Escorted Italy Tour Package Venice, Tuscany, Amalfi Coast, Rome Includes

• Flights NYC-Venice, Rome-NYC
• Submit form for Italy airfare and itinerary from your city
• Airline taxes & fuel surcharges
• 12 nights First Class accommodations
• 19 meals: 12 buffet breakfasts, 6 dinners with wine, 1 Lunch
• Italian city hotel taxes
• Arrival and departure airport transfers when Italy tour is booked with airfare from the United States
• All transportation between Italian cities by air-conditioned luxury motor coach
• Sightseeing per itinerary by modern air-conditioned luxury motor coach
• Services of English-speaking tour manager throughout
• Services of local guides in all major cities
• Entrance fees per itinerary

Italy Tour Package Venice Tuscany Amalfi Coast Rome Special Features

• Visit Murano to see glass-blowing art, Venice
• Visit St Mark’s Square, Venice
• Walking Tour of Lucca, Tuscany
• Excursion to Florence, Tuscany
• Dinner with Wine & Olive Oil tasting in Tuscany
• Visit to the excavations at Pompeii, Southern Italy
• Scenic Amalfi Drive, Southern Italy
• Tour Ancient Rome Forum, Rome
• Tour Vatican Museum & Sistine Chapel, Rome
• Wine & mineral water with all dinners
• Whisper technology enhanced touring

Italy Tour Accommodations

Monday Departure

Hotel Carlton & Grand Canal, Venice
This first class hotel is located on the Grand Canal and is just a few minutes from the shopping and historical center.

Grand Hotel Plaza, Montecatini
This first class hotel is located on the main square, close to the Thermal Park.

Grand Hotel Vesuvio, Sorrento
This superior first class hotel overlooks the Bay of Naples.

Massimo D’Azeglio, Rome
This first class hotel in the historical center of Rome dates back to 1875

Wednesday Departure

NH Venezia Rio Novo, Venice
This first class hotel is situated in Venice’s Dorsoduro district.

Grand Hotel Plaza, Montecatini
This first class hotel is located on the main square, close to the Thermal Park.

Grand Hotel Vittoria, Montecatini
This first class hotel is located in Montecatini Terme, near Terme Park.

Hotel Michelangelo, Sorrento
This first class hotel is situated in the heart of Sorrento.

K Hotel Boutique, Rome
This first class hotel is located within walking distance of the Colosseum.

Friday Departure

NH Venezia Rio Novo, Venice
This first class hotel is situated in Venice’s Dorsoduro district.

Hotel Francia e Quirinale, Montecatini
This first class hotel is located amongst picturesque streets and thermal springs in the heart of Montecatini Terme.

Grand Hotel Croce di Malta Wellness & Golf, Montecatini
This first class hotel is located beside the thermal park of Montecatini Terme, just a short walk from the city center.

Hotel Royal Continental, Naples
This first class hotel is a historic establishment located right on the Neapolitan water front.

Starhotels Michelangelo, Rome
This first class hotel is located in the city center, just a short walk from St. Peter’s Square.

Saturday Departure

Hotel Carlton & Grand Canal, Venice
This first class hotel is located on the Grand Canal and is just a few minutes from the shopping and historical center.

Grand Hotel Plaza, Montecatini
This first class hotel is located on the main square, close to the Thermal Park.

Grand Hotel Vittoria, Montecatini
This first class hotel is located in Montecatini Terme, near Terme Park.

Hotel Royal Continental, Naples
This superior first class hotel overlooks the Bay of Naples.

Grand Hotel Palatino, Rome
This first class hotel is located in the heart of ancient Rome, just a short walk from the Colosseum.

Optional Tours

Venice

Day 3 Gondola Ride with Music – $62 per person

One of the highlights of any Italian holiday! Enjoy a relaxing gondola ride with music along the famous Grand Canal, and experience a piece of Venetian history. Glide along the centuries old canals, past lavish palaces and under famous arched bridges (the Gondola holds a maximum of six passengers. Please note that this is not a private gondola ride. There will be one musician on board of one of the gondolas in your fleet).

Montecatini

Day 5 Full Day Cinque Terre from Montecatini – $99 per person

Today, travel to the spectacular Cinque Terre, one of the most beautiful areas of the Liguria region. Here, the five small villages of Rio Maggiore, Manarola, Corniglia, Vernazza & Monte Rosso are all part of the Cinque Terre National Park and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Your tour will include a visit to at least two of these spectacular villages, nestled in the cliffs overlooking the sea and the surrounding hillsides. This active trip covers a fair amount of ground. Expect from three to four hours walking where you will encounter some uneven surfaces, stairs, steps and significant slopes. Trains and/or boats will be the means of transportation.
* Exact tour itinerary and villages visited to be advised locally. Operation of the tour is subject of weather condition and group size.

Day 6 Full Day Siena from Montecatini – $99 per person

Enjoy a tour of the medieval city of Siena, site of the famous Horserace of Palio. This traditional race takes place each year on July 2nd and August 16th, and runs in celebration of the holy apparition and assumption of the Virgin Mary, patron saint of the city. Tour Campo Square and St. Dominic’s Church before returning to Montecatini.

Naples and Sorrento

Day 9 Full Day Capri – $119 per person

Enjoy a full day journey to the colorful Isle of Capri by boat. Visit the lovely Anacapri and explore the charming shops and chic boutiques as you stroll the island’s narrow streets. Continue to see “La Piazzetta,” the social heart of the island, on your way to the open-air Gardens of Augustus, from where you will appreciate breathtaking views of the famous Faraglioni rocks. Tour includes: local guide, round trip transportation to port, round trip transportation by fast boat, minibus or cable car transportation on the island.

Rome

Day 12 Piazzas of Rome – $49 per person

This half day walking tour takes you to explore the grand piazzas of the Eternal City. Stand in awe in front of the majestic Spanish Steps, the longest and widest decorative steps in Europe, and with your local guide stroll through the most characteristic “piazzas and vias ” of Rome. Stop to admire the breathtaking grandeur of the Trevi Fountain and take the opportunity to toss in one, two, or three coins, each of which is supposed to bring a unique kind of good fortune. View the monumental Pantheon, the best preserved of any Roman building and admire the baroque Piazza Navona, which follows the shape of the ancient Roman Diocletian Stadium, with Bernini’s Fountain of the Four Rivers and the Egyptian Obelisk.