DAY 1: FLORENCE (OVERNIGHT IN FLORENCE)
- Arrive at Florence airport/train railway station. Optional transfer to the hotel in Florence. On this day there are no planned activities. If you arrive in the morning, we suggest you to discover the city on your own.
- Suggested itinerary: Walk into the well-largest art capital of the world. One third of all art treasures of Italy is located in the Tuscan capital. Santa Croce, the largest Franciscan church in Italy, is considered the burial of important Italian personalities from history, art and literature. Equally impressive is the Palazzo Vecchio in Piazza della Signoria with the replica of David by Michelangelo. Additional points of interest include, without limitation the octagonal the patron saint of Florence Baptistery dedicated to San Giovanni and the Palazzo Medici-Riccardi, the first palace of the early Renaissance in Florence. The Ponte Vecchio is one of Florence’s landmarks and probably the most photographed bridge in the city. The most famous bridge of them all was built at the narrowest part of the Arno. It’s distinguished as being the only remaining bridge to have houses and shops on it. In part this is because something important was built on top of those: the Vasari Corridor. This secret passageway built by Vasari for Duke Cosimo I de’ Medici in 1565 links the Palazzo Vecchio to the Pitti Palace. In 1593, the jewelry stores that tourists so love were brought to the bridge on command of Ferdinando, the Medici heir who thought that the previous tenants – butchers – smelled too bad in his corridor.
During WWII, the treasures of the Uffizi gallery were stored in the Corridor. Hitler had been on a tour of it at the start of the war, and perhaps because of this, the Ponte Vecchio was the only bridge spared bombing during the German retreat of August 1944. Take the time to visit one of the Food markets in central florence: There are two closed markets one is San Lorenzo’s (the largest and oldest) – the other Sant’Ambrogio. Here you’ll get the chance to live the real florentine feel… you will smell, see and touch the freshest products and above all you will get to taste whatever catches your attention! Highly recommended would be of course the visit to the Uffizi Gallery, the world-famous art gallery with paintings of the European Paintings of the 13th / 18th centuries. Tour of 4 Hours with entrance and guided visit to the Uffizi Gallery Museum only English. Overnight in Florence.
DAY 2: FLORENCE – CATHEDRAL GUIDED TOUR (OPTIONAL) (OVERNIGHT IN FLORENCE)
- Breakfast in Hotel. Day free or Optional excursion of Florence.
- Optional Excursion: “CATHEDRAL GUIDED TOUR”. Highly recommended to climbe the Florence’s Duomo, with the huge cupola by Filippo Brunelleschi, is one of the most breathtaking experience you can do in the center of Florence. From there you can dominate the whole city and have an unique view. But, beware! The steps to get on top are 463, pretty challenging even for the trained ones! Guided tour of 1 Hour with a professional in English or Italian tour guide and Entrance ticket to Florence’s Cathedral that allow you to visit on your own St. Reparata Church, Brunelleschi’s Dome, Baptistery, Museo dell’Opera del Duomo and Giotto’s Belltower. Overnight in Florence.
DAY 3: “TUSCANY IN A DAY” PISA, SAN GIMIGNANO & SIENA (INCLUDED) (OVERNIGHT IN FLORENCE)
- Breakfast in Hotel. Full Day Excursion “Tuscany in a Day” with expert English speaking Tour Leader to visit Pisa, San Gimignano, guided walking tour of Siena with lunch in Piazza del Campo, Wine tasting in a winery immersed in the Chianti Area. Overnight in Florence.
DAY 4: ROME (OVERNIGHT IN ROME)
- Breakfast in Hotel, transfer to train station and continue to Rome, arrive at Rome train station transfer to the hotel. Afternoon free to discovery the city. Overnight in Rome.
DAY 5: VATICAN MUSEUM* (INCLUDED) afternoon: COLOSSEUM, ROMAN FORUM & PALATINE HILL (OPTIONAL) (OVERNIGHT IN ROME)
- Breakfast in hotel. This day you will explore the Vatican Museum and St. Peter’s Basilica. Enjoy a tour with an expert guide skip the line with a fast entry ticket to the Vatican Complex. After meeting your professional guide at our meeting point, you’ll be given a headset and you’ll reach the Vatican Museum’s entrance, in a group of no more than 25 people. You’ll tour the gallery, visiting all those main spots you’ve heard about like the Gallery of Maps, the Gallery of Tapestries, the Borgia Apartments. The guide will tell you everything about the Raphael Rooms and their exceptional frescoes, including The School of Athens, and will bring you to the Sistine Chapel, whose ceiling is one of the cornerstone works of High Renaissance art. The tour couldn’t be complete without a visit to St. Peter’s, the Basilica that isn’t only the largest church in the world, but that contains several pieces of fine art: think the canopy designed by Gian Lorenzo Bernini or the Pietà by Michelangelo. And to top it off, gaze the majestic St. Peter’s Square, the open space which lies before the Basilica, redesigned by Gian Lorenzo Bernini and being itself an architectural masterpiece of the Baroque age. Optional transfer to the hotel. Overnight in Rome.
