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Italy: Tuscany, the Alps & the Riviera 2017 Italy: Tuscany, the Alps & the Riviera 2017 14-Day Grand Circle Tour{TRIPOperatedBy} EXTEND YOUR TRIP PRE-TRIP Rome, Italy POST-TRIP Venice, Italy Your Day-to-Day Itinerary GRAND CIRCLE TRAVEL Grand Circle Travel, founded in 1958 to serve the American Association for Retired Persons (AARP), is the leader in international travel and discovery for Americans over age 50. Grand Circle vacations have been recommended by The New York Times, Conde Nast Traveler, The Los Angeles Times, Travel + Leisure, The Wall Street Journal, Arthur Frommer’s Budget Travel, and oth- ers. But our most impressive reviews come from our travelers. More than one million people have traveled with us, and 96% say they’d gladly do so again. 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Or, make your toward your next Grand Circle trip—an own air arrangements average of $249 » Accommodations for 13 nights in comfortable rooms with private baths » 23 meals: 13 breakfasts, 3 lunches, and 7 dinners (including 1 Home-Hosted Dinner) » 15 included features: 9 guided tours and 6 exclusive Discovery Series events: Italian With & Without Words language lesson • The Art of the Renaissance discussion • Home- Hosted Dinner • Soccer school visit • Immigration in Italy Today discussion • History of South Tyrol discussion » Exclusive services of a local Grand Circle Program Director (assigned to no more than 42 travelers) » Gratuities on your main trip for local guides and motorcoach drivers » Personal headset for all included and optional tours on your main trip » Private motorcoach land travel Itinerary subject to change. For information or reservations, call toll-free 1-800-221-2610. WHAT THIS TRIP IS LIKE PACING » Expect strong, cold winds in the Dolomite » 5 locations in 14 days, including 2 single- Alps in April-May and September-October night stays PHYSICAL ReQUIREMENTS » Walk 3 miles unassisted and participate in 3-5 hours of physical activities daily, including stairs » Balance and agility are required to board boats in Venice and Sirmione » Not accessible for travelers using wheelchairs or scooters » Travelers using walkers, crutches, or other mobility aids must travel with a companion who can assist them » We reserve the right for Program Directors to restrict participation, or in some circumstances send travelers home, if their limitations impact the group’s experience TeRRAIN & TRANSPORTATION » 1 full day at altitudes between 3,000- 6,000 feet » Uneven walking surfaces, unpaved paths, hills, stairs, and cobblestones » Travel by 45-seat motorcoach and 100- seat ferry boat CLIMATE » Daytime temperatures range from 51- 89°F during touring season » June-August are the warmest months, and some days may reach extremely high temperatures » March and November weather can be unpredictable and change quickly Itinerary subject to change. For information or reservations, call toll-free 1-800-221-2610. Italy: Tuscany, the Alps & the Riviera 2017 EXTEND YOUR TRIP PRE-TRIP Rome, Italy POST-TRIP Venice, Italy One of the miracles of Italy is that a relatively small country contains such a wealth of stunning scenery and beautiful cities. This vacation is your opportunity to savor both. You’ll visit Tuscany, the Italian Riviera, and the Alps—ageless, evocative regions that brim with history, striking vistas, and rich tradi- tions. Bookended by one night in both Rome and Venice, it’s a superb opportunity to experience Italy’s treasures. Itinerary subject to change. For information or reservations, call toll-free 1-800-221-2610. DETAILED ITINERARY Your Grand Circle Program Director During your exclusive Grand Circle vacation, you’ll have reliable assistance available at all times from an on-site Grand Circle Travel Program Director. Your Program Director is fluent in English and can give you an inside perspective on your destinations. He or she is supported along the way by local tour guides, who guide you expertly through particular sites and cities. Many Grand Circle Program Directors are graduates of professional education programs for travel guides. In addition, they receive specialized training directly from Grand Circle, training that is based on what we’ve learned from thousands of past travelers about how to make the trip most enjoyable. Your Program Director offers both a deep knowledge of the region and a commitment to make this a very pleasant, informative, and rewarding travel experience for you. Your Program Director will provide sightseeing trips, handle all travel details, reserve optional tours you choose to take, oversee your Discovery Series events, and provide any other as- sistance you may need. You will be in the company of a Program Director throughout your vacation. DAY 1 Depart U.S. Director over a Welcome Drink followed by Begin your travel to Italy as your flight hors d’oeuvres during a Welcome Party at departs this evening. your hotel. Dinner