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Regular guaranteed departures to discover Italy at its best! Several travelling options from 3 nights to 16 nights Iconic cities like Rome, Florence and Ven- ice; the Tuscany Wine Region; the North Lakes Region; the wonderful South with Sorrentine Coast, Sicily and Apulia Selected Hotels & typical Italian meals We work only with the best licensed Guides: quality assured! Our top sold Fantasia are guaranteed in English only All our tours are organized directly by us

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Major Como FRIULI Lake Lake TRENTO UDINE Varenna Riva del Garda Orta Lake Stresa VALLE Orta Bellagio Garda VENETO TRIESTE D’AOSTA Como Bergamo Lake Brescia Sirmione PADUA Italian UNESCO’s World MILAN Verona VENICE Heritage Sites PIEDMONT LOMBARDY TURIN EMILIA Gulf of ROMAGNA Venice

GENOA BOLOGNA La Spezia Ravenna Cinque Terre LIGURIA LAZIO EMILIA ROMAGNA SARDINIA Ligurian Sea FLORENCE SAN Roma: Historic Centre, the Properties of Ferrara: City of the Renaissance and its Barumini : “Su Nuraxi” MARINO ANCONA the Holy See in that City Enjoying Extra- Po Delta Pisa Loreto territorial Rights and San Paolo Fuori le Ravenna: Early Christian Monuments MARCHE Mura BASILICATA Siena Adriatic Modena: Cathedral, Torre Civica and Matera: The Sassi and the Park of the Assisi Sea Tivoli: Villa Adriana Montepulciano Piazza Grande Rupestrian Churches TUSCANY UMBRIA Tivoli: Villa d’Este Cerveteri e Tarquinia: Etruscan Necrop- UMBRIA FRIULI VENEZIA GIULIA PESCARA olises Assisi : Basilica of San Francesco and Aquileia: Archaeological Area and the Other Franciscan Sites Patriarchal Basilica CORSICA San Giovanni TUSCANY ABRUZZO Rotondo ROME MOLISE Firenze: Historic Centre LIGURIA MARCHE Porto Venere, Cinque Terre and the Is- LAZIO Foggia Pisa: Piazza del Duomo Urbino: Historic Centre lands (Palmaria, Tino and Tinetto) CAMPANIA BARI San Gimignano: Historic Centre Genoa: Le Strade Nuove and the system PUGLIA Ostuni NAPLES Castel PIEDMONT del Monte of the Palazzi dei Rolli OLBIA VESUVIUS Alberobello Siena: Historic Centre Ischia Locorotondo Vineyard Landscape of Piedmont: Lang- Pompeii Sorrento POTENZA Pienza: Historic Centre he-Roero and Monferrato SASSARI Amal Matera LOMBARDY Capri Positano BASILICATA LECCE Val d’Orcia Residences of the Royal House of Savoy NUORO Otranto Milan: Church and Dominican Convent of Medici Villas and Gardens in Tuscany Santa Maria delle Grazie with “The Last Ivrea, industrial city of the 20th century Taranto Supper” by Leonardo da Vinci Gulf ORISTANO CAMPANIA Valcamonica: Rock Drawings APULIA SARDINIA Napoli: Historic Centre Crespi d’Adda: Company towns Alberobello : The Trulli COSENZA Caserta: 18th-Century Royal Palace at Mantua and Sabbioneta CAGLIARI Castel del Monte Tyrrhenian Sea CALABRIA Caserta with the Park, the Aqueduct of Monte San Giorgio Vanvitelli and the San Leucio Complex Rhaetian Railway in the Albula / Bernina Pompei, Herculaneum and Torre Annun- Landscapes ziata: Archaeological Areas Ionian MAIN DISTANCES MESSINA Amalfi: La Costiera Amalfitana SICILY Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy Sea PALERMO Savoca Cefalù Cilento: Vallo di Diano National Park with Agrigento: Archaeological Area Venetian Works of Defence between the Forza d’Agrò ROME > NAPLES 220 KM 136 MI TRAPANI Monreale REGGIO the Archeological Sites of Paestum and 16th and 17th Centuries: Stato da Terra – Segesta Taormina Piazza Armerina: Villa Romana del Casale NAPLES > PALERMO 340 KM 211 MI Erice CALABRIA Velia, and the Certosa di Padula Western Stato da Mar Marsala ETNA SICILY Isole Eolie: Lipari, Vulcano, Salina, Prehistoric Pile Dwellings around the ROME > FLORENCE 270 KM 167 MI CATANIA Stromboli, Filicudi, Alicudi e Panarea Piazza VENETO Alps FLORENCE > BOLOGNA 100 KM 62 MI Armerina Val di Noto: Late Baroque Towns AGRIGENTO Venice and its Lagoon The Dolomites BOLOGNA > PADUA 110 KM 68 MI RAGUSA SYRACUSE Syracuse and the Rocky Necropolis Longobards in Italy. Places of the Power PADUA > VENICE 45 KM 27 MI Noto Verona: City of Pantalica Modica (568-774 A.D.) BOLOGNA > MILAN 220 KM 136 MI Vicenza: City and the Palladian Villas Mount Etna Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of of the Veneto MILAN > GENOA 140 KM 86 MI MEDITERRANEAN SEA Arab-Norman Palermo and the Cathedral the Carpathians and Other Regions of Padua: Botanical Garden Churches of Cefalú and Monreale Europe MILAN > TURIN 140 KM 86 MI TURIN > GENOA 200 KM 124 MI GENOA > FLORENCE 230 KM 142 MI Useful information Why Fantasia tours are before booking our unique and beloved by Fantasia tours travellers?

MEETING POINT AND TIME: Fantasia departs from the Hotel Massimo D’Azeglio in Rome at 7:15 am Italy has more Unesco sites than The Best any other country in the whole world: THE TOUR INCLUDES: • Transportation by deluxe motorcoach Unesco Jewels discover this jewels with us… • Monolingual tour-escort in English • Accommodation in 4 stars or 3 stars hotels • Meals as per itinerary (please inform us at the moment of the booking, in case English, of any food allergy or alimentary restriction) • Entrance tickets to the archaeological site in Pompeii with “Skip the Line” Portuguese and Fantasia Tours are available in English. (when included in the itinerary) • Entrance tickets to Vatican Museums & St. Peter’s Basilica with “Skip the Line” Spanish spoken (when included in the itinerary) • Visits with local expert guide as per itinerary (Rome, Florence, Venice, Sorrento, Capri, Palermo, Agrigento, Siracusa, Bari, Matera, Lecce) Italian Designed by Italians for Travellers looking • Entrance tickets to the archaeological sites in Sicily on our Fantasia Siciliana, for an authentic experience. Fantasia Mediterranea and Fantasia All Italy Style • Entrance tickets to the Castel del Monte (Fantasia of Puglia) • Entrance tickets to the St. Mark’s Basilica in Venice with “Skip the Line” (when included in the itinerary) Overnight stays in Selected Centrally • Visit of the Blue Grotto in Capri (when included in the itinerary) Located Hotels • Porterage service included only on our escorted tours in Sicily & Apulia Venice - Selected Hotels for Fantasia Tours: 1st category: Hotel Carlton on the Gran Canal 4*, THE TOUR DOES NOT INCLUDE: Best located on Venice island • Tips 2nd category: Hotel Delfino 4*, • Porterage service Accommodations located in Venice Mestre • Drinks st • Entrance fees to monuments or museums when not mentioned Florence - Hotels Selected for 1 category and nd • City tax for overnight stays (according to each city council rules) 2 category Hotel Unahotels Vittoria Firenze 4* • Everything that is not mentioned in the paragraph “The Tour includes” or Hotel Raffaello 4*

TRANSFER SERVICE: Our clients are provided with headsets to Transfer IN & OUT is included only when booking the Fantasia 8 Days / 7 Nights let them follow clearly the information Headsets HOTELS CATEGORIES: provided by our tour leader and local guides. The difference between Tourist Superior and 1st Category consists in the hotel accommodation in Venice. Both categories are accommodated in 4* hotels but our 1st Category stays in Venice Island (city centre) without supplement, while Served during the tour: we take care of Tourist Superior stays in Venice Mestre. Attention to food quality and freshness of food served to your quality Travellers! DUE TO TECHNICAL AND / OR LOGISTIC ISSUES, ITINERARIES COULD BE AMENDED Stretch your legs with extra legroom on We inform all Clients that rates do not include city tax when applicable. City tax will Comfort when Carrani Fantasia coaches! We have more have to be paid directly from clients at the Hotel upon arrival or at the check out. We space on board to pamper our ravellers with remind you that the city tax may change according to the hotel category. Please Travelling the most comfortable trip. kindly inform Travellers before the departure.

Important Notice: in case of lost or damage of the headsets we will have to charge We only work with licensed Professionals. 55 €/device. Expert Guides All our Tour Guides are experienced and and Escorts friendly! ALL RATES ARE PER PERSON Rates indicated are expressed in EURO (€) and include Service and the cur- rent applicable VAT. All prices are subject to automatic change without prior We’re happy to provide our Travellers notice due to VAT increase, local fees or bus congestion charge not commu- Free Wi-Fi connec- with free wi-fi on board to let them be in nicated at the time of this catalogue’s release. tion on board touch with family & friends, sharing ther OVERNIGHT IN LISTED HOTELS OR SIMILAR journey’s experiences!

CANCELLATION POLICY AND FEES: • Until 15 working days before departure: no penalty Best ratio Fantasia Tours are incredibly affordable and • From 14 to 7 working days before departure: 10% offer the best quality/price ratio. • From 6 to 3 working days before departure: 25% quality/price • From 2 days to 24 hours before departure: 50% • From 24 hours or for no-shows: 100%

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Fantasia 4 days / 3 nights Fantasia ROME > VENICE | 3 Meals 8 North Italy [8 Days / 7 Nights] Rome > Assisi > Siena > Florence > Bologna > Padua > Venice ROME > MILAN | 3 Meals 24 Rome > Assisi > Siena > Florence > Bologna > Padua > Venice > Milan > Orta > Stresa > Como > Bellagio > Varenna > Bergamo > Fantasia 5 days / 4 nights Brescia > Sirmione > Riva del Garda > Verona > Milan ROME > ROME | 4 Meals Rome > Assisi > Siena > Florence > Bologna > Padua > Venice > 10 Fantasia Tuscany Wine Region (Traditional Tuscan lunch in Montepul- ciano) > Rome North Lakes [4 Days / 3 Nights] MILAN > MILAN 28 Milan > Orta > Stresa > Como > Bellagio > Varenna > Bergamo > Fantasia 8 days / 7 nights Brescia > Sirmione > Riva del Garda > Verona > Milan ROME > ROME | 4 Meals Fantasia of Puglia Rome > Assisi > Siena > Florence > Bologna > Padua > Venice > 12 NEW! [6 Days / 5 Nights] Tuscany Wine Region (Traditional Tuscan lunch in Montepul- BARI > LECCE | 5 Meals 30 ciano) > Rome Bari > Trani > Castel del Monte > Alberobello > Matera > Locorotondo > Ostuni > Otranto > Lecce Fantasia 10 days / 9 nights Fantasia Siciliana [7 Days / 6 Nights] ROME > ROME | 7 Meals PALERMO > TAORMINA | 7 Meals 32 Rome > Assisi > Siena > Florence > Bologna > Padua > Venice > 14 Palermo > Monreale > Erice > Saline della Laguna > Agrigento > Tuscany Wine Region (Traditional Tuscan lunch in Montepul- Piazza Armerina > Ragusa Ibla > Noto > Siracusa > Taormina ciano) > Rome > Naples > Pompeii > Sorrento > Capri > Rome Fantasia Mediterranea [11 Days / 10 Nights] ROME > TAORMINA | 11 Meals Fantasia 11 days / 10 nights Rome > Naples > Pompeii > Sorrento > Capri > Palermo > 34 Monreale > Erice > Saline della Laguna > Agrigento > Piazza ROME > ROME | 8 Meals Armerina > Ragusa Ibla > Noto > Siracusa > Taormina Rome > Assisi > Siena > Florence > Bologna > Padua > Venice > 16 Tuscany Wine Region (Traditional Tuscan lunch in Montepul- Fantasia All Italy [17 Days / 16 Nights] ciano) > Rome > Naples > Pompeii > Sorrento > Capri > Rome ROME > TAORMINA | 15 Meals Rome > Assisi > Siena > Florence > Bologna > Padua > Venice > Tuscany Wine Region (Traditional Tuscan lunch in Monte- 36 Fantasia 12 days / 11 nights pulciano) > Rome > Naples > Pompeii > Sorrento > Capri > ROME > ROME | 9 Meals Palermo > Monreale > Erice > Saline della Laguna > Agrigento > Rome > Assisi > Siena > Florence > Bologna > Padua > Venice > 18 Piazza Armerina > Ragusa Ibla > Noto > Siracusa > Taormina Tuscany Wine Region (Traditional Tuscan lunch in Montepul- ciano) > Rome > Naples > Pompeii > Sorrento > Capri > Rome Fantasia Mediterranean Dream: Italy - Spain Fantasia [16 Days / 15 Nights] Wonders of Italy [6 Days / 5 Nights] ROME > MADRID | 8 Meals 40 ROME > MILAN | 4 Meals 20 Rome > Assisi > Siena > Florence > Bologna > Padua > Venice > Rome > Assisi > Siena > Florence > Bologna > Padua > Venice > Tuscany Wine Region (Traditional Tuscan lunch in Montepul- Verona > Sirmione > Como > Milan ciano) > Rome > Barcelona > Madrid > Cordoba > Sevilla > Gra- nada > Toledo > Madrid

Fantasia Romantica [4 Days / 3 Nights] Contact Us 42 VENICE > MILAN | 2 Meals 22 Venice > Verona > Sirmione > Como > Milan Working Policy 43

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Major Como FRIULI Lake Lake TRENTO UDINE Varenna Riva del Garda ROME > VENICE +3 MEALS Orta Lake Stresa VALLE Orta Bellagio Garda VENETO TRIESTE D’AOSTA Como Bergamo Lake Brescia Sirmione PADUA Fantasia MILAN Verona VENICE PIEDMONT LOMBARDY 4 days / 3 nights TURIN EMILIA Gulf of Rome > Assisi > Siena > Florence > Bologna > ROMAGNA Venice Padua > Venice GENOA BOLOGNA La Spezia Ravenna DEPARTURES Cinque Terre LIGURIA SHOULDER SEASON Ligurian AUGUST 3 5 10 12 17 19 24 26 Sea FLORENCE SAN MARINO ANCONA HIGH SEASON Pisa MARCH 25 Loreto MARCHE APRIL 1 8 15 22 29 Siena Adriatic Sea MAY 4 6 11 13 18 20 25 27 Montepulciano Assisi JUNE 1 3 8 10 15 17 22 24 29 TUSCANY UMBRIA JULY 1 6 8 13 15 20 22 27 29 AUGUST 31 PESCARA SEPTEMBER 2 7 9 14 16 21 23 28 30 OCTOBER 5 7 12 14 19 21 26 28 CORSICA San Giovanni ABRUZZO Rotondo RATES SHOULDER SEASON ROME MOLISE 1ST CATEGORY - TOURIST SUPERIOR Foggia VENICE ISLAND LAZIO

DBL / TPL € 627,00 DBL / TPL € 745,00 CAMPANIA BARI ITINERARY PUGLIA Ostuni SUP SGL € 228,00 SUP SGL € 258,00 NAPLES Castel DAY 1 del Monte OLBIA VESUVIUS Alberobello Ischia Locorotondo ROME > ASSISI > SIENA > FLORENCE Pompeii SASSARI Departing at 7:15 am from the Hotel Massimo D’Azeglio by a deluxeSorrento coach, you will ar- POTENZA rive in Assisi, ready to explore, at your own leisure, this tiny town surrounded by Amal walls, Matera RATES HIGH SEASON Capri Positano BASILICATA LECCE NUORO built in the Middle Ages. Take your time to visit the basilica of St. Francis, where you Otranto 1ST CATEGORY - will see masterpieces by Giotto and Cimabue and, then, have free time for lunch (not in- TOURIST SUPERIOR VENICE ISLAND cluded). Board on the bus to reach Siena, a Unesco World Heritage Site, world-known for the Palio, the historical horse race around the shell-shaped town square: Piazza del Taranto DBL / TPL € 686,00 DBL / TPL € 795,00 Campo. Next, you will continue on to Florence, where you will check in at your hotel Gulf ORISTANO before enjoying dinner and a well-earned night of rest. SUP SGL € 238,00 SUP SGL € 278,00 SARDINIA DAY 2 FLORENCE COSENZA HOTELS CAGLIARI After breakfast, you will spend the day venturing around beautiful Florence, the “Cra- dle of Renaissance,Tyrrhenian where, with Sea the help of Michelangelo, Italian art reached its pinna- CALABRIA 1ST CATEGORY - cle. Based on etruscan-roman origins, the city flourished in the Middle Ages as a free CITY TOURIST SUPERIOR VENICE ISLAND “Comune” and was further refined during the Renaissance. You will be fascinated by the uncountable monuments, churches and buildings as Santa Maria del Fiore, more UNAHOTELS UNAHOTELS commonly referred to as the Duomo. On your visit, you will be amazed by its magnifi- FLORENCE VITTORIA FIRENZE 4 VITTORIA FIRENZE 4 cent dome built by Filippo Brunelleschi. Cross a small piazza to see the “Campanile” RAFFAELLO 4 RAFFAELLO 4 tower (partly designed by Giotto) and the Baptistery, with its bronze doors where Mi- Ionian chelangelo imagined the “Gates of Paradise.” In the heart of the city, you will see Piazza VENICE DELFINO (MESTRE) 4 CARLTON G. CANAL 4 MESSINA Sea della Signoria, Palazzo della Signoria (also known as Palazzo Vecchio), and the Basilica PALERMO Savoca of Santa Croce. Lunch in a typical Tuscan restaurant in Piazza SantaCefalù Croce. Spend the afternoon strolling the cobblestone streets of FlorenceMonreale on your own or take a short tripForza d’Agrò REGGIO to Pisa (optional), one of the fourTRAPANI main historical Marine Republics of Italy. There, you ONLY WITH CARRANI Erice Segesta Taormina TOUR ROUTE - DELUXE COACH will tour the Piazza dei Miracoli with the Duomo, Pisa’s symbol “the Leaning Tower” CALABRIA Marsala ETNA and the Baptistery. Dinner at leisure, overnight stay in Florence.SICILY > Visit also Assisi, Siena, Bologna, Padua DAY 1 DAY 3 Piazza CATANIA > Stay in centrally located hotels! ROME > ASSISI 340 KM 211 MI 3 h FLORENCE > BOLOGNA > PADUA > VENICE Armerina ASSISI > SIENA 270 KM 167 MI 2 h AGRIGENTO After breakfast in Florence, departure to Bologna. There, you will discover the elegant SYRACUSE SIENA > FLORENCE 100 KM 62 MI 1,5 h city centre with its “porticos”, it’s shopping streets and so on. From Piazza MalpighiRAGUSA you will walk to Piazza del Nettuno and Piazza Maggiore (Neptune square and Major Noto DAY 2 square) in the heart of the city, then King Renzo’s Palace; Palazzo PodestàModica and the

(OPTIONAL) basilica of San Petronio, one of the biggest in the world. Bologna it’s a real gourmet’s IMPORTANT NOTES FLORENCE > PISA 45 KM 27 MI 1,5 h heaven…don’t miss a tasty meal at your own leisure! In the afternoon, continue toward Padova, with Sant’Antonio Basilica: one of the mostMEDITERRANEAN visited churches by pilgrims ofSEA the DAY 3 catholic world. Later in the afternoon, arrival in Venice: the City of Love, one of the most All prices are per person 140 KM romantic cities of the whole world and, undoubtedly the most beautiful city built by Free accommodation for children up to 6 years old sharing the room with their parents FLORENCE > BOLOGNA 86 MI 2 h man! Check in at your hotel for dinner and overnight stay. City tax not included: it shall be paid directly at the hotel BOLOGNA > PADUA 140 KM 124 MI 1,5 h Drinks not included in meals PADUA > VENICE 200 KM 142 MI 1 h DAY 4 VENICE Tour ends after breakfast! You may opt for an extension in Venice or for other locations (i.e. North Lakes or Milan).

