Charming Italy 2023

Welcome to Italy and its famous capital Rome. Meet with your Tour Director and get to know the details of your tour. Free time in the “Eternal City”.

All roads lead to Rome! Join your Tour Director for a guided tour of this historical city. Visit the gladiator’s arena - the Colosseum, Caesar’s Forum, Venice Square, and take a stroll through Piazza Navona with famous fountain of Fours Rivers, admire the magnificent Pantheon, Spanish Stairs and throw a coin in the Trevi Fountain. Later in the afternoon, free time to experience the city on your own. (B)

Discover the smallest state in the world - Vatican. Your guide will first take you through Vatican Museums, including one of the richest art collections in the world. Special attention will be dedicated to unique Sistine Chapel adorned by Michelangelo. The tour will end on St Peter’s Square, where you will be able to admire the St Peter’s Basilica as well. In the afternoon, visit the unique church of St Mary of Angels, San Pietro and Vincoli Church where you can see the chains of St Peter. Afternoon will be free for you to enjoy Rome. (B)

Continue your adventure to medieval town of Assisi, where patron of Italy, St Francis was born. Walking tour of the ancient town, protected as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, offers interesting sites as Basilica of San Francisco, an artistic highlight of medieval Europe containing the sacred relics of St Francis and Giotto’s frescoes. After the basilica visit drive through Tuscany. Stop at one of the best wine cellars in the region, where you will learn all about the traditional wine Chianti and try it together with the tasting of local products. Afternoon walk through the picturesque San Gimignano and in the late afternoon, arrival to Renaissance city of Florence. Accommodation and free time. (B, T)

Head for the ancient heart of Florence and experience a real travel back in time when your guide takes you to Piazza del Duomo with outstanding cathedral Santa Maria de Fiore, Giotto’s Bell, Dante’s birth house and church Santa Croce. Stop at Piazza della Signoria, decorated with numerous palaces and monuments, admire the church Orsanmichele and its gothic style, stroll through Uffizi Gallery staircase all the way to Pitti Palace. Afternoon is at leisure. (B)

Optional: Uffizi Gallery visit

Before saying goodbye to Tuscany, visit one if its most renewed towns, Pisa. Snap a photo with famous leaning tower and stop at Square of Miracles where Galileo Galilei has proved that Aristotle’s theory of the acceleration of falling bodies is incorrect. Continue to Lucca and take a walk though this medieval pearl visiting St Michel Cathedral, St Martin Church, city wall, etc. In the late afternoon arrival in Venice area, accommodation and free time. (B, L)

Spend a day in the most romantic city in the world, Venice. Embark the taxi boat and take a guided tour of the Venice city. Your tour will take you around St Mark’s Square to see Basilica with famous mosaics and its bell tower, Astrological Tower, the Doge’s Palace - residence of Doges of Venice, cross the Rialto Bridge and listen to the stories of famous Venetians. Free afternoon to enjoy city by yourself, find true souvenirs from Murano glass, and have a coffee on St Mark’s Square. In the evening join your group for a Farewell Dinner where you will talk about most memorable moments of the tour and plan for new ones. (B, D)

Optional: Gondola ride through Venice canals

Breakfast at the hotel and free time until transfer to Venice Airport. (B)