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To Our Valued Travel Agents, Friends and Customers... I wish to thank all of our valued travel agents and customers who have booked clients with Celtic Tours World Vacations since 1972. At Celtic Tours World Vacations, you will always find a friendly human voice on the other end of the line. We personally answer every call that comes into our office during business hours, making sure you do not have to navigate through a phone queue and you are taken care of straight away. For excellence in your travel planning, your first stop should be your Professional Travel Agent! (Celtic Tours would be happy to give you a list of qualified travel agents in your area.)
Most travel agent clients repeat with Celtic due to the We love hearing from our valued customers variety of destinations that we service. Our Europe when they return. We hope to hear from you too. brochure brings you Italy, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Here is just a sample of... Poland, Czech Republic, plus new and exciting cruising options in Croatia. And if you don’t see what you are looking for here, give us a call or go to our website. We have many What other travelers are saying! more touring options and destinations for you to choose from! We returned Wednesday night from our Italy trip.
Thanks to Celtic Tours, we had a wonderful time! Things We are delighted to introduce our 2018 Europe brochure. could not have gone more smoothly. The guides were We have added some new touring options like our budget friendly and informative. We especially liked Claudia friendly Lake Como and Venice tour to Gourmet Tuscany because of her enthusiasm and bubbly personality. and also the Italian Riviera tour. Your clients have many M.E., Milwaukee, July 2017 tours to choose from. Or we can customize the perfect package for them. Italy has always been on our bucket list, and thanks Many of our tours offer early booking discounts and save to Celtic Tours, our dream of Italy has happened with complete success. The hotels, transfers and sightseeing more on family vacations and travel as a group by private were all perfectly planned. Thank you! motorcoach or join one of our popular tours from our K.W., Newark, May 2017 brochure. “ Your dream of international travel will be brought to reality The Croatian coast was spectacular. Our tour was by selecting a travel professional who will be able to offer expertly organized. We look forward to booking with first hand knowledge regarding the destination you will be Celtic Tours again for our next European adventure. visiting. They know the travel landscape and will be able to “ J.B., Orlando, April 2017 support you should you have concerns or difficulties. They are a phone call away, in comparison to online booking My clients have just returned from their Italy vacation services, which will not answer your questions or assist you with rave reviews. They loved the small group size and once the sale is made. their tour escort was amazing. Thank you for your expert service. The nation’s most reliable tour operators belong to the L.P., Dallas, June 2017 United States Tour Operators Association (USTOA). All members are required to post a minimum $1 million dollar Your staff and their knowledge continues to impress me bond, which is supervised outside of the tour operator’s and continues to bring me back to you for booking all control. things Europe now. Our group to Italy was planned to perfection and your group department was there every Please take advantage of family discounts, specials and step of the way. more, offered here and on our website. Visit our website at N.M., Grand Rapids, April 2017 www.celtictours.com or visit us on Facebook for up-to-date sales and promotions! All available through your local travel agent. We look forward to offering you a warm welcome on your Celtic Tours World Vacation. Remember to have your travel agent request availability of dates from Celtic Tours, as some tours sell out very fast. Have a wonderful holiday and please contact me with your comments on your return.
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www.celtictours.com Private Touring Customized for You! Tuscan Delights A special package designed to immerse you in the sights, tastes, and warmth of this fantastic region! Our Tuscan Delights package continues to bring you the best of Tuscany, while staying at since 1972! the exceptional Villa Casagrande. Immerse yourself in Tuscan Delights! Itinerary
Day 01: Tuscany. Arrival transfer from the Florence Airport or railway station to Figline Valdarno. Check into your accommodations and get settled. Dinner tonight will be around 7:30 p.m., where you will enjoy the culinary delights of the Villa Casagrande. Overnight at the Villa. (D)
Day 02: Cooking Class. Enjoy breakfast at the Villa. Your morning is free to discover the lovely village of Figline Valdarno. In the afternoon, participate in your first cooking class with Mamma Paola. During the 3-hour class, you will learn to prepare many traditional and seasonal Tuscan dishes. Dinner to follow based on your efforts. Overnight at the Villa. (B, D)
Day 03: Siena – San Gimignano. An exciting day after breakfast, where you meet your driver for a full-day excursion to Siena and San Gimignano. Independently discover afternoon, a special pizza class with Mamma the beauty of these perfectly preserved Paola, with dinner to follow based on your medieval towns. Although you will be on your efforts. Overnight at the Villa. (B, D) own touring these areas, your driver can make recommendations on what to see and where to Day 05: Free day. After breakfast, the day is eat. Before leaving, you will experience a wine free for you to enjoy. May we suggest a visit to tasting at a local farm in the area. Return to Florence (the train station is walking distance Figline Valdarno for overnight at the Villa. (B) from the Villa), where you can enjoy the history, Tour Includes culture, shopping, and culinary splendors of • Arrival transfer from Florence Airport or Florence. Celtic Tours can arrange tours in Day 04: Pizza today! After breakfast, your Florence rail station to the Villa Casagrande morning is free. An optional trip to Prada or Florence for you today (train to Florence must other shopping outlets can be arranged. In the be booked independently). Return to the Villa • Five nights in a double standard room at Villa for overnight. (B) Casagrande in the Tuscany region (upgrade to superior room is also available) Day 06: Tour ends. After breakfast, a return • Italian buffet breakfast, except day of transfer to Florence Airport or the railway station arrival ends your Tuscan package. • Welcome dinner at the Villa, including 1/4 liter (B) of wine and 1/2 liter of water • Cooking class at the Villa (from 4:00 - 7:00 Depending on your arrival in Italy, the itinerary may be re-arranged to accommodate the pm), based on preparation of three recipes. cooking classes and touring. Celtic Tours can Enjoying, at the end, your prepared feast also arrange extensions in Florence, Rome or • Hands on pizza making session at the Villa, other Italy destinations to enhance your tour. where you enjoy your cooking efforts at the end Celtic Tours can also arrange accommodations • Full day car at disposal for Siena and San at other Villas through out the Tuscany region. Gimignano tour • Wine tasting at a farm in San Gimignano • Departure transfer to Florence Airport or Celtic Tours can also arrange packages that include car rental and villa stay, so that you can Florence rail station from the Villa explore the Tuscany region independently. Call today for great car and villa rates. Travel Agents, ask about our Travel Agent 5-night Villa package, priced so you can experience the villa first hand! HOTEL Chianti: Villa Casagrande 5 Nts Need Airfare? This package is based on a minimum of 2 people traveling Celtic Tours works with sharing a double room. Single room available only when 2018 Tuscan Delights major airlines to offer you traveling with 2 additional persons sharing a double room, Per Person Land Only competitive rates from otherwise tour not available for solo traveler. Prices based on day of arrival in Italy your home city. Check (Note: City hotel tax not included and paid direct to hotel) airfares online or call 800- Jan 2-Mar 25 Apr 02-Jun 29 Jun 30-Aug 17 833-4373 Sep 22-Dec 22 Aug 18-Sep 21 Standard Dbl $1329 $1529 $1469 Touring Highlights Superior Dbl $1399 $1619 $1539 ✓ A Celtic Tours exclusive! Standard Trip $1119 $1269 $1219 ✓ Eight meals, with three dinners and breakfast daily ✓ Wine tasting Package based on minimum of 2 passengers. Single room ✓ Hands on Tuscan culinary classes available when traveling with 2 passengers/double room. ✓ Perfect for small groups, families, reunions and more!
WWW.CELTICTOURS.COM • 800-833-4373 5 www.celtictours.com City Breaks featuring Rome, Florence, Venice & Sorrento Tour Highlights Ultimate City Breaks ✓ Three nights pre-booked in high quality hotels A lot can happen in just a couple of days! Take advantage of these ultimate city breaks in Italy’s favorite cities. Take in the flavors of Florence, the history of Rome the romance of Venice or the ✓ Roundtrip transfers scenic beauty of Sorrento! Combined these city breaks for the perfect Italian get-a-way. ✓ Excellent touring in each location ✓ Combined breaks for the Rome perfect vacation There is no city on earth that is quite like Rome, filled with relics and memories of one of the greatest civilizations in history, and the more recent reminders of its continued success as well.
Includes: • 3 Nights accommodations in four star hotel. Based on the Hotel Donna Laura Palace or similar, with three breakfasts • Tour of the Vatican. Includes the Sistine Chapel, view Michel- angelo’s “Last Judgment” and his famous ceiling paintings. See Prices from monumental St. Peter’s Square and the Basilica built in 313 AD. $ See Michelangelo’s masterpiece, The Pietà. 839 • Arrival and departure transfers from Rome Airport or rail station p.p. sharing dbl rm • Upgrades to superior class hotel available online • City taxes paid direct at hotel
Florence Fall in love with Florence, the “Cradle of Renaissance”. Florence and its magnificent treasures await your visit! Florence’s museums, palaces, and churches house some of the greatest artistic treasures in the world. Includes: • 3 Nights accommodations in four star hotel. Based on the Hotel Adler Prices from Cavalieri or similar, with three breakfasts • Morning tour of Florence. Drive up the romantic Viale dei Colli to $ Piazzale Michelangelo, admiring the breathtaking view of the city. The 979 tour continues by coach down into the center of the oldest part of the p.p. sharing dbl rm town. Proceeding on foot with a guided visit of the Santa Maria del Fiore. A short walk through the historical streets of the heart of Florence to the renowned Gallery of the Accademia where one can admire the famous David by Michelangelo and other works by the great artist • Arrival and departure transfers from Florence Airport or rail station • Upgrades to superior class hotel available online • City taxes paid direct at hotel Venice Venice rises like a dream from the waters of the lagoon with its narrow, mysterious streets and captivating canals, arched marble bridges and silent gondolas. Get the best of this dream city experiencing “La Serenissima” - the most serene of cities - with us! We include the tour of Venice to see its most famous attractions, an unmissable boat tour to see the Lagoon Islands and roundtrip airport transfers. You’ll only have to worry about enjoying the most romantic Italian city! Includes: • 3 Nights accommodations in four star hotel. Based on the Hotel Principe or similar, with three breakfasts • Guided shared walking tour of Venice. A qualified and experienced Prices from guide will escort you through the millennium of life of the Serenissima Republic, recalling the past full of charm of this unique city. An essential $ tour for the understanding of Venice! 1499 • Lagoon Island tour (shared tour) p.p. sharing dbl rm • Arrival and departure transfers from Venice Airport or rail station (with boat assistance) • City taxes paid direct at hotel
Sorrento The beauty of Sorrento and the Amalfi Coast is known throughout the World. The Amalfi Coast stretches the coastline along the southern edge of Italy’s Sorrentine Peninsula, in the Campania region. It’s a popular holiday destination, with sheer cliffs and a rugged shoreline dotted with small beaches and pastel-colored fishing villages. Enjoy three nights in Sorrento and take in this beautiful region with our ultimate Sorrento city break. Includes: • 3 Nights accommodations in three star hotel. Based on the Hotel Gardenia or similar, with three breakfasts • Full day shared tour of the beautiful Amalfi Coast. The scenery is superb, looking out over the Mediterranean and along the coastline as the road twists and turns its way towards Positano then onto Amalfi, where you have two hours to enjoy. Wander through the narrow streets Prices from of the town and browse around the many shops • Arrival and departure transfers from Naples rail station $ • Upgrade to four star hotel available online 999 • City taxes paid direct at hotel p.p. sharing dbl rm
6 WWW.CELTICTOURS.COM • 800-833-4373 Independent Travel by Rail Rail Service Info Your package includes 2nd class rail service. Upgrade to 1st class service is also available. Italy by Rail 2nd class rail: Rome-Florence with reserved There is no easier way to explore Italy than by rail. Enjoy the freedom of this seats. Length of Journey: 1 hour 35 minutes independent vacation, with the extra value of a local host to assist when you arrive in Italy. With two nights in Rome, Florence and Venice. 2nd class rail: Florence-Venice with reserved seats. Length of Journey: 2 hours 03 minutes Itinerary Day 01: Arrive Rome. On arrival in Rome, you Rail Upgrade have a private transfer to your hotel. The rest of the Upgrade your 2nd class rail to 1st class rail day is at leisure. with confirmed seats. Upgrade: $70 per person Day 02: Day in Rome. *Today you will skip the lines and discover the Vatican Museums and Sistine Chapel. On arrival, your guide will lead you into the museums where you will visit one of Tour Operates Daily the most important art collections of the world. Prices are pp Dbl Rm Sgl Rm Trip Rm Admire the beautiful spiral stairway, the gallery of Jan 02-Jan 06 $1859 $2729 $1669 tapestries and geographical maps, before arriving Jan 07-Feb 01 $1279 $1939 $1139 at the famous Sistine Chapel & the unforgettable Feb 02-Feb 14 $1859 $2859 $1669 Basilica! Tour ends at your choice of one of Feb 15-Feb 28 $1279 $1939 $1139 several bus stops (drop-off at hotel not available). Mar 01-Mar 15 $1459 $2259 $1309 Remainder of the day is free to enjoy the Capital Mar 16-Mar 25 $1829 $2729 $1659 city! Overnight in Rome. Mar 26-Apr 01 $1859 $2859 $1669 Day 05: Florence - Venice. Today, transfer Apr 02-Apr 30 $1829 $2729 $1659 (*Note: The tour is not available on Sunday or Italian independently to the train station in Florence. May 01-May 31 $1859 $2859 $1669 religious events. Should your day 02 fall on one of Board your train to Venice with confirmed seating. Jun 01-Jul 23 $1829 $2729 $1659 these days, the tour will be replaced with our Ancient Upon arrival, transfer independently to your hotel Jul 24-Aug 30 $1439 $2279 $1339 Rome tour featuring the Colosseum with skip the line in Venice. The rest of the day is at your leisure. Aug 31-Oct 31 $1829 $2729 $1659 admission. On Wednesday, the tour is not available Overnight in Venice. Nov 01-Dec 15 $1289 $1959 $1149 in the morning and is replaced with the afternoon tour without the Basilica admission.) Day 06: Day in Venice. This morning a walking *Blackout dates apply during festivals, carnivals and city tour starts at St. Mark’s Square. Visit the Doge’s special events. Hotels are subject to availability when Day 03: Rome - Florence. This morning, booked. Not valid during Venice Carnival or Florence Palace and St. Mark’s Basilica, and view the Bell Pitti Fair. transfer independently to the train station for your Tower and the Bridge of Sighs. The tour ends with a train to Florence. Upon arrival, make your way to visit to a glass blowing factory where you will see a your Florence hotel. The day is at leisure to enjoy demonstration of traditional Venetian glass blowing. Tour Includes Florence. Overnight in Florence. The rest of the day is at leisure. Enjoy Venice at your • Private round trip airport transfers Day 04: Day in Florence. On tour today, own pace, shop or join an optional gondola ride. • Accommodations in select centrally you drive along the romantic Viale Dei Colli up to Day 07: Depart Venice. Today, you will be located hotels Piazzale Michelangelo where you stop to admire transferred from your hotel to the airport for your • Italian buffet breakfast, except day of the wonderful panorama of the city, one of the most flight home. arrival beautiful in the world. The tour proceeds by motor coach through the old city center to the Duomo • Services of an English-speaking local Complex: Giotto’s Bell Tower, the Baptistery with host on arrival for assistance and its bronze doors including the famous Porta Del touring tips Paradiso and the Cathedral with the magnificent • Train transportation from Rome to Cupola Del Brunelleschi. A short walk through the Florence and Florence to Venice, with historic streets of the heart of Florence brings you to confirmed 2nd class seat. Upgrade to 1st the renowned Galleria dell’Accademia*, where you class seat also available can admire the famous David by Michelangelo and • Shared tours in each city other works by the Great Artist. The tour ends inside the museum. The rest of the day is at leisure. You • Visit the Vatican and St. Peter’s in can shop, explore on your own or simply relax. Rome, with skip the line morning tour • Panoramic bus tour and walking tour (*Note: The Galleria dell’Accademia is closed on Monday and would be replaced by Bargello Museum of the city center in Florence including the or Capella dei Medici) Accademia (with skip the line entrance) • Venice walking tour of the city center
HOTELS or similar Rome: Donna Laura / Empire Palace Florence: Adler Cavalieri / River Hotel Venice: Principe / Amadeus Hotels are subject to availability at time of booking. Celtic Tours can customize your Italy by Rail tour to include longer stays in any one area and alternate hotels. Note: A supplement of $32 pp applies if you are in Venice on Friday or Saturday night.