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Major Como FRIULI Lake Lake TRENTO UDINE Varenna Riva del Garda Orta Lake Stresa ROME > ROME +4 MEALS VALLE Orta Bellagio Garda VENETO TRIESTE D’AOSTA Como Bergamo Lake Brescia Sirmione PADUA MILAN Verona VENICE PIEDMONT LOMBARDY TURIN EMILIA Gulf of Fantasia ROMAGNA Venice

GENOA BOLOGNA 5 days / 4 nights Ravenna La Spezia Cinque Terre Rome > Assisi > Siena > Florence > Bologna > Padua > LIGURIA Ligurian Sea FLORENCE SAN Venice > Tuscany Wine Region (Traditional Tuscan lunch in MARINO ANCONA Pisa Montepulciano) > Rome Loreto Siena MARCHE Adriatic Sea DEPARTURES Montepulciano Assisi TUSCANY UMBRIA SHOULDER SEASON PESCARA AUGUST 3 5 10 12 17 19 24 26 CORSICA San Giovanni ABRUZZO Rotondo HIGH SEASON ROME MOLISE MARCH 25 LAZIO Foggia APRIL 1 8 15 22 29 CAMPANIA BARI PUGLIA Ostuni NAPLES Castel del Monte MAY 4 6 11 13 18 20 25 27 OLBIA VESUVIUS Alberobello Ischia Locorotondo Pompeii ITINERARY Sorrento POTENZA JUNE 1 3 8 10 15 17 22 24 29 SASSARI Amal Matera Capri Positano BASILICATA LECCE JULY 1 6 8 13 15 20 22 27 29 NUORO Otranto DAY 1 AUGUST 31 Taranto ROME > ASSISI > SIENA > FLORENCE Gulf SEPTEMBER 2 7 9 14 16 21 23 28 30 ORISTANO DepartingSARDINIA at 7:15 am from the Hotel Massimo D’Azeglio by a deluxe coach, you will ar- OCTOBER 5 7 12 14 19 21 26 28 rive in Assisi, ready to explore, at your own leisure, this tiny town surrounded by walls, COSENZA builtCAGLIARI in the Middle Ages. Take your time to visit the basilica of St. Francis, where you will see masterpieces by GiottoTyrrhenian and Cimabue Sea and, then, have free time for lunch (not in- CALABRIA cluded). Board on the bus to reach Siena, a Unesco World Heritage Site, world-known RATES SHOULDER SEASON for the Palio, the historical horse race around the shell-shaped town square: Piazza del Campo. Next, you will continue on to Florence, where you will check in at your hotel Ionian 1ST CATEGORY - before enjoying dinner and a well-earned night of rest. MESSINA Sea TOURIST SUPERIOR PALERMO Savoca VENICE ISLAND Cefalù DAY 2 TRAPANI Monreale Forza d’Agrò REGGIO Segesta Taormina Marsala Erice CALABRIA FLORENCE ETNA DBL / TPL € 655,00 DBL / TPL € 906,00 SICILY CATANIA After breakfast, you will spend the day venturing around beautifulPiazza Florence, the “Cra- SUP SGL € 239,00 SUP SGL € 288,00 Armerina dle of Renaissance, where, with the help of Michelangelo,AGRIGENTO Italian art reached its pinna- SYRACUSE cle.Based on etruscan-roman origins, the city flourished in the MiddleRAGUSA Ages as a free Noto “Comune” and was further refined during the Renaissance. You willModica be fascinated by the uncountable monuments, churches and buildings as Santa Maria del Fiore, more MEDITERRANEAN SEA RATES HIGH SEASON commonly referred to as the Duomo. On your visit, you will be amazed by its magnifi- cent dome built by Filippo Brunelleschi. Cross a small piazza to see the “Campanile” 1ST CATEGORY - tower (partly designed by Giotto) and the Baptistery, with its bronze doors where Mi- TOURIST SUPERIOR chelangelo imagined the “Gates of Paradise.” In the heart of the city, you will see Piazza VENICE ISLAND della Signoria, Palazzo della Signoria (also known as Palazzo Vecchio), and the Basilica DBL / TPL € 710,00 DBL / TPL € 985,00 of Santa Croce. Lunch in a typical Tuscan restaurant in Piazza Santa Croce. Spend the afternoon strolling the cobblestone streets of Florence on your own or take a short trip SUP SGL € 249,00 SUP SGL € 301,00 to Pisa (optional), one of the four main historical Marine Republics of Italy. There, you will tour the Piazza dei Miracoli with the Duomo, Pisa’s symbol “the Leaning Tower” and the Baptistery. Dinner at leisure, overnight stay in Florence. DAY 3 HOTELS FLORENCE > BOLOGNA > PADUA > VENICE After breakfast in Florence, departure to Bologna. There, you will discover the elegant 1ST CATEGORY - CITY TOURIST SUPERIOR TOUR ROUTE - DELUXE COACH city centre with its “porticos”, it’s shopping streets and so on. From Piazza Malpighi VENICE ISLAND you will walk to Piazza del Nettuno and Piazza Maggiore (Neptune square and Major UNAHOTELS UNAHOTELS DAY 1 square) in the heart of the city, then King Renzo’s Palace; Palazzo Podestà and the FLORENCE VITTORIA FIRENZE 4 VITTORIA FIRENZE 4 basilica of San Petronio, one of the biggest in the world. Bologna it’s a real gourmet’s RAFFAELLO 4 RAFFAELLO 4 ROME > ASSISI 340 KM 211 MI 2,5 h heaven…don’t miss a tasty meal at your own leisure! In the afternoon, continue toward Padova, with Sant’Antonio Basilica: one of the most visited churches by pilgrims of the ASSISI > SIENA 270 KM 167 MI 2 h VENICE DELFINO (MESTRE) 4 CARLTON G. CANAL 4 catholic world.Later in the afternoon, arrival in Venice: the City of Love, one of the most SIENA > FLORENCE 100 KM 62 MI 1,5 h romantic cities of the whole world and, undoubtedly the most beautiful city built by man! Check in at your hotel for dinner and overnight stay. DAY 2

(OPTIONAL) FLORENCE > PISA 45 KM 27 MI 1,5 h DAY 4 ONLY WITH CARRANI VENICE DAY 3 After breakfast, enjoy your private water-taxi transfer to Piazza San Marco, with “Skip > NEW Traditional Tuscan Lunch in Montepulciano! Visit also Assisi, Siena, FLORENCE > BOLOGNA 140 KM 86 MI 2 h the Line” tickets to visit the splendid St. Mark’s Basilica and, after this, check out the Bologna, Padua, Tuscany Wine Region most iconic places of the “Floating City”: the Palazzo dei Dogi, symbol of Venice’s glori- BOLOGNA > PADUA 140 KM 124 MI 1,5 h > Visit St. Mark’s Basilica with “Skip the Line” ous past, the legendary “Bridge of Sighs”. Spend the afternoon roaming along Venice’s st > Opportunity to choose hotel in Venice Island (1 Category) PADUA > VENICE 200 KM 142 MI 1 hr canals at your leisure and then return to the hotel and overnight. DAY 4 DAY 5 WATER TAXI TO VENICE 30 min VENICE > MONTEPULCIANO (TUSCANY WINE REGION) > ROME After breakfast, departure from Piazzale Roma heading to Tuscany, world-known for DAY 5 IMPORTANT NOTES its landscapes, its churches and castles and its delicious wines. You will proceed to Val VENICE > MONTEPULCIANO 350 KM 217 MI 4,5 h di Chiana with a stop in Montepulciano, a medieval town rich in history and art. Known for its “Nobile” wine, on purchase in local wine houses, Montepulciano also hosts an All prices are per person MONTEPULCIANO > ROME 170 KM 105 MI 3 h annual jazz and wine festival every July. Lunch in a typical restaurant included!!! Af- Free accommodation for children up to 6 years old sharing the room with their parents ter lunch, quick stop to spend some free time. In the evening, you will arrive in Rome, City tax not included: it shall be paid directly at the hotel where the tour ends. Drinks not included in meals

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Major Como FRIULI Lake Lake TRENTO UDINE Varenna Riva del Garda Orta Lake Stresa VALLE Orta Bellagio Garda VENETO TRIESTE D’AOSTA Como Bergamo Lake ROME > ROME +4 MEALS Brescia Sirmione PADUA MILAN Verona VENICE PIEDMONT LOMBARDY TURIN EMILIA Gulf of Fantasia ROMAGNA Venice 8 days / 7 nights GENOA BOLOGNA La Spezia Ravenna Rome > Assisi > Siena > Florence > Bologna > Cinque Terre LIGURIA Padua > Venice > Tuscany Wine Region (Traditional Tus- Ligurian can lunch in Montepulciano) > Rome Sea FLORENCE SAN MARINO ANCONA Pisa DEPARTURES Loreto Siena MARCHE Adriatic SHOULDER SEASON Sea Montepulciano Assisi AUGUST 2 4 9 11 16 18 23 25 TUSCANY UMBRIA HIGH SEASON PESCARA MARCH 24 31 APRIL 7 14 21 28 CORSICA MAY 3 5 10 12 17 19 24 26 31 San Giovanni ABRUZZO Rotondo JUNE 2 7 9 14 16 21 23 28 30 ROME MOLISE JULY 5 7 12 14 19 21 26 28 LAZIO Foggia AUGUST 30 ITINERARY CAMPANIA SEPTEMBER 1 6 8 13 15 20 22 27 29 BARI PUGLIA Ostuni DAY 1 a tasty meal at your own leisure!NAPLES In the afternoon, contin- Castel OCTOBER 4 6 11 13 18 20 25 27 del Monte ROME OLBIA ue toward IschiaPadova, with Sant’Antonio Basilica:VESUVIUS one of the Alberobello most visited churches by pilgrims of the catholic world. Locorotondo Welcome to Rome! After meet at the airport your driver, Pompeii POTENZA SASSARI Later in the afternoon, arrivalSorrento in Venice: the City of Love, you will be transferred to your hotel (Transfer included!). Amal Matera RATES SHOULDER SEASON one of the most romantic citiesCapri of the whole world and, BASILICATA LECCE Overnight stay. Positano Otranto NUORO undoubtedly the most beautiful city built by man! Check 1ST CATEGORY - TOURIST SUPERIOR in at your hotel for dinner and overnight stay. VENICE ISLAND DAY 2 Taranto ROME > ASSISI > SIENA > FLORENCE Gulf ORISTANO DAY 5 DBL / TPL € 1.010,00 DBL / TPL € 1.425,00 Departing at 7:15 am from your hotel by a deluxe coach, VENICE SARDINIA you will arrive in Assisi, ready to explore, at your own SUP SGL € 431,00 SUP SGL € 481,00 After breakfast, enjoy your private water-taxi transfer to leisure, this tiny town surrounded by walls, built in the Piazza San Marco, with “Skip the Line” tickets to visit the COSENZA Middle Ages.CAGLIARI Take your time to visit the basilica of St. splendid St.Mark’s Basilica and, after this, check out the Francis, where you will see masterpieces by GiottoTyrrhenian and most Sea iconic places of the “Floating City”: the Palazzo dei CALABRIA RATES HIGH SEASON Cimabue and, then, have free time for lunch (not includ- Dogi, symbol of Venice’s glorious past, the legendary ed). Board on the bus to reach Siena, a Unesco World “Bridge of Sighs”. Spend the afternoon roaming along 1ST CATEGORY - Heritage Site, world-known for the Palio, the historical Venice’s canals at your leisure and then return to the ho- TOURIST SUPERIOR VENICE ISLAND horse race around the shell-shaped town square: Piazza tel and overnight. del Campo. Next, you will continue on to Florence, where Ionian you will check in at your hotel before enjoying dinner and DAY 6 MESSINA Sea DBL / TPL € 1.067,00 DBL / TPL € 1.496,00 PALERMO a well-earned night of rest. VENICE > MONTEPULCIANO (TUSCANY WINE REGION)Savoca > Cefalù SUP SGL € 456,00 SUP SGL € 491,00 ROME Monreale Forza d’Agrò REGGIO DAY 3 TRAPANI Taormina After breakfast,Erice departureSegesta from Piazzale Roma heading CALABRIA FLORENCE Marsala ETNA to Tuscany, world-known forSICILY its landscapes, its churches After breakfast, you will spend the day venturing around and castles and its delicious wines. You will proceedCATANIA to HOTELS beautiful Florence, the “Cradle of Renaissance, where, Piazza Val di Chiana with a stop in Montepulciano,Armerina a medieval 1ST CATEGORY - with the help of Michelangelo, Italian art reached its pin- town rich in historyAGRIGENTO and art. Known for its “Nobile” wine, CITY TOURIST SUPERIOR VENICE ISLAND nacle. Based on etruscan-roman origins, the city flour- on purchase in local wine houses, MontepulcianoRAGUSA alsoSYRACUSE ished in the Middle Ages as a free “Comune” and was hosts an annual jazz and wine festival every July. Lunch UNAHOTELS UNAHOTELS Noto further refined during the Renaissance. You will be fas- in a typical restaurant included!!! AfterModica lunch, quick FLORENCE VITTORIA FIRENZE 4 VITTORIA FIRENZE 4 TOUR ROUTE - DELUXE COACH cinated by the uncountable monuments, churches and stop to spend some free time. In the evening, you will ar- RAFFAELLO 4 RAFFAELLO 4 buildings as Santa Maria del Fiore, more commonly re- DAY 2 rive in Rome to checkMEDITERRANEAN in into your hotel. SEA VENICE DELFINO (MESTRE) 4 CARLTON G. CANAL 4 ferred to as the Duomo. On your visit, you will be amazed ROME > ASSISI 340 KM 211 MI 2,5 h by its magnificent dome built by Filippo Brunelleschi. DAY 7 ROME GARDEN 3 Cross a small piazza to see the “Campanile” tower (partly ROME BETTOJA HOTEL 4 ASSISI > SIENA 270 KM 167 MI 2 h ROME  designed by Giotto) and the Baptistery, with its bronze SANTA COSTANZA 4 Between 7:45 - 8:00 am, after breakfast, departure from SIENA > FLORENCE 100 KM 62 MI 1,5 h doors where Michelangelo imagined the “Gates of Par- the hotel for the included tour of the Vatican Museums, adise.” In the heart of the city, you will see Piazza della Sistine Chapel and St. Peters’s Basilica with our ex- DAY 3 Signoria, Palazzo della Signoria (also known as Palazzo clusive “Skip the Line” access! No stress to reach the (OPTIONAL) Vecchio), and the Basilica of Santa Croce. Lunch in a typ- ONLY WITH CARRANI FLORENCE > PISA 45 KM 27 MI 1,5 h area: upon arrival, your guide will lead you into the muse- ical Tuscan restaurant in Piazza Santa Croce. Spend the ums where you’ll visit one of the most important art col- DAY 4 afternoon strolling the cobblestone streets of Florence > Transfer in/out from Rome airport to the hotel lections of the world. Walk along the beautiful Galleries on your own or take a short trip to Pisa (optional), one of > NEW Traditional Tuscan Lunch in Montepulciano! Visit also Assisi, Siena, FLORENCE > BOLOGNA 140 KM 86 MI 2 h of Tapestries and Geographical Maps before admiring the four main historical Marine Republics of Italy. There, Bologna, Padua, Tuscany Wine Region Raphael’s Rooms and, then, the amazing Sistine Chap- BOLOGNA > PADUA 140 KM 124 MI 1,5 h you will tour the Piazza dei Miracoli with the Duomo, > Visit St. Mark’s Basilica with “Skip the Line” el. After this incredible masterpiece, you will be taken Pisa’s symbol “the Leaning Tower” and the Baptistery. st PADUA > VENICE 200 KM 142 MI 1 hr by a privileged door to St. Peters’s Basilica: the biggest > Opportunity to choose hotel in Venice Island (1 Category) Dinner at leisure, overnight stay in Florence. church in the world! The tour ends on St. Peter’s Square. > Tour of Vatican Museums, Sistine Chapel and St. Peter’s Basilica DAY 5 (with our exclusive “Skip the Line”) DAY 4 Enjoy the rest of the day to explore the city at your own WATER TAXI TO VENICE 30 min FLORENCE > BOLOGNA > PADUA > VENICE leisure or get any one of our selected tours for the after- noon or at night! Overnight stay. DAY 6 After breakfast in Florence, departure to Bologna. There, you will discover the elegant city centre with its “porti- DAY 8 IMPORTANT NOTES VENICE > MONTEPULCIANO 350 KM 217 MI 4,5 h cos”, it’s shopping streets and so on. From Piazza Mal- ROME MONTEPULCIANO > ROME 170 KM 105 MI 3 h pighi you will walk to Piazza del Nettuno and Piazza Mag- After breakfast, transfer to the airport. Arrivederci! All prices are per person giore (Neptune square and Major square) in the heart Free accommodation for children up to 6 years old sharing the room with their parents of the city, then King Renzo’s Palace; Palazzo Podestà City tax not included: it shall be paid directly at the hotel and the basilica of San Petronio, one of the biggest in the Drinks not included in meals world. Bologna it’s a real gourmet’s heaven…don’t miss Fantasia HS 19 | 12 Fantasia HS 19 | 13 ROME > ROME +7 MEALS Fantasia 10 days / 9 nights Rome > Assisi > Siena > Florence > Bologna > Padua > Venice > Tuscany Wine Region (Traditional Tuscan lunch in Montepulciano) > Rome > Naples > Pompeii > Sorrento > Capri > Rome DEPARTURES

