Italian Mosaic
Details
- Tour Operator
- Globus
- Duration
- 14 Days
- Escorted
- Escorted - Yes
| Day | Destination | Description |
| Day 1 | Board your overnight transatlantic flight | Board your overnight transatlantic flight. |
| Day 2 | Rome | Time to rest or start exploring the Eternal City. At 6 p.m. meet your Tour Director and traveling companions for a special welcome dinner with wine at one of Rome's lively restaurants. (D) |
| Day 3 | Rome | Sightseeing with your Local Guide starts with a visit to the VATICAN MUSEUMS and SISTINE CHAPEL (arranged next morning if closed today), world famous for Michelangelo's ceiling paintings and The Last Judgement. Continue to monumental ST. PETER'S SQUARE and BASILICA. Cross the Tiber and visit the COLOSSEUM and the ROMAN FORUM, where Roman Legions marched in triumph. Then time for independent activities and exciting optional excursion possibilities. (BB) |
| Day 4 | Florence | North to Pisa for pictures of its amazing Leaning Tower. Continue to Florence, the capital of Tuscany and home to Renaissance splendor. (BB,D) |
| Day 5 | Florence | Florence. Follow your Local Guide to the ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS with Michelangelo's David and the magnificent CATHEDRAL. Admire Giotto's Bell Tower, the Baptistry's "Gate of Paradise," and sculpture-studded SIGNORIA SQUARE. Afternoon free to relax or to find out more about Florence's artistic wealth. Why not join an optional dinner at a Tuscan restaurant? (BB) |
| Day 6 | Lake Maggiore | Drive through the Apennine hills past Bologna, home of Europe's oldest university, to dynamic Milan. Orientation features its GOTHIC DUOMO, glass-domed GALLERIA, and famed Scala Opera House. Then continue to Lugano in the Italian-speaking part of Switzerland. A leisurely break to stroll along the lake, window-shop the refined Via Nassa, or sip an espresso on the Piazza Riforma. Next, a scenic drive along Lake Maggiore, one of Italy's most beautiful areas. Spend two nights at your elegant resort. (BB,D) |
| Day 7 | Lake Maggiore | A restful day to sleep in or maybe join an optional excursion to the baroque palace and peacock gardens of enchanting Isola Bella (open Mar. 26-Oct. 23, subject to change). (BB,D) |
| Day 8 | Venice | East to Verona, medieval setting for Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, to see Juliet's Balcony and the wellpreserved Arena. Join the locals for lunch before continuing to Venice, deemed by some the most romantic city in the world. (BB) |
| Day 9 | Venice | Enter in style by PRIVATE BOAT to meet your Local Guide. Highlights of your walking tour are ST. MARK'S SQUARE and the byzantine BASILICA, lavish DOGES' PALACE and the BRIDGE OF SIGHS. Then watch skilled GLASSBLOWERS fashion their delicate objects in the age-old manner. Later, discover Venice at your own pace or take an optional gondola ride. (BB,D) |
| Day 10 | Assisi | Follow the sparkling Adriatic coast to Ravenna to see the mosaics in the 6th century BASILICA OF ST. APOLLINARIS IN CLASSE. Afternoon arrival in Assisi to visit the massive 13th-century lower BASILICA OF ST. FRANCIS. Then time to take in this peaceful town on your own. (BB,D) |
| Day 11 | Sorrento | Today visit POMPEII, the Roman city both destroyed and preserved by an eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 A.D. Overnight in the charming, bayside resort of Sorrento. (BB) |
| Day 12 | Sorrento | Glide across the blue bay to the beautiful Isle of Capri. Sightseeing with a Local Guide includes a visit to VILLA SAN MICHELE in Anacapri. Time to explore at your own pace before returning to Sorrento. The remainder of the day is at leisure. (BB) |
| Day 13 | Rome | On your way to Rome, stop to visit the ABBEY OF MONTECASSINO. Tonight consider saying Arrivederci to your traveling companions at an optional festive dinner in one of Rome's fine restaurants. (BB) |
| Day 14 | Return Home | Your homebound flight arrives the same day. (BB) |
- Dates/Pricing
- Lodging
ROME Cicerone (SF) or Starhotels Metropole (SF) or Holiday Inn Rome West (F) or Villa Pamphili (F) FLORENCE Grand Hotel Mediterraneo (F) LAKE MAGGIORE Grand Hotel Bristol (F) at Stresa or Grand Hotel Dino (F) at Baveno or Starhotels Ritz (F) at Milan (0108-0401 & 1028-0331) VENICE Ambasciatori (F) at Mestre ASISI Dei Priori (F) SORRENTO Grand Hotel Cesare Augusto (F) or Corallo (F)
- Disclaimer
- US$ Price Details
Applicable air fare taxes and fees
Single room supplement:
ZI $499Triple room reduction per person:
ZI $49Extra nights per person in Rome:
Jan.-Apr.: in single room $212; in twin room $155; in triple room $123
May-Apr. "09: in single room $225; in twin room $165; in triple room $132Note:
Departures 1028-0414 are subject to itinerary and price modification. Details will be available in June 2008.
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-We may be able to provide you with flight arrangements from your gateway city.
-Additional accommodations before or after your tour may be available at our low prices.Departure/arrival taxes and fares from other cities will be advised at the time of booking.
Price Guarantee: All vacation prices are based on rates (including foreign exchange rates) expected to be in effect at the time of departure. Prices are subject to increase without notice if such rates change prior to departure. The current price will be confirmed at the time of reservation. However, once Globus has received your deposit for any vacation departing during the current year, that land price is guaranteed, and any subsequent land cost increases are at our expense, not including any government tax increases. Airfares included as part of air-inclusive vacation prices are guaranteed when we receive confirmation of air itinerary and full payment. Vacation prices are per person, based on double occupancy. Single room supplements and triple room reductions may be applicable.
Not included in the tour price: Federal Inspection Fees for the U.S. Customs and immigration; International Air Transportation Tax; agricultural tax; any other taxes; security fee; airport taxes and fees; passports; visas and vaccinations; tips to your tour director; tour host; tour driver; local city guides; gratuities on ferries, trains and cruise ships; laundry; telephone; mini bar; alcohol; beverages and food not on the regular table d'hote menu (these extra items will be billed to you before leaving the hotel or restaurant); optional excursions; porterage at airports; travel protection; excess baggage fees; all other items of a personal nature.