- Optional Excursion: COLOSSEUM, ROMAN FORUM & PALATINE HILL. Come at our designated meeting point will have a meeting with the guide, get you earphones, and let you access the Colosseum skipping the long line. You’ll walk inside the Flavian Amphitheater, seeing the places where the Ancient Romans used to watch a variety of events, such as gladiatorial shows or staged animal hunts, and you’ll learn more about the way Romans used to enjoy their leisure time. On around the Palatine Hill, the place where Rome was founded and where Roman emperors used to live: the view is spectacular from here! You’ll also reach the Roman Forum, the pulsating heart of ancient Roman life, to see some very well preserved ruins of that time: End of the excursion, optional transfer to the hotel and overnight.
DAY 6: PANORAMIC TICKET & THE BEST WALKING TOURS OF ROME! (OPTIONAL) (OVERNIGHT IN ROME)
- Breakfast in hotel. This day you can explore the city to visit the highlights of the monuments symbol of Rome and it is a fascinating view with a panoramic tour. Optional transfers and overnight.
- Optional excursion: “PANORAMIC TICKET & THE BEST WALKING TOURS OF ROME!”. “I Love Rome City Tour” is a tour combine bus with one walking tour! Jump on board in the stop that you choose and relax on board, listen to the audio commentary and get on and off at any of the eight stops available along the route. The bus ticket included in the deal will be valid for 24 hours. The bus will make eight stops and will provide you with an on-board audio commentary in 13 languages. The combination with one of the four available walking tours we offer makes it the ideal way to pass through much of the city centre in a day. A guide will be waiting for you at the meeting point, which will be located next to the indicated stop of our pink buses, to show you some stunning corners of the city. What will you pick? You may choose between a walk through the alleys of the romantic Trastevere area, or the Ghetto, both filled with history and culture. Do ghost stories fascinate you more? Then you may pick our amazing Ghosts and Mysteries Tour or perhaps the Velabro Valley Tour, to get to know more about the city foundation and its legends. We offer incredible itineraries that include some must-see attractions, such as Castel Sant’Angelo, Piazza Navona, the Pantheon, Piazza della Minerva, Piazza Bocca della Verità, the Arch of Janus, the church of San Giorgio in Velabro, the Fontana della Tartarughe, Portico di Ottavia, the Tiber Island, Basilica di Santa Maria in Trastevere and so many more! You are free to come back in hotel when you wish. Optional transfers and overnight.
DAY 7: POMPEII (INCLUDED) (OVERNIGHT IN SORRENTO AREA)
- Breakfast in the hotel. Transfer to Rome station and departure to Napoli by train/bus. Arrival in Naples, meeting with the guide and excursion to POMPEII. Pompeii holds an intense fascination for visitors today. Following the eruption of the Volcano Mount Vesuvius in the year of 79 AD, Pompei lay buried a forgotten for hundreds of years. The town is high on the list of the World and the excavations begun in the 18th Century are still being carried out today. Our guide will take you slowly through some of the ancient streets of Pompeii where you can see Baths, Forums and Villas built by prosperous Roman in the years 80 BC. Marvel at the fabulously preserved Frescos which adorned the walls and floors of the Villas. Even if your interests do not lie in history, this is an archaeological site that you cannot be failed to be impressed by. After the visit, we will arrive in Sorrento Area to our selected Hotel. Dinner and overnight in hotel.
DAY 8: POSITANO & AMALFI (INCLUDED) (OVERNIGHT IN SORRENTO AREA)
- Breakfast in the hotel. This day you are free to relax and explore the city on your own or you can opt to spend your day in the Amalfi coast, one of the most spectacular coastlines of Europe. Pick-up in hotel by Mini van and enjoy the Amalfi Coast drive which is arguably the world's most beautiful and thrilling sightseeing road. Your English or German speaking driver, along the journey, will give you general information including how to spend your free time for each of the 3 stops programmed:
Positano is a true paradise, developed vertically within a tangled overlay of streets, alleys and shops that expose the colorful Positano fashions well-known all around the world. In the town center is the Parish Church of Santa Maria Assunta that shows up with its large dome, tiled in majolica and sheltering some precious works like polychrome marble altars.
It’s nice to get lost in Positano… To fully embrace the beauty of the town it’s probably better to walk without a precise destination; You will be able to enjoy the streets, the little shops, the restaurants, the monuments, the churches, the beaches.