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AUGUST 2 4 9 11 16 18 23 25 DAY 1 DAY 6 ROME VENICE > MONTEPULCIANO (TUSCANY WINE HIGH SEASON Benvenuti a Roma! After your arrival at the airport, make your REGION) > ROME MARCH 24 31 own way to your hotel and then enjoy your first day in the city After breakfast, departure from Piazzale Roma heading to at your own leisure. Overnight stay. Tuscany, world-known for its landscapes, its churches and APRIL 7 14 21 28 castles and its delicious wines. You will proceed to Val di MAY 3 5 10 12 17 19 24 26 31 DAY 2 Chiana with a stop in Montepulciano, a medieval town rich in ROME > ASSISI > SIENA > FLORENCE JUNE 2 7 9 14 16 21 23 28 30 history and art. Known for its “Nobile” wine, on purchase in Departing at 7:15 am from your hotel by a deluxe coach, you local wine houses, Montepulciano also hosts an annual jazz JULY 5 7 12 14 19 21 26 28 will arrive in Assisi, ready to explore, at your own leisure, this and wine festival every July. Lunch in a typical restaurant AUGUST 30 tiny town surrounded by walls, built in the Middle Ages. Take included!!! After lunch, quick stop to spend some free time. SEPTEMBER 1 6 8 13 15 20 22 27 29 your time to visit the basilica of St. Francis, where you will In the evening, you will arrive in Rome to check in into your see masterpieces by Giotto and Cimabue and, then, have hotel. OCTOBER 4 6 11 13 18 20 25 27 free time for lunch (not included). Board on the bus to reach DAY 7 Siena, a Unesco World Heritage Site, world-known for the ROME RATES SHOULDER SEASON Palio, the historical horse race around the shell-shaped town square: Piazza del Campo. Next, you will continue on to Flor- Between 7:45 - 8:00 am, after breakfast, departure from the 1ST CATEGORY - hotel for the included tour of the Vatican Museums, Sistine TOURIST SUPERIOR ence, where you will check in at your hotel before enjoying VENICE ISLAND dinner and a well-earned night of rest. Chapel and St. Peters’s Basilica with our exclusive “Skip the Line” access! No stress to reach the area: upon arrival, your DBL / TPL € 1.476,00 DBL / TPL € 1.896,00 DAY 3 guide will lead you into the museums where you’ll visit one of FLORENCE the most important art collections of the world. Walk along SUP SGL € 530,00 SUP SGL € 593,00 After breakfast, you will spend the day venturing around the beautiful Galleries of Tapestries and Geographical Maps beautiful Florence, the “Cradle of Renaissance, where, with before admiring Raphael’s Rooms and, then, the amazing the help of Michelangelo, Italian art reached its pinnacle. Sistine Chapel. After this incredible masterpiece, you will be RATES HIGH SEASON Based on etruscan-roman origins, the city flourished in the taken by a privileged door to St. Peters’s Basilica: the biggest Middle Ages as a free “Comune” and was further refined church in the world! The tour ends on St. Peter’s Square. En- 1ST CATEGORY - TOURIST SUPERIOR during the Renaissance. You will be fascinated by the un- joy the rest of the day to explore the city at your own leisure or VENICE ISLAND countable monuments, churches and buildings as Santa get any one of our selected tours for the afternoon or at night! Maria del Fiore, more commonly referred to as the Duomo. Overnight stay. DBL / TPL € 1.566,00 DBL / TPL € 1.932,00 On your visit, you will be amazed by its magnificent dome DAY 8 SUP SGL € 555,00 SUP SGL € 629,00 TRENTINO BOLZANO built by Filippo Brunelleschi. Cross a small piazza to see the ROME > NAPLES > POMPEII > SORRENTO “Campanile” tower (partly designed by Giotto) and the Bap- Major Como FRIULI Lake tistery, with its bronze doors where Michelangelo imagined After breakfast, pick up at your hotel at 7:00 am approximate- Lake TRENTO UDINE ly. Departure by coach heading south crossing the regions HOTELS Varenna Riva del Garda the “Gates of Paradise.” In the heart of the city, you will see Orta Lake Stresa VALLE Orta Bellagio Garda VENETO TRIESTE Piazza della Signoria, Palazzo della Signoria (also known as of Lazio and Campania. Arrival in Naples and short pano- ST Como Bergamo Lake 1 CATEGORY - D’AOSTA Palazzo Vecchio), and the Basilica of Santa Croce. Lunch in a ramic tour climbing up to Vomero hill to enjoy beautiful views CITY TOURIST SUPERIOR Brescia Sirmione PADUA VENICE ISLAND MILAN Verona typical Tuscan restaurant in Piazza Santa Croce. Spend the over the Gulf of Naples with the Vesuvius, Capri, Ischia and VENICE Procida and the city below; time to take some nice pictures. PIEDMONT LOMBARDY afternoon strolling the cobblestone streets of Florence on UNAHOTELS UNAHOTELS Descending towards the port of Mergellina you will leave the VITTORIA FIRENZE 4 VITTORIA FIRENZE 4 TURIN Gulf of your own or take a short trip to Pisa (optional), one of the four FLORENCE EMILIA city and travel south toward Mount Vesuvius, and, once you RAFFAELLO 4 RAFFAELLO 4 ROMAGNA Venice main historical Marine Republics of Italy. There, you will tour the Piazza dei Miracoli with the Duomo, Pisa’s symbol “the reach the town of Pompeii, you will have lunch with the real Neapolitan pizza! After lunch, you will enter into one of the VENICE DELFINO (MESTRE) 4 CARLTON G. CANAL 4 GENOA BOLOGNA Leaning Tower” and the Baptistery. Dinner at leisure, over- La Spezia Ravenna night stay in Florence. most important archaeological sites in the world: a UNESCO ROME GARDEN 3 World Heritage Site, the ruins of Pompeii, with Skip the Line ROME BETTOJA HOTEL 4 Cinque Terre SANTA COSTANZA 4 LIGURIA DAY 4 entrance and a guided tour. Visit the haunting ruins of Pom- Ligurian FLORENCE > BOLOGNA > PADUA > VENICE peii, traveling back in time to the tragic days in 79 AD when Sea FLORENCE CENTRAL 4 SAN the silent Mount Vesuvius suddenly erupted, covering the SORRENTO MICHELANGELO 4 MARINO ANCONA After breakfast in Florence, departure to Bologna. There, CRISTINA 4 Pisa you will discover the elegant city centre with its “porticos”, prosperous Roman city in deadly volcanic ashes and poison- Loreto ous gases, leaving this prosperous city crystallized until our Siena MARCHE Adriatic it’s shopping streets and so on. From Piazza Malpighi you will walk to Piazza del Nettuno and Piazza Maggiore (Nep- days. You’ll learn how people lived at that time, visiting hous- ONLY WITH CARRANI Assisi Sea Montepulciano tune square and Major square) in the heart of the city, then es and “bars” of the time, admiring frescoes and mosaics TUSCANY UMBRIA King Renzo’s Palace; Palazzo Podestà and the basilica of to imagine how rich and prosperous was the city before the > NEW Traditional Tuscan Lunch in Montepulciano! Visit also Assisi, Siena, San Petronio, one of the biggest in the world. Bologna it’s dreadful day. After the visit, you will drive along the Sorren- Bologna, Padua, Tuscany Wine Region PESCARA a real gourmet’s heaven…don’t miss a tasty meal at your tine Coast, arriving in Sorrento for dinner (dress code: jacket > Visit St. Mark’s Basilica with “Skip the Line” own leisure! In the afternoon, continue toward Padova, with for men) and an overnight in your new hotel. > Opportunity to choose hotel in Venice Island (1st Category) CORSICA Sant’Antonio Basilica: one of the most visited churches by DAY 9 San Giovanni > Tour of Vatican Museums, Sistine Chapel and St. Peter’s Basilica ABRUZZO Rotondo pilgrims of the catholic world. Later in the afternoon, arrival in SORRENTO > CAPRI > ROME (with our exclusive “Skip the Line”) ROME MOLISE Venice: the City of Love, one of the most romantic cities of the whole world and, undoubtedly the most beautiful city built After breakfast, get ready for an exciting excursion to the is- > Tour of Pompeii with the “Skip the Line” and a lunch with the real Neapolitan LAZIO Foggia pizza and 1 drink included by man! Check in at your hotel for dinner and overnight stay. land of Capri: one of the most exclusive summer destinations CAMPANIA of the Mediterranean! Depending on weather and sea condi- > Visit of the Blue Grotto in Capri BARI PUGLIA Ostuni DAY 5 tions, you will admire the dreamy Blue Grotto on a small row- > Discover the Jewels of Southern Italy! NAPLES Castel del Monte OLBIA VESUVIUS Alberobello VENICE boat. Afterward, enjoy lunch at a local restaurant and then Ischia Locorotondo Pompeii roam the island at your own pace. Once back on the main- SASSARI Sorrento POTENZA After breakfast, enjoy your private water-taxi transfer to Piaz- Amal Matera LECCE land, return to Rome in the evening for your last overnight. IMPORTANT NOTES Capri Positano BASILICATA za San Marco, with “Skip the Line” tickets to visit the splen- NUORO Otranto did St. Mark’s Basilica and, after this, check out the most DAY 10 iconic places of the “Floating City”: the Palazzo dei Dogi, All prices are per person Taranto ROME Gulf symbol of Venice’s glorious past, the legendary “Bridge of City tax not included: it shall be paid directly at the hotel ORISTANO Sighs”. Spend the afternoon roaming along Venice’s canals Breakfast at the hotel. End of our services. Drinks not included in meals (except in Pompeii included) SARDINIA at your leisure and then return to the hotel and overnight. COSENZA Fantasia HS 19 | 14 CAGLIARI Fantasia HS 19 | 15 Tyrrhenian Sea CALABRIA

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MEDITERRANEAN SEA ROME > ROME +8 MEALS ITINERARY

DAY 1 to Tuscany, world-known for its landscapes, its church- ROME es and castles and its delicious wines. You will proceed Fantasia Benvenuti a Roma! After your arrival at the airport, to Val di Chiana with a stop in Montepulciano, a medie- make your own way to your hotel and then enjoy your val town rich in history and art. Known for its “Nobile” 11 days / 10 nights first day in the city at your own leisure. Overnight stay. wine, on purchase in local wine houses, Montepulciano also hosts an annual jazz and wine festival every July. Rome > Assisi > Siena > Florence > Bologna > Padua > Ve- DAY 2 Lunch in a typical restaurant included!!! After lunch, nice > Tuscany Wine Region (Traditional Tuscan lunch in ROME > ASSISI > SIENA > FLORENCE quick stop to spend some free time. In the evening, you Departing at 7:15 am from your hotel by a deluxe coach, will arrive in Rome to check in into your hotel. Montepulciano) > Rome > Naples > Pompeii > Sorrento > you will arrive in Assisi, ready to explore, at your own DAY 7 leisure, this tiny town surrounded by walls, built in the Capri > Rome ROME Middle Ages. Take your time to visit the basilica of St. DEPARTURES Francis, where you will see masterpieces by Giotto and Between 7:45 - 8:00 am, after breakfast, departure from Cimabue and, then, have free time for lunch (not includ- the hotel for the included tour of the Vatican Muse- SHOULDER SEASON ed). Board on the bus to reach Siena, a Unesco World ums, Sistine Chapel and St. Peters’s Basilica with AUGUST 2 4 9 11 16 18 23 25 Heritage Site, world-known for the Palio, the historical our exclusive “Skip the Line” access! No stress to horse race around the shell-shaped town square: Piaz- reach the area: upon arrival, your guide will lead you into the museums where you’ll visit one of the most impor- HIGH SEASON za del Campo. Next, you will continue on to Florence, where you will check in at your hotel before enjoying tant art collections of the world. Walk along the beauti- MARCH 24 31 dinner and a well-earned night of rest. ful Galleries of Tapestries and Geographical Maps be- APRIL 7 14 21 28 fore admiring Raphael’s Rooms and, then, the amazing MAY 3 5 10 12 17 19 24 26 31 DAY 3 Sistine Chapel. After this incredible masterpiece, you FLORENCE will be taken by a privileged door to St. Peter’s Basilica: JUNE 2 7 9 14 16 21 23 28 30 After breakfast, you will spend the day venturing around the biggest church in the world! The tour ends on St. JULY 5 7 12 14 19 21 26 28 beautiful Florence, the “Cradle of Renaissance, where, Peter’s Square. Enjoy the rest of the day to explore the AUGUST 30 with the help of Michelangelo, Italian art reached its city at your own leisure or get any one of our selected tours for the afternoon or at night! Overnight stay. SEPTEMBER 1 6 8 13 15 20 22 27 29 pinnacle. Based on etruscan-roman origins, the city flourished in the Middle Ages as a free “Comune” OCTOBER 4 6 11 13 18 20 25 27 DAY 8 and was further refined during the Renaissance. You ROME > NAPLES > POMPEII > SORRENTO will be fascinated by the uncountable monuments, RATES SHOULDER SEASON churches and buildings as Santa Maria del Fiore, more After breakfast, pick up at your hotel at 7:00 am approxi- mately. Departure by coach heading south crossing the 1ST CATEGORY - commonly referred to as the Duomo. On your visit, you TOURIST SUPERIOR regions of Lazio and Campania. Arrival in Naples and VENICE ISLAND will be amazed by its magnificent dome built by Filippo Brunelleschi. Cross a small piazza to see the “Campani- short panoramic tour climbing up to Vomero hill to enjoy beautiful views over the Gulf of Naples with the Vesuvi- DBL / TPL € 1.545,00 DBL / TPL € 1.960,00 le” tower (partly designed by Giotto) and the Baptistery, with its bronze doors where Michelangelo imagined us, Capri, Ischia and Procida and the city below; time to SUP SGL € 552,00 SUP SGL € 639,00 the “Gates of Paradise.” In the heart of the city, you will take some nice pictures. Descending towards the port see Piazza della Signoria, Palazzo della Signoria (also of Mergellina you will leave the city and travel south to- ward Mount Vesuvius, and, once you reach the town of RATES HIGH SEASON known as Palazzo Vecchio), and the Basilica of Santa Croce. Lunch in a typical Tuscan restaurant in Piazza Pompeii, you will have lunch with the real Neapolitan pizza! After lunch, you will enter into one of the most 1ST CATEGORY - Santa Croce. Spend the afternoon strolling the cobble- TOURIST SUPERIOR important archaeological sites in the world: a UNESCO VENICE ISLAND stone streets of Florence on your own or take a short trip to Pisa (optional), one of the four main historical Marine World Heritage Site, the ruins of Pompeii, with Skip the DBL / TPL € 1.604,00 DBL / TPL € 2.047,00 Republics of Italy. There, you will tour the Piazza dei Line entrance and a guided tour. Visit the haunting ruins Miracoli with the Duomo, Pisa’s symbol “the Leaning of Pompeii, traveling back in time to the tragic days in 79 TRENTINO BOLZANO SUP SGL € 562,00 SUP SGL € 661,00 Tower” and the Baptistery. Dinner at leisure, overnight AD when the silent Mount Vesuvius suddenly erupted, Major Como FRIULI covering the prosperous Roman city in deadly volcanic Lake stay in Florence. Lake TRENTO UDINE ashes and poisonous gases, leaving this prosperous HOTELS Orta Lake Varenna Riva del Garda Stresa Bellagio DAY 4 city crystallized until our days. You’ll learn how people VALLE Orta Garda VENETO TRIESTE Como Bergamo 1ST CATEGORY - D’AOSTA Lake FLORENCE > BOLOGNA > PADUA > VENICE lived at that time, visiting houses and “bars” of the time, Brescia Sirmione PADUA CITY TOURIST SUPERIOR admiring frescoes and mosaics to imagine how rich and VENICE ISLAND MILAN Verona VENICE After breakfast in Florence, departure to Bologna. prosperous was the city before the dreadful day. After UNAHOTELS UNAHOTELS PIEDMONT LOMBARDY There, you will discover the elegant city centre with its the visit, you will drive along the Sorrentine Coast, arriv- FLORENCE VITTORIA FIRENZE 4 VITTORIA FIRENZE 4 TURIN EMILIA Gulf of “porticos”, it’s shopping streets and so on. From Piaz- RAFFAELLO 4 RAFFAELLO 4 ROMAGNA Venice za Malpighi you will walk to Piazza del Nettuno and Pi- ing in Sorrento for dinner (dress code: jacket for men) azza Maggiore (Neptune square and Major square) in and an overnight in your new hotel. BOLOGNA VENICE DELFINO (MESTRE) 4 CARLTON G. CANAL 4 GENOA the heart of the city, then King Renzo’s Palace; Palazzo Ravenna DAY 9 La Spezia Podestà and the basilica of San Petronio, one of the ROME GARDEN 3 Cinque Terre SORRENTO > CAPRI > SORRENTO ROME BETTOJA HOTEL 4 biggest in the world. Bologna it’s a real gourmet’s heav- SANTA COSTANZA 4 LIGURIA Ligurian en…don’t miss a tasty meal at your own leisure! In the After breakfast, get ready for an exciting excursion Sea FLORENCE CENTRAL 4 SAN afternoon, continue toward Padua, with Sant’Antonio to the island of Capri: one of the most exclusive sum- SORRENTO MICHELANGELO 4 MARINO ANCONA CRISTINA 4 Pisa Basilica: one of the most visited churches by pilgrims mer destinations of the Mediterranean! Depending on Loreto of the catholic world. Later in the afternoon, arrival in weather and sea conditions, you will admire the dreamy Siena MARCHE Adriatic Venice: the City of Love, one of the most romantic cities Blue Grotto on a small rowboat. Afterward, enjoy lunch Assisi Sea ONLY WITH CARRANI Montepulciano of the whole world and, undoubtedly the most beautiful at a local restaurant and then roam the island at your UMBRIA TUSCANY city built by man! Check in at your hotel for dinner and own pace. Once back on the mainland, return for dinner > NEW Traditional Tuscan Lunch in Montepulciano! Visit also Assisi, Siena, overnight stay. and your last overnight in Sorrento. Bologna, Padua, Tuscany Wine Region PESCARA DAY 10 > Visit St. Mark’s Basilica with “Skip the Line” DAY 5 SORRENTO > ROME > Opportunity to choose hotel in Venice Island (1st Category) CORSICA VENICE San Giovanni ABRUZZO Rotondo Breakfast at your hotel. Time at your leisure going for > Tour of Vatican Museums, Sistine Chapel and St. Peter’s Basilica MOLISE After breakfast, enjoy your private water-taxi transfer to (with our exclusive “Skip the Line”) ROME Piazza San Marco, with “Skip the Line” tickets to visit shopping or tasting some nice Limoncello. As an op- > Tour of Pompeii with “Skip the Line” and a lunch with the real Neapolitan LAZIO Foggia the splendid St. Mark’s Basilica and, after this, check tion, you may go for a short excursion to the Amalfi pizza and 1 drink included CAMPANIA BARI out the most iconic places of the “Floating City”: the coast (not included). In the afternoon, at around 4:00 pm, departure back to Rome. Check in at your hotel and > Visit of the Blue Grotto in Capri PUGLIA Ostuni Palazzo dei Dogi, symbol of Venice’s glorious past, NAPLES Castel del Monte overnight stay. > Discover the Jewels of Southern Italy! OLBIA VESUVIUS Alberobello the legendary “Bridge of Sighs”. Spend the afternoon Ischia Locorotondo Pompeii Sorrento POTENZA roaming along Venice’s canals at your leisure and then DAY 11 SASSARI Amal Matera Capri Positano BASILICATA LECCE return to the hotel and overnight. ROME IMPORTANT NOTES NUORO Otranto DAY 6 Breakfast at the hotel. End of our services. Taranto All prices are per person Gulf VENICE > MONTEPULCIANO (TUSCANY WINE City tax not included: it shall be paid directly at the hotel ORISTANO REGION) > ROME SARDINIA Drinks not included in meals (except in Pompeii included) After breakfast, departure from Piazzale Roma heading COSENZA Fantasia HS 19 | 16 CAGLIARI Fantasia HS 19 | 17 Tyrrhenian Sea CALABRIA