DAY 2 Rome, Italy A Grand Circle representative will meet you DAY 3 Rome • Orvieto • Italian With & at the airport and assist you to your hotel, Without Words language lesson • Art of where you’ll set off on an orientation walk of the Renaissance discussion • Florence the area. Tonight, meet your fellow travelers, including those from the optional pre-trip After breakfast, begin your journey to extension to Rome, Italy, and your Program Florence, stopping along the way to visit the hilltop town of Orvieto. Itinerary subject to change. For information or reservations, call toll-free 1-800-221-2610. Set upon the flat crown of a steep volcanic the days of the Medici. Perhaps in your free butte, Orvieto has been an impregnable town time you’ll visit Santa Croce Gothic church, since the time of the ancient Etruscans. It and its tombs and memorials to many was a major center of commerce and learn- famous Italians like Dante, Galileo, and ing in the Middle Ages—Thomas Aquinas Michelangelo. And finally, you’ll visit the taught there—and its independently minded Accademia Museum where you’ll have an leaders often squabbled with the Papacy. opportunity to see Michelangelo’s famous The construction of the 14th-century Orvieto statue of David. Cathedral is distinctive in its use of basalt This evening, enjoy a Home-Hosted Dinner and travertine, which are of volcanic origin. with a local family. You’re sure to savor this Its three-gabled facade is exceptional, with family-style meal, as well as the opportunity vivid bas-reliefs, statuary, and mosaics. to learn about everyday life in modern-day Become acquainted with the area during a Italy. discovery walk with your Program Director, then enjoy lunch at a local restaurant before Breakfast, Dinner continuing on to Florence. During the drive, learn some of the Italian words that will be most useful to you during a spe- DAY 5 Florence • Optional cial Italian With & Without Words lesson led by Treasures of Tuscany tour your Program Director during an Exclusive Today is free for you to visit some of Discovery Series event. Florence’s famous sites on your own. The Upon arrival this afternoon, delight in historical center of Florence is full of striking another exclusive Discovery Series event: buildings and piazzas and is recognized as Delve into a presentation on Art of the a UNESCO World Heritage Site. And you Renaissance, designed to pave the way for may want to visit the Casa Guidi, Elisabeth more meaningful discoveries in Florence and Barrett-Browning’s home in Florence, Tuscany. just next to the Ponte Vecchio; or, across the street, the Pitti Palace and the Boboli This evening, dinner is included at a local Gardens. Or perhaps you’ll explore the Uffizi restaurant. Gallery: This world-renowned museum is home to masterpieces by such legendary Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner artists as da Vinci, Botticelli, Giotto, Titian, Michelangelo, and many more. DAY 4 Florence • Home-Hosted Dinner Or, choose an optional Treasures of Tuscany This morning, embark on a walking tour tour to discover the rare beauty of this iconic of Florence with an expert local guide. To region. Whatever your personal vision of begin, you’ll marvel at the exterior of the Tuscany may be—rolling hills covered with beautiful Duomo. This elegant church with vineyards, remote medieval towns and sun- its remarkable octagonal Brunelleschi dome drenched castles, a grass-wrapped bottle of is one of the most magnificent structures in robust Chianti—you may find it today, along Florence. Our tour continues with a stroll with many other treasures of this beloved through Piazza Signoria, the busy square wine country. You’ll head out toward the that was the ancient center of city life during medieval hill town of San Gimignano, known Itinerary subject to change. For information or reservations, call toll-free 1-800-221-2610. as the “Town of Towers,” where you’ll have optional excursion, you’ll have some free free time to explore the narrow, stone-paved time to explore on your own before enjoying streets that twist inside the walls of this an included lunch at a local trattoria. quaint town. Then travel through the scenic Tonight, dinner is on your own. Chianti wine country to Castello Oliveto, a 15th-century manor where you will take a Breakfast tour of the residence and its ancient wine cellar before your included lunch. DAY 7 Florence • Pisa • Santa Margherita Enjoy the remainder of your day back in Florence relaxing at your hotel or exploring Today marks the end of your time in independently before your evening at leisure. Tuscany, and the beginning of your stay in the Italian Riviera. Breakfast After breakfast, travel to Santa Margherita— stopping along the way in Pisa, where you DAY 6 Florence • Optional Siena tour have free time to explore the Piazza dei Miracoli (the Square of Miracles) at your own Your day is free to spend as you please.
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