Italy

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Length

9 days

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Destinations

Rome & Florence

Program includes

  • Roundtrip Airfare
  • 7 Nights of Accommodation
  • Daily Continental Breakfast
  • Welcome & Farewell Dinners
  • All Ground Transportation
  • Full Time Guide & Assistance
  • Travelers Insurance

Program highlights

  • Colosseum & Forum
  • Galleria dell’Accademia
  • Gelateria Fassi Tour & Tasting
  • Uffizi Gallery
  • Vatican Museum & St. Peter’s Basilica
  • Historical & Cultural Walking Tours

Itinerary

Day 1 – Departure

Depart Home for Rome, Italy

Day 2 – Rome

  • Arrive in Rome, Italy
  • Airport Transfer
  • Check-in, Relax & Refresh
  • Rome Walking Tour – Spanish Steps and Trevi Fountain
  • Welcome Dinner at a Traditional Pizzeria – The group will be taken for an authentic pizza dinner at one of Rome’s authentic pizzerias..

Day 3 – Rome

  • Breakfast & Day Briefing
  • Gelateria Fassi Tour & Tasting – An exclusive visit to the Laboratory of this traditional homemade gelateria, followed by a tasting of their best creations.
  • Lunch Break
  • Guided Tour of Colosseum & Roman Forum – The Colosseum (Colosseo) remains the largest amphitheater
    ever built and is one of the most recognizable and iconic symbols of Rome. The 5 story, elliptical structure measures 617-feet long, 512-feet wide, and 187-feet high and is made of travertine and brick.

Day 4 – Rome

  • Breakfast & Day Briefing
  • Rome Historical & Cultural Walking Tour – Pantheon, Piazza Navona, Sant’Ignazio and more…
  • Lunch Break
  • Bullet Train to Florence (approx. 1h30)
  • Check-in , Relax & Refresh
  • Overnight in Florence

Day 5 – Florence

  • Breakfast & Day Briefing
  • Galleria dell’Accademia – The Accademia Gallery’s collection includes priceless masterpieces and works of art in its various halls spread over two floors.
  • Lunch Break
  • Florence Walking Tour – Duomo, Medici Palace, Piazza della Signoria, Ponte Vecchio, Rose Garden.
  • Piazzale Michelangelo Lookout Point

Day 6 – Florence

  • Breakfast & Day Briefing
  • Uffizi Gallery – The Gallery entirely occupies the first and second floors of the large building constructed between 1560 and 1580 and designed by Giorgio Vasari. It is famous worldwide for its outstanding collections of ancient sculptures and paintings (from the Middle Ages to the Modern period).
  • Lunch Break
  • Train to Rome (approx. 1.5 hours)
  • Overnight in Rome

Day 7 – Rome

  • Breakfast & Day Briefing
  • Vatican Museum & St. Peter’s Basilica –The museum displays works from the immense collection amassed by popes throughout the centuries including several of the most renowned Roman sculptures and most important masterpieces of Renaissance art in the world. The museums contain roughly 70,000 works, of which 20,000 are on display, and currently employ 640 people who work in 40 different administrative, scholarly, and restoration departments.

Day 8 – Rome

  • Breakfast & Day Briefing
  • Free Day in Rome
  • Farewell Dinner Aperitivo & Program Closing

Day 9 – Return

  • Breakfast & Day Briefing
  • Airport Transfer
  • Depart from Rome to Home

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All of our programs are 100% customizable

Is there an experience you would like to provide that isn’t included in our itineraries?
Let’s add it!

Are there sites that better fit your subject than the ones provided?
Let’s swap them!

Contact us to get started building a fully-customized itinerary.
Tell us your dream program and we’ll make it a reality!