Ionian MESSINA Sea PALERMO Savoca Cefalù Monreale Forza d’Agrò REGGIO TRAPANI Taormina Erice Segesta CALABRIA Marsala ETNA SICILY Piazza CATANIA Armerina AGRIGENTO RAGUSA SYRACUSE Noto Modica

MEDITERRANEAN SEA ROME > ROME +9 MEALS Fantasia 12 days / 11 nights Rome > Assisi > Siena > Florence > Bologna > Padua > ITINERARY Venice > Tuscany Wine Region (Traditional Tuscan lunch DAY 1 Chiana with a stop in Montepulciano, a medieval town rich ROME in history and art. Known for its “Nobile” wine, on purchase in Montepulciano) > Rome > Naples > Pompeii > Sorrento > Benvenuti a Roma! After your arrival at the airport, make in local wine houses, Montepulciano also hosts an annual Capri > Rome your own way to your hotel and then enjoy your first day in jazz and wine festival every July. Lunch in a typical restau- the city at your own leisure. Overnight stay. rant included!!! After lunch, quick stop to spend some free time. In the evening, you will arrive in Rome to check in into DEPARTURES DAY 2 your hotel. ROME > ASSISI > SIENA > FLORENCE HIGH SEASON Departing at 7:15 am from your hotel by a deluxe coach, you DAY 7 MARCH 31 will arrive in Assisi, ready to explore, at your own leisure, this ROME Between 7:45 - 8:00 am, after breakfast, departure from APRIL 7 14 21 28 tiny town surrounded by walls, built in the Middle Ages. Take your time to visit the basilica of St. Francis, where you will the hotel for the included tour of the Vatican Museums, MAY 3 5 10 12 17 19 24 26 31 see masterpieces by Giotto and Cimabue and, then, have Sistine Chapel and St. Peters’s Basilica with our exclu- JUNE 2 7 9 14 16 21 23 28 30 free time for lunch (not included). Board on the bus to reach sive “Skip the Line” access! No stress to reach the area: Siena, a Unesco World Heritage Site, world-known for the upon arrival, your guide will lead you into the museums JULY 5 7 12 14 19 21 26 28 Palio, the historical horse race around the shell-shaped where you’ll visit one of the most important art collections AUGUST 2 4 9 11 16 18 23 25 30 town square: Piazza del Campo. Next, you will continue on of the world. Walk along the beautiful Galleries of Tapestries SEPTEMBER 1 6 8 13 15 20 22 27 29 to Florence, where you will check in at your hotel before en- and Geographical Maps before admiring Raphael’s Rooms joying dinner and a well-earned night of rest. and, then, the amazing Sistine Chapel. After this incredible OCTOBER 4 6 11 13 18 20 25 27 masterpiece, you will be taken by a privileged door to St. DAY 3 Peters’s Basilica: the biggest church in the world! The tour FLORENCE ends on St.Peter’s Square: enjoy the rest of the day to ex- RATES HIGH SEASON After breakfast, you will spend the day venturing around plore the city at your own leisure or get any one of our select- beautiful Florence, the “Cradle of Renaissance, where, with ed tours for the afternoon or at night! Overnight stay. 1ST CATEGORY - TOURIST SUPERIOR the help of Michelangelo, Italian art reached its pinnacle. VENICE ISLAND Based on etruscan-roman origins, the city flourished in the DAY 8 Middle Ages as a free “Comune” and was further refined ROME > NAPLES > POMPEII > SORRENTO DBL / TPL € 1.860,00 DBL / TPL € 2.250,00 during the Renaissance. You will be fascinated by the un- After breakfast, pick up at your hotel at 7:00 am approxi- countable monuments, churches and buildings as Santa mately. Departure by coach heading south crossing the SUP SGL € 670,00 SUP SGL € 727,00 Maria del Fiore, more commonly referred to as the Duomo. regions of Lazio and Campania. Arrival in Naples and short On your visit, you will be amazed by its magnificent dome panoramic tour climbing up to Vomero hill to enjoy beauti- built by Filippo Brunelleschi. Cross a small piazza to see the ful views over the Gulf of Naples with the Vesuvius, Capri, HOTELS “Campanile” tower (partly designed by Giotto) and the Bap- Ischia and Procida and the city below; time to take some tistery, with its bronze doors where Michelangelo imagined nice pictures. Descending towards the port of Mergellina, 1ST CATEGORY - the “Gates of Paradise.” In the heart of the city, you will see you will leave the city and travel south towards Mount Ve- CITY TOURIST SUPERIOR VENICE ISLAND Piazza della Signoria, Palazzo della Signoria (also known as suvius and, once you reach the town of Pompeii, you will Palazzo Vecchio), and the Basilica of Santa Croce. Lunch in have lunch with the real Neapolitan pizza! After lunch, UNAHOTELS UNAHOTELS a typical Tuscan restaurant in Piazza Santa Croce. Spend you will enter into one of the most important archaeological VITTORIA FIRENZE 4 VITTORIA FIRENZE 4 FLORENCE the afternoon strolling the cobblestone streets of Florence sites in the world: a UNESCO World Heritage Site, the ruins RAFFAELLO 4 RAFFAELLO 4 TRENTINO BOLZANO on your own or take a short trip to Pisa (optional), one of the of Pompeii, with Skip the Line entrance and a guided tour. four main historical Marine Republics of Italy. There, you will Visit the haunting ruins of Pompeii, traveling back in time VENICE DELFINO (MESTRE) 4 CARLTON G. CANAL 4 Major FRIULI Como tour the Piazza dei Miracoli with the Duomo, Pisa’s symbol to the tragic days in 79 AD when the silent Mount Vesuvi- Lake Lake TRENTO  UDINE us suddenly erupted, covering the prosperous Roman city ROME GARDEN 3 Varenna Riva del Garda “the Leaning Tower” and the Baptistery. Dinner at leisure, ROME BETTOJA HOTEL 4 Orta Lake Stresa SANTA COSTANZA 4 VALLE Orta Bellagio Garda VENETO TRIESTE overnight stay in Florence. in deadly volcanic ashes and poisonous gases, leaving this D’AOSTA Como Bergamo Lake Brescia prosperous city crystallized until our days. You’ll learn how CENTRAL 4 Sirmione PADUA DAY 4 SORRENTO MICHELANGELO 4 MILAN Verona people lived at that time, visiting houses and “bars” of the VENICE FLORENCE > BOLOGNA > PADUA > VENICE CRISTINA 4 PIEDMONT LOMBARDY time, admiring frescoes and mosaics to imagine how rich After breakfast in Florence, departure to Bologna. There, and prosperous was the city before the dreadful day. After ANACAPRI TURIN EMILIA Gulf of CAPRI LA FLORIDIANA 4 ROMAGNA Venice you will discover the elegant city centre with its “porticos”, the visit, you will drive along the Sorrentine Coast, arriving LA BOUGAINVILLE 3 it’s shopping streets and so on. From Piazza Malpighi you in Sorrento for dinner (dress code: jacket for men) and an GENOA BOLOGNA will walk to Piazza del Nettuno and Piazza Maggiore (Nep- overnight in your new hotel. La Spezia Ravenna tune square and Major square) in the heart of the city, then Cinque Terre King Renzo’s Palace; Palazzo Podestà and the basilica of DAY 9 ONLY WITH CARRANI LIGURIA SORRENTO Ligurian San Petronio, one of the biggest in the world. Bologna it’s Breakfast and dinner at the hotel and day at your disposal. Sea FLORENCE SAN a real gourmet’s heaven…don’t miss a tasty meal at your > NEW Traditional Tuscan Lunch in Montepulciano!! Visit also Assisi, Siena, MARINO ANCONA own leisure! In the afternoon, continue toward Padova, with Spend the day exploring Sorrento on your own. Bologna, Padua, Tuscany Wine Region Pisa Sant’Antonio Basilica: one of the most visited churches by Loreto DAY 10 > Visit St. Mark’s Basilica with “Skip the Line” MARCHE pilgrims of the catholic world. Later in the afternoon, arrival Siena Adriatic SORRENTO > CAPRI > Opportunity to choose hotel in Venice Island (1st Category) Sea in Venice: the City of Love, one of the most romantic cities Montepulciano Assisi After breakfast, get ready for an exciting excursion to the > Tour of Vatican Museums, Sistine Chapel and St. Peter’s Basilica (with our of the whole world and, undoubtedly the most beautiful city UMBRIA exclusive “Skip the Line”) TUSCANY built by man! Check in at your hotel for dinner and overnight island of Capri: one of the most exclusive summer desti- nations of the Mediterranean! Depending on weather and > Tour of Pompeii with “Skip the Line” and a lunch with the real Neapolitan stay. PESCARA sea conditions, you will admire the dreamy Blue Grotto on a pizza and 1 drink included DAY 5 small rowboat. Afterward, enjoy lunch at a local restaurant > Visit of the Blue Grotto and stay in Capri CORSICA VENICE and then roam the island at your own pace. In the afternoon, > Discover the Jewels of Southern Italy! San Giovanni ABRUZZO Rotondo After breakfast, enjoy your private water-taxi transfer to Piaz- check in at your hotel in Capri, enjoy your dinner and relax MOLISE ROME za San Marco, with “Skip the Line” tickets to visit the splen- for the night. Foggia did St.Mark’s Basilica and, after this, check out the most LAZIO DAY 11 iconic places of the “Floating City”: the Palazzo dei Dogi, CAMPANIA CAPRI > ROME IMPORTANT NOTES BARI symbol of Venice’s glorious past, the legendary “Bridge of PUGLIA Ostuni After breakfast, spend a leisurely morning exploring Capri. NAPLES Castel Sighs”. Spend the afternoon roaming along Venice’s canals del Monte All prices are per person OLBIA VESUVIUS Alberobello In the afternoon, you will reach the mainland ready to depart Ischia Locorotondo at your leisure and then return to the hotel and overnight. Pompeii City tax not included: it shall be paid directly at the hotel SASSARI Sorrento POTENZA for Rome, where you will check in to your hotel and spend Amal Matera DAY 6 the night. Drinks not included in meals (except in Pompeii included) Capri Positano BASILICATA LECCE NUORO Otranto VENICE > MONTEPULCIANO (TUSCANY WINE REGION) > ROME DAY 12 Taranto ROME Gulf After breakfast, departure from Piazzale Roma heading to ORISTANO Tuscany, world-known for its landscapes, its churches and Enjoy one final breakfast before the tour comes to an end. SARDINIA castles and its delicious wines. You will proceed to Val di COSENZA Fantasia HS 19 | 18 CAGLIARI Fantasia HS 19 | 19 Tyrrhenian Sea CALABRIA

Ionian MESSINA Sea PALERMO Savoca Cefalù Monreale Forza d’Agrò REGGIO TRAPANI Taormina Erice Segesta CALABRIA Marsala ETNA SICILY Piazza CATANIA Armerina AGRIGENTO RAGUSA SYRACUSE Noto Modica

MEDITERRANEAN SEA TRENTINO BOLZANO Major ROME > MILAN +4 MEALS Como FRIULI Lake Lake TRENTO UDINE Varenna Riva del Garda Orta Lake Stresa VALLE Orta Bellagio Garda VENETO TRIESTE Fantasia D’AOSTA Como Bergamo Lake Brescia Sirmione PADUA MILAN Verona VENICE Wonders of Italy PIEDMONT LOMBARDY [6 Days / 5 Nights] TURIN EMILIA Gulf of Rome > Assisi > Siena > Florence > Bologna > Padua > ROMAGNA Venice Venice > Verona > Sirmione > Como > Milan GENOA BOLOGNA La Spezia Ravenna Cinque Terre DEPARTURES LIGURIA Ligurian HIGH SEASON Sea FLORENCE SAN MAY 4 11 18 25 MARINO ANCONA JUNE 1 8 15* 22 29 Pisa Loreto JULY 6 13 20 27 Siena MARCHE Adriatic AUGUST 3 10 17 24 31 Assisi Sea SEPTEMBER 7 14 21 28 Montepulciano OCTOBER 5 12 19 TUSCANY UMBRIA *TRADE SHOW IN COMO: SUPPLEMENT € 50,00 PER PERSON (NOT COMMISSIONABLE) PESCARA

CORSICA San Giovanni RATES HIGH SEASON ABRUZZO Rotondo MOLISE 1ST CATEGORY - VENICE ISLAND ROME LAZIO Foggia DBL / TPL € 1.345,00 CAMPANIA BARI SUP SGL € 487,00 PUGLIA Ostuni NAPLES Castel del Monte OLBIA ITINERARY VESUVIUS Alberobello Ischia Locorotondo Pompeii Sorrento POTENZA HOTELS DAY 1 SASSARI will walk to Piazza del Nettuno and Piazza Maggiore (NepAmal - Matera ROME > ASSISI > SIENA > FLORENCE tune square and Major square) in the heart of the city, then BASILICATA LECCE Capri Positano Otranto NUORO King Renzo’s Palace; Palazzo Podestà and the basilica of ST Departing at 7:15 am from the Hotel Massimo D’Azeglio by CITY 1 CATEGORY - VENICE ISLAND a deluxe coach, you will arrive in Assisi, where you can ex- San Petronio, one of the biggest in the world. Bologna it’s a real gourmet’s heaven…don’t miss a tasty meal at your Taranto UNAHOTELS VITTORIA FIRENZE 4 plore this tiny town, surrounded by walls built in the middle FLORENCE ages, at your own leisure. Make time to visit the Basilica of own leisure! In the afternoon, continue toward Padova, with Gulf RAFFAELLO 4 St. Francis,ORISTANO where you will see masterpieces by Giotto and Sant’Antonio Basilica: one of the most visited churches by pilgrims of the catholic world. Later in the afternoon, arrival VENICE CARLTON G. CANAL 4 Cimabue, SARDINIAand to have lunch (not included). Board the bus for Siena, a medieval town surrounded by ancient walls that in Venice: the City of Love, one of the most romantic cities is known for the Palio, an annual summertime horse race of the whole world and, undoubtedly the most beautiful city COMO COMO 4 COSENZA around theCAGLIARI shell-shaped town square, Piazza del Campo. built by man! Check in at your hotel for dinner and overnight Next, you will continue on to Florence, where you will checkTyrrhenian stay. Sea CALABRIA in to your hotel before enjoying dinner and a well-earned DAY 4 night of rest. VENICE ONLY WITH CARRANI DAY 2 After breakfast, enjoy your private water-taxi transfer to Piaz- FLORENCE za San Marco, with “Skip the Line” tickets to visit the splen- did St. Mark’s Basilica and, after this, check out the most Ionian > Visit also Assisi, Siena, Bologna, Padua After breakfast, you will spend the day venturing around beautiful Florence, the “Cradle of Renaissance, where, with iconic places of the “Floating City”: the Palazzo dei Dogi, MESSINA Sea > Visit St. Mark’s Basilica with “Skip the Line” symbol of Venice’s glorious past, the legendary “Bridge of st the help of Michelangelo, Italian art reached its pinnacle. PALERMO > Hotel in Venice Island (1 Category) Sighs”. Spend the afternoon roaming along Venice’s canals Savoca Based on etruscan-roman origins, the city flourished in the Cefalù > Visit Verona and the North Lakes Region (Sirmione and Como) at your leisure and then return toMonreale the hotel and overnight. Forza d’Agrò REGGIO Middle Ages as a free “Comune” and was further refined TRAPANI Segesta Taormina during the Renaissance. You will be fascinated by the un- DAY 5 Erice CALABRIA Marsala ETNA countable monuments, churches and buildings as Santa VENICE > VERONA > SIRMIONE > COMO SICILY Maria del Fiore, more commonly referred to as the Duomo. After breakfast departure heading to the famous city of Ve- On your visit, you will be amazed by its magnificent dome Piazza CATANIA IMPORTANT NOTES rona: the town of Romeo and Juliet. A walk throughArmerina its nar- built by Filippo Brunelleschi. Cross a small piazza to see the row streets will allow you to get in touch with Verona’s varied “Campanile” tower (partly designed by Giotto) and the Bap- AGRIGENTO All prices are per person and fascinating past: traces of its splendid roman origins, tistery, with its bronze doors where Michelangelo imagined RAGUSA SYRACUSE City tax not included: it shall be paid directly at the hotel as the world-famous Arena and its medieval structures, its the “Gates of Paradise.” In the heart of the city, you will see magnificent renaissance palaces, as well as the impressive Noto Drinks not included in meals Piazza della Signoria, Palazzo della Signoria (also known as fortifications protecting the city. The combination Modicaof art Palazzo Vecchio), and the Basilica of Santa Croce. Lunch in and history will fascinate you. You will proceed to Sirmione, a typical Tuscan restaurant in Piazza Santa Croce. Spend where you will see the Lake Garda, the largest lake in Italy. the afternoon strolling the cobblestone streets of Florence Enjoy the area, rich in vegetationMEDITERRANEAN including lemon trees, ole SEA- on your own or take a short trip to Pisa (optional), one of the anders and magnolias. You will see the Sirmione cape, the four main historical Marine Republics of Italy. There, you will castle and the ruins. Then, in the afternoon, we will arrive in tour the Piazza dei Miracoli with the Duomo, Pisa’s symbol Como and enjoy the picturesque view of Lake Como. Free “the Leaning Tower” and the Baptistery. Dinner at leisure, time to visit Como, one of the most beautiful cities in Italy. overnight stay in Florence. After the visit check-in at the hotel. Dinner and overnight.