Tour Highlights ✓ Independently tour Italy ✓ Local host on arrival for assistance ✓ 24/7 Emergency number in Italy for any assistance you may need ✓ Book online or via our call center
WWW.CELTICTOURS.COM • 800-833-4373 7 Tour Highlights Fully Guided Tour - GUARANTEED DEPARTURES ✓ GUARANTEED DEPARTURES ✓ 16 Meals - breakfast, lunch & dinner ✓ Exclusively in English ✓ Excellent touring Sicilian Sun ✓ Special menus included, designed A Celtic Tours favorite! Our Sicilian Sun brings to bring you the taste of Sicilian travelers the best of Sicily! With excellent touring, cuisine including three UNESCO World Heritage sites and ✓ Sicilian tasting in Ragusa Ibla, in charming hotels throughout. Enjoy special meals at one of the most enchanting squares local restaurants that bring you the taste of Sicily. Your Itinerary Day 01, Saturday, Catania - Welcome to Day 05, Wednesday: Palermo – Segesta Sicilian Sun Sicily! Upon arrival, a private transfer awaits – Erice – Trapani – Palermo. After breakfast, Land Only Cost from Catania Airport to the hotel. Enjoy a welcome depart for Segesta to admire the Temple and the Based on twin room sharing cocktail, dinner and overnight at our hotel. Overnight Theatre. Continue to the medieval village of Erice in Catania. located on the top of a hill overlooking the city of Trapani and the Egadi Islands: walk through its Day 02, Sunday: Catania – Siracusa – $ p.p. sharing tiny and characteristic streets. Lunch on your own, 2169 Ragusa. After breakfast, depart for Syracuse and then onto Trapani for a panoramic tour of the still visit the archaeological area including the famous Single Supplement $599 operating salt windmills. Return to Palermo for Latomie of the Paradise and the “Ear of Dionysius”. dinner and overnight. Triple Room Reduction $20 Continue to the island of Ortigia, the small baroque Day 06, Thursday: Palermo – Cefalù – old city center of Siracusa. Visit the Cathedral and Nebrodi Park – Taormina. After breakfast, Tour starts in Italy on Saturday the Arethuse fountain. Lunch on your own. Depart depart Palermo for Cefalù, a charming coastal Apr 14 for Ragusa and visit the enchanting historical town. Enjoy a walk to the city center and down May 05, May 12, May 19, May 26 center “Ibla”, with its stunning Baroque palaces main street to reach the Arab-Norman Cathedral Jun 02, Jun 09, Jun 23 and churches. Enjoy a taste of typical products of and the medieval wash house built in the rock. We Jul 07, Jul 21 the island near the Dome. Dinner and overnight in drive through the Park of “Nebrodi” and stop at Aug 25 Ragusa. the Miraglia Forest for lunch with a typical menu. Sep 01, Sep 08, Sep 15, Sep 22, Sep 29 Day 03, Monday: Ragusa – Caltagirone – Continue to Cesarò, Randazzo and visit the Etna Oct 06, Oct 13 Piazza Armerina – Agrigento. After breakfast, park from an unusual point of view, the north facing depart to Caltagirone, famous for the production side, surrounded by beautiful landscapes. Arrival of ceramics and pottery. Visit a ceramics factory in Taormina. Dinner and overnight at our Taormina with an opportunity to shop and browse. Continue hotel. to Piazza Armerina and visit the UNESCO world or similar Day 07, Friday: Taormina – Optional: Mt. HOTELS heritage center, Villa Romana del Casale, thanks Etna – Taormina. After breakfast, morning at to its well preserved mosaics. Lunch in a local Catania: Il Principe Hotel 1 Nt leisure. Perhaps an optional excursion to the Mount restaurant with a special chosen menu. Depart Etna (arranged only in Italy). In the afternoon, a Ragusa: Poggio Del Sole Resort 1 Nt to Agrigento and visit the Valley of the Temples Agrigento: Dioscuri Bay Palace 1 Nt visit to Taormina, the small medieval village called including the Temple of Juno, Concord, Heracles, “the pearl of the Ionic Sea”. Enjoy time at leisure Palermo: Grand Hotel Piazza Borsa 2 Nts Zeus and Castor & Pollux. Dinner and overnight in Taormina: Villa Diodora 2 Nts for shopping or walking through the tiny streets. In Agrigento. the late afternoon return to the hotel. In the evening Day 04, Tuesday: Agrigento – Palermo enjoy a farewell dinner at our hotel. – Monreale. After a breakfast, we depart for Day 08, Saturday: Taormina – Catania Palermo. Lunch on your own today. In the afternoon, – U.S. After buffet breakfast, we have a private Tour Includes visit Monreale. The Cathedral is one of the most transfer to Catania Airport for your return flight home. beautiful monuments of the world with its Moorish • Roundtrip airport transfers (from/to architecture and the Benedictine Cloister in Arab- Catania Airport) Norman style. Continue with a visit to the historical Early Bird Savings! Book by Apr 30, 2018 • Accommodations in charming 4 star center of Palermo, one of the largest of Europe, and receive $50 per person savings on this hotels centrally located including the Cathedral, the Palatine Chapel and the Early tour! PROMO CODE: EBSS2018 • Welcome cocktail Royal Palace. Dinner at a local restaurant. Overnight Bird at our Palermo hotel. Savings (New bookings only and cannot be combined with other sales • Buffet breakfast daily (buffet or and discounts) continental) • Dinner each evening plus two lunches • Excellent touring includes three UNESCO World Heritage sites • All entrance fees now included (with the exception of Mt. Etna, that can only be arranged in Italy) • Sicilian typical products tasting (wine, chocolate, biscuits etc) in Ragusa Ibla • Transportation by deluxe motorcoach or minivan with driver/guide for groups with less than 15 passengers • English speaking tour escort • Local guides where necessary • Porterage of one suitcase per person • Portfolio of travel documents
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8 WWW.CELTICTOURS.COM • 800-833-4373 Escorted Tour - GUARANTEED DEPARTURES Classic Italy Our classic Italy tour brings you the best of Italy. From historic Rome to Florence, “The Cradle of Renaissance” to beautiful Lake Garda and Lake Como and Milan. A classic itinerary that will delight and amaze. Your Itinerary Day 01, Saturday: Arrive Rome. Transfer Early Bird Savings! Book by Apr 30, from the airport in Rome to the hotel. This is an 2018 and receive $50 per person independent day in Rome. Enjoy Rome on your own Early savings on this tour! PROMO CODE: with your day at leisure. Bird EBCI2018 Savings Day 02, Sunday: Rome. Enjoy an American (New bookings only and cannot be combined with other Buffet breakfast at our hotel this morning. After sales and discounts) breakfast, we enjoy a 3-hour “Discovering Rome” walking tour. We are collected from our hotel around 9:00 am. The tour will start from Largo Argentina and city. We see St. Mark’s Square, the Basilica of St. Tour Highlights continue to Piazza Navona, Pantheon and the Trevi Mark, the Doge’s Palace, the Bridge of Sighs and Fountain, ending at the Spanish Steps, where you the Prisons. Dinner and overnight at our hotel in ✓ GUARANTEED DEPARTURES will make your way back to your hotel independently. Venice. (B, D) ✓ 12 Meals - breakfast daily & four dinners The remainder of the day is free for you to enjoy ✓ See Rome, Siena, Florence, Venice, Day 06, Thursday: Venice. Enjoy an American Rome! (B) Verona, Lake Como and Milan buffet breakfast at the hotel this morning, followed Day 03, Monday: Rome – Assisi – Siena by a morning tour by boat. We cross the lagoon with – Florence. Enjoy an American buffet breakfast a view of the islands and reach the island of Murano at our hotel this morning before we are picked up where we enjoy a demonstration of glass blowing, 2018 Departures at 7:30 am by coach and make our way to Assisi. with time allowed for shopping. Afternoon at leisure. We will enjoy a visit of the mystic town of Saint Overnight at the hotel. (B) Francis still surrounded by ancient walls. We visit the Classic Italy Day 07, Friday: Venice – Verona – Sirmione Basilica of Saint Francis with its early Renaissance 8-Night Tour - cost per person sharing (Lake Garda) – Lake Como – Milan. After an masterpieces by Giotto and Cimabue. Leaving American buffet breakfast at the hotel, we have a Tour Starts Tour Ends Land Cost Assisi, we continue to Florence via Siena, the morning departure by coach to Verona. We visit of Apr 07 Apr 15 $2,969 beautiful medieval city renown for the Palio horse the town of Romeo and Juliet, before continuing on Apr 14 Apr 22 $2,969 race. On arrival in Florence, we check into our to Sirmione. Free time for lunch and a tour of the Apr 21 Apr 29 $2,969 hotel. Tonight we enjoy dinner at our Florence hotel. town. In the afternoon, we proceed to Lake Como Apr 28 May 06 $2,969 Overnight in Florence. (B, D) for a panoramic tour by bus. In the evening we arrive May 05 May 13 $2,969 Day 04, Tuesday: Florence. After breakfast, in Milan. Here we enjoy dinner and overnight at our May 12 May 20 $2,969 we enjoy a guided sightseeing tour of the city, also hotel. (B, D) May 19 May 27 $2,969 known to be the cradle of the Renaissance. We Day 08, Saturday: Milan - Rome. After May 26 Jun 03 $2,969 visit the beautiful Piazza del Duomo, the Cathedral breakfast we enjoy a morning panoramic tour of the Jun 02 Jun 10 $2,969 of Santa Maria del Fiore, Giotto’s Bell Tower, the city including the shopping gallery Vittorio Emanuele Jun 09 Jun 17 $2,969 Baptistery of St. John, and Santa Croce, the 13th II, the Sforza castle, and the Splendid Duomo, century Franciscan Church with Cimabue’s famous Jun 16 Jun 24 $2,969 one of the world’s largest, most striking Gothic crucifix. The balance of the day is at leisure. Tonight Jun 23 Jul 01 $2,969 cathedrals. The tour will end at 11.00 a.m at the we enjoy dinner at a local Restaurant, with overnight Jun 30 Jul 08 $2,909 central railway station. Here board the train with 1st at the hotel in Florence. (B, D) Jul 07 Jul 15 $2,909 class reserved seat from Milan to Rome (a 2h50m Jul 14 Jul 22 $2,909 Day 05, Wednesday: Florence – Padua – journey). Arrive in Rome with a transfer on arrival to Jul 21 Jul 29 $2,909 Venice. American buffet breakfast at the hotel and your hotel. Enjoy Rome independently. Overnight in Jul 28 Aug 05 $2,899 departure to Venice by coach. Along the way you Rome. (B) will stop in Padua, where you will visit the famous Aug 04 Aug 12 $2,899 Day 09, Sunday: Milan - Rome. After breakfast Cathedral of St. Anthony, guarded by Donatello’s Aug 11 Aug 19 $2,899 transfer to Rome Airport for your return flight home. “Gattamelata”. Continue to Venice. On arrival we Aug 18 Aug 26 $2,899 (B) enjoy a panoramic guided walking tour of this unique Aug 25 Sep 02 $2,969 Sep 01 Sep 09 $2,969 Sep 08 Sep 16 $2,969 Sep 15 Sep 23 $2,969 Sep 22 Sep 30 $2,969 Sep 29 Oct 07 $2,969 Oct 06 Oct 14 $2,969 Oct 13 Oct 21 $2,969 Oct 20 Oct 28 $2,969 Single room supplement range from $900-$920 depending on departure selected Tour Includes • Arrival and departure transfer • Eight nights accommodations (city taxes not included and paid locally) • Daily Breakfast (except morning of arrival) • Four dinners (drinks not included) • English speaking local guides • Ground transportation by deluxe HOTELS or similar motorcoach Rome: Hotel Gambrinus 2 Nts • Visits to Assisi, Siena, St. Mark’s Square, Doge’s Palace, the Bridge of Sighs, Florence: Grand Hotel Adriatico 2 Nts Murano Island, Verona, Lake Como and a Lido di Venezia: Hotel Villa Mabepa 2 Nts panoramic tour of Milan Milan: BW Antares Hotel Concorde 1 Nt • Portfolio of travel documents Rome: Hotel Marcella Royal 1 Nt WWW.CELTICTOURS.COM • 800-833-4373 9 Tour Highlights Perfect blend of hotels, touring and rail ✓ GUARANTEED DEPARTURES ✓ Six Meals - Breakfast daily ✓ Excellent touring ✓ A relaxed itinerary Lake Como & Venice ✓ Scenic tour that includes From the awe-inspiring shores of Lake Como to the timelessly romantic canals of Venice, this Switzerland seven-day break combines two of Italy’s most spectacular destinations.
