. Cosmos needs to re-word their ferry description from 'overnight' to 24-hour. You are also responsible for carrying all of your luggage through customs and onto the ferry. Additionally, the ferry was 5 hours late leaving Ancona (11:30p) and arrived in Patras at 11:30p. From there, we had another 2 hour bus ride to Olympia. All the Greek hotels were well located and quite nice. Verona & Olympia guides were great; Nauplia was a wonderful treat as was Mycenae. Excursions: Rome dinner was great; need more time at the Sistine Chapel or advise guests to skip going to bathroom/cafe; Uffizi Gallery was good; very poor meal for Venice evening; skip the gondola ride; Olympia tour was good, but we were exhausted from arriving at 1:30a and up at 6:00a for the tour; Athens final night lots of fun. Great trip overall with lots of warm and friendly co-travelers!
The Italy/Greece trip was a tremendous value. Our tour director Armando from Cosmos did a great job guiding us throughout the tour. I highly recommended this tour.
This was our first trip with a Guided Tour Group and it greatly exceeded our expectations. Our Tour Director and Bus Driver were exceptional, and we were able to explore Europe in a most thorough manner. From beginning to end, everything was handled for us which made it very easy. We could have never done this on our own. Thank you for an amazing travel experience.
If you are on a budget like us, I'll say it was excellent. Overall we got what we paid for. In Italy rooms were not bad, but they were not a 4 Star hotel in my opinion. worse part was customer service. In Greece was a complete different history, nicer rooms in beautiful location, but the most important part for me, every hotel we stayed, from front desk personnel, restaurant to housekeeping, very helpful, friendly people. Definitely i will book my next trip with you.
Cosmos as a corporation did a terrible job on this tour trying to cut corners. Hotels was terrible, the location was worst and the food was really not up to par. I always give cosmos great review but this trip was extremely bad service. The tour director and drivers was amazing. I have to blame this one on Cosmos. This might be my last travel with Cosmos as I dont want to find out if this type of service will reoccur again.
A few of the accommodations were only 2 star while others were 4 star. And some were 20 min away from town center, but along a bus route. Free time was very sufficient. Enough, but not too much. Overall a great trip!
Based on my trip experience, the places we visited you could not have gotten that by doing a cruise. Can't wait to book my next trip.
Affordable Tours is very professional. For the tour, Cosmos hotel in Italy need to be change because is far from downtown, the overnight Ferry food breakfast need to improve. Air Canada is not recommended .
Awesome trip...no problem whatsoever...
Our tour guide was awesome and very professional!! The drivers were great and it was a fantastic experience.
I expected less than Globus, but the bathrooms were horrible and the tour guide's accent was so strong I could not understand most of what he said. I disliked not having a restaurant in the hotels we stayed in. However, all hotels provided a good breakfast.
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The cabin on the ferry was gross. Mold/Mildew on walls and floor of bathroom. We would not use the shower because of it. I’m sure the ferry was beautiful years ago, now it is awful.