DAY 3 DAY 6 FLORENCE > BOLOGNA > PADUA > VENICE COMO > MILAN After breakfast in Florence, departure to Bologna. There, Breakfast and departure to Milan, end of the tour at the cen- you will discover the elegant city centre with its “porticos”, tral railway station. it’s shopping streets and so on. From Piazza Malpighi you

Fantasia HS 19 | 20 Fantasia HS 19 | 21 VENICE > MILAN +2 MEALS Fantasia Romantica [4 Days / 3 Nights] Venice > Verona > Sirmione > Como > Milan

DEPARTURES

SHOULDER SEASON AUGUST 5 12 19

HIGH SEASON MAY 6 13 20 27 JUNE 3 10 17* 24 JULY 1 8 15 22 29 AUGUST 26 SEPTEMBER 2 9 16 23 30 OCTOBER 7 14 21 *TRADE SHOW IN COMO: SUPPLEMENT € 50,00 PER PERSON (NOT COMMISSIONABLE) TOUR ROUTE - DELUXE COACH

DAY 3

RATES SHOULDER SEASON VENICE > VERONA 130 KM 80 MI 2 h VERONA > SIRMIONE 50 KM 31 MI 1,5 h 1ST CATEGORY - VENICE ISLAND SIRMIONE > COMO 170 KM 105 MI 3 h DBL / TPL € 796,00 DAY 4

SUP SGL € 261,00 COMO > MILAN 50 KM 31 MI 1,5 h

TRENTINO BOLZANO

RATES HIGH SEASON Major Como FRIULI Lake 1ST CATEGORY - VENICE ISLAND Lake TRENTO UDINE Varenna Riva del Garda Orta Lake Stresa DBL / TPL € 843,00 VALLE Orta Bellagio Garda VENETO TRIESTE Como Bergamo SUP SGL € 274,00 D’AOSTA Lake Brescia Sirmione PADUA MILAN Verona VENICE PIEDMONT LOMBARDY HOTELS TURIN EMILIA Gulf of ST CITY 1 CATEGORY - VENICE ISLAND ROMAGNA Venice VENICE CARLTON G. CANAL 4 BOLOGNA COMO COMO 4 GENOA La Spezia Ravenna Cinque Terre ITINERARY

LIGURIA DAY 1 row streets will allow you to get in touch with Verona’s varied VENICE Ligurian and fascinating past: traces of its splendid roman origins, ONLY WITH CARRANI Arrive in Venice Seaand make your own way to your hotel. Enjoy FLORENCEas the world-famous Arena and itsSAN medieval structures, its your dinner (included) in a restaurant and relax before the magnificent renaissance palaces, as well as the impressive ANCONA > Visit St. Mark’s Basilica with “Skip the Line” adventure that lies ahead. Overnight at the hotel. fortifications protecting the MARINOcity. The combination of art and history will fascinate you. You will proceed to Sirmione, > Hotel in Venice Island (1st Category) Pisa DAY 2 where you will see the Lake Garda, the largest lake in Italy. Loreto > Visit Verona and the North Lakes Region (Sirmione and Como) VENICE Enjoy the area, rich in vegetation including lemonMARCHE trees, ole- After breakfast, enjoy your private water-taxi transfer to Piaz- andersSiena and magnolias. You will see the Sirmione cape, the Adriatic za San Marco, with “Skip the Line” tickets to visit the splen- castle and the ruins. Then, in the afternoon, we will arrive in Sea did St. Mark’s Basilica and, after this, check out the most ComoMontepulciano and enjoy the picturesque viewAssisi of Lake Como. Free iconic places of the “Floating City”: the Palazzo dei Dogi, time to visit Como, one of the most beautiful cities in Italy. IMPORTANT NOTES symbol of Venice’s glorious past, the legendary “Bridge of After theTUSCANY visit check-in at the hotel. DinnerUMBRIA and overnight. Sighs”. Spend the afternoon roaming along Venice’s canals DAY 4 All prices are per person at your leisure and then return to the hotel and overnight. COMO > MILAN City tax not included: it shall be paid directly at the hotel DAY 3 Breakfast and departure to Milan, end of the tour at the cen- PESCARA Drinks not included in meals VENICE > VERONA > SIRMIONE > COMO tral railway station. After breakfast departure heading to the famous city of Ve- rona: the town of Romeo and Juliet. A walk through its nar- CORSICA Fantasia HS 19 | 22 Fantasia HS 19 | 23 San Giovanni ABRUZZO Rotondo ROME MOLISE LAZIO Foggia CAMPANIA BARI PUGLIA Ostuni NAPLES Castel del Monte OLBIA VESUVIUS Alberobello Ischia Locorotondo Pompeii Sorrento POTENZA SASSARI Amal Matera Capri Positano BASILICATA LECCE NUORO Otranto

Taranto Gulf ORISTANO SARDINIA

COSENZA CAGLIARI Tyrrhenian Sea CALABRIA

Ionian MESSINA Sea PALERMO Savoca Cefalù Monreale Forza d’Agrò REGGIO TRAPANI Taormina Erice Segesta CALABRIA Marsala ETNA SICILY Piazza CATANIA Armerina AGRIGENTO RAGUSA SYRACUSE Noto Modica

MEDITERRANEAN SEA ROME > MILAN +3 MEALS ITINERARY

DAY 1 to its mild climate, many species of flowers and plants typ- Fantasia North Italy ROME > ASSISI > SIENA > FLORENCE ical to the sub-tropical climate could adapt to the lake are- Departing at 7:15 am from the Hotel Massimo D’Azeglio by as climate. Arrival in Stresa, an international tourist resort [8 Days / 7 Nights] a deluxe coach, you will arrive in Assisi, ready to explore, at situated in a central but also panoramic and picturesque your own leisure, this tiny town surrounded by walls, built position along the lakeside roadway, just in front of the ‘Bor- Rome > Assisi > Siena > Florence > Bologna > Padua > in the Middle Ages. Take your time to visit the basilica of romee’ islands. Free time for lunch (in Stresa or “Isola dei St. Francis, where you will see masterpieces by Giotto and Pescatori”). In the afternoon, tour of the “Isola dei Pescatori” Venice > Milan > Orta > Stresa > Como > Bellagio > Cimabue and, then, have free time for lunch (not included). (Fishermen’s Island) by boat. The island, was named after Varenna > Bergamo > Brescia > Sirmione > Riva del Garda > Board on the bus to reach Siena, a Unesco World Heritage the main activity that, over the centuries, has characterized Site, world-known for the Palio, the historical horse race this fishermen town. Although only few families still main- Verona > Milan around the shell-shaped town square: Piazza del Campo. tain the original activity, the identity of the small community Next, you will continue on to Florence, where you will check appears intact. Tourists are fascinated by its simple houses, DEPARTURES in at your hotel before enjoying dinner and a well-earned the narrow lanes, the stone portals and the attractive under- night of rest. passes. We will continue to the “Isola Bella” (The Beautiful Island), where you might opt for a visit of the Borromeo Pal- SHOULDER SEASON DAY 2 ace with its magnificent gardens. Return to Stresa (free time AUGUST 5 19 FLORENCE for lunch, not included). At the and of the visit departure to After breakfast, you will spend the day venturing around Como. Overnight in the hotel. HIGH SEASON beautiful Florence, the “Cradle of Renaissance, where, with the help of Michelangelo, Italian art reached its pinnacle. DAY 6 APRIL 29 Based on etruscan-roman origins, the city flourished in the COMO > BELLAGIO > VARENNA > BERGAMO > MAY 6* 20* Middle Ages as a free “Comune” and was further refined BRESCIA during the Renaissance. You will be fascinated by the un- Enjoy breakfast at your hotel before setting off on a short JUNE 3 17 24 countable monuments, churches and buildings as Santa visit of Como, a small town with amazing natural panoramas JULY 8 22 Maria del Fiore, more commonly referred to as the Duomo. of mountains, lake Como, and wild alpine valleys. You’ll also SEPTEMBER 9 23* 30* On your visit, you will be amazed by its magnificent dome see the industrialized Brianzola hill, downtown Como, and built by Filippo Brunelleschi. Cross a small piazza to see the the small houses in the village. The lake itself, sometimes OCTOBER 7* 14* “Campanile” tower (partly designed by Giotto) and the Bap- called Lario, has long been famous for its y-shape, its three *DURING TRADE SHOWS IN MILAN A SUPPLEMENT APPLIES: € 150,00 PER tistery, with its bronze doors where Michelangelo imagined branches intersecting at Bellagio, that you will visit via boat. PAX (NOT COMMISSIONABLE). ACCOMMODATION IN CENTRAL MILAN IS NOT the “Gates of Paradise.” In the heart of the city, you will see Separating the lake’s two southern arms with the alps dom- GUARANTEED. Piazza della Signoria, Palazzo della Signoria (also known as inating the horizon to the north, Bellagio is home to some **DURING TRADE SHOWS IN VERONA A SUPPLEMENT CAN BE APPLY. Palazzo Vecchio), and the Basilica of Santa Croce. Lunch in of the most charming landscapes in Italy. Spend some time ACCOMMODATION IN CENTRAL VERONA IS NOT GUARANTEED. a typical Tuscan restaurant in Piazza Santa Croce. Spend strolling this picturesque village with its small streets, luxury hotels, villas, and gardens, stopping for lunch in one of the RATES SHOULDER SEASON the afternoon strolling the cobblestone streets of Florence on your own or take a short trip to Pisa (optional), one of the many cafés in town (not included). Back on the boat, you will make your way to Varenna that afternoon, where you will UNIQUE CATEGORY four main historical Marine Republics of Italy. There, you will tour the Piazza dei Miracoli with the Duomo, Pisa’s symbol have a panoramic tour before moving on to Bergamo, a truly historic and artistic jewel characterized by its urban struc- DBL / TPL € 2.179,00 “the Leaning Tower” and the Baptistery. Dinner at leisure, overnight stay in Florence. ture: the “lower town” (città bassa) is modern and dynamic, SGL € 2.758,00 while the famous “upper town” (città alta) houses the city’s DAY 3 medieval history. After a short walking tour in the city center, FLORENCE > BOLOGNA > PADUA > VENICE departure to Brescia, where you will check in at your new RATES HIGH SEASON After breakfast in Florence, departure to Bologna. There, hotel for the night. you will discover the elegant city centre with its “porticos”, UNIQUE CATEGORY it’s shopping streets and so on. From Piazza Malpighi you DAY 7 will walk to Piazza del Nettuno and Piazza Maggiore (Nep- BRESCIA > SIRMIONE > RIVA DEL GARDA > VERONA DBL / TPL € 2.258,00 tune square and Major square) in the heart of the city, then Lake Garda, the largest lake in Italy, is the next destination. King Renzo’s Palace; Palazzo Podestà and the basilica of After breakfast at your hotel, you will have a panoramic tour SGL € 2.867,00 San Petronio, one of the biggest in the world. Bologna it’s of the lake’s west coast, taking in the splendid natural scen- a real gourmet’s heaven…don’t miss a tasty meal at your ery: brilliant colors, the Dolomites of Brenta, and the gentle HOTELS own leisure! In the afternoon, continue toward Padova, with slopes of the moraine hills. Enjoy the area’s rich vegetation, Sant’Antonio Basilica: one of the most visited churches by including lemon trees, oleanders, magnolias, and bougan- pilgrims of the catholic world. Later in the afternoon, arrival ville that flourish thanks to the mediterranean climate. So be CITY UNIQUE CATEGORY in Venice: the City of Love, one of the most romantic cities sure to taste some of the olive oil and wines made locally. Next, you will move on to Sirmione, where you will see the UNAHOTELS VITTORIA FIRENZE 4 of the whole world and, undoubtedly the most beautiful city FLORENCE built by man! Check in at your hotel for dinner and overnight lake Garda and its surroundings at their finest. See the sun RAFFAELLO 4 stay. shining off of the lake’s blue waters and tree-lined shores, the Sirmione cape, the Castle, and the Catullo’s ruins during  VENICE CARLTON G. CANAL 4 DAY 4 a boat tour. Back on land, you will have free time for lunch VENICE > MILAN* before departing for Riva del Garda on the north side of the MILAN STARHOTELS RITZ 4 After breakfast at your hotel you will head to Milan. Once lake, where you will see its venetian-style historic center. Ve- there, you’ll have the day to explore this hectic city, world- rona will be your final stop of the day, where you will check in COMO COMO 4 known for fashion and design, before checking in at your to your hotel for the night. hotel for some rest. DAY 8 BRESCIA IGEA 4 *From Venice to Milan, up to five people, the transfer will be by train. VERONA > MILAN Fuel up on breakfast at your hotel before setting out to see VERONA MONTRESOR PALACE 4 DAY 5 the famous city of Verona, a work of art in itself. This fas- MILAN > LAKE ORTA > STRESA > COMO cinating crossroad of historical periods and cultures (both Departure at 8:30 am from the hotel Starhotels Ritz in Milan classical and germanic) is a blend of both nordic and med- ONLY WITH CARRANI to the Lake Orta, a small and charming lake situated in the iterranean influences that is both ancient and modern. north-eastern side of the region Piedmont. Stop in the beau- A walk through its narrow streets will allow you to get in tiful village of Orta San Giulio for a short visit. Then, tour touch with Verona’s varied and fascinating past: traces of its > Visit also Assisi, Siena, Bologna, Padua by boat to reach the island of San Giulio, just in front of the splendid roman origins, its medieval structures, its magnif- > Hotel in Venice Island (1st Category) village: it is known as “ the Pearl of the Lake”, almost entire- icent renaissance palaces, as well as the impressive fortifi- > Visit Milan, Verona and the North Lakes Region (Lake Orta, Stresa, Como, ly occupied by the Monastery Mater Ecclesiae, famous for cations protecting it. The combination of art and history will Bellagio, Varenna, Bergamo, Brescia, Lake Garda) studies on antique books. After a short visit, you will take the fascinate you. Spend some time eating lunch (not included) > Prosecco tasting! ferry back to Orta and then leave by bus to Stresa, on Lake before departing for Milan, where your tour will come to an Maggiore, one of the largest Italian lakes. Wedged between end. the pre-alps, and of clear glacial origin, it is framed in its low- IMPORTANT NOTES er section by the soft hills of the region of Novara and - in the upper section - by high mountain peaks with perpetual snows. These features make possible an average temper- All prices are per person ature during all seasons, milder in winter than in the inner City tax not included: it shall be paid directly at the hotel areas and cooled down in summer by the breezes that blow Drinks not included in meals on the water’s surface changing the lake’s colour. Thanks Fantasia HS 19 | 24 Fantasia HS 19 | 25 TRENTINO BOLZANO

Major Como FRIULI Lake Lake TRENTO UDINE Varenna Riva del Garda Orta Lake Stresa VALLE Orta Bellagio VENETO TRIESTE D’AOSTA Como Bergamo Garda Brescia Sirmione Lake PADUA MILAN Verona VENICE PIEDMONT LOMBARDY TURIN EMILIA Gulf of ROMAGNA Venice

GENOA BOLOGNA Ravenna LIGURIA Ligurian Sea FLORENCE SAN TOUR ROUTE - DELUXE COACH Pisa MARINO ANCONA DAY 1 ROME > ASSISI 340 KM 211 MI 2,5 h ASSISI > SIENA 270 KM 167 MI 2 h SIENA > FLORENCE 100 KM 62 MI 1,5 h DAY 2 MARCHE (OPTIONAL) FLORENCE > PISA 45 KM 27 MI 1,5 h Siena Adriatic DAY 3 FLORENCE > BOLOGNA 140 KM 86 MI 2 h Sea BOLOGNA > PADUA 140 KM 124 MI 1,5 h Assisi PADUA > VENICE 200 KM 142 MI 1 h Montepulciano DAY 4 UP TO 5 VENICE > MILAN BY TRAIN 1,5 h UMBRIA PEOPLE TUSCANY DAY 5 MILAN > LAKE ORTA 85 KM 52 MI 2 h LAKE ORTA > STRESA 30 KM 18 MI 1 h STRESA > COMO 85 KM 52 MI 2 h DAY 6 PESCARA COMO > BELLAGIO BY BOAT 1 h BELLAGIO > VARENNA BY BOAT 1 h VARENNA > BERGAMO 65 KM 40 ML 2 h BERGAMO > BRESCIA 50 KM 31 ML 1,5 h DAY 7 BRESCIA > SIRMIONE 50 KM 31 ML 1,5 h SIRMIONE > RIVA DEL GARDA 85 KM 52 MI 2 h CORSICA RIVA DEL GARDA > VERONA 85 KM 52 MI 2 h San Giovanni DAY 8 ABRUZZO Rotondo VERONA > MILAN 170 KM 105 MI 3 h ROME MOLISE

Fantasia HS 19 | 26 LAZIO Fantasia HS 19 | 27 Foggia Trani CAMPANIA BARI Castel PUGLIA Ostuni NAPLES del Monte OLBIA VESUVIUS Alberobello Locorotondo Pompeya POTENZA SASSARI Sorrento Amal Minori Matera LECCE Capri Positano BASILICATA NUORO Otranto

Taranto Gulf ORISTANO SARDINIA

COSENZA CAGLIARI Tyrrhenian Sea CALABRIA

Ionian MESSINA Sea PALERMO Savoca Cefalù Monreale Forza d’Agrò REGGIO TRAPANI Taormina Erice Segesta CALABRIA Marsala ETNA SICILY Piazza CATANIA Armerina AGRIGENTO RAGUSA SYRACUSE Noto Modica

MEDITERRANEAN SEA MILAN > MILAN TRENTINO BOLZANO Fantasia North Lakes Major FRIULI [4 Days / 3 Nights] Como Lake Lake TRENTO Milan > Orta > Stresa > Como > Bellagio > Varenna > UDINE Varenna Riva del Garda Bergamo > Brescia > Sirmione > Riva del Garda > Verona > Orta Lake Stresa Milan VALLE Orta Bellagio VENETO TRIESTE D’AOSTA Como Bergamo Garda Brescia Sirmione Lake PADUA DEPARTURES MILAN Verona HIGH SEASON VENICE MAY 3 10 24 PIEDMONT LOMBARDY JUNE 7 21 28 JULY 12 26 Gulf of AUGUST 9 23 TURIN EMILIA SEPTEMBER 13 27 ROMAGNA Venice OCTOBER 4 11 18

