Tuscan and Umbrian Countryside Featuring Italy's Charming Hill Towns October 16 – 26, 2015

Cupertino Senior Center presents… Tuscan and Umbrian Countryside featuring Italy's Charming Hill Towns October 16 – 26, 2015

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For more information contact Kimberly Frey Cupertino Senior Center (408) 777-3150 [email protected]

Small Group Travel rewards travelers with new perspectives. With just 12-24 passengers, these are the personal adventures that today's cultural explorers dream of. 11 Days ● 16 Meals: 9 Breakfasts, 2 Lunches, 5 Dinners Book Now see please note section for details Book Now Double $4,999 * & Save Single $5,449; Triple $4,969 $200 Regular rates: Per Person Double $5,199 Single $5,649; Triple $5,169 Included in Price: Round Trip Air from San Jose Intl Airport, Air Taxes and Fees/Surcharges, Hotel Transfers Not included in price: Cancellation Waiver and Insurance of $260 per person * All Rates are Per Person and are subject to change IMPORTANT CONDITIONS: Your price is subject to increase prior to the time you make full payment. Your price is not subject to increase after you make full payment, except for charges resulting from increases in government-imposed taxes or fees. Once deposited, you have 7 days to send us written consumer consent or withdraw consent and receive a full refund. (See registration form for consent.)

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Highlights… Rome , Orvieto, Spoleto, Cooking Class, Olive Oil Factory, Bevagna, Montefalco, Home-Hosted Lunch, Assisi, Winery, Florence, Siena, Monteriggioni, Volterra, San Gimignano

Day 1: Friday, October 16, 2015 tour of historic Spoleto. See medieval Overnight Flight Board your overnight palaces, the ornate Duomo of Santa flight to the Italian capital city of Maria Assunta, and the magnificent Rome. Ponte delle Torri, an aqueduct dating back to the 13th century. Enjoy free Day 2: Saturday, October 17, 2015 time to peruse the town’s shops and Rome, Italy - Tour Begins Meet your cafés. Pay a visit to a country fellow travelers in Rome for a restaurant housed in a 16th-century welcome dinner in a local restaurant. farm house. The chef provides a Join in an interactive and fun hands-on Umbrian cooking lesson. presentation on Italy’s wines given by Indulge in an early dinner in the the restaurant’s sommelier. Indulge in countryside. (B, D) a traditional four-course meal paired with some of the country’s finest Day 5: Tuesday, October 20, 2015 wines. (D) Umbria - Olive Oil Factory - Bevagna - Montefalco - Umbria Day 3: Sunday, October 18, 2015 Explore Umbria’s specialty food items through Rome - Orvieto - Umbria Travel to the a series of tastings. Start the day with Etruscan hill town of Orvieto, known a visit to a local olive oil factory in the for its white wine and Gothic area of Trevi. Travel to Bevagna for a cathedral housing a Signorelli fresco. guided walking tour featuring Roman Take time for a leisurely lunch or and medieval archaeological and explore this town on your own. Spend architectural marvels. Stop off in the next four nights in a palace in a Montefalco, nicknamed the “Balcony pristine Umbrian hill town. (B, D) of Umbria.” Visit a local winery and Day 4: Monday, October 19, 2015 sip some of this region’s most prized Umbria - Spoleto - Cooking Class - wine, the Sagrantino, accompanied by Umbria Embark on a guided walking some local specialties. (B)

Day 6: Wednesday, October 21, 2015 the religious center of the Piazza Del Umbria - Home-Hosted Lunch - Assisi Duomo and the Palazzo Vecchio. Join - Umbria After a leisurely morning, an your local guide in exploring the Umbrian family welcomes you to their unique qualities of the city focusing country home as they prepare a on Florence’s local artisans and delicious home-cooked meal. Travel visiting their workshops. Spend some to Assisi, birthplace of St. Francis, for free time shopping and investigating a guided walking tour of the old city, Florence on your own. Return to including the Basilica of St. Francis Montaione. (B, D) and its medieval streets. Take time to Day 9: Saturday, October 24, 2015 explore the city on your own. (B, L) Tuscany - Siena - Monteriggioni -

Day 7: Thursday, October 22, 2015 Tuscany Travel to the city of Siena. Umbria - Winery - Tuscany Journey On a walking tour, you will visit the from Umbria through southern historic piazza famous for the Palio Tuscany. Make a stop at a winery to Horse Race. Continue to the walled discover the wine cellar, family estate, town of Monteriggioni for a stroll vineyards, olive groves and stunning along quaint streets. Take an views. The winery’s chef prepares an afternoon break and try some Tuscan authentic Tuscan lunch, expertly pastries before returning to paired with wines produced on-site. Montaione. (B)