2018 Departures Lake Como & Venice 6-Night Tour - cost per person sharing Tour Starts Tour Ends Land Cost Apr 07 Apr 13 $1619 Apr 14 Apr 20 $1619 Apr 21 Apr 27 $1619 Apr 28 May 04 $1619 May 05 May 11 $1809 May 12 May 18 $1809 May 19 May 25 $1809 May 26 Jun 01 $1809 Jun 02 Jun 08 $1809 Jun 09 Jun 15 $1809 Jun 16 Jun 22 $1809 Jun 23 Jun 29 $1809 Jun 30 Jul 06 $1809 Jul 07 Jul 13 $1809 Jul 14 Jul 20 $1809 Jul 21 Jul 27 $1709 Jul 28 Aug 03 $1709 Aug 04 Aug 10 $1709 Aug 11 Aug 17 $1519 Aug 18 Aug 24 $1519 Aug 25 Aug 31 $1519 Sep 01 Sep 07 $1809 Your Itinerary Sep 08 Sep 14 $1809 Sep 15 Sep 21 $1809 Day 01: Milan – Lake Como. Arrive at Milan Day 04: Lake Como. Today is a free day in Lake Airport, where a private transfer awaits. Head to the Como. May we suggest pre-booking the ‘Fabulous Sep 22 Sep 28 $1809 stunning shores of Lake Como (approx 1.5 hours), Villas of Lake Como’ excursion, which takes you Sep 29 Oct 05 $1809 surrounded by majestic peaks and dotted with on a breathtaking tour across the lake and past Oct 06 Oct 12 $1809 enchanting lakeside towns. Enjoy the rest of your the lake’s finest Villas. The tour includes the Villa Oct 13 Oct 19 $1809 day exploring. Overnight Lake Como. Balbianello featured in the James Bond film ‘Casino Oct 20 Oct 26 $1809 Royale’, and several others belonging to a-list Day 02: Lake Como. The best way to explore Oct 27 Nov 02 $1809 celebrities including George Clooney and Gianni the lake is by boat, and for your first full day, we Single room supplement range from $1060-$1200 Versace. (B) depending on departure selected recommend purchasing a center lake ticket to easily explore the picturesque towns dotted around the Day 05: Lake Como – Venice. After breakfast, lake. Some of the highlights include strolling down depart by train and travel to Venice. Make your the sunny promenades of Menaggio or Tremezzo, way independently to your hotel. Enjoy the day and wandering round the cozy souvenir shops HOTELS or similar independently in Venice. Overnight in Venice. (B) of Varenna’s grey cobbled streets. Lake Como Lake Como: Hotel Barchetta Excelsior / Hotel also boasts an abundance of pretty cafes and Day 06: Venice. After breakfast this morning, we Metropole Suisse 4 Nts restaurants, so you will be spoiled for choice when it enjoy a walking city tour which starts at St. Mark’s Venice: Hotel Principe 2 Nts comes to finding somewhere for your evening meal. Square. We visit the Doge’s Palace and St. Mark’s (B) Basilica, and view the Bell Tower and the Bridge of Tour Includes Day 03: Lake Como – St. Moritz and the Sighs. The tour ends with a visit to a glass blowing • Roundtrip private airport transfers on Bernina Express. (Monday only. Passport factory where you will see a demonstration of a arrival in Lake Como and departure in Required). This shared group excursion takes you traditional Venetian glass blowing. The rest of the Venice along the northern part of the lake to the town of day is at leisure. Enjoy Venice at your own pace, Tirano where we stop for coffee before proceeding shop or join an optional gondola ride. (B) • Six (6) nights accommodations in charming into Switzerland and reach Poschiavo. Part of this 4 star hotels excursion is done with the well-known panoramic Day 07: Venice – U.S. Private transfer to Venice • Buffet breakfast daily (buffet or continental) Bernina Express train (a one hour journey). We take airport for your return flight home. (B) • Shared coach tour of Lake Como, St the train in Poschiavo (Switzerland) and continue Moritz and the Bernina Express (this tour to Diavolezza (Switzerland), experiencing one of only operates on Monday*) the nicest sections of the Bernina Express Railway. • Regional train with 2nd class seat from We will see the White Lake and the Black Lake and Como to Milan plenty of breathtaking glaciers. Then, by bus, reach St. Moritz. The famous Swiss holiday and ski resort • Fast train from Milan to Venice, with 2nd is on the southern side of the Alps in the Engadine class seat Valley with its numerous crystal clear mountain • Shared walking tour of Venice lakes. On our return, we stop in Chiavenna and have • Portfolio of travel documents some free time before returning to Como at about 6:45 pm. Overnight in Lake Como. (B) *This tour is being offered with a Friday, Saturday or Sunday to accommodate the Monday operation of the St. Moritz/Berina More dates available online (starting Friday or Sunday). Express tour. We can offer other start days, Note, Sunday dates are slightly higher in price due to Friday however, this would change the “included” tour supplement at your Venice Hotel to one of the other tours we offer in Lake Como.
10 WWW.CELTICTOURS.COM • 800-833-4373 A fantastic new gastronomy tour of the Tuscany Region Tour Highlights ✓ GUARANTEED DEPARTURES Gourmet Tuscany ✓ 13 Meals and Tastings - breakfast A tour to explore a region of sprawling vineyards, rolling hills and charming old cities. Visit daily, two dinners, two lunches and the magnificent Florence, the “Cradle of the Renaissance”. Siena, famous for the Palio three tastings horse race, and San Gimignano with its tall towers. Explore Lucca, a walled city that was ✓ Coffee experience the birthplace of Puccini and Pisa with its extraordinary Leaning Tower. Unlock the secret ✓ Two cooking lessons Explore the Tuscany region, with of Tuscan cuisine with wine, tastings and an exclusive cooking class. ✓ Florence, Siena, San Gimignano, Your Itinerary Lucca and Pisa Day 01: Florence - Montecatini. Private Day 06: San Gimignano and Siena. After transfer from Florence airport to your hotel in breakfast, we have a morning departure for San Montecatini on arrival. Time to settle in. Later, meet Gimignano, famous for its medieval architecture and your tour escort and enjoy a welcome dinner. During towers. At the height of its glory, San Gimignano’s the evening, there will be an introduction to the tour. patrician families had built around 72 tower-houses Overnight stay. (D) as symbols of their wealth and power. Although only 14 have survived, San Gimignano still retains Day 02: Florence. After a buffet breakfast, we its feudal atmosphere and appearance. Stop in a depart for Florence. We enjoy a walking tour through famous ice cream shop to sample their specialties. the historical center of this amazing city and admire From here we make our way to Siena along the the religious buildings; the Baptistry, the Duomo ancient Via Francigena. Here we enjoy a local and Giotto’s Bell Tower and the houses of power in wine tasting. Admire the most important and most the old city, such as the Piazza della Signoria. We beautiful architecture in Siena with free time for end the tour at Mercato Centrale, a large covered shopping before returning to the hotel. We enjoy marketplace where authenticity, spontaneity and a farewell dinner at our hotel tonight. Overnight in tradition play a leading role. Each shop is an ideal Montecatini. (B, T, T, D) place for shopping and to find real, honest food at the right price. The very best that Tuscany and Italy Day 07: Montecatini – Florence – U.S. After have to offer. Here you snack on a sampling of fine breakfast, a private transfer returns you to Florence Gourmet Tuscany delicacies. Free time in the afternoon to explore Airport (or rail station) where your tour ends. Going Land Only Cost Florence. Transfer back to our hotel for overnight home with a promise to return. (B) Based on twin room sharing stay. (B, T) B=Buffet Breakfast, L=Lunch, D=Dinner, T=Tasting, Day 03: Montecatini. For the coffee lovers, C=Cooking Lesson $ p.p. sharing today we visit a roasting to discover the secrets of 2569 coffee. After, we meet a local chef and learn the art Single Supplement $490 of traditional Italian cooking. Here we will prepare our lunch and enjoy it! Free time in the afternoon. Tour Dates Overnight in Montecatini. (B, C/L) Start Date End Date May 23 May 29 Day 04: Lucca & Pisa. Today we journey to Jun 15 Jun 21 Lucca, one of Tuscany’s best-kept secrets. Enjoy Jul 13 Jul 19 cooking with lunch on the ancient walls. We proceed Sep 05 Sep 11 to Pisa, where the extraordinary Leading Tower has Sep 14 Sep 20 withstood the force of gravity for almost 600 years. Oct 05 Oct 11 We return to our hotel for overnight. (B, C/L) Day 05: Free day or enjoy an optional chauffeured excursion to Cinque Terre. or similar You are free to relax today. Perhaps take advantage HOTELS of the hotel’s spa or perhaps a visit to the thermal Montecatini: Grand Hotel Vittoria 6 Nts baths a short distance from your hotel. Optionally, you can enjoy an exclusive private chauffeur driven tour to charming Cinque Terre, where you will travel to the Italian Riviera, which includes the five Tour Includes captivating villages that make up the Cinque Terre. • Arrival and departure transfer Returning to the hotel for overnight. (B) • Six nights accommodations in 4* charming hotel (city taxes not included and paid locally) • Daily Breakfast (except morning of arrival) • Welcome and farewell dinner • Cooking lessons with lunch to follow • Three tastings of a selection of wines and/or typical products from the Tuscany region • Guided tour of Florence (half-day, entrance fees not included) • Professional tour director and licensed local guides per itinerary • Transportation by deluxe motorcoach • Baggage handling • Visit Florence, Lucca, Pisa, San Gimignano and Siena • Portfolio of travel documents Optional Tour An optional tour can be arranged to Cinque Terre. This is a private chauffeur driven tour, taking in the Italian Riviera! Rates from $187- $570 per person depending on the number of passengers.