*DURING TRADE SHOWS IN VERONA A SUPPLEMENT CAN BE APPLY. ACCOMMODATION IN CENTRAL VERONA IS NOT GUARANTEED. GENOA BOLOGNA Ravenna RATES HIGH SEASON 1ST CATEGORY LIGURIA DBL / TPL € 1.011,00 ITINERARY SGL € 1.131,00 Ligurian DAY 1 inating the horizon to the north, Bellagio is home to some MILAN > LAKE ORTA > STRESA >Sea COMO of the most charming landscapes in Italy.FLORENCE Spend some time Departure at 8:30 am from the hotel Starhotels Ritz in Milan strolling this picturesque village with its small streets, luxury SAN HOTELS to the Lake Orta, a small and charming lake situated in the hotels, villas, and gardens,Pisa stopping for lunch in one of the ANCONA north-eastern side of the region Piedmont. Stop in the beau- many cafés in town (not included). Back on the boat, you will MARINO CITY 1ST CATEGORY tiful village of Orta San Giulio for a short visit. Then, tour make your way to Varenna that afternoon, where you will by boat to reach the island of San Giulio, just in front of the have a panoramic tour before moving on to Bergamo, a truly historic and artistic jewel characterized by its urban struc- COMO COMO 4 village: it is known as “ the Pearl of the Lake”, almost entire- ly occupied by the Monastery Mater Ecclesiae, famous for ture: the “lower town” (città bassa) is modern and dynamic, MARCHE studies on antique books. After a short visit, you will take the while the famous “upper town” (città alta) houses the city’s BRESCIA IGEA 4 Adriatic ferry back to Orta and then leave by bus to Stresa, on Lake medieval history. After a short walking tour inSiena the city center, Maggiore, one of the largest Italian lakes. Wedged between departure to Brescia, where you will check in at your new VERONA MONTRESOR PALACE 4 the pre-alps, and of clear glacial origin, it is framed in its low- hotel for the night. Assisi Sea er section by the soft hills of the region of Novara and - in DAY 3 Montepulciano the upper section - by high mountain peaks with perpetual BRESCIA > SIRMIONE > RIVA DEL GARDA > VERONA snows. These features make possible an average temper- UMBRIA ature during all seasons, milder in winter than in the inner Lake Garda, the largest lake in Italy, is the next destination.TUSCANY ONLY WITH CARRANI areas and cooled down in summer by the breezes that blow After breakfast at your hotel, you will have a panoramic tour on the water’s surface changing the lake’s colour. Thanks of the lake’s west coast, taking in the splendid natural scen- to its mild climate, many species of flowers and plants typ- ery: brilliant colors, the Dolomites of Brenta, and the gentle > Visit the North Lakes Region (Lake Orta, Stresa, Como, Bellagio, Varenna, ical to the sub-tropical climate could adapt to the lake are- slopes of the moraine hills. Enjoy the area’s rich vegetation, Bergamo, Brescia, Lake Garda) PESCARA as climate. Arrival in Stresa, an international tourist resort including lemon trees, oleanders, magnolias, and bougan- > Prosecco tasting! situated in a central but also panoramic and picturesque ville that flourish thanks to the mediterranean climate. So be position along the lakeside roadway, just in front of the ‘Bor- sure to taste some of the olive oil and wines made locally. romee’ islands. Free time for lunch (in Stresa or “Isola dei Next, you will move on to Sirmione, where you will see the Pescatori”). In the afternoon, tour of the “Isola dei Pescatori” lake Garda and its surroundings at their finest. See the sun shining off of the lake’s blue waters and tree-lined shores, IMPORTANT NOTES (Fishermen’s Island) by boat. The island, was named after the main activity that, over the centuries,CORSICA has characterized the Sirmione cape, the Castle, and the Catullo’s ruins during this fishermen town. Although only few families still main- a boat tour. Back on land, you will have free time for lunch All prices are per person San Giovanni tain the original activity, the identity of the small community before departing for Riva del Garda on the north side of the City tax not included: it shall be paid directly at the hotel ABRUZZO Rotondo appears intact. Tourists are fascinated by its simple houses, lake, where you will see its venetian-style historic center. Ve- the narrow lanes, the stone portals and the attractive under- rona will be your final stop of the day, where you will check in MOLISE passes. We will continue to the “Isola Bella” (The Beautiful to your hotel for the night. ROME Island), where you might opt for a visit of the Borromeo Pal- DAY 4 ace with its magnificent gardens. Return to Stresa (free time VERONA > MILAN for lunch, not included). At the and of the visit departure to Fuel up on breakfast at your hotel before setting out to see LAZIO Foggia Como. Overnight in the hotel. the famous city of Verona, a work of art in itself. This fas- Trani DAY 2 cinating crossroad of historical periods and cultures (both COMO > BELLAGIO > VARENNA > BERGAMO > classical and germanic) is a blend of both nordic and med- CAMPANIA BARI BRESCIA iterranean influences that is both ancient and modern. A walk through its narrow streets will allow you to get in Enjoy breakfast at your hotel before setting off on a short touch with Verona’s varied and fascinating past: traces of its PUGLIA visit of Como, a small town with amazing natural panoramas Castel Ostuni splendid roman origins, its medieval structures, its magnif- of mountains, lake Como, and wild alpine valleys. You’ll also NAPLES del Monte icent renaissance palaces, as well as the impressive fortifi- see the industrialized Brianzola hill, downtown Como, and Alberobello cations protecting it. The combination of art and history will the small houses in the village. The lake OLBIAitself, sometimes VESUVIUS fascinate you. Spend some time eating lunch (not included) Locorotondo called Lario, has long been famous for its y-shape, its three before departing for Milan, where your tour will come to an branches intersecting at Bellagio, that you will visit via boat. Pompeya end. POTENZA Separating the lake’s two southernSASSARI arms with the alps dom- Sorrento Amal Fantasia HS 19 | 28 Fantasia HS 19 | 29 Minori Matera LECCE Capri Positano BASILICATA NUORO Otranto

Taranto Gulf ORISTANO SARDINIA

COSENZA CAGLIARI Tyrrhenian Sea CALABRIA

Ionian MESSINA Sea PALERMO Savoca Cefalù Monreale Forza d’Agrò REGGIO TRAPANI Taormina Erice Segesta CALABRIA Marsala ETNA SICILY Piazza CATANIA Armerina AGRIGENTO RAGUSA SYRACUSE Noto Modica

MEDITERRANEAN SEA TRENTINO BOLZANO

Major Como FRIULI Lake Lake TRENTO UDINE Varenna Riva del Garda Orta Lake Stresa VALLE Orta Bellagio VENETO TRIESTE D’AOSTA Como Bergamo Garda Brescia Sirmione Lake PADUA MILAN Verona VENICE PIEDMONT LOMBARDY TURIN EMILIA Gulf of ROMAGNA Venice

GENOA BOLOGNA Ravenna LIGURIA Ligurian Sea FLORENCE SAN Pisa MARINO ANCONA

Siena MARCHE Adriatic Sea Montepulciano Assisi TUSCANY UMBRIA PESCARA

CORSICA San Giovanni ABRUZZO Rotondo ROME MOLISE BARI > LECCE +5 MEALS LAZIO Foggia Trani NEW! CAMPANIA BARI Fantasia of Puglia Castel PUGLIA Ostuni [6 Days / 5 Nights] NAPLES del Monte OLBIA VESUVIUS Alberobello Bari > Trani > Castel del Monte > Alberobello > Matera > Locorotondo Locorotondo > Ostuni > Lecce Pompeya POTENZA SASSARI Sorrento Amal DEPARTURES Matera Minori BASILICATA LECCE HIGH SEASON Capri Positano Otranto MAY NUORO17 31 JUNE 14 28 JULY 12 26 AUGUST 30 Taranto SEPTEMBER 13 27 OCTOBER 11 25 Gulf ORISTANO SARDINIA RATES HIGH SEASON 1ST CATEGORY DBL / TPL € 1.599,00 COSENZA ITINERARY SUP SGL € 210,00 DAY 1 DAY 4 CAGLIARI BARI ALBEROBELLO > LOCOROTONDO > OSTUNI > LECCE Arrival in Bari on your own. Meet our Tour Leader in your Breakfast in the “square” of the scattered hotel (consider Tyrrhenian Sea hotel in Bari, the main city ofCALABRIA Puglia, and from here start our 200 mts from the Trulli. Leave Alberobello by coach and HOTELS tour to discover this wonderful region. Walking tour in the af- reach Locorotondo. Enjoy some free time to visit this small ternoon to learn about the city’s history and its most relevant town that is part of the “white towns” of Puglia. Board on ST CITY 1 CATEGORY monuments. Walk through the charming narrow alleys of the coach again and travel to Ostuni: located between the the old city center, admire the Basilica of San Nicola where “Trulli” region and Salento, overlooks the coastal plain rich THE NICOLAUS 4 BARI the remains of Saint Nicholas of Myra are preserved and the of ancient olive trees. Free time at your disposal to explore HI HOTEL BARI 4 Norman-Swabian Castle, a 12th century fortress built by another “white town” with free time for lunch, shopping and Roger the Norman and rebuilt by Frederick II of Swabia. Be tasting of several local products like the world’s famous olive ALBEROBELLO TRULLI HOLIDAYS RESORT 4 amazed by the astonishing view that you can enjoy from the oil (all at your own expenses). In the late afternoon, get again fortress (admission fee for the Castle at own expense). After on board of the coach and reach Lecce in the heart of the LECCE DELLE PALME 4 the visit, reach Piazza Mercantile where you will see the an- Salento region. Dinner and overnight. cient Column of Justice. Dinner and overnight. Ionian DAY 5 DAY 2 LECCE > OTRANTO > DINNER AT THE “MASSERIA LE MESSINABARI >TRANI > CASTEL DEL MONTE > ALBEROBELLO STANZÌE > LECCE ONLY WITH CARRANI Sea Enjoy your breakfast at the hotel before leaving Bari by After breakfast at your hotel, enjoy a 3 hour guided vis- PALERMO coach to reach Trani. Known as the ‘Pearl of Puglia’, the it of the city, learn the history of Lecce, visit the old town > Small Group no more than 15 passengers! Savoca medieval town of Trani is one of the most remarkable cities centre, the 12th century Cathedral, the Basilica of Santa > See the UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITES of Castel Del Monte, Cefalù of Southern Italy. Discover its art and monuments, visit the Croce and Piazza del Duomo. After the visit, board on the Alberobello and Matera! Monreale Forza d’Agrò Jewish quarterREGGIO and the wonderful white stone Cathedral. coach and leave Lecce. You will reach Otranto where you > Locorotondo and Otranto: Certified “BORGHI”! TRAPANI In the afternoon, reach Castel Del Monte, one of Puglia’s will have some free time at your disposal for lunch. Spend > Sleep in one of the world famous “Trulli” Segesta Taormina most acclaimed landmarks. Visit this UNESCO World Her- the afternoon visiting the wonderful city of Otranto at your > Visit the best of Puglia with us! Erice itage CALABRIASite built in the 13th century under Federico II, one pace. Over the centuries, the city has been invaded by an > Dinner in a special location! of the most enlightened kings in history. The building is a impressive number of populations, amongst the others we Marsala ETNA harmonious geometrical complex, shaped as an octagon can find traces of Greek, Roman and Turkish cultures. Wan- and surrounded by a still unsolved mystery. Your journey der around the old quarters to see how these cultures have SICILY will continue towards Alberobello: a world-known UNESCO blended together. Don’t forget to visit the iconic Cathedral IMPORTANT NOTES World Heritage Site made famous by the “Trulli”. These dry- where the bones of 813 martyrs are displayed in a glass case CATANIAstone cone-shaped houses were built in the 14th century behind the altar. See its marvelous mosaic floor which ri- All prices are per person Piazza from local limestone and this village is really unique, with a vals the well-known mosaics of Ravenna in its richness and City tax not included: it shall be paid directly at the hotel Armerina fairytale-like atmosphere. The town of Alberobello gets its significance. In the early evening, reach Supersano where Drinks not included in meals name from the ancient oak forest of “Arboris Belli” (beautiful you will have dinner at the “Masseria le Stanzìe”. Visit this AGRIGENTO trees) that once covered the area. It is possible to see these ancient farm, learn about the history and culture of Puglia. typical buildings all over the Itria Valley. Overnight stay in a See how homemade pasta is made and visit the medieval SYRACUSEscattered hotel, sleeping in a real “Trullo”. Dinner included. tombs that are part of the farm. Dinner with typical meals RAGUSA and products from the region. In the night, travel back to DAY 3 Lecce. Overnight. ALBEROBELLO > MATERA > ALBEROBELLO NotoMatera will be the destination for today. After breakfast, in DAY 6 the “square” of the scattered hotel (consider 200 mts from LECCE SMALL GROUP Modica the Trulli), the coach will take you to this incredible UNESCO Enjoy one final breakfast at the hotel. End of our services. World Heritage Site. Visit and learn the history of the “Sassi Opportunity to add a private transfer to Brindisi or Bari, & SLOW TOUR di Matera” (Stones of Matera), caves that have been used check our transfers confidential tariff, and ask to our book- as houses for over 9.000 years! that are part of the historic ing department. center of the city. Admire the Romanesque Cathedral that overlooks the city, its beautiful “Campanile” (Bell tower) and MEDITERRANEAN SEA enjoy the amazing view of the “Sassi”. Transfer back to Al- berobello in the late afternoon. Dinner and overnight in the “Trullo”.

Fantasia HS 19 | 30 Fantasia HS 19 | 31 TRENTINO BOLZANO Major Como FRIULI Lake Lake Orta Lake TRENTO UDINE VALLE Varenna Riva del Garda VENETO Stresa D’AOSTA Orta Bellagio Garda TRIESTE Como Bergamo Lake Brescia Sirmione PADUA PIEDMONT MILANLOMBARDY Verona VENICE EMILIA Gulf of TURIN ROMAGNA Venice

GENOA BOLOGNA Ravenna LIGURIA Ligurian Sea FLORENCE SAN Pisa MARINO ANCONA MARCHE Adriatic Siena Sea Assisi MontepulcianoTUSCANY UMBRIA

PESCARA

CORSICA ABRUZZO MOLISE San Giovanni Rotondo

ROMELAZIO Foggia CAMPANIA Trani PUGLIA BARI

VESUVIUS Castel Ostuni NAPLES del Monte OLBIA Alberobello Locorotondo Pompeya POTENZA SASSARI Sorrento Amal BASILICATA Minori Matera LECCE Capri Positano NUORO Otranto Taranto Gulf

ORISTANOSARDINIA

COSENZA CAGLIARI Tyrrhenian Sea CALABRIA

PALERMO > TAORMINA +7 MEALS Ionian Fantasia Siciliana Sea [7 Days / 6 Nights] MESSINA Palermo > Monreale > Erice > Saline della Laguna > PALERMO Savoca Agrigento > Piazza Armerina > Ragusa Ibla > Noto > Cefalù Siracusa > Taormina Monreale Forza d’Agrò REGGIO TRAPANI ETNA Erice Segesta Taormina Marsala SICILY CALABRIA DEPARTURES CATANIA HIGH SEASON Piazza Armerina APRIL 18 MAY 9 23 AGRIGENTO JUNE 6 20 RAGUSA SYRACUSE JULY 4 18 AUGUST 22 Noto SEPTEMBER 5 19 Modica OCTOBER 3 17 MEDITERRANEANITINERARY SEA

DAY 1 DAY 4 RATES HIGH SEASON PALERMO AGRIGENTO > PIAZZA ARMERINA > RAGUSA IBLA > Arrive in Palermo and make your own way to your hotel. RAGUSA 1ST CATEGORY That night, have dinner in the hotel and rest up for the ad- Breakfast at the hotel and travel to Piazza Armerina a venture that lies ahead. pretty and historic town nestled into the heart of Sicily. SGL € 1.391,00 Entrance in Villa Romana del Casale to admire the largest, DAY 2 richest and most complex Roman mosaics in the world. It DBL € 1.089,00 PALERMO is one of the many UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Ita- Enjoy breakfast at the hotel, and then head out on a morn- TPL € 1.054,00 ly since 1997. The mosaics spread over 3,500 sqm show ing excursion to Monreale, recently included on the UN- mythological scenes and portrayals of daily life. Depart to ESCO World Heritage List, an ancient royal town famous Ragusa and visit of the enchanting historical centre “Ibla”, for its almonds, olive oil and citrus fruits, as well as for its with its stunning baroque palaces and churches; together HOTELS fine Norman architecture. Visit the elaborate Cathedral of with other seven cities in the Val di Noto, Ragusa is listed Monreale and then enjoy some shopping of local delica- among the UNESCO World Heritage Sites. Visit the old tessen and souvenirs. Back to Palermo and continue with CITY 1ST CATEGORY gate of San Giorgio, the Giardini Iblei and then walk to Pi- a walking tour of the city. Wander the streets of the Old azza Pola where we will visit the church of San Giuseppe: Town, hearing tales of Palermo’s 3,000-year history and PALERMO MERCURE 4 a little gem. Be enchanted by the elegant Cathedral of discovering attractions like Palermo Cathedral. Walk in- San Giorgio, the Church of the Souls in Purgatory and the side the impressive-looking place of worship and marvel at AGRIGENTO DELLA VALLE 4 magnificent Cosentini palace, one of the most interesting its arches, cupolas and mosaics - with an incredible mix of Late Baroque palaces in Sicily! Arrive in hotel, dinner and influences coming from several dominations on the island. overnight. RAGUSA POGGIO DEL SOLE 4 Enjoy free time in the late afternoon and return to your ho- tel for dinner. Overnight. DAY 5 AREA TAORMINA CAESAR PALACE 4 RAGUSA > NOTO > SIRACUSA > TAORMINA DAY 3 Breakfast at the hotel and travel to Noto, a picturesque PALERMO > ERICE > SALINE DELLA LAGUNA > fishing town popular for its stately Baroque architecture. AGRIGENTO Visit Cathedral of San Nicolò, recently restored after a Early breakfast and departure to Erice, a medieval village ONLY WITH CARRANI earthquake, and then have a nice walk in the town’s center. stacked into the side of Monte San Giuliano. Many say that Continue along the south coast to Syracuse, on Sicily’s little has changed in the village since the sixth century, southeastern tip. Visit “Parco Archeologico della Nea- > Entrance tickets to all archaeological sites included! and its labyrinth-like twist of lanes is perfect for a cool and polis”, Syracuse’s famous archaeological area, home to > Saline della Laguna boat trip & Lunch! pleasant morning amble.Continue to visit the Saline ,an a vast collection of Greek and Roman ruins from all over > Baroque Sicily! extraordinary lagoon, where history, nature, archeology Sicily. Head inside to see impressive landmarks such as find a perfect synthesis and allow the visitor to try differ- the Greek Theater, the Roman Amphitheater and the Ear ent, unique and charming experiences. Have a nice boat of Dionysius – an artificial limestone cave. After the visit, trip to the islands, located nearby. The tour of the natural cross one of the city’s bridges for a visit to the island of IMPORTANT NOTES reserve of the “Stagnone di Marsala” is a one of a kind ar- Ortygia – the most ancient part of Syracuse - home to a chaeological and naturalistic experience. Board on these wealth of Baroque churches and medieval palaces. In the All prices are per person special boats, designed ad hoc to be able to navigate in late afternoon arrive in Taormina, check in to your hotel City tax not included: it shall be paid directly at the hotel the lagoon bottoms that at low tide reach only 25 cm. With and enjoy dinner. Drinks not included in meals a helpful audioguide, you will admire all the islands of the lagoon of the Stagnone up close, remaining comfortably DAY 6 seated in the boat, sailing at a speed of 4 knots. You will TAORMINA pass from the Island of Mozia, Isola Lunga, Isola di Scho- Breakfast at your hotel and then head off to Mount Etna, la, from the Ancient Via Punica Sommersa. After this the largest active volcano in Europe and the highest moun- wonderful experience enjoy your lunch in a restaurant by tain in Italy. Learn about volcanic activity and marvel at the the lagoon. Return to your coach and travel to Agrigento, old lava fields and black magma rock that comprises Etna’s your final destination of the day. Visit Ancient Greek mon- landscape. If weather permits, you have a chance to climb uments and ruins at the Valley of Temples (entrance in- to the summit (1800 m). After, return to Taormina, the beau- cluded) - a UNESCO World Heritage site - and learn about tiful and romantic town located on Mount Tauro. Return to NEW ITINERARY archaeological relics like the Classical Temple of Concord Taormina in the afternoon and spend the rest of your day the Temple of Hercules; the Temple of Jupiter, one of the at leisure. Dinner and overnight. largest Doric-style buildings. Check in to your hotel in the DAY 7 evening. Dinner and overnight. TAORMINA Enjoy one final breakfast before the tour comes to an end. Fantasia HS 19 | 32 Fantasia HS 19 | 33 ROME > TAORMINA +11 MEALS ITINERARY