Make yourself at home in Tuscany in Day 10: Sunday, October 25, 2015 your restored palazzo for the next four Tuscany - Volterra - San Gimignano - nights. (B, L) Tuscany Spend your morning in Day 8: Friday, October 23, 2015 Volterra, a former Etruscan city which Tuscany - Florence - Tuscany Set out sits high above the Tuscan on a short journey to Florence, countryside. Visit one of the most “Cradle of the Italian Renaissance.” famous Etruscan museums in Italy, Begin with a guided walking tour of the Guarnacci Museum. Travel to San the city sights, including the cathedral Gimignano, known as the "Medieval of Santa Maria Del Fiore, located in Manhattan," and look for the town's fourteen medieval towers that date Itinerary at a glance back to the 13th century. Enjoy a Day 1 Overnight Flight stroll along Piazza del Duomo and Day 2 Hotel Imperiale Rome , Piazza della Cisterna. This evening Rome gather for a farewell dinner with your fellow travelers. (B, D) Days 3 – 6 Hotel Dei Duchi, Spoleto

Day 11: Monday, October 26, 2015 Days 7 – 10 UNA Palazzo Mannaioni, Tuscany - Tour Ends Your journey Tuscany comes to a close in Montaione. (B) On some dates alternate hotels may be

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Experience It! Home-Hosted Lunch Come to know daily life in the Italian countryside when visiting a local family’s home in Umbria. The family invites us into their home to share stories of rural life in Italy. During your visit you are treated to a leisurely lunch with an array of regional specialties and local wine. A homemade meal of fresh locally-grown products awaits. Perhaps you will dine on a delightful fresh bruschetta, followed by a traditional pasta course, then feast on a savory main course of roast pork, and cap off your meal with a delectable tiramisu. This is an experience of building new friendships highlighted by the tastes of Mamma’s kitchen.1

Please Note: case, frequent stops are made during travel Book Now rates valid until Mar 17, 2015, periods. valid on air inclusive packages only. To complete your tour, we include roundtrip Single accommodations are limited and are airport-to-hotel transfers when purchasing available on a first come, first served basis. Explorations airfare with your tour. If you have Smaller buses, which may not be lavatory arranged for your own air, we are pleased to equipped, may be used on this program. In this provide you the option of purchasing these For important reservation information visit https://gateway.gocollette.com/link/648832. You can also find this information on your tour documents. transfers. Please note that all transfers will stairs and periods of standing. Some of the leave at pre-scheduled times. touring days may be longer, with select

Most national museums in Florence are closed included activities occurring later in the evening. on Mondays.

When reserving single accommodations, be Explorations air passengers will arrive into the advised that single rooms in Italy are often Rome airport and depart out of the Florence or smaller in size. Pisa airport. All Explorations departure transfers will depart from Tuscany region to either the In order to fully experience the destination, Florence or Pisa airport. some of our hotels on these programs are located in smaller towns or on country roads Air rate and schedule are applicable for groups where access is limited to large coaches. In of 10 or more traveling on the same flights and dates. these cases, you will be dropped off as close as possible and there will be a short walk to A deposit of $250 per person due upon access the hotel from the drop off area. reservation. Reservations are made on a first

Travel with just 24 passengers on this come, first served basis. Reservations made Explorations tour where a smaller group setting after the seat reduction date of March 10, means a more personal travel experience. 2015 are based upon availability. Final payment due by July 31, 2015. After March 17, 2015, To truly experience the program and penalties will apply. destination, you need to be able to participate in physical activities such as longer walking CST#2006766-20 UBN#601220855 Nevada Sellers of Travel Registration No. 2003-0279 tours, walking over uneven terrain, climbing

Responsibility: Cupertino Senior Center is acting solely as an agent of the passenger in arranging for this tour, including transportation, hotel accommodations, and other services and does not assume any liability for injury, damage, loss accident, irregularity, expense or delay due to an act of default of any company, or person engaged in transporting passengers or rendering other services. Cupertino Senior Center staff reserves the right to make any modifications necessary to comply with local conditions at the time of the tour.

Disclaimer: All travel events and other activities sponsored by Cupertino Parks and Recreation Department/Senior Center/The City of Cupertino, are for the convenience and pleasure of the members and their guests who desire to participate. City of Cupertino does not assume any responsibility for the well-being or safety of the participants or passengers or their property, or any damages whatsoever in any manner pertaining to said travel activities. Any other disclosures or non-responsibility provisions contained herein shall not in any way incur any liability attaching to Cupertino. Cupertino acts only in the capacity of collecting and forwarding funds for travel.

"We regret that we cannot provide individual assistance to a travel participant for walking, dining, getting on and off motor coaches and other vehicles, or other personal needs. A qualified and physically able companion must accompany the travel participant who needs such assistance and must assume total responsibility for their well being. You must report any disability requiring special attention at the time of trip registration. Cupertino Senior Center will make reasonable attempts to accommodate the special needs of disabled travelers, but is not responsible in the event it is unable to do so, nor is it responsible for any denial of service by carriers, hotels, restaurants, or other independent suppliers."

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