Italian Charm

Day 1: Departure

Rome: Hop on Hop off 

Breakfast at the hotel. Today Discover the best of Rome with an 8-stop, hop-on hop-off bus tour that covers the highlights of the Eternal City. Choose between a Classic, Premium or Deluxe ticket, and visit quintessential Rome landmarks such as the Colosseum, Pantheon and Circus Maximus, as well as Vatican City. Along the way, listen to recorded commentary about the city, its rich past, and its best-known sights.

Overnight in Rome (B)

Day 2

Rome: Hop on Hop off 

Breakfast at the hotel. Today Discover the best of Rome with an 8-stop, hop-on hop-off bus tour that covers the highlights of the Eternal City. Choose between a Classic, Premium or Deluxe ticket, and visit quintessential Rome landmarks such as the Colosseum, Pantheon and Circus Maximus, as well as Vatican City. Along the way, listen to recorded commentary about the city, its rich past, and its best-known sights.

Overnight in Rome (B)

Day 3

Rome to Florence via Train (Approx 1.5 Hrs)

Breakfast at the hotel, followed by a checkout formalities. Later transfer on your own to Rome Termini Station. Board the train for your onward journey to Florence! (Please note cost of the ticket is included, however the same is subject to vary until ticketed)

Cradle of the Renaissance, romantic, enchanting and utterly irresistible, Florence (Firenze) is a place to feast on world-class art and gourmet Tuscan cuisine. Few cities are so compact in size or so packed with extraordinary art and architectural masterpieces at every turn. Florence is made for walking, which suits me perfectly, but what never ceases to amaze tourists, is its overwhelming beauty! Italy’s fashion industry was born and bred here. Homegrown designers Guccio Gucci and Salvatore Ferragamo opened haute-couture boutiques in Florence in the 1920s and shopping in the Tuscan capital has been stylish ever since. Check-in at the hotel and the rest of the day is free for relaxing or leisure activities.

Overnight in Florence (B)

Day 4

Florence: Pisa and the Leaning Tower

Today, after breakfast see the iconic Leaning Tower on this half-day trip to Pisa from Florence. Admire Cathedral Square and the Pisa Baptistery as you follow an expert guide past the city’s main attractions. After posing with the UNESCO-listed Leaning Tower of Pisa, some time to explore the area independently. Your trip concludes with transportation back to Florence.

Overnight in Florence (B)

Day 5

Florence to Venice via Train (Approx 2.5 Hrs)

Breakfast at the hotel and upon completion of check-out formalities; transfer on your own to the train station for your final destination: Venice!

Imagine the audacity of building a city of marble palaces on a lagoon – and that was only the start. Never was a thoroughfare so aptly named as the Grand Canal, reflecting the glories of centuries of Venetian architecture in the 50 palazzi and six churches lining its banks. At the end of Venice’s signature S-shaped waterway, the Palazzo Ducale and Basilica di San Marco add double exclamation points. But wait until you see what’s hiding in the narrow backstreets: neighborhood churches lined with Veroneses and priceless marbles, convents graced with ethereal Bellinis, Tiepolo’s glimpses of heaven on homeless-shelter ceilings, and a single Titian painting that mysteriously lights up an entire basilica. Upon your arrival at Venice Lucia Train Station, transfer on your own (combination of car and water taxi) to the Venice Hotel. Check-in at the hotel and the rest of the day is free for relaxing or leisure activities.

Experience Venice in the most Venetian way possible: via a shared gondola ride while being serenaded. Choose between an afternoon or evening ride and then begin the ride, as part of a group of eight different gondolas, with a singer aboard one of the boats. In addition to the song being sun to you, enjoy the sites of Venice’s main landmarks, including the grand Canal and Palazzo Barberino.

Day 6: Return