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✓ Enjoy private touring ✓ 6 Meals - breakfast ✓ English speaking guides Italian Riviera ✓ Excellent touring ✓ Perfect for family and friends traveling together & Lake Como This is your opportunity to explore the most beautiful parts of Italy, the Italian Riviera! With private touring and Italian Riviera expert guides, this tour brings you the Prices are per person best in service and is perfect for family Minimum 2 passengers (max 3) and friends traveling together. Can be Dlb Rm Sgl Rm Trip Rm organized for larger groups as needed. Apr 02 - Apr 30 $2959 $3189 $2319 May 01 - May 24 $3099 $3429 $2419 May 25 - Oct 06 $3239 $3499 $2499 Your Itinerary Oct 07 - Oct 31 $3099 $3429 $2419 Day 01: Milan – Santa Margherita Ligure. Arrival Italy’s Milan Airport. Transfer Minimum 4 passengers (max 5) from Milan to Santa Margherita Ligure. A private Dlb Rm Sgl Rm Trip Rm Day 05: Como – Discover the Beauty driver will greet us at Malpensa Airport and bring of Lake Como and Bellagio. Apr 02 - Apr 30 $2125 $2690 $1827 A picture us to our hotel in Santa Margherita Ligure. Relax perfect day awaits us as we start our tour of this May 01 - May 24 $2268 $2938 $1922 and enjoy the beautiful ride. When we arrive, stunning lake with our private guide. Traveling May 25 - Oct 06 $2400 $3180 $2028 check in to our hotel on the waterfront. Enjoy our by boat (public ferry and hydrofoil), we will have Oct 07 - Oct 31 $2268 $2938 $1922 evening at leisure in the quaint town. Why not try the opportunity to see the lavish villas that dot the pesto pasta. It is a local specialty! the shoreline of the lake; holiday homes of the Minimum 6 passengers (max 9) Day 02: Best of the Italian Riviera. After Italian nobility of the past as well as the rich and Dbl Rm Sgl Rm Trip Rm breakfast our private English speaking guide will famous of the present, among which George Apr 02 - Apr 30 $1856 $2512 $1649 take us to Rapallo. We go on a boat excursion Clooney is one of the more popular. We stop in May 01 - May 24 $1997 $2758 $1742 (weather permitting), or by car, from Rapallo to Bellagio for a chance to stroll down the streets May 25 - Oct 06 $2134 $3004 $1835 Portofino, considered the “Pearl of the Liguria of this famous lakeside retreat, and perhaps Oct 07 - Oct 31 $1997 $2758 $1742 Coast”. In the afternoon return by boat to visit a local restaurant to sample the region’s Rapallo Overnight at hotel. (B) typical cuisine. In the afternoon, return to Como by hydrofoil for a short visit of the city where we Day 03: Cinque Terre. Today our English climb to the village of Brunate by funicular. From speaking driver will meet us at the hotel after here, 1640 ft above the lake we will enjoy an breakfast to take us on a private tour of the astonishing view. Return to the town center and Cinque Terre. We will head to Monterosso by end our tour at the Duomo. (B) car, then continue by train to Riomaggiore with stop and visit in Vernazza and Manarola. The Day 06: Free day in Como. Breakfast at our Cinque Terre stretch of coastline is a National hotel. After you are free to explore the region as Park, and a protected marine area, included you like. You may venture out to Lake Lugano, on UNESCO’s World Heritage List. The Switzerland or take a day trip to the artistic city small villages have been for many centuries, of Milan. It’s a free day for you to enjoy at your practically inaccessible by land due to the harsh, leisure. Overnight in Como. (B) steep terrain which juts up at their backs. During Day 07: Como – Milan Airport. Breakfast our day we can hike the famous “Via dell’Amore” at our hotel, after which, a private driver will or Path of Love, a short paved trail from bring us to Malpensa Airport, for our return flight Riomaggiore to Manarola (20 minutes between home. (B) the towns). At the end of the tour our driver will transfer us back to our hotel. (B) Early Bird Savings! Book by Apr 30, Day 04: Rapallo – Como. Breakfast at our 2018 and receive $50 per person Early savings on this tour! PROMO CODE: HOTELS or similar hotel this morning, after which, our private driver Bird EBIR2018 Rapallo: Grand Hotel Bristol 3 Nts will greet us at our Santa Margherita Ligure hotel Savings Como: Hotel Barchetta Excelsior 3 Nts lobby and bring us to our hotel in Como. Enjoy (New bookings only and cannot be combined with the rest of our day at leisure. (B) other sales and discounts) Tour Includes • Private round-trip transfers • Three (3) nights at the Grand Hotel Bristol Rapallo and (3) nights at Hotel Barchetta Excelsior in Como • Buffet breakfast daily (buffet or continental) • Private full day guided tour to Portofino • Ferry boat to and from Portofino • Private tour of Cinque Terre with English speaking driver • Private transfer from Santa Margherita to Lake Como • Private tour of Como with private English speaking guide and ferry boat. • Portfolio of travel documents Need Airfare? 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12 WWW.CELTICTOURS.COM • 800-833-4373 Small Group Touring - Guaranteed Departures Heart of Italy An exciting new small group tour featuring the Heart of Italy and Cinque Terre. Enjoy traditional dinners at local restaurants and guided tours in the heart of Rome and Florence and a boat tour of Cinque Terre. Your Itinerary Day 01, Friday: Arrive Rome. Welcome the Palazzo Vecchio, the Duomo with Giotto’s to Italy! Transfer on arrival in Rome. Meet your bell tower (from outside) and the Ponte Vecchio. tour leader later in the afternoon at your hotel, Our walk through Florence will end with a visit where we learn more about our tour. After, we walk to the Accademia to admire, among the many to a local restaurant and enjoy a tasty welcome masterpieces, the jewel of Michelangelo, the statue dinner. Overnight in Rome. (D) of David. Overnight in Florence. (B) Day 02, Saturday: Vatican & Heart of Day 06, Wednesday: Cinque Terre. Today Rome. After breakfast, meet our driver and guide discover a spectacular corner of Italy, famous and reach the Vatican Museum by private van. for its panorama, its wine, its food and beautiful Tour Highlights Access the Museum easily with our skip the line sea and hiking opportunities. Leave Florence tickets. Our visit will be memorable. Our guides early morning with our guide driving to northwest ✓ GUARANTEED DEPARTURES have drawn up a route to include all the major Riviera in a comfortable air-conditioned minivan. ✓ 10 Meals - breakfast, lunch & sights as well as some unexpected surprises. See During the ride, we enjoy the view of Tuscan dinner, plus a wine tasting and olive oil the Belvedere Courtyard with Apollo Belvedere hills till the moment we see the southern part of experiences & Laocoön & His Sons, Raphael Rooms, the the Alps that divide Tuscany from Liguria. Once Galleries of the Candelabra, of the Maps and in Cinque Terre National Park enjoy the most ✓ See Rome, Siena, Florence and Cinque of the Tapestries, the Sistine Chapel Pinecone astonishing views either from land and sea, as we Terre Courtyard, St. Peter’s Basilica and at the end, exit stroll along the national park by boat, train, and ✓ Small group tour, with a maximum of 16 on St. Peter’s Square and enjoy the magnificent walking fabulous trails on the cliff. Our experience participants view of the imposing Cathedral. We return to our includes a delicious full lunch with wine tasting ✓ Enjoy meals at local restaurants hotel to relax after a challenging morning. Late in a local restaurant on the sea where we enjoy afternoon meet our tour leader for a walking tour of incredible fresh seafood cooked the Ligurian way, the Baroque Town with Piazza Navona, Pantheon, accompanied by some great white wines typical Spanish Steps, Piazza di Spagna, the Italian of this region. Return to Florence late afternoon. 2018 Departures Parliament and the fascinating narrow streets of Overnight in Florence. (B, L&W) ancient Rome. Return to hotel with our tour leader. Day 07, Thursday: Wine & Oil Experience Dinner on your own this evening. Overnight in Heart of Italy with dinner in Chianti. Today our morning is 7-Night Tour - cost per person sharing Rome. (B) free at leisure. The day to Cinque Terre was a long Day 03, Sunday: Rome. Today will be free at one and this morning we have some additional time Tour Starts Tour Ends Land Cost leisure to enjoy Rome independently. This tour has to relax. In the afternoon, meet our tour guide and Apr 13 Apr 20 $2129 been designed to offer the best of each city visited start our Chianti experience. With a 25 minute ride, Apr 27 May 04 $2199 combined with some free time for you to enjoy. a comfortable van will shuttle us to the rolling hills May 04 May 11 $2499 Overnight in Rome. (B) of the Chianti Wine Region till we reach a noble May 18 May 25 $2499 Day 04, Monday: Experience True Villa with a Boutique Winery on top of a hill. The landscapes are marvelous with beautiful vineyards Jun 01 Jun 08 $2499 Tuscany. Today we continue to Tuscany on our Jun 15 Jun 22 $2499 tour. Meet our tour guide at the hotel in Rome and and olive groves surrounding us. Once there, a transfer to Florence by coach with a stop en route wine expert will welcome us and take us to visit Jun 29 Jul 06 $2499 in Siena. The ride itself is a magnificent opportunity the 500-year-old cellar, still used today for a very Jul 13 Jul 20 $2199 to enjoy the beautiful Tuscan hills, the view of small small, selected wine production and aging, listed Jul 27 Aug 03 $2199 enchanting villages as well as the vineyards and in the top 100 on Wine Spectators. We taste all the different product of this boutique winery while we Aug 10 Aug 17 $2079 castles. Arrive in Siena where we enjoy a wine & Sep 07 Sep 14 $2079 food experience in the heart of the old town. Here learn the sophisticated techniques of wine making we enjoy a walking tour to discover Piazza del and teach you to distinguish the different and Sep 21 Sep 28 $2079 Campo, the main central square where the famous various scents and flavors that each wine presents. Oct 05 Oct 12 $2499 Palio horse race takes place every year, as well At the end, we enjoy a fine dinner. The dinner will Oct 19 Oct 26 $2499 as exploring quieter back streets and learning be served in a charming restaurant, where we Nov 02 Nov 09 $2059 everything about the Contrade, the 17 medieval also learn how to pair different wines with specific Nov 16 Nov 23 $2029 city districts that compete against each other in the dishes. We enjoy four different wines, including the Single room supplement range from $510-$1292 Palio. Continue to Florence for overnight. (B, S&W) world renowned Supertuscan of the estate. Plus, a depending on departure selected Day 05, Tuesday: Magnificent Florence sweet typical dessert wine. We will also taste the between Food & Arts. You are welcome to region’s finest olive oil with typical unsalted Tuscan start your exploration of Florence independently bread. The fine dining includes local charcuterie this morning. Perhaps visit the market of San and a cheese selection, paired with different jams Lorenzo where it’s possible to see the food arriving and balsamic vinegar, a selection of two pasta HOTELS or similar from the Tuscan countryside. It’s a chance to taste dishes and a main course made of a traditional Rome: Dei Mellini/Londra & Cargill 3 Nts meat dish. A Tuscan dessert is then served with lots of varieties of local cheeses, fruits, vegetable, Florence: Executive Hotel / Kraft Hotel 4 Nts and breads. If you’re still hungry, there’s free time local sweet wine. Coming back to Florence, we for lunch on your own. In the afternoon, we meet stop at Piazzale Michelangelo belvedere, for a our guide at the hotel and get ready to explore the breathtaking view of Florence, admiring all the heart of the town. Lorenzo de Medici transformed lights of the city. (B, D, plus wine experience) Tour Includes Florence into the cradle of the Renaissance by Day 08, Friday Departure. Florence – U.S. attracting the best artists, architects and writers Transfer today from your Florence hotel to the • Arrival and departure transfer of the time; Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo and airport for your return flight home. (B) • Seven nights accommodations (city taxes not Botticelli. We visit Piazza della Signoria, walk by B=Buffet Breakfast, S&W=Snack & Wine, D=Dinner, included and paid locally) L&W=Lunch& Wine • Daily Breakfast (except morning of arrival) • Tour Escort service with welcome briefing • Two dinners • Wine and food experience in Siena • Lunch and wine tasting in Cinque Terre and a wine and olive oil experience in Chianti • Guided Visits include: Vatican Museum & Sistine Chapel with skip the line reservation, touring Florence’s Accademia & Michelangelo’s David with skip the line reservation • Note: travel documents for this tour are provided no sooner than 10 days prior to departure and may be provided electronically
