Escorted Italy Tour with air visits Venice, Florence, Rome, and Sorrento on this 11 Day all inclusive Italy tour from north to south, visiting Italy’s cultural and artistic highlights.
This escorted Italy tour is an affordable way to tour Venice, Florence, Rome and Sorrento. Experience the majesty and romance of Venice, get swept away in the history and art of Florence, the Renaissance city, walk the cobblestones of the eternal city in Rome, and end your Italy tour in southern Italy’s resort town Sorrento.
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Highlights
Escorted Italy Tour Package Includes
- 8 nights First Class accommodations
- 2 nights Venice
- 1 night Florence
- 1 night Assisi
- 2 nights Rome
- 2 nights Sorrento
- Italian city hotel taxes
- All transfers
- 11 meals: 8 buffet breakfasts and 3 dinners
- Sightseeing per itinerary in modern air-conditioned motor coach
- Services of English-speaking tour manager throughout
- Services of local guides in all major cities
- Entrance fees per itinerary
- Wine & mineral water with all dinners
- Whisper technology enhanced touring
Escorted Italy Tour Special Features
- Venice walking tour
- Venice glass blowing demonstration
- Pisa Excursion to see Leaning Tower
- Florence walking tour
- Florence Accademia Museum to see Michelangelo’s David
- Basilica of St. Francis, Assisi
- Colosseum Tour, Rome
- Vatican Museum and Sistine Chapel, Rome
- St Peter’s Basilica, Rome
- Visit to the excavations at Pompeii
Accomodations
Carlton on Grad Canal
A plush traditional Venetian style hotel set in a majestic four story building with refined interiors such as Murano glass wall lamps and gilt-edged furniture. Perfectly placed on the Grand Canal, with a vaporetto stop right outside and close to the main train station, this property offers great transportation access with the Rialto Bridge close by.
Grand Hotel Mediterraneo, Florence
This first class hotel is situated on the bank of the River Arno, within walking distance of the city center.
Cenacolo, Assisi
Hotel Cenacolo Assisi is an old Franciscan convent, located in Santa Maria degli Angeli, a short distance from the Porziuncola of St. Francis. The wonderful atmosphere of the place, a beautiful view of Assisi, the wide green spaces that call for reflection.
Starhotels Michelangelo, Rome
Modern hotel catering to business and leisure travelers located a short walk to St. Peter’s Square.
Grand Hotel Cesare Augusto, Sorrento
Set in its own lush garden, amenities include a contemporary restaurant with international and regional menus and panoramic roof-top terrace with swimming pool and snack bar.
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Escorted Italy Tour Itinerary
DAY 1 – Depart USA
Depart the USA for Italy. Your flight includes meals, drinks and in-flight entertainment
DAY 2 – Arrive in Venice
Arrive and transfer to your hotel. Balance of the day at leisure. This evening, enjoy an orientation meeting with your tour escort, followed by a welcome dinner
Overnight: Venice
Meals: Dinner
DAY 3 – Venice City Tour
Today includes a glass blowing demonstration. Venice is known for its glass artisians, which history dates back centuries. The day also includes a walking tour of the center of Venice. You’ll St. Mark’s Square, Basilica of San Marco, the Bridge of Sighs and the Doge’s Palace, whose facade features a massive late-Gothic gate, known as the Porta della Carta.
Take the remainder of the day to explore Venice on your own. You may also consider joining an optional Gondola ride.
Optional: Gondola Ride
Overnight: Venice
Meals: Breakfast
DAY 4 – Pisa Sightseeing En Route to Florence
Travel through the stunning panorama of Tuscany to Pisa. On arrival, view the famous Piazza del Miracoli with its Leaning Tower, the Baptistery, the Duomo, and the Monumental Cemetery. The four monuments of this extraordinary piazza make for a unique architectural blend of Romanesque and Gothic styles.
Afterward continue to Florence. This evening at leisure. You also join an optional Florentine dinner.
Overnight: Florence
Meals: Breakfast
DAY 5 – Florence City Tour and Assisi
Today you will visit the Accademia Museum to see Michelangelo’s David. Afterward enjoy a walking tour to the Duomo, celebrated for its magnificent dome designed by Brunelleschi, and view the Baptistery’s renowned “Gates of Paradise” by Ghiberti.
Afterward the tour continues to Assisi. Upon arrival enjoy this peaceful town in its quiet evening. Dinner is included this evening.
Overnight: Assisi
Meals: Breakfast & Dinner
DAY 6 – Assisi to Rome
This morning enjoy a tour of Asisisi. You’ll visit the Basilcia of St. Francis. There you’ll see the important Giotto frescoes.
Afterward, continue to your hotel in Rome. This evening there is an optional dinner with music.
Overnight: Rome
Meals: Breakfast
DAY 7 – Rome Vatican Museum, Sistine Chapel, St Peter’s Basilica, and Colosseum
Today is a full sightseeing day in Rome! You’ll see Rome’s most famous highlights.
Stand in awe and wonder amid one of mankind’s greatest artistic achievements in the Sistine Chapel. Hear how in 1508, a young Michelangelo was commissioned by Pope Julius II to decorate the chapel’s ceiling – a request not welcomed by the 33-year-old sculptor. Michelangelo’s 4-year project was indeed one of physical pain and psychological distress, while painting from scaffolds high above the sanctuary floor. Nevertheless, he created what is considered the most famous ceiling in the world, depicting the Creation of Adam in striking fresco style.
This afternoon is at leisure. You may also decide to join an optional tour of Rome’s Piazzas.
Optional: Piazzas of Rome (PM)
Overnight: Rome
Meals: Breakfast
DAY 8 – Rome to Pompeii and then Sorrento
This morning the tour continues to Southern Italy. The first stop is Pompeii. There you’ll enjoy a guided walking tour of th ancient site.
The fascinating archaeological site of Pompeii is a treasured glimpse into Roman life near the Bay of Naples. This once thriving and sophisticated Roman city was consumed by the catastrophic eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 A.D., with its residents and structures buried beneath inescapable ash and stone. See the preserved site of excavated ruins that reveal remarkable frescoes, artwork, and artifacts within its streets and dwellings of the people who perished here.
Afterward continue on to Sorrento. This evening is at leisure. You may also join an optional Neapolitan dinner experience.
Overnight: Rome
Meals: Breakfast
DAY 9 – Sorrento
Today is a free day in Sorrento. Enjoy the historic town.
You may also join an optional tour to Positano on the Amalfi Coast.
Overnight: Sorrento
Meals: Breakfast & Dinner
DAY 10 – Depart Naples for return flight to the United States
Enjoy a full day at leisure in Sorrento. Strikingly beautiful and picturesque, even by Italian standards, Sorrento is set along the sea, with stunning escarpments plunging into the Gulf of Naples. Take a walk to see firsthand why this town has long been beloved by poets and artists
Optional: Full Day Capri
Overnight: Sorrento
Meals: Breakfast, Dinner
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