Amalfi, a picturesque interlacing of alleys and stairways overlooks the sea with all its extraordinary colors reflecting the enchanting landscape of Amalfi, the town whose name blesses the entire coast. Dominated by the majestic Cathedral dedicated to Sant'Andrea (St. Andrew), Amalfi proffers innumerable testimonies of its glorious past as a Maritime Republic.
Ravello, another pearl of the coast, an elegant and refined village, dipped in green and characterized by luxurious villas. Ravello is famous all around the world for its Festival, in the garden of Villa Rufolo, where an evocative setting and the emotion of listening to great music create an experience of extraordinary intensity. The heart of Ravello is represented by Piazza Vescovado, framed by the architecture of Palazzo Rufolo and the Cathedral with its magnificent portal (the first ever made with this innovative mould technique) and 10-feet-high bell tower. Dinner and overnight.
DAY 9: CAPRI (OPTIONAL) (OVERNIGHT IN SORRENTO AREA)
- Breakfast in the hotel. This day you will enjoy a full day excursion in Capri. No holiday here in Sorrento would be complete without a trip to the evocative Island of Capri.
- Optional Excursion: "CAPRI". Sail across the Bay of Naples for the start of an unforgettable day. For so small an Island, about 4 miles long and 2 miles wide, Capri has had much said, sung and written about her. Pick-up from hotel, transfer to the port and departure to Capri, sailing along the Sorrento Coast. On board of our comfortable boat we offer you an unforgettable and personalized trip discovering the beautiful island of Capri. Your English or German speaking Captain, along the journey, will give you general information including how to spend your free time on Capri Island. Along the way you will admire: the ancient fishermen village of “Marina Grande”, the ruins of a roman villa near “Bagni della Regina Giovanna”, her interesting attractions along the coast. Arrival to Capri and tour of the island by boat with the possibility to admire the Marvellous Grotto, the White Grotto, the Green Grotto; along the way you will admire the Natural Arch, the Villa Curzio Malaparte, the Faraglioni rocks and the Lighthouse of Punta Carena. Disembark at Marina Grande in Capri with 5/6 hours free time to visit the island. Comfortable shoes, cameras. Dinner and overnight in Sorrento hotel.
DAY 10: DEPARTURE and “ARRIVEDERCI”
- Breakfast in the hotel. Optional transfer to the airport and end of our services. Grazie e arrivederci!
- Group transfer from Florence hotel to railway station
- Train Florence-Rome Termini 2° class or by direct bus
- Train Rome T.ni-Napoli C. le 2° class or by direct bus
- 3 nights on BB basis in double room in hotel 3* in Florence
- 3 nights on BB basis in double room in hotel 4* in Rome
- 3 nights on HB basis in double room in hotel 4* in Sorrento area
- 1 excursion FD “Tuscany in a day” (*)
- 1 excursion HD “Vatican Museum” (**)
- 1 excursion HD “Pompeii” with Multilingual speaking guide
- 1 excursion FD “Positano & Amalfi” by bus Multilingual speaking guide
- Multilingual local speaking guide in Rome
- Group transfer from railtrain station in Rome to hotel in Rome
- Group transfer from hotel in Rome to Rome railtrain station
- Transfer from rail station Napoli to the hotel and from hotel in Sorrento area to Napoli airport
(*) Excursion “Tuscany in a day” is available daily
(**) Excursion “Vatican Museum” is available from Monday to Saturday
- On request possibility to have a Pre/post tour
- Headphones on request € 3,00 per day
Optional Transfers (min. 2 pax):
- From Florence railway station to hotel in Florence: € 33,00 p.p.
- From Florence airport to hotel in Florence: € 38,00 p.p.
- From hotel in Rome to meeting points for excursions “Vatican Museum”, “Colosseum” and “Panoramic ticket & the best walking tours of Rome!” € 20,00 p.p. per way
Optional Excursions (min. 2 pax):
- Cathedral Guided Tour (possible from Monday to Saturday - not possible on Sunday and on Easter Day) € 69,00 p.p. (*)
- Walking Guided Tour (possible every day except on Monday and the first Sunday of the month) € 77,00 p.p. (*)
- Colosseum, Roman Forum & Palatine Hill € 69,00 p.p. ticket included (*)
- Panoramic Ticket & the best walking tours of Rome! € 47,00 p.p. (*)
- Capri € 69,00 p.p. (*)
(*) It is advisable to book optional excursions when booking
- Florence 3*: Hotel Grifone, La Fortezza or similar (*)
- Rome 4*: Hotel Pineta Palace or similar (*)
- Sorrento Area 4*: Panorama Palace Hotel or similar (*)
(*) The hotels indicated may be replaced with others of the same category. Accommodations are located in the indicated towns or in a different cities where will be possible to realize the program