WWW.CELTICTOURS.COM • 800-833-4373 13 Tour Highlights Small Group Touring - Guaranteed Departures ✓ GUARANTEED DEPARTURES ✓ Nine Meals - breakfast and dinner ✓ Limoncello sampling Small group tour, with a maximum of 16 Sunny Italy ✓ Soak in the sun from Rome to Sorrento, with participants amazing touring throughout. See the Vatican, the ✓ Enjoy meals at local restaurants Sistine Chapel and Pompeii. Complete with a farm to table experience in Sorrento. Your Itinerary Day 01, Friday: Arrival Rome. Welcome to 2018 Departures Italy! After collecting your baggage, we transfer you to your hotel. Time to relax before meeting Sunny Italy our tour leader and fellow traveling companions. 7-Night Tour - cost per person sharing From here we walk to a local restaurant and enjoy Tour Starts Tour Ends Land Cost a tasty welcome dinner. Overnight in Rome. (D) Apr 13 Apr 20 $2479 countryside with exquisite vegetables, where we Day 02, Saturday: Heart of Rome & can smell the flavor of fresh baked breads and Apr 27 May 04 $2479 Vatican. Our visit will be memorable. Our guides May 04 May 11 $2739 see cows that give excellent cheeses. It’s an have drawn up a route to include all the major incredible place if we consider that from many May 18 May 25 $2919 sights as well as some unexpected surprises. See Jun 01 Jun 08 $2919 the Belvedere Courtyard with Apollo Belvedere corners we can enjoy the view of the sea and Capri Island. We reach a farm house on the hills Jun 15 Jun 22 $2919 & Laocoön & His Sons, Raphael Rooms, the of Sorrento, managed by a Sorrentine family Jun 29 Jul 06 $2919 Galleries of the Candelabra, of the Maps and of the Tapestries, the Sistine Chapel Pinecone for five generations. Our tour includes a trip to Jul 13 Jul 20 $2759 Courtyard, St. Peter’s Basilica and at the end, exit the ancient citrus grove and wine cellar located Jul 27 Aug 03 $2759 on St. Peter’s Square and enjoy the magnificent in Sorrento where our host, a young farmer, Aug 10 Aug 17 $2759 view of the imposing Cathedral. We return to will explain the various stages of production of Aug 24 Aug 31 $2909 our hotel to relax after an eventful morning. Late local wine with cold cuts of their own production. afternoon meet our tour leader for a walking Sep 07 Sep 14 $2929 Afterwards we walk together through the tour of the Baroque Town with Piazza Navona, Sep 21 Sep 28 $2929 Pantheon, Spanish Steps, Piazza di Spagna, vineyard, among the olive trees and produce Oct 05 Oct 12 $2929 the Italian Parliament and the fascinating narrow from the garden. We enjoy some typical dishes Oct 19 Oct 26 $2629 streets of ancient Rome. Return to hotel with our of Sorrento prepared with natural ingredients all Single room supplement range from $745-$1139 and triple room tour leader. Dinner on your own this evening. carefully grown on the farm. Any good dinner reduction from $116-$223 depending on departure selected Overnight in Rome. (B) cannot end without a limoncello, and we will have Day 03, Sunday: Free Day in Rome. Today ours, among the best in Sorrento. Return to our enjoy your day in Rome at your leisure. Overnight hotel and overnight in Sorrento. (B, D) in Rome. (B) Day 06: Wednesday Amalfi Drive by Day 04, Monday: Rome - Pompeii - car and by boat. The beauty of the Amalfi Sorrento. Meet our driver in the morning and Coast is legendary and has inspired many over transfer to Rome Station to board a high-speed the centuries. Widely considered Italy’s most train to Naples. Here we will meet our driver scenic stretch of coastline, deemed by UNESCO and continue to Pompeii for a guided visit of “an outstanding example of a Mediterranean the Archaeological Park. Continue to Sorrento. landscape, with exceptional cultural and natural Overnight in Sorrento. (B) scenic values.” Our driver guide will lead us to the town of Amalfi where we have free time to Day 05, Tuesday: Sorrento Discovery. explore. Later, we ascend to Ravello, considered In the morning, enjoy a relaxing walking tour one of the most romantic and beautiful small of Sorrento. We visit the heart of the town, towns in southern Italy. Covered with lush from Piazza Tasso, we walk along Via San gardens, quiet and sleepy roads, we find corners Cesareo, one of the oldest streets in town, until providing unforgettable views over the azure we reach Sedil Dominova, once the gathering coast below. Return to Sorrento late afternoon. place for Sorrento’s high society. We see the Overnight in Sorrento. (B) HOTELS or similar lovely cloister here, dating from 1300 then the amazing view from Piazza della Vittoria. The Day 07, Thursday: Free day. Today is Rome: Dei Mellini/Londra & Cargill 3 Nts a perfect day to relax and enjoy Sorrento Sorrento: Tramontano/Antiche Mura/Regina 4 Nts walking tour will end with a taste of limoncello liquor in an ancient factory still located in the old independently. Overnight in Sorrento. (B) area of the town. Late afternoon, we meet our Day 08, Friday: Naples - U.S. Transfer from guide at our hotel and start our exploration of the Sorrento to Naples airport today for your return Tour Includes magnificent Sorrento countryside. Very few know flight home. (B) • Arrival and departure transfer that Sorrento is surrounded by a magnificent • Seven nights accommodations (city taxes not included and paid locally) • Daily Breakfast (except morning of arrival) • Tour Escort service with welcome briefing • Welcome dinner • Farm experience in a countryside estate in Sorrento, followed by dinner • Guided visit of the Vatican Museum & Sistine Chapel with skip the line reservations • Transfer from hotel to Rome rail station • High speed train from Rome to Naples • Transfer from Naples to Sorrento, with a tour of Pompeii en route • Walking tour of Pompeii, ticket included • Walking tour of Sorrento • Note: travel documents for this tour are provided no sooner than 10 days prior to departure and may be provided electronically
14 WWW.CELTICTOURS.COM • 800-833-4373 Small Group Touring - Guaranteed Departures Small Group Touring - Guaranteed Departures Absolute Italy An exciting small group tour featuring the very best of Italy from Rome to Venice, with Florence in between. A perfect small group tour that gives you excellent touring and ample free time to relax. Your Itinerary Day 01, Friday: Arrive Rome. Welcome We visit Piazza della Signoria, walk by the Palazzo to Italy! Transfer on arrival in Rome. Meet your Vecchio, the Duomo with Giotto’s bell tower tour leader later in the afternoon at your hotel, (from outside), Ponte Vecchio. Our walk through Tour Highlights where we learn more about our tour. After, we walk Florence will end with a visit to the Accademia to to a local restaurant and enjoy a tasty welcome admire, the jewel of Michelangelo: the statue of ✓ GUARANTEED DEPARTURES dinner. Overnight in Rome. (D) David. Overnight in Florence. (B) ✓ 11 Meals - Breakfast, dinner and a wine Day 02, Saturday: Vatican & Heart of Day 06, Wednesday: Free day. Today is experience Rome. After breakfast, meet our driver and guide free at leisure to explore Florence independently. ✓ See Rome, Siena, Florence and Venice and reach the Vatican Museum by private van. Overnight in Florence. (B) ✓ Small group tour, with a maximum of 16 Access the Museum easily with our skip the line participants tickets. Our visit will be memorable. Our guides ✓ Enjoy meals at local restaurants have drawn up a route to include all the major sights as well as some unexpected surprises. See the Belvedere Courtyard with Apollo Belvedere & Laocoön & His Sons, Raphael Rooms, the Galleries of the Candelabra, of the Maps and 2018 Departures of the Tapestries, the Sistine Chapel Pinecone Courtyard, St. Peter’s Basilica and at the end, exit Absolute Italy on St. Peter’s Square and enjoy the magnificent 8-Night Tour - cost per person sharing view of the imposing Cathedral. We return to Tour Starts Tour Ends Land Cost our hotel to relax after an exciting morning. Late Apr 13 Apr 21 $2439 afternoon meet our tour leader for a walking tour of Apr 27 May 05 $2439 the Baroque Town with Piazza Navona, Pantheon, Spanish Steps, Piazza di Spagna, the Italian May 04 May 12 $2829 Parliament and the fascinating narrow streets of May 18 May 26 $2829 ancient Rome. Return to hotel with our tour leader. Day 07, Thursday: Welcome to Venice. Jun 01 Jun 09 $2829 Dine independently tonight. Overnight in Rome. (B) After breakfast, you will be transferred to Florence Jun 15 Jun 23 $2829 Day 03, Sunday: Rome. Today will be free at train station. Board your train to Venice. Enjoy the Jun 29 Jul 07 $2829 leisure to enjoy Rome independently. This tour has ride by high-speed train to Venice, built on several Jul 13 Jul 21 $2499 been designed to offer the best of each city visited small islands linked by hundreds of bridges. Arrival Jul 27 Aug 04 $2499 combined with some free time for you to enjoy the late morning and transfer to hotel in the Laguna. Aug 10 Aug 18 $2499 city independently. Overnight in Rome. (B) Free time to explore Venice on your own. Overnight in Venice. (B) Aug 24 Sep 01 $2499 Day 04, Monday: Experience True Sep 07 Sep 15 $2829 Tuscany. Today we continue to Tuscany. Meet Day 08, Friday: Enjoy “La Serenissima” Sep 21 Sep 29 $2829 our tour guide at the hotel in Rome and transfer to Venezia. In the afternoon, enjoy a guided visit of Oct 05 Oct 13 $2829 Venice followed by a gondola tour. Afternoon is the Florence by coach with a stop en route in Siena. Oct 19 Oct 27 $2829 The ride itself is a magnificent opportunity to best time to enjoy Venice, when most of the visitors enjoy the beautiful Tuscan hills, the view of small leave the city, the cruise boats depart from the pier Nov 02 Nov 10 $2309 enchanting villages as well as the vineyards and and the narrow streets become fascinating and Nov 16 Nov 24 $2309 castles that dot the region. Upon arrival in Siena, mysterious, a secret path to the past. Our guide will Single room supplement range from $794-$1239 and triple room enjoy a wine & food experience in the heart of the help you to visit the main sights of the city but also reduction from $232-$310 depending on departure selected old town. Here we enjoy a walking tour to discover to discover the real soul of Venice spending some Piazza del Campo, the main central square where time outside of the main tourist areas, places that the famous Palio horse race takes place every you can reach by yourself only if you get lost. The year, as well as exploring quieter backstreets and tour will end with a Gondola ride. In the evening, HOTELS or similar learning everything about the Contrade, the 17 enjoy a Venetian Dinner. Overnight in Venice (B, medieval city districts that compete against each D) Rome: Dei Mellini/Londra & Cargill 3 Nts Florence: Executive Hotel / Kraft Hotel 3 Nts other in the Palio. Continue to Florence where we Day 09, Saturday: Venice – U.S. Make your arrive in the afternoon. Overnight in Florence. (B, way independently to the Venice cruise terminal, Venice: Palazzo Selvagego / Bonvecchiati 2 Nts S&W) where a transfer to the airport awaits. (B) Day 05, Tuesday: Magnificent Florence between Food & Arts. Start your exploration B=Buffet Breakfast, S&W=Snack & Wine, D=Dinner of Florence from the unknown and most Tour Includes picturesque sides of the city: visit the market of San • Arrival transfer Lorenzo where it is possible to see the food arriving • Transfer from Venice cruise terminal to airport from the Tuscan countryside. It’s a chance to taste • Eight nights accommodations (city taxes not lots of varieties of local cheeses, fruits, vegetables, included and paid locally) and breads. If you’re still hungry, there’s free time for lunch on your own. In the afternoon, meet our • Daily Breakfast (except morning of arrival) guide in the hotel and get ready to explore the • Tour Escort service with welcome briefing heart of the town. Lorenzo de Medici transformed • Welcome dinner in Rome Florence into the cradle of the Renaissance by • Wine and food experience in Siena attracting the best artists, architects and writers. • Fresh market tour of Florence • Guided Visits include: Vatican Museum & Sistine Chapel with skip the line reservation, Florence; including Accademia with Michelangelo’s David and skip the line ticket • Transfer from Florence hotel to rail station • High speed train from Florence to Venice with 1st class reserved seat • Arrival transfer in Venice • Guided visit of Venice with Gondola tour • Evening walking tour of Venice with a farewell dinner • Note: travel documents for this tour are provided no sooner than 10 days prior to departure and may be provided electronically
WWW.CELTICTOURS.COM • 800-833-4373 15 Tour Highlights Smart Touring ✓ Daily departures designed for parties from 2-6 passengers. Perfect for Rome, Sorrento & Amalfi family and friends traveling together Our Smart Tours is a collection of vacation packages designed to meet the needs and desires ✓ Great cities ✓ Great touring of the discerning traveler who wants the best available service with affordable rates. Smart ✓ See Rome, Pompeii, Sorrento and the tours combines the perfect amount of independent touring and small group touring. Amalfi Coast This Smart Tour brings you the best of Rome, Sorrento and the beautiful Amalfi Coast! ✓ 24/7 Concierge, as well as a 24/7 Celtic Help line as needed Your Itinerary Day 01: Arrive in Rome. Transfer on arrival Day 04: Free time in Sorrento. We are firm in Rome. Spend the day independently in Rome. believers in allowing for free time to explore places Overnight in Rome. on your own in order to get a true sense of where Day 02: Vatican and the Heart of Rome. you are. Take time to enjoy a coffee at a cafe or walk Our visit will be memorable. Our guides have drawn along main streets of the town. The best way to see Tour Includes up a route to include all the major sights as well as the town is to walk, where undoubtedly you’ll unearth • Excellent 4* hotels in Rome and Sorrento some unexpected surprises. See the Belvedere wonderful finds, whether it’s the intoxicating aroma • Daily breakfast (buffet or continental), Courtyard with Apollo Belvedere & Laocoön & of a bakery or handmade leather goods, beautiful except morning of arrival His Sons, Raphael Rooms, the Galleries of the music boxes or fine lace. Have a glass of wine while • Small Group Tour: Visit to the Vatican with Candelabra, of the Maps and of the Tapestries, sitting by the sea or perhaps head over to Capri for the Sistine Chapel Pinecone Courtyard, St. Peter’s the day. Visit the Blue Grotto, sit in a cafe on the entrance fee included Basilica and at the end, exit on St. Peter’s Square • Transfer from Rome to Sorrento via Pompeii and enjoy the magnificent view of the imposing Piazzetta, Capri’s famous square and make sure to • Guided tour of Pompeii with entrance fee Cathedral. Our tour ends outside in the superb have a lunch looking out on the Faraglioni. Book a included square designed by Bernini. Overnight in Rome. (B) table at Il Geranio, Villa Verde or Da Luigi and you won’t be disappointed. Overnight in Sorrento. (B) • Lunch and wine tasting on Vesuvio Day 03: Rome - Pompeii - Sorrento. In the • Driver guided tour of the Amalfi Coast and morning we board a high-speed train from Rome Day 05: Amalfi & Ravello with a Lemon Ravello to Naples. Our driver will meet us on arrival and Tour. Signature “Amalfi Drive” private visit of the • Note: travel documents for this tour continue to Pompeii. Pompeii was a holiday resort Amalfi Coast with an excellent and expert driver are provided no sooner than 10 days for wealthy Roman politicians and nobility. It is now guide. This excursion combines the fantastic prior to departure and may be provided famous for its civic buildings lining the streets some landscapes of Ravello and Amalfi along with the electronically still intact today, exceptional examples of the epoch’s local culture of food and wines. In Amalfi, learn architecture. Another remarkable construction is about the history of the city and the ancient Maritime HOTELS or similar the House of Mysteries, which derives its name Republics, then visit an incredible “limoneto”, a cliff from the murals depicting the initiation rites (i.e. where lemon trees are cultivated. Pick your lemons Rome: Savoy/Dei Mellini 2 Nts the mysteries) of the Dionysian cult. A peculiar and prepare a fresh squeezed lemonade “Amalfi Sorrento: Helios/Angiolieri/Regina 3 Nts characteristic of Pompeii is the florid graffiti covering style”. Later, continue to Ravello, a destination for the walls in just about every building; this is because artists, musicians, and writers, including Richard when the volcanic eruption happened, Pompeii was Wagner who composed some of his wonderful set to carry out elections in the days ahead, hence operas. Ravello is also famous for its villas, such as the writings and ideograms, which depict political Villa Cimbrone, dating from at least the 11th century and sexual content. After a tour through this ancient AD, and Villa Rufolo. Overnight in Sorrento. (B) city we’ll drive to Vesuvius to enjoy a light lunch Day 06: Sorrento - U.S. Transfer from Sorrento and wine tasting. Looking out from the wine estate to Naples Airport for your return flight home. (B) we enjoy a view of the entire Gulf of Naples with Capri, Ischia, Naples and other small villages on the Celtic Tours offers many more Smart Tour coastline. We arrive in Sorrento in the late afternoon, options. We have Smart Tours that include just in time for an aperitif before we head out for a Cinque Terra, Milan or Venice. See our lovely dinner on your own. Overnight in Sorrento. website for all Smart Tour options. (B, L)
Note included • City tax at hotels (paid locally and cannot be pre-collected. Ranges from 4-6 euro pp) • Meals not mentioned in inclusions Adults sharing Jan-Mar May- Apr Jul Aug Sep Oct • Airfare double room Nov-Dec Jun Note: 2 Pax/1 Doubles $2149 $2549 $2909 $2789 $2549 $2909 $2149 Blackout dates will apply, as rates are not 4 Pax/2 Doubles $1949 $1789 $1789 $1929 $1789 $1939 $1949 valid in case of Special Events or Celebrations like Fairs, Christmas, Easter or other major 6 Pax/3 Doubles $1849 $1579 $1709 $1859 $1709 $1849 $1849 holidays. Not valid during Venice Carnival. A minimum of two passengers is required for this tour. Single room supplement applies when a single All prices noted are per person. room is needed (on request). Triple room offers a 10% reduction
16 WWW.CELTICTOURS.COM • 800-833-4373 Smart Touring Smart Touring Tour Highlights ✓ Daily departures designed for parties from 2-6 passengers. Perfect for Charming Sicily family and friends traveling together Enjoy this Smart Tour itinerary, taking in breathtaking Sicily. The perfect ✓ Great cities mix of touring and free time to enjoy! See Palermo, Agrigento, Siracusa, and ✓ Great touring See Palermo, Agrigento, Siracusa, Taormina. ✓ Menfi and Taormina Your Itinerary ✓ 24/7 Concierge, as well as a 24/7 Celtic Help line as needed Day 01: Arrival in Palermo. Transfer provided Day 05: Agrigento - Modica. In the morning on arrival in Palermo. Welcome briefing upon arrival after breakfast, we’ll leave Menfi for Siracusa with with our local assistant. Overnight in Palermo a stop in Agrigento for a guided visit of the Valley of the Temples. Agrigento was, in ancient times, Tour Includes Day 02: Palermo & Monreale. Meet your the Greek city of Akragas, settled by colonists from driver guide at your hotel for a full day private visit the Greek islands of Rhodes and Crete. The city • Arrival and departure transfers of Palermo & Monreale. Palermo is the Capital of prospered and as in Selinunte, in 406B.C. Hannibal • Excellent 4* hotels in Sicily for seven nights Sicily, a city whose rich history is marked by the and the Carthaginians laid siege to the city. Today • Daily breakfast (buffet or continental), influence that was left by invaders from around the the Valley of the Temples is viewed as the best except morning of arrival world; Greeks, Arabs, Romans, Normans, French examples of the ancient world because of how well and Spaniards played a role in making Sicily and • Full day private visit of Palermo & Monreale the original settlement site has been preserved. After • Transfer from Palermo to Menfi with Palermo what it is today. Its language, architecture, the exploration of Agrigento, we head east where we art and food is reflected by those diverse cultures. stops in Erice, Trapani and Salt Pans for stop in Modica for an independent visit. The town independent visit Its crumbling Baroque architectural landmarks and is listed as a UNESCO world heritage site as one its contemporary art scene and its creative cuisine, • Transfer from Menfi to Siracua with stops of the Baroque towns of Sicily. If you’re a chocolate in Agrigento for guided visit (entrance fees make Palermo a sight to behold. After your visit to lover, this is the town to visit. Take a stop at Antica Palermo, we’ll head to Monreale, the historic hill included) Dolceria Bonajuto (Corso Umberto I, 159), the city’s • Free time in Modica for independent visit town just outside of Palermo. In 1174, the Norman most famous chocolate maker. Buy enough to last a • Walking guide tour of Siracusa (entrance King, William II ordered the construction of a new few days!! Overnight in Siracusa. (B) church honoring the Virgin Mary. The Cathedral is a fees included) wonderful fusion of architectural styles, influenced by Day 06: Sircusa - Ortigia. Today we’ll take • Transfer from Siracusa to Taormina Arab, Byzantine and Norman craftsman and for sure, a guided walking tour of Siracusa . Siracusa was • Note: travel documents for this tour the highlight of the Cathedral are the golden mosaics defined by Cicero as “the most beautiful city in are provided no sooner than 10 days that cover the entire interior. Depictions of saints, Magna Graecia.” He was right of course. Still today prior to departure and may be provided kings and angels, biblical scenes from the Old and the echoes of its ancient grandeur reverberate from electronically New Testament, ending in a colossal image of Christ the streets, churches and monuments. Siracusa is make up this mosaic masterpiece. When you exit the a destination no traveler should pass up and, with Cathedral take some time to visit the Cloisters next Sicily’s Mediterranean climate, can be visited in door. This former Benedictine abbey was also built any season of the year. Made a UNESCO World HOTELS or similar on William’s instructions and one can argue is just Heritage Site in 2005, the city shows its ancient Palermo: Quattrocanti 2 Nts as beautiful. Overnight in Palermo. (B) vestiges in every nook and cranny, from Classical Menfi: Planeta Estate 2 Nts to Baroque splendors, all within a landscape of Siracusa: Etrangers 2 Nts Day 03: Western Coast; Erice, Trapani and enchanting beauty. This city was once the largest Taormina: Monte Tauro/Diodoro 1 Nt Salt Pans. Transfer from Palermo to Menfi with city in the Western world with a population of almost stops in Erice and Trapani for an independent visit. 300,000. The Greek theater dates back to the fifth As you drive along the coast, the edge of the sea is century B.C. and could seat 15,000 people. Ortigia marked with salt flats, dotted with windmills that in the small island off the mainland, is the soul of years past were used to pump water. Built around Siracusa, filled with 2,500 years of history. The daily its port, the historic center of Trapani abounds in morning food market is not to be missed. Take a testimonials to its history and art: ancient buildings, stop at a wonderful shop called “I Sapori dei Gusti monuments and churches such as the Cathedral of Smarriti” (flavors of lost tastes) where you’ll find a San Lorenzo with its elegant Baroque façade, and few wonderful Sicilian delicacies to bring back home the Sanctuary of the Annunziata. As you drive further or nibble on the road. Overnight in Siracusa. (B) south you’ll see, not far from the coast, the small isle of Mothia , a Phoenician settlement where a number Day 07: Taormina. In the morning, we’ll drive of ruins are visible. Erice is a medieval town, though from Siracusa to Taormina. Along the way, enjoy the its roots go far back in history. The town is perched beautiful views of the volcano Mount Etna. Upon on a mountainside overlooking Trapani, surrounded your arrival, you’ll have a guided visit of Taormina, by defensive town walls and crowned by the Castle ‘Pearl of the Mediterranean’, located on a sheer of Venus from where you can get a breathtaking natural terrace above the sea, with breathtaking view of the coast. After our visit of the area, we’ll views around every corner. Winding streets with arrive in Menfi late in the afternoon. Overnight in shops, bars and restaurants make it a perfect Menfi. (B) holiday spot. The Greek theatre is located in a fantastic position, carved into the earth. It is hard to Day 04: Free time! We’re firm believers in not say if today’s audiences, as well as in ancient times packing in every day with preset sightseeing. Our attended performances without being fascinated view is that free time is a great way to get to know by the views across the sea. Taormina is an ideal a town or area at your own pace. Don’t feel guilty destination all year round, thanks to the mild climate about just hanging out by the pool, reading that and all that it has to offer for fun, relaxation and a book you packed, and enjoying a wonderful lunch joie de vivre. Overnight in Taormina. (B) at the restaurant. That’s what vacation is all about! Note included Overnight in Menfi. (B) Day 08: Taormina - Catania - U.S. Transfer • City tax at hotels (paid locally and from Taormina to Catania Airport today for your cannot be pre-collected. Ranges from return flight home. (B) 4-6 euro pp) • Meals not mentioned in inclusions Adults sharing Jan-Feb Mar Apr May-Jul Aug-Sep Oct Nov-Dec • Airfare double room 2 Pax/1 Doubles $3139 $3189 $3359 $3579 $3869 $3429 $3279 Note: Blackout dates will apply, as rates are 4 Pax/2 Doubles $2839 $3039 $3199 $3369 $3679 $3259 $2969 not valid in case of Special Events or Celebrations like Fairs, Christmas, Easter 6 Pax/3 Doubles $2569 $2899 $3039 $3239 $3499 $3099 $2689 or other major holidays. Not valid during A minimum of two passengers is required for this tour. Single room supplement applies when a single Venice Carnival. room is needed (on request). Triple room offers a 10% reduction All prices noted are per person.
WWW.CELTICTOURS.COM • 800-833-4373 17 Tour Highlights Escorted Motorcoach Tour - GUARANTEED DEPARTURES ✓ GUARANTEED DEPARTURES ✓ 13 Meals - breakfast and dinner ✓ A Celtic Favorite Dalmatian Sunshine ✓ Sightseeing includes Dubrovnik, A Celtic favorite! Experience the best Split, Plitvice Lakes, Opatija, parts of Croatia on this fantastic tour. See Ljubljana, Bled and Postojna Dubrovnik, Split, Trogir, Plitvice Lakes, Cave Opatija, Postojna, Bled, Ljubljana and ✓ 24/7 Celtic Help line Zagreb. Complete with a tour manager through out! Your Itinerary Day 01, Saturday: Dubrovnik. Arrive Dubrovnik, where we are met at the airport and transferred to our hotel. The balance of the day is at leisure. Later, gather for a Welcome Dinner. 2018 Dalmatian Sunshine Overnight in Dubrovnik. (D) Per Person Based on twin rooms sharing Day 02, Sunday: Dubrovnik. On our morning walking tour of Old Dubrovnik visit the Rector’s train. Afterward, continue to Bled, beautifully set Palace, and see the Bell Tower Clock, Orlando’s in the Julian Alps. Dinner is included this evening. Land Cost only Column, Sponza Palace, the Dominican Monastery, Overnight in Bled. (B, D) and Franciscan Monastery with its Pharmacy, one $ of the oldest in the world. The rest of the day is free. Day 06, Thursday: Bled. A sightseeing tour of 1737 Overnight in Dubrovnik. (B) Bled features the charming town, the lakeshore, and a visit to the imposing Bled Castle, perched on a cliff Single Supplement $627 Day 03, Monday: Dubrovnik - Split. Travel high above the lake. The balance of the day is at north along the spectacular Adriatic coast, past old leisure to explore on your own, stroll along the lake, fishing villages and new resorts, to the city of Split. shop, sit back in a café and nibble on Bled cream Enjoy a sightseeing tour featuring the historic inner cake, or perhaps join an optional excursion visiting city, built around the Roman Emperor Diocletian’s the small island in the middle of the lake. Overnight Tour K802 starts in Dubrovnik on Palace, a UNESCO World Cultural Heritage site. in Bled. (B) Apr 21, Apr 28 Then see the remnants of Split’s Roman heritage, May 05, May 12, May 19, May 26 its Renaissance and Gothic structures, Jupiter’s Day 07, Friday: Bled - Ljubljana - Zagreb. Jun 02, Jun 09, Jun 16, Jun 23, Jun 30 Temple, the Peristyle, and the Cathedral. Enjoy Leaving Bled, we travel to Ljubljana, the capital of Jul 07 dinner included tonight. Overnight in Split. (B, D) Slovenia, and take a walking tour. See the sights of the old city center, including the picturesque open- Aug 04, Aug 11, Aug 18, Aug 25 Day 04, Tuesday: Trogir and Plitvice air Central Market, Three Bridges, Baroque Town Sep 01, Sep 08, Sep 15, Sep 22, Sep 29 Lakes. Head to Trogir, the center of artistic Hall, and Robba’s Fountain. Then, on to Zagreb, the activities. Scholars from around the world gather Oct 06, Oct 13 capital of Croatia. We enjoy dinner this evening with here to study and paint. Then turn inland and travel overnight in Zagreb. (B, D) to spectacular Plitvice Lakes National Park. Have your camera ready as we take a walking tour around Day 08, Saturday: Zagreb. This morning, several of the lower lakes. Enjoy the breathtaking enjoy a city tour featuring the historic Upper Town, HOTELS or similar scenery of this natural wonder of 16 terraced lakes St Mark’s Church, St. Catherine’s Church, the surrounded by thickly wooded mountains and lush Cathedral, Parliament, and the Government Palace. Dubrovnik: Lacroma 2 Nts vegetation. We enjoy included dinner this evening. The rest of the day is free to explore the winding Split: Atrium 1 Nt Overnight Plitvice. (B, D) streets of the Old Town, relax in a café or take an optional excursion to see the countryside. Overnight Plitvice: Jezero 1 Nt Day 05, Wednesday: Opatija, Postojna and in Zagreb. (B) Bled: Park / Golf 2 Nts Bled. Return to the coast and travel along the Zagreb: Westin 2 Nts beautiful bay of Kvarner to its popular resort, Opatija. Day 9, Sunday: Zagreb - U.S. After breakfast, After some free time, journey north to Postojna, transfer to Zagreb Airport for your flight home. (B) home to one of the largest caves in Europe. Tour this fantastic subterranean world by miniature electric Tour Includes • Arrival and departure transfers • Eight nights accommodations in first class hotels with private facilities • Breakfast daily, except for morning of arrival • Welcome dinner, plus four additional dinners • Touring per itinerary • Professional tour manager throughout • Luggage handling • Walking tour of Dubrovnik, Split, Plitvice, Ljubljana and Zagreb • See Rector’s Palace, Diocletian’s Palace, Plitvice Lakes National Park, Postojna Cave, Bled Castle, St Mark’s Church, St. Catherine’s Church and the Cathedral • Whisper technology enhanced touring • Service charges and taxes • Portfolio of travel documents
18 WWW.CELTICTOURS.COM • 800-833-4373 Escorted Motorcoach Tour - GUARANTEED DEPARTURES Tour Highlights ✓ GUARANTEED DEPARTURES Croatia Express ✓ 12 Meals - breakfast and dinner From Zagreb to Dubrovnik, this tour brings ✓ Tour director for duration of you some of the most beautiful parts of tour Croatia. See Zagreb, Plitvice, Split, Hvar ✓ Sightseeing includes Zagreb, Island, Dubrovnik and Montenegro, with Plitvice, Split, Hvar Island, exceptional touring and accommodations. Dubrovnik and Montenegro ✓ 24/7 Celtic Help line Your Itinerary Day 01, Wednesday: Zagreb. Arrive Zagreb, where we are met at the airport and transferred to our hotel. This evening join our Tour Director and fellow travelers for a welcome dinner. (D) Day 02, Thursday: Zagreb. After breakfast, we enjoy a morning sightseeing tour. See the historic 2018 Croatia Express Upper Town, St. Mark’s Church, St. Catherine’s Per Person Based on twin rooms sharing Church, the Cathedral, Parliament, and Government Day 06, Monday: Hvar - Dubrovnik. Leave Palace. The rest of the day is at leisure to explore the island life behind as we return to the mainland the winding city streets, browse through the shops, and continue to the “Pearl of Adriatic,” Dubrovnik. A or take an optional excursion to see the countryside. drive along the picturesque Croatian coast reveals Land Cost only Overnight in Zagreb. (B) the world-famous natural beauty of the area. After dinner at our hotel, you are free to discover the city Day 03, Friday: Zagreb - Plitvice Lakes - $ by night. Overnight in Dubrovnik. (B, D) Split. Head to magnificent Plitvice Lakes National 1870 Park, a UNESCO World Heritage site. Take a Day 07, Tuesday: Dubrovnik. This morning, Single Supplement $749 walking tour around several of the lower lakes, a walking tour shows us Old Dubrovnik. See the enjoying the breathtaking scenery of terraced lakes, Rector’s Palace, Bell Tower Clock, Orlando’s thickly wooded mountains, and lush vegetation. Column, Sponza Palace, Dominican Monastery, and After our visit, continue to the port city of Split. After Franciscan Monastery with its Pharmacy, one of the dinner, our evening is free to begin exploring on your oldest in the world. The rest of the day is at leisure to Tour K810 starts in Zagreb on own. (B, D) enjoy the city your way. Browse through the shops, Apr 25 stroll along the coast, or simply relax. Overnight in May 09, May 23 Day 04, Saturday: Split - Hvar. Today begins Dubrovnik. (B) Jun 06, Jun 20 with a walking tour of the historic inner city, built Aug 22 around Roman Emperor Diocletian’s Palace, a Day 08, Wednesday: Dubrovnik - excursion UNESCO World Cultural Heritage site. Then on to Montenegro. Travel to the Republic of Sep 12, Sep 19 to see the remnants of Split’s Roman heritage, Montenegro. Head to the mouth of the beautiful Bay Oct 10 its Renaissance and Gothic structures, Jupiter’s of Kotor, the longest and deepest fjord in Southern Temple, the Peristyle and Cathedral of St. Dujam. Europe. Visit the city of Kotor and proceed with a There’s some time free before we board the ferry boat ride to Our Lady of the Rocks, one of two islets off the coast of Perast. The Roman Catholic Church and set sail to Hvar Island. Enjoy dinner tonight, with or similar overnight in Hvar. (B, D) is the largest building on the islet, with a museum HOTELS attached to it. Upon return to the coast, we will stop Day 05, Sunday: Hvar. The town of Hvar has in Perast, an old charming coastal town. Returning Zagreb: Westin 2 Nts a unique cultural and historical heritage, plus a to Dubrovnik, where your evening is free to enjoy Split: President 1 Nt centuries old tradition in tourism. A morning walking your way. (B) Hvar: Amfora 2 Nts tour features views of the Fortress, Franciscan Dubrovnik: Lacroma 3 Nts Monastery and more. The afternoon is free. Kick Day 09, Thursday: Dubrovnik - U.S. After back, relax, and enjoy this charming island, listed as breakfast, we are transferred to Dubrovnik Airport for one of the 10 most beautiful islands in the world by our return flight home. (B) Conde Nast Travel Magazine. Overnight in Hvar. (B) Tour Includes • Arrival and departure transfers • Eight nights accommodations in first class hotels with private facilities • Breakfast daily, except for morning of arrival • Welcome dinner, plus three additional dinners • Touring per itinerary • Professional manager throughout • Luggage handling • Whisper technology enhanced touring • Walking tour of Zagreb, Plitvice, Split, Hvar and Dubrovnik • See St. Mark’s Church, St. Catherine’s Church, the Cathedral, Rector’s Palace, Diocletian’s Palace, Plitvice Lakes National Park • Boat ride to Our Lady of the Rocks • Service charges and taxes • Portfolio of travel documents
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Day 01, Friday: Warsaw. On arrival, we are met and transferred to our hotel. There will be plenty of time to relax before meeting our fellow travelers and Tour Director. Enjoy a welcome dinner tonight. Overnight in Warsaw. (D) Day 04, Monday: Berlin. Our morning Day 02, Saturday: Warsaw. This 700 sightseeing tour features the Reichstag, year-old capital is the symbol of the Polish the Renaissance building that once housed nationhood and the will to survive against Germany’s Parliament, and the lovely great odds. A sightseeing tour here includes Schloss Charlottenburg. The tour continues a drive along the famous Royal Route from through the city to view other famous magnificent Castle Square to Lazienki Park sights such as the Opera, Schiller Theater 2018 Warsaw, Berlin & Prague and Palace, the summer residence of the last and Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church. The Per Person Based on twin rooms sharing King of Poland. Pass by the Palace of Science afternoon is free to explore this once divided and Culture (known as the “wedding cake”), city on our own. Overnight in Berlin. (B) the Saxon Gardens, Tomb of the Unknown Land Cost only Day 05, Tuesday: Berlin to Dresden and Soldier, Monument to the Heroes of the Prague. After breakfast, we depart Berlin Warsaw Ghetto, and the Barbican. Continue and continue our journey via Dresden, $ with a walking tour of the Old Town, Old the beautiful Saxony Baroque city. On an 1439 Market Square, and St. John’s Cathedral. orientation tour, view the Zwinger Palace The rest of the day is free for relaxing, Single Supplement $579 and Semper Opera House. Then it’s on to shopping, or strolling through the city or an the Czech capital of Prague, the “City of 100 optional late afternoon Chopin concert. (B) Spires”. We enjoy dinner tonight. Overnight Tour K010 starts in Warsaw on Day 03, Sunday: Warsaw to Pozan and in Prague. (B, D) May 11, May 25 Berlin. After breakfast, we depart Warsaw. Day 06, Wednesday: Prague. Built on Jun 08, Jun 22 We stop in Poznan for an orientation tour seven hills more than 1,000 years ago and Jul 06, Jul 20, of this trade center. Then on to Berlin, for spread over both banks of the river Vltava, Aug 03, Aug 17 dinner and a free evening. Overnight in Prague is one of the most attractive cities Sep 07, Sep 21 Berlin. (B, D) in Europe. Our sightseeing tour starts with Oct 05 a panoramic drive to famous Wenceslas Square, the Strahov Stadium and Castle Square. Continue with a walking tour, and visit the Royal Castle of Hradcany with HOTELS or similar Cathedral of St. Vitus, Old Royal Palace, St. George’s Basilica and Golden Lane with Warsaw: Radisson Blu Centrum 2 Nts Daliborka Tower. Cross the Charles Bridge Berlin: Hotel ABBA 2 Nts and walk through the old quarter of Prague Prague: Hotel Angelo 2 Nts to view the Jewish Ghetto, Town Hall and the world-famous Astronomical Clock. The rest of the day is free. Overnight in Prague. Dinner is on our own this evening. (B) Tour Includes Day 07, Thursday: Depart Prague to U.S. • Roundtrip airport transfers After breakfast, transfer to Prague’s airport for our departure flight home. (B) • Accommodations in first class and superior first class hotels • Breakfast daily (except morning of arrival) • Three (3) dinners • Touring by modern motorcoach • Professional English speaking tour director throughout the tour • Sightseeing includes Warsaw Old Town and Old Market Square, St. John’s Cathedral, Reichstag, view Zwinger Palace and Semper Opera House, visit the Royal Castle of Hradcany with the Cathdral of St. Vitus and Old Royal Palace • Porterage of one suitcase per person • Whisper technology enhanced touring • Local hotel taxes and service charges
20 WWW.CELTICTOURS.COM • 800-833-4373 Escorted Motorcoach Tour - GUARANTEED DEPARTURES Prague, Vienna & Budapest Tour Highlights ✓ GUARANTEED DEPARTURES A cultural tour of Prague, Vienna and ✓ 12 Meals - breakfast and dinner Budapest! Enjoy a folklore dinner in Prague ✓ Tour director for duration of tour and an opera performance. Then a heurigen ✓ Sightseeing includes Prague, Vienna dinner in Vienna and a Strauss and Mozart and Budapest concert and a farewell dinner in Budapest! ✓ 24/7 Celtic Help line Your Itinerary Day 01, Friday: Prague. Arrive Prague, where we are met at the airport and transferred to our hotel. Then your time is free to begin exploring. Tonight, gather for dinner with a folklore performance in a local restaurant. (D) 2018 Prague, Vienna & Day 02, Saturday: Prague. After breakfast, Cross the Vltava River to see the Royal Castle of Budapest Hradcany and visit the Cathedral of St. Vitus, the Day 07, Thursday: Budapest. Today, journey Per Person Based on twin rooms sharing Old Royal Palace, St. George’s Basilica and the by motor coach or first class train to Budapest. Golden Lane with the Daliborka Tower. The balance The afternoon is free to explore the “Paris of the of the day is at leisure. Tonight, enjoy an opera East”, shop along the Vaci Utca, nibble a delicious Land Cost only performance. (B) slice of apple strudel, sip an excellent Hungarian Day 03, Sunday: Prague. This morning, tour wine, or perhaps join one of the optional excursions $ the old part of the city to view the Old Town Square, available. (B) 2164 the famous Astronomical Clock, the Jewish Quarter, Day 08, Friday: Budapest. Situated on the Single Supplement $865 St. Nicholas Church, Charles Bridge and more. Your opposite banks of the Danube River, the former afternoon and evening are at leisure. (B) cities of Buda and Pest are linked by a series Day 04, Monday: Vienna. After breakfast, travel of graceful bridges. Your morning sightseeing by motor coach to Vienna, the “City of Waltz.” Our tour includes views of the decorative Parliament time is free to start discovering the city’s delights, building, seat of the National Assembly; Vaci Utca, a Tour K505 starts in Prague on from shopping to architecture to pastries. Later, pedestrian street lined with shops and restaurants; May 04, May 18 enjoy dinner in a typical heurigen, or wine tavern, in Heroes’ Square with the Millennium Column, a Jun 01, Jun 22, Jun 29 Grinzig, just outside of Vienna. (B, D) 118-foot-high Corinthian column topped with a Jul 13, Jul 20 statue of the archangel Gabriel, and the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. The balance of the day is at Aug 10, Aug 31 Day 05, Tuesday: Vienna. On a morning Sep 07, Sep 28 sightseeing tour, visit the Hofburg Palace, once the leisure. (B) Oct 12 seat of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Then view Day 09, Saturday: Budapest. Sightseeing the Belvedere Palace, Prater Amusement Park, the this morning focuses on the Castle Hill area. You’ll UN Buildings, St. Stephen’s Cathedral and other visit the 13th-century Matthias Church and the reminders of the city’s Imperial History. After a free Fisherman’s Bastion, then see the Royal Palace. afternoon, enjoy an evening Concert of Strauss’s & Your afternoon is free to do some last-minute HOTELS or similar Mozart’s music. (B) shopping, explore more of the city or just relax. Tonight, enjoy dinner with entertainment in a typical Day 06, Wednesday: Vienna. Prague: Majestic Plaza 3 Nts Make a guided Csarda restaurant. (B, D) visit to the Kunsthistorische Museum this morning. Vienna: Hilton Vienna 3 Nts The museum houses outstanding collections of art, Day 10, Sunday: Budapest - U.S. After Budapest: Intercontinental 3 Nts sculpture, coins, armor, musical instruments, and breakfast, we are transferred to Budapest Airport for more. The balance of the day is free to enjoy Vienna our return flight home. (B) at your own pace. (B)
Tour Includes • Arrival and departure transfers • Nine nights accommodations in first class hotels with private facilities • Breakfast daily, except for morning of arrival • Dinner with folklore in Prague • Opera performance in Prague • Heurigen dinner in Vienna • Strauss & Mozart concert in Vienne • Farewell dinner with entertainment in a typical Csarda restaurant • Professional manager throughout • Luggage handling • Whisper technology enhanced touring • Service charges and taxes • Portfolio of travel documents
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2018 Vienna to Warsaw Your Itinerary Per Person Based on twin rooms sharing Day 01, Saturday: Vienna. On arrival, we are met and transferred to our hotel. Land Cost only There is time to relax or begin exploring this imperial city before meeting your $ fellow travelers and our Tour Director at the 1629 Welcome Dinner. (D) Single Supplement $594 Day 02, Sunday: Vienna. On a morning Cathedral. Next, take a walking tour of the sightseeing tour, visit Hofburg Palace, Old Town, to see the Main Market Square Tour K681 starts in Warsaw on once the seat of the Austro-Hungarian and Renaissance Cloth Hall, and visit St. May 05, May 19 Empire, and view Belvedere Palace, Prater Mary’s Church. The afternoon is free to Jun 02, Jun 23, Jun 30 Amusement Park, the UN Buildings, St. discover more, shop, or relax over a pierogi Stephen’s Cathedral, and other reminders of or coffee and cake. (B) Jul 28, the city’s history. Your afternoon is at leisure Aug 01 to discover more on your own, or perhaps Day 07, Friday: Warsaw. This morning Sep 01, Sep 15, Sep 29 enjoy a pastry. (B) join us on a visit to Auschwitz-Birkenau, a concentration camp from World War II Day 03, Monday: Budapest. Travel east and a UNESCO World Heritage site. Then, and cross the border into Hungary. Continue journey to Czestochowa and visit the Yasna through the Trans Danubius region, reaching Gora Monastery, known for the picture of Budapest with time to relax before dinner. the “Black Madonna.” In the late afternoon, (B, D) arrive in Poland’s capital city, Warsaw. (B, D) Day 04, Tuesday: Budapest. Situated on the opposite banks of the Danube River, Day 08, Saturday: Warsaw. This the former cities of Buda and Pest are 700-year-old capital is a symbol of Polish linked by a series of graceful bridges. Our nationhood and the will to survive against morning sightseeing tour includes views of great odds. A sightseeing tour here includes the Parliament, Royal Palace and Castle Hill a drive along the famous Royal Route, from area, Heroes’ Square, and Gellert Hill with magnificent Castle Square to Lazienki Park its Citadel, plus visit the Fisherman’s Bastion and Palace, the summer residence of the last and Matthias Church. The rest of the day king of Poland. Pass by the Palace of Science is at leisure to explore this exciting city on and Culture (known as the “wedding cake”), your own. (B) the Saxon Gardens, Tomb of the Unknown or similar HOTELS Day 05, Wednesday: Krakow. The road Soldier, Monument to the Heroes of the Warsaw Ghetto, and the Barbican. Continue Vienna: Radisson Blu Centrum 2 Nts to Krakow winds through the hills and countryside of Slovakia, past the Tatras with a walking tour of the Old Town, the Old Budapest: Radisson Blu Beke 2 Nts Market Square, and St. John’s Cathedral. Krakow: Holiday Inn City Center/ Mountains and into the great plains of Poland. Upon arrival in Krakow, the second The rest of the day is free for shopping, Doubletree by Hilton 2 Nts largest city in Poland, relax over dinner on relaxing, a stroll through the city, or an Warsaw: Radisson Blu Centrum 2 Nts our hotel. (B, D) optional late afternoon Chopin concert. (B) Day 06, Thursday: Krakow. Our Day 09, Sunday: Depart Warsaw to U.S. sightseeing tour starts at Wawel Hill, viewing After breakfast, transfer to the airport for Tour Includes the Royal Castle and visiting the Royal our departure flight home. (B) • Roundtrip airport transfers • Accommodations in first class and superior first class hotels • Breakfast daily (except morning of arrival) • Four (4) dinners • Touring by modern motorcoach • Professional English speaking tour director throughout the tour • Sightseeing includes Hofburg Palace, St. Stephen’s Cathedral, Fisherman’s Bastion, Matthias Church, Royal Cathedral, Mary’s Church, Auschwitz-Birkenau, Yasna Gora Monastery, Warsaw Old town and Old Market Square • Porterage of one suitcase per person • Whisper technology enhanced touring • Local hotel taxes and service charges
22 WWW.CELTICTOURS.COM • 800-833-4373 Croatian Cruise - GUARANTEED DEPARTURES Tour Highlights What better way to see the Croatian coastline, than by ✓ GUARANTEED DEPARTURES Cruising Croatia cruising the Adriatic sea. This ✓ 16 Meals - breakfast, lunch and tour starts and ends in Dubrovnik, with an dinner Sightseeing includes Dubrovnik, excellent itinerary taking in some of the ✓ Korcula, Pucisca, Bol, Hvar, Trstenik best parts of Croatia, from Mljet, Korcula, ✓ Unique small group cruising Pucisca, Omis, Split and Hvar, all while ✓ 24/7 Celtic Help line cruising in the comfort of your private cabin aboard the M/S Karisma.
Cruising Croatia K200 Jul 07, Jul 14, May 05, Aug 4, Aug 2018 May 26, 11, Sep 15, Cruise Dates Your Itinerary Jun 16 Sep 22, Sep Day 01, Saturday: Dubrovnik. Arrive in 29*, Oct 06* Dubrovnik where a transfer will be waiting to take Rate per person you to Gruz Harbor, where embarkation begins at in a double $1920 $2025 noon. Get settled into your cabin before enjoying a cabin welcome reception this evening. (D) Single $1807 $1905 Day 02, Sunday: Dubrovnik - Mljet - Day 05, Wednesday: Split - Bol - Hvar. Stop supplement Korcula. We start our day with a panoramic sailing in Bol, a small town on Island Brac, for a swim at Port tax: $105 net per person around the Old City of Dubrovnik. Afterwards, set the Golden Horn. Enjoy the 1740-foot-long golden sail for Mljet Island. Mljet National Park features five pebble beach said to be the best beach in Croatia. *Sep29 and October 6 departures operated aboard types of forest, many species of birds and two deep It is unique in that it changes shape and position M/S Desire lakes, Veliko Jezero (Big Lake) and Malo Jezero depending on the winds. Return to our boat for (Small Lake). After time to enjoy the spectacular Dates lined through are sold out. Cruises sell out lunch, then head to *Hvar. Hvar is one of the most quickly. Book early to avoid disappointment scenery, we continue on to Korcula, believed to be popular islands in the Adriatic and a meeting point the birthplace of the explorer Marco Polo. Dinner for the international jetset. The “Croatian Madeira” tonight on board. (B, L, D) is also one of the longest islands stretching along Day 03, Monday: Korcula - Pucisca. This the shores of Croatia. A sightseeing tour of Hvar morning a walking tour of Korcula town takes you town shows us the first public theatre in Europe About the ship through its narrow, cobbled streets and incudes a (older than Shakespeare’s theatre in the UK), the visit to the majestic Gothic-Baroque Cathedral of St. Franciscan Monastery and many more historical M/S Karisma is 157 feet long and 29.5 Mark. Board our boat for lunch and a swimming stop sights. Our evening is free to explore Hvar on our feet wide deluxe ship, with a maximum as we cruise. Late this afternoon, arrive in Pucisca, own. (B, L) capacity of 36 persons with 18 cabins. a beautiful little town of Brac