8 Days Italia Bella: Rome to Venice Tour Package
Duration: 8 Days / 7 Nights
Priced From: $3,350 pp Dbl. Occ.
Dates: Mar - Aug, Dec /08
Of all of our popular Italy tours, this is the one designed with your family in mind – on which you'll share the splendors of Italy together! Explore the imperial city of Rome and the legacy of the powerful Roman Empire that ruled the world millennia ago, and look up at the celebrated ceiling of the Vatican's Sistine Chapel. Discover the amazing art treasures of fabled Florence, birthplace of the Renaissance, get a hands-on pizza-making demonstration, and travel to the Tuscan city of Pisa to visit the famous Leaning Tower. Take the high-speed Eurostar train to Florence and to Venice, and enter a remarkable world of Renaissance architecture surrounded by water and bisected by historic canals. In our Italy tours of Venice include a gondola ride and serenade, a true delight!
Itinerary
Day 1 – See the glories of Ancient Rome
Tour begins: 2:30 PM at the Grand Hotel Parco dei Principi. Welcome to Rome, where you'll begin this most family-friendly of our Italy tours; a transfer is included from Leonardo da Vinci Airport in Fiumicino to the Grand Hotel Parco dei Principi. Walk with a guide through the heart of Rome to sites such as the Pantheon, the Spanish Steps, Piazza Navona and the famous Trevi Fountain – toss a coin over your shoulder into the fountain and make a wish! Join us for a welcome reception and dinner tonight.
Meals: Dinner
Lodging: Grand Hotel Parco dei Principi, Rome, Italy
Day 2 – Explore more of Imperial Rome
More Roman treasures await your family on a city tour today; visit the Colosseum, pose for pictures with Roman Centurions, and check out the ruins of the Forum, heart of the Empire. Then spend the rest of the day and evening discovering the "Eternal City" on your own as in Italy tours of Rome must include free time to explore what you most want to see!
Meals: Breakfast
Lodging: Grand Hotel Parco dei Principi, Rome, Italy
Day 3 – Vatican treasures, a highlight of our Italy tours
Vatican City is full of fascinating history and artistic masterpieces. Tour magnificent St. Peter’s Basilica and view Michelangelo’s famous ceiling in the Sistine Chapel – which the artist originally resisted doing because he considered himself a sculptor, not a painter. A visit to the Vatican is a highlight of all Italy tours. Then board the high-speed Eurostar train for a trip to Florence and a three-night stay in the heart of this beautiful city where the Renaissance was born.
Meals: Breakfast, lunch, dinner
Lodging: Hotel Brunelleschi Florence, Italy
Day 4 – Discover Florence and Pisa's Leaning Tower
Start your art discoveries in Florence as an expert guides you through the Galleria dell’Accademia, Europe's first art school, to see Michelangelo’s David and a host of other art treasures. Then you're off on an excursion to Pisa for a look at this maritime city's great medieval buildings – including a visit to the remarkable Leaning Tower. Return to Florence for an evening as you please.
Meals: Breakfast
Lodging: Hotel Brunelleschi Florence, Italy
Day 5 – Florentine treasures and the secrets of pizza
More great Renaissance art awaits in Florence today on a visit to the Uffizi Gallery, the world's oldest art gallery, where you'll see masterpieces galore – including Michelangelo’s painting of The Holy Family and Botticelli's The Birth of Venus. Later, a hands-on pizza-making demonstration at a local restaurant reveals the secrets of creating this world-renowned Italian treat.
Meals: Breakfast, dinner
Lodging: Hotel Brunelleschi Florence, Italy
Day 6 – Travel to Venice aboard the high-speed Eurostar
Another fast rail journey aboard the Eurostar takes you to Venice, a city of islands where the roads are paved with water, and a treasured memory of many Italy tours. A private boat takes you to the city's heart for a walking tour of massive St. Mark’s Square, and a visit to the Doges’ Palace; learn why a small bridge high above a canal is called the Bridge of Sighs. Later, a musician serenades your family as you ride in a gondola, traveling through the canals as the Venetians have done for centuries!
Meals: Breakfast, lunch
Lodging: The Westin Excelsior, Venice Lido Resort, Venice, Italy
Day 7 – Experience Venice your way
If there is any city in Europe that is perfect for just wandering, seeing and experiencing, it is Venice. Follow the small, cobbled streets and alleyways to see where they lead; visit a museum, sample some gelato (served warmer and creamier than traditional ice cream), or just feed the pigeons in Saint Mark’s Square. Tonight, please join us for a farewell reception and dinner, as this most memorable of family Italy tours draws to a spectacular close.
Meals: Breakfast, dinner
Lodging: The Westin Excelsior, Venice Lido Resort, Venice, Italy
Day 8 – Homeward bound
Tour ends: Venice. Arrivederci! A transfer is included from the Westin Excelsior, Venice Lido Resort to Venice's Marco Polo Airport for your flight home. If you did throw that coin into Trevi Fountain, legend has it that you will return to L’Italia Bella again someday!
Meals: Breakfast
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