DAY 1 and its labyrinth-like twist of lanes is perfect for a cool and ROME pleasant morning amble.Continue to visit the Saline ,an Fantasia Mediterranea Benvenuti a Roma! After you touch down at the airport, extraordinary lagoon, where history, nature, archeology make your own way to your hotel. Check in and enjoy your find a perfect synthesis and allow the visitor to try differ- [11 Days / 10 Nights] first night in Italy. ent, unique and charming experiences. Have a nice boat trip to the islands, located nearby. The tour of the natural Rome > Naples > Pompeii > Sorrento > Capri > DAY 2 reserve of the “Stagnone di Marsala” is a one of a kind ar- Palermo > Monreale > Erice > Saline della Laguna > ROME > NAPLES > POMPEII > SORRENTO chaeological and naturalistic experience. Board on these After breakfast, pick up at your hotel at 7:00 am approxi- special boats, designed ad hoc to be able to navigate in Agrigento > Piazza Armerina > Ragusa Ibla > Noto > mately. Departure by coach heading south crossing the re- the lagoon bottoms that at low tide reach only 25 cm. With Siracusa > Taormina gions of Lazio and Campania. Arrival in Naples and short a helpful audioguide, you will admire all the islands of the panoramic tour climbing up to Vomero hill to enjoy beauti- lagoon of the Stagnone up close, remaining comfortably ful views over the Gulf of Naples with the Vesuvius, Capri, seated in the boat, sailing at a speed of 4 knots. You will DEPARTURES Ischia and Procida and the city below; time to take some pass from the Island of Mozia, Isola Lunga, Isola di Scho- nice pictures. Descending towards the port of Mergellina, la, from the Ancient Via Punica Sommersa. After this HIGH SEASON you will leave the city and travel south towards Mount Ve- wonderful experience enjoy your lunch in a restaurant by APRIL 14 suvius and, once you reach the town of Pompeii, you will the lagoon. Return to your coach and travel to Agrigento, have lunch with the real Neapolitan pizza! After lunch, MAY 5 19 your final destination of the day. Visit Ancient Greek mon- you will enter into one of the most important archaeologi- uments and ruins at the Valley of Temples (entrance in- JUNE 2 16 30 cal sites in the world: a UNESCO World Heritage Site, the cluded) - a UNESCO World Heritage site - and learn about JULY 14 ruins of Pompeii, with Skip the Line entrance and a guided archaeological relics like the Classical Temple of Concord AUGUST 18 tour. Visit the haunting ruins of Pompeii, traveling back in the Temple of Hercules; the Temple of Jupiter, one of the time to the tragic days in 79 AD when the silent Mount Ve- largest Doric-style buildings. Check in to your hotel in the SEPTEMBER 1 15 29 suvius suddenly erupted, covering the prosperous Roman evening. Dinner and overnight. OCTOBER 13 city in deadly volcanic ashes and poisonous gases, leaving this prosperous city crystallized until our days. You’ll learn DAY 8 how people lived at that time, visiting houses and “bars” of AGRIGENTO > PIAZZA ARMERINA > RAGUSA RATES HIGH SEASON the time, admiring frescoes and mosaics to imagine how IBLA > RAGUSA rich and prosperous was the city before the dreadful day. Breakfast at the hotel and travel to Piazza Armerina a TOURIST SUPERIOR 1ST CATEGORY After the visit, you will drive along the Sorrentine Coast, pretty and historic town nestled into the heart of Sicily. arriving in Sorrento for dinner (dress code: jacket for men) Entrance in Villa Romana del Casale to admire the largest, SGL € 2.518,00 SGL € 2.559,00 and an overnight in your new hotel. richest and most complex Roman mosaics in the world. It is one of the many UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Ita- DBL € 1.946,00 DBL € 2.023,00 DAY 3 ly since 1997. The mosaics spread over 3,500 sqm show SORRENTO > CAPRI > SORRENTO mythological scenes and portrayals of daily life. Depart to TPL € 1.914,00 TPL € 1.946,00 After breakfast, get ready for an exciting excursion to the Ragusa and visit of the enchanting historical centre “Ibla”, island of Capri: one of the most exclusive summer desti- with its stunning baroque palaces and churches; together nations of the Mediterranean! Depending on weather and with other seven cities in the Val di Noto, Ragusa is listed HOTELS sea conditions, you will admire the dreamy Blue Grotto on among the UNESCO World Heritage Sites. Visit the old a small rowboat. Afterward, enjoy lunch at a local restau- gate of San Giorgio, the Giardini Iblei and then walk to Pi- CITY TOURIST SUPERIOR 1ST CATEGORY rant and then roam the island at your own pace. Once back azza Pola where we will visit the church of San Giuseppe: on the mainland, return to the hotel for dinner and your last a little gem. Be enchanted by the elegant Cathedral of ROME GARDEN 3 ROME BETTOJA HOTEL 4 overnight in Sorrento. San Giorgio, the Church of the Souls in Purgatory and the SANTA COSTANZA 4 magnificent Cosentini palace, one of the most interesting DAY 4 CENTRAL 4 MICHELANGELO 4 Late Baroque palaces in Sicily! Arrive in hotel, dinner and SORRENTO SORRENTO > PALERMO (OVERNIGHT ON FERRY overnight. CRISTINA 4 GRAND HOTEL VESUVIO 4 BOAT) PALERMO MERCURE 4 MERCURE 4 Breakfast at your hotel, then spend a leisurely morning ex- DAY 9 ploring Sorrento. In the afternoon, you will reach the port RAGUSA > NOTO > SIRACUSA > TAORMINA AGRIGENTO DELLA VALLE 4 DELLA VALLE 4 of Naples, where you will board on the Tirrenia/Snav ferry Breakfast at the hotel and travel to Noto, a picturesque to Palermo. Let the waves rock you to sleep. Dinner and fishing town popular for its stately Baroque architecture. RAGUSA POGGIO DEL SOLE 4 POGGIO DEL SOLE 4 breakfast are not included on the ferry. Visit Cathedral of San Nicolò, recently restored after a AREA earthquake, and then have a nice walk in the town’s center. CAESAR PALACE 4 CAESAR PALACE 4 DAY 5 TAORMINA Continue along the south coast to Syracuse, on Sicily’s PALERMO southeastern tip. Visit “Parco Archeologico della Nea- Arrive in Palermo and transfer to your hotel. That night, polis”, Syracuse’s famous archaeological area, home to have dinner in the hotel and rest up for the adventure that a vast collection of Greek and Roman ruins from all over ONLY WITH CARRANI lies ahead. Sicily. Head inside to see impressive landmarks such as DAY 6 the Greek Theater, the Roman Amphitheater and the Ear of Dionysius – an artificial limestone cave. After the visit, > Tour of Pompeii with “Skip the Line” and a lunch with an authentic PALERMO Neapolitan pizza and 1 drink included Enjoy breakfast at the hotel, and then head out on a morn- cross one of the city’s bridges for a visit to the island of > Visit of the Blue Grotto in Capri ing excursion to Monreale, recently included on the UN- Ortygia – the most ancient part of Syracuse - home to a wealth of Baroque churches and medieval palaces. In the > Entrance tickets to all archaeological sites included! ESCO World Heritage List, an ancient royal town famous late afternoon arrive in Taormina, check in to your hotel > Saline della Laguna boat trip & Lunch! for its almonds, olive oil and citrus fruits, as well as for its and enjoy dinner. > Baroque Sicily! fine Norman architecture. Visit the elaborate Cathedral of Monreale and then enjoy some shopping of local delica- DAY 10 tessen and souvenirs. Back to Palermo and continue with TAORMINA a walking tour of the city. Wander the streets of the Old IMPORTANT NOTES Breakfast at your hotel and then head off to Mount Etna, Town, hearing tales of Palermo’s 3,000-year history and the largest active volcano in Europe and the highest moun- discovering attractions like Palermo Cathedral. Walk in- All prices are per person tain in Italy. Learn about volcanic activity and marvel at the side the impressive-looking place of worship and marvel at City tax not included: it shall be paid directly at the hotel old lava fields and black magma rock that comprises Etna’s its arches, cupolas and mosaics - with an incredible mix of Drinks not included in meals (except in Pompeii included) landscape. If weather permits, you have a chance to climb influences coming from several dominations on the island. to the summit (1800 m). After, return to Taormina, the beau- Enjoy free time in the late afternoon and return to your ho- tiful and romantic town located on Mount Tauro. Return to tel for dinner. Overnight. Taormina in the afternoon and spend the rest of your day DAY 7 at leisure. Dinner and overnight. NEW ITINERARY PALERMO > ERICE > SALINE DELLA LAGUNA > DAY 11 AGRIGENTO TAORMINA Early breakfast and departure to Erice, a medieval village Enjoy one final breakfast before the tour comes to an end. stacked into the side of Monte San Giuliano. Many say that little has changed in the village since the sixth century,

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DAY 1 upon arrival, your guide will lead you into the museums DAY 13 ROME > ASSISI > SIENA > FLORENCE where you’ll visit one of the most important art collections PALERMO > ERICE > SALINE DELLA LAGUNA > Fantasia All Italy Departing at 7:15 am from your hotel by a deluxe coach, you of the world. Walk along the beautiful Galleries of Tapestries AGRIGENTO will arrive in Assisi, ready to explore, at your own leisure, this and Geographical Maps before admiring Raphael’s Rooms Early breakfast and departure to Erice, a medieval village [17 Days / 16 Nights] tiny town surrounded by walls, built in the Middle Ages. Take and, then, the amazing Sistine Chapel. After this incredible stacked into the side of Monte San Giuliano. Many say that your time to visit the basilica of St. Francis, where you will masterpiece, you will be taken by a privileged door to St. little has changed in the village since the sixth century, Rome > Assisi > Siena > Florence > Bologna > Padua >Venice > see masterpieces by Giotto and Cimabue and, then, have Peters’s Basilica: the biggest church in the world! The tour and its labyrinth-like twist of lanes is perfect for a cool and Tuscany Wine Region (Traditional Tuscan lunch in Montepulcia- free time for lunch (not included). Board on the bus to reach ends on St.Peter’s Square: enjoy the rest of the day to ex- pleasant morning amble.Continue to visit the Saline ,an ex- Siena, a Unesco World Heritage Site, world-known for the plore the city at your own leisure or get any one of our select- traordinary lagoon, where history, nature, archeology find a no) > Roma > Naples > Pompeii > Sorrento > Capri > Palermo > Palio, the historical horse race around the shell-shaped ed tours for the afternoon or at night! Overnight stay. perfect synthesis and allow the visitor to try different, unique Monreale > Erice > Saline della Laguna > Agrigento > Piazza Ar- town square: Piazza del Campo. Next, you will continue on and charming experiences. Have a nice boat trip to the is- DAY 7 to Florence, where you will check in at your hotel before en- lands, located nearby. The tour of the natural reserve of the merina > Ragusa Ibla > Noto > Siracusa > Taormina ROME joying dinner and a well-earned night of rest. “Stagnone di Marsala” is a one of a kind archaeological and Enjoy an energetic breakfast at your hotel before spending naturalistic experience. Board on these special boats, de- DEPARTURES DAY 2 the day exploring Rome on your own or by selecting one of signed ad hoc to be able to navigate in the lagoon bottoms FLORENCE our regular tours in the city or its surroundings. Return to the that at low tide reach only 25 cm. With a helpful audioguide, HIGH SEASON After breakfast, you will spend the day venturing around hotel for your last overnight in Rome. you will admire all the islands of the lagoon of the Stagnone APRIL 8 29 beautiful Florence, the “Cradle of Renaissance, where, with DAY 8 up close, remaining comfortably seated in the boat, sailing MAY 13 27 the help of Michelangelo, Italian art reached its pinnacle. ROME > NAPLES > POMPEII > SORRENTO at a speed of 4 knots. You will pass from the Island of Mo- Based on etruscan-roman origins, the city flourished in the zia, Isola Lunga, Isola di Schola, from the Ancient Via Puni- JUNE 10 24 After breakfast, pick up at your hotel at 7:00 am approxi- Middle Ages as a free “Comune” and was further refined mately. Departure by coach heading south crossing the ca Sommersa. After this wonderful experience enjoy your JULY 8 during the Renaissance. You will be fascinated by the un- regions of Lazio and Campania. Arrival in Naples and short lunch in a restaurant by the lagoon. Return to your coach countable monuments, churches and buildings as Santa AUGUST 12 26 panoramic tour climbing up to Vomero hill to enjoy beauti- and travel to Agrigento, your final destination of the day. Maria del Fiore, more commonly referred to as the Duomo. ful views over the Gulf of Naples with the Vesuvius, Capri, Visit Ancient Greek monuments and ruins at the Valley of SEPTEMBER 9 23 On your visit, you will be amazed by its magnificent dome Ischia and Procida and the city below; time to take some Temples (entrance included) - a UNESCO World Heritage OCTOBER 7 built by Filippo Brunelleschi. Cross a small piazza to see the nice pictures. Descending towards the port of Mergellina, site - and learn about archaeological relics like the Classical “Campanile” tower (partly designed by Giotto) and the Bap- you will leave the city and travel south towards Mount Ve- Temple of Concord the Temple of Hercules; the Temple of RATES HIGH SEASON tistery, with its bronze doors where Michelangelo imagined suvius and, once you reach the town of Pompeii, you will Jupiter, one of the largest Doric-style buildings. Check in to the “Gates of Paradise.” In the heart of the city, you will see have lunch with the real Neapolitan pizza! After lunch, your hotel in the evening. Dinner and overnight. Piazza della Signoria, Palazzo della Signoria (also known as TOURIST SUPERIOR 1ST CATEGORY you will enter into one of the most important archaeological Palazzo Vecchio), and the Basilica of Santa Croce. Lunch in DAY 14 sites in the world: a UNESCO World Heritage Site, the ruins AGRIGENTO > PIAZZA ARMERINA > RAGUSA SGL € 3.599,00 SGL € 3.992,00 a typical Tuscan restaurant in Piazza Santa Croce. Spend of Pompeii, with Skip the Line entrance and a guided tour. the afternoon strolling the cobblestone streets of Florence IBLA > RAGUSA Visit the haunting ruins of Pompeii, traveling back in time Breakfast at the hotel and travel to Piazza Armerina a pretty DBL € 2.818,00 DBL € 3.134,00 on your own or take a short trip to Pisa (optional), one of the to the tragic days in 79 AD when the silent Mount Vesuvi- and historic town nestled into the heart of Sicily. Entrance in four main historical Marine Republics of Italy. There, you will us suddenly erupted, covering the prosperous Roman city TPL € 2.703,00 TPL € 3.045,00 tour the Piazza dei Miracoli with the Duomo, Pisa’s symbol Villa Romana del Casale to admire the largest, richest and in deadly volcanic ashes and poisonous gases, leaving this most complex Roman mosaics in the world. It is one of the “the Leaning Tower” and the Baptistery. Dinner at leisure, prosperous city crystallized until our days. You’ll learn how overnight stay in Florence. many UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Italy since 1997. The HOTELS people lived at that time, visiting houses and “bars” of the mosaics spread over 3,500 sqm show mythological scenes DAY 3 time, admiring frescoes and mosaics to imagine how rich and portrayals of daily life. Depart to Ragusa and visit of 1ST CATEGORY - and prosperous was the city before the dreadful day. After CITY TOURIST SUPERIOR FLORENCE > BOLOGNA > PADUA > VENICE the enchanting historical centre “Ibla”, with its stunning VENICE ISLAND the visit, you will drive along the Sorrentine Coast, arriving After breakfast in Florence, departure to Bologna. There, baroque palaces and churches; together with other seven in Sorrento for dinner (dress code: jacket for men) and an UNAHOTELS UNAHOTELS you will discover the elegant city centre with its “porticos”, cities in the Val di Noto, Ragusa is listed among the UNES- overnight in your new hotel. FLORENCE VITTORIA FIRENZE 4 VITTORIA FIRENZE 4 it’s shopping streets and so on. From Piazza Malpighi you CO World Heritage Sites. Visit the old gate of San Giorgio, RAFFAELLO 4 RAFFAELLO 4 will walk to Piazza del Nettuno and Piazza Maggiore (Nep- DAY 9 the Giardini Iblei and then walk to Piazza Pola where we will tune square and Major square) in the heart of the city, then SORRENTO > CAPRI > SORRENTO visit the church of San Giuseppe: a little gem. Be enchanted VENICE DELFINO (MESTRE) 4 CARLTON G. CANAL 4 King Renzo’s Palace; Palazzo Podestà and the basilica of After breakfast, get ready for an exciting excursion to the by the elegant Cathedral of San Giorgio, the Church of the Souls in Purgatory and the magnificent Cosentini palace, ROME GARDEN 3 San Petronio, one of the biggest in the world. Bologna it’s island of Capri: one of the most exclusive summer desti- ROME BETTOJA HOTEL 4 one of the most interesting Late Baroque palaces in Sicily! SANTA COSTANZA 4 a real gourmet’s heaven…don’t miss a tasty meal at your nations of the Mediterranean! Depending on weather and own leisure! In the afternoon, continue toward Padova, with sea conditions, you will admire the dreamy Blue Grotto on a Arrive in hotel, dinner and overnight. CENTRAL 4 MICHELANGELO 4 Sant’Antonio Basilica: one of the most visited churches by SORRENTO small rowboat. Afterward, enjoy lunch at a local restaurant DAY 15 CRISTINA 4 GRAND HOTEL VESUVIO 4 pilgrims of the catholic world. Later in the afternoon, arrival and then roam the island at your own pace. Once back on RAGUSA > NOTO > SIRACUSA > TAORMINA in Venice: the City of Love, one of the most romantic cities PALERMO MERCURE 4 MERCURE 4 the mainland, return to your hotel for dinner and your last Breakfast at the hotel and travel to Noto, a picturesque of the whole world and, undoubtedly the most beautiful city overnight in Sorrento. fishing town popular for its stately Baroque architecture. AGRIGENTO DELLA VALLE 4 DELLA VALLE 4 built by man! Check in at your hotel for dinner and overnight Visit Cathedral of San Nicolò, recently restored after a stay. DAY 10 RAGUSA POGGIO DEL SOLE 4 POGGIO DEL SOLE 4 SORRENTO > PALERMO (OVERNIGHT ON FERRY earthquake, and then have a nice walk in the town’s center. DAY 4 BOAT) Continue along the south coast to Syracuse, on Sicily’s AREA VENICE Breakfast at your hotel, then spend a leisurely morning ex- southeastern tip. Visit “Parco Archeologico della Neapo- CAESAR PALACE 4 CAESAR PALACE 4 TAORMINA After breakfast, enjoy your private water-taxi transfer to Piaz- ploring Sorrento. In the afternoon, you will reach the port of lis”, Syracuse’s famous archaeological area, home to a vast za San Marco, with “Skip the Line” tickets to visit the splen- Naples, where you will board on the Tirrenia/Snav ferry to collection of Greek and Roman ruins from all over Sicily. did St.Mark’s Basilica and, after this, check out the most Head inside to see impressive landmarks such as the Greek ONLY WITH CARRANI Palermo. Let the waves rock you to sleep. Dinner and break- iconic places of the “Floating City”: the Palazzo dei Dogi, fast are not included on the ferry. Theater, the Roman Amphitheater and the Ear of Dionysi- symbol of Venice’s glorious past, the legendary “Bridge of us – an artificial limestone cave. After the visit, cross one > Traditional Tuscan lunch in Montepulciano! Sighs”. Spend the afternoon roaming along Venice’s canals DAY 11 of the city’s bridges for a visit to the island of Ortygia – the > Visit also Assisi, Siena, Bologna, Padua, Tuscany Wine Region at your leisure and then return to the hotel and overnight. PALERMO most ancient part of Syracuse - home to a wealth of Baroque > Visit St. Mark’s Basilica with “Skip the Line” Arrive in Palermo and transfer to your hotel. That night, churches and medieval palaces. In the late afternoon arrive > Tour of Vatican Museums, Sistine Chapel and St. Peter’s Basilica (with our DAY 5 have dinner in the hotel and rest up for the adventure that in Taormina, check in to your hotel and enjoy dinner. exclusive “Skip the Line”) VENICE > MONTEPULCIANO (TUSCANY WINE lies ahead. > Tour of Pompeii with “Skip the Line” and a lunch with an authentic REGION) > ROME DAY 16 Neapolitan pizza and 1 drink included After breakfast, departure from Piazzale Roma heading to DAY 12 TAORMINA > Visit of the Blue Grotto in Capri (weather permitting) Tuscany, world-known for its landscapes, its churches and PALERMO Breakfast at your hotel and then head off to Mount Etna, the Enjoy breakfast at the hotel, and then head out on a morning > Entrance tickets to all archaeological sites included! castles and its delicious wines. You will proceed to Val di largest active volcano in Europe and the highest mountain in excursion to Monreale, recently included on the UNESCO Italy. Learn about volcanic activity and marvel at the old lava > Saline della Laguna boat trip & Lunch! Chiana with a stop in Montepulciano, a medieval town rich in history and art. Known for its “Nobile” wine, on purchase World Heritage List, an ancient royal town famous for its fields and black magma rock that comprises Etna’s land- > Baroque Sicily! in local wine houses, Montepulciano also hosts an annual almonds, olive oil and citrus fruits, as well as for its fine Nor- scape. If weather permits, you have a chance to climb to the jazz and wine festival every July. Lunch in a typical restau- man architecture. Visit the elaborate Cathedral of Monreale summit (1800 m). After, return to Taormina, the beautiful and rant included!!! After lunch, quick stop to spend some free and then enjoy some shopping of local delicatessen and romantic town located on Mount Tauro. Return to Taormina IMPORTANT NOTES time. In the evening, you will arrive in Rome to check in into souvenirs. Back to Palermo and continue with a walking tour in the afternoon and spend the rest of your day at leisure. your hotel. of the city. Wander the streets of the Old Town, hearing tales Dinner and overnight. All prices are per person of Palermo’s 3,000-year history and discovering attractions DAY 6 DAY 17 City tax not included: it shall be paid directly at the hotel like Palermo Cathedral. Walk inside the impressive-look- ROME TAORMINA Drinks not included in meals (except in Pompeii included) ing place of worship and marvel at its arches, cupolas and Between 7:45 - 8:00 am, after breakfast, departure from mosaics - with an incredible mix of influences coming from Enjoy one final breakfast before the tour comes to an end. the hotel for the included tour of the Vatican Museums, several dominations on the island. Enjoy free time in the late Sistine Chapel and St. Peters’s Basilica with our exclu- afternoon and return to your hotel for dinner. Overnight. NEW ITINERARY sive “Skip the Line” access! No stress to reach the area:

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GRANADA ROME > MADRID +8 MEALS Fantasia Mediterranean Dream: Italy - Spain [16 Days / 15 Nights] Rome > Assisi > Siena > Florence > Bologna > Padua > Venice > Tuscany Wine Region (Traditional Tuscan Lunch in Montepulciano) > Rome Barcelona > Madrid > Cordoba > Sevilla > Granada > Toledo > Madrid

DEPARTURES

HIGH SEASON MAY 2 9 16 30 JUNE 6 20 27* ITINERARY JULY 4 11 18 25 DAY 1 (THURSDAY) visited churches by pilgrims of the catholic world. Later in the DAY 12 (MONDAY) AUGUST 1 8 15 22 29* ROME afternoon, arrival in Venice: the City of Love, one of the most MADRID > CORDOBA > SEVILLA SEPTEMBER 5* 12 19 26 Welcome to Rome! After meet at the airport your driver, you will romantic cities of the whole world and, undoubtedly the most Breakfast at the hotel. Transfer to Julia Travel bus terminal, lo- OCTOBER 10* 17 be transferred to your hotel (Transfer included!). Overnight stay. beautiful city built by man! Check in at your hotel for dinner and cated in the underground parking of the Plaza de Oriente. De- overnight stay. parture at 8:30 am. Drive along La Mancha, Don Quixote’s land. DAY 2 (FRIDAY) Brief stop at typical site in Puerto Lapice. Cross through the nat- RATES HIGH SEASON DAY 6 (TUESDAY) ROME ural border of “Despeñaperros” and get into Andalusia, a region VENICE Between 7:45 - 8:00 am, after breakfast, departure from the hotel for itself that shows an enormous heritage from a splendorous TOURIST SUPERIOR 1ST CATEGORY for the included tour of the Vatican Museums, Sistine Chapel After breakfast, enjoy your private water-taxi transfer to Piaz- past. Reach Cordoba. Impressive tour of its Mosque and other and St. Peters’s Basilica with our exclusive “Skip the Line” za San Marco, with “Skip the Line” tickets to visit the splendid sites that will ease our mind and spirit strolling through its nar- DBL / TPL € 2.493,00 DBL / TPL € 3.079,00 access! No stress to reach the area: upon arrival, your guide St.Mark’s Basilica and, after this, check out the most iconic row winding streets of the Jewish Quarter. In the afternoon, after will lead you into the museums where you’ll visit one of the most places of the “Floating City”: the Palazzo dei Dogi, symbol of a short two hours ride reach Seville. Dinner and accommodation SGL € 3.408,00 SGL € 4.194,00 important art collections of the world. Walk along the beautiful Venice’s glorious past, the legendary “Bridge of Sighs”. Spend at the hotel. *SUPPLEMENT DEPARTURES: Galleries of Tapestries and Geographical Maps before admiring the afternoon roaming along Venice’s canals at your leisure and JUNE 27, AUGUST 29, SEPTEMBER 5 AND OCTOBER 10 Raphael’s Rooms and, then, the amazing Sistine Chapel. After then return to the hotel and overnight. DAY 13 (TUESDAY) this incredible masterpiece, you will be taken by a privileged SEVILLA DAY 7 (WEDNESDAY) TOURIST SUPERIOR 1ST CATEGORY door to St. Peters’s Basilica: the biggest church in the world! Breakfast at the hotel. Morning panoramic city tour visiting: VENICE > MONTEPULCIANO (TUSCANY WINE REGION) > The tour ends on St. Peter’s Square: enjoy the rest of the day to the exterior of the Cathedral (the second largest in the Catholic ROME € 50,00 € 50,00 explore the city at your own leisure or get any one of our selected world after St. Peters in Rome), Santa Cruz quarter (a natural tours for the afternoon or at night! Overnight stay. After breakfast, departure from Piazzale Roma heading to Tus- scenario of “Carmen” as well as a precisely where the myth of HOTELS cany, world-known for its landscapes, its churches and castles “Don Juan” developed), Maria Luisa Park and Plaza de España. DAY 3 (SATURDAY) and its delicious wines. You will proceed to Val di Chiana with a Afternoon at leisure for you to discover exclusive views, specific 1ST CATEGORY - ROME > ASSISI > SIENA > FLORENCE stop in Montepulciano, a medieval town rich in history and art. flavours of this active full of light city. Dinner and accommoda- CITY TOURIST SUPERIOR VENICE ISLAND Departing at 7:15 am from your hotel by a deluxe coach, you will Known for its “Nobile” wine, on purchase in local wine houses, tion at the hotel. Optional Flamenco tour. arrive in Assisi, ready to explore, at your own leisure, this tiny Montepulciano also hosts an annual jazz and wine festival every ROME GARDEN 3 town surrounded by walls, built in the Middle Ages. Take your July. Lunch in a typical restaurant included!!! After lunch, DAY 14 (WEDNESDAY) ROME BETTOJA HOTEL 4 SANTA COSTANZA 4 time to visit the basilica of St. Francis, where you will see master- quick stop to spend some free time. In the evening, you will arrive SEVILLA > GRANADA pieces by Giotto and Cimabue and, then, have free time for lunch in Rome to check in into your hotel. After breakfast at the hotel drive east through the Caliphate road UNAHOTELS UNAHOTELS (not included). Board on the bus to reach Siena, a Unesco World to the heart of ANDALUSIA observing an endless number of DAY 8 (THURSDAY) FLORENCE VITTORIA FIRENZE 4 VITTORIA FIRENZE 4 Heritage Site, world-known for the Palio, the historical horse olive trees on the way to Granada and its incredible and amaz- ROME - CIVITAVECCHIA (OVERNIGHT ON -BOARD) RAFFAELLO 4 RAFFAELLO 4 race around the shell-shaped town square: Piazza del Campo. ing monumental environment, last stronghold of the Moorish Next, you will continue on to Florence, where you will check in at Breakfast at the hotel and morning at your disposal. Meet your Kingdoms up to 1492. Visit the world famous Alhambra complex VENICE DELFINO (MESTRE) 4 CARLTON G. CANAL 4 your hotel before enjoying dinner and a well-earned night of rest. driver at 7:30 pm for your transfer to Civitavecchia Port (Terminal and Generalife Gardens, that have inspired several authors with Grimaldi Lines) and board on the Cruise Ferry to Barcelona. De- its sound and sights, such as the “Tales of the Alhambra” by W. CATALONIA BARCELONA 505 CATALONIA BARCELONA PLAZA DAY 4 (SUNDAY) parture at 11:00 pm. Overnight on board. BARCELONA Irving. Dinner and accommodation at the hotel. Optional Gipsy EVENIA ROCAFORT EVENIA ROSELLO FLORENCE DAY 9 (FRIDAY) Flamenco show at Sacromonte quarter. After breakfast, you will spend the day venturing around beau- MAYORAZGO COURTYARD MARRIOTT MADRID ARRIVAL IN BARCELONA DAY 15 (THURSDAY) MADRID tiful Florence, the “Cradle of Renaissance, where, with the help FLORIDA NORTE PRINCESA / CATALONIA GRAN VIA of Michelangelo, Italian art reached its pinnacle. Based on etrus- Breakfast and lunch on board. Enjoy your time and discover the GRANADA > TOLEDO > MADRID can-roman origins, the city flourished in the Middle Ages as a variety and quality of services that these kind of Cruise Ferries Breakfast at the hotel. Drive northward where it emerges, to- CATALONIA SANTA JUSTA SEVILLA MELIÁ LEBREROS free “Comune” and was further refined during the Renaissance. can offer; a wide open space with pool (for adults and kids), ward the sky of Castilla and surrounded by the Tagus river, the CATALONIA GIRALDA You will be fascinated by the uncountable monuments, church- lounges, bars, disco, a cafeteria (open 24 hours); self service or a impressive Imperial city of Toledo - World Heritage City - where la carte restaurants, boutiques, internet lounges, health center GRANADA LOS ÁNGELES MELIÁ GRANADA es and buildings as Santa Maria del Fiore, more commonly re- the three cultures Christians, Moorish and Jewish, have lived to- ferred to as the Duomo. On your visit, you will be amazed by its and a gym with technogym equipment. Arrival in Barcelona at gether. Resume of the Spanish art, history and spirituality the magnificent dome built by Filippo Brunelleschi. Cross a small 7:00 pm approx. disembark from the Ferry and transfer to Barce- whole town is a National Monument. Short guided tour of this lona. Arrival and accommodation at the hotel. ONLY WITH CARRANI piazza to see the “Campanile” tower (partly designed by Giotto) historical old town throught its narrow streets. Then proceed and the Baptistery, with its bronze doors where Michelangelo DAY 10 (SATURDAY) with a visit to a famous “Damasquinado” (gold and silver inlay- imagined the “Gates of Paradise.” In the heart of the city, you BARCELONA ing in iron) factory. Continue to Madrid. Accommodation at the > Transfer in & out will see Piazza della Signoria, Palazzo della Signoria (also known hotel. Breakfast at the hotel. Call on Julia Travel bus terminal (Balmes, > NEW Traditional Tuscan Lunch in Montepulciano!! Visit also Assisi, Siena, as Palazzo Vecchio), and the Basilica of Santa Croce. Lunch in 5) at 8:30 am for a morning highlights city tour of Barcelona well Bologna, Padua, Tuscany Wine Region a typical Tuscan restaurant in Piazza Santa Croce. Spend the DAY 16 (FRIDAY) known world wide for the Olympic Games during 1992, Barce- > Visit st. Mark’s Basilica with “Skip the Line” afternoon strolling the cobblestone streets of Florence on your MADRID lona is known as the capital of Modernism and the place where st own or take a short trip to Pisa (optional), one of the four main his- After breakfast at the hotel transfer to the airport. End of our > Opportunity to choose hotel in Venice Island (1 Category) famous architect Antoni Gaudí lived. Unforgettable way to get torical Marine Republics of Italy. There, you will tour the Piazza services. > Tour of Vatican Museums, Sistine Chapel and St. Peter’s Basilica (with our to know the city with a sightseeing tour, as well as from above dei Miracoli with the Duomo, Pisa’s symbol “the Leaning Tower” exclusive “Skip The Line”) with the Montjuic cable car, which offers incredible views, a vis- and the Baptistery. Dinner at leisure, overnight stay in Florence. (*)On the high-speed AVE train journey, on the ferry and during > Guided visits in Barcelona, Cordoba, Sevilla, Granada (Alhambra & Generalife it to the renowned Poble Espanyol, and finally a chance to lose your stay in Rome, in Barcelona and Madrid, tour escort service Gardens) and Toledo DAY 5 (MONDAY) yourself in the streets of the Gothic Quarter with a pleasant stroll. will not be available. > Tour escort during the tour* / air conditioned deluxe motor-coach / high-speed FLORENCE > BOLOGNA > PADUA > VENICE Afternoon at leisure to discover this city full attractive offers. Ac- AVE train Barcelona-Madrid (tourist class) / accommodation at selected class / After breakfast in Florence, departure to Bologna. There, you commodation at the hotel. daily breakfast and 8 meals / airport & station transfers as per the itinerary / travel will discover the elegant city centre with its “porticos”, it’s shop- DAY 11 (SUNDAY) insurance (only in Spain) ping streets and so on. From Piazza Malpighi you will walk to BARCELONA > MADRID (TRAIN) Piazza del Nettuno and Piazza Maggiore (Neptune square and IMPORTANT NOTES Major square) in the heart of the city, then King Renzo’s Palace; Breakfast at the hotel. Transfer to Sants train station to depart Palazzo Podestà and the basilica of San Petronio, one of the big- by AVE, high speed train, at 9:00 am to Madrid. Enjoy the journey with the comfort and operating speed of this AVE train. Arrival at All prices are per person gest in the world. Bologna it’s a real gourmet’s heaven…don’t miss a tasty meal at your own leisure! In the afternoon, contin- 11:45 am. Transfer from station to your hotel. Balance of the day City tax not included: it shall be paid directly at the hotel ue toward Padova, with Sant’Antonio Basilica: one of the most at leisure. Accommodation at the hotel. Drinks not included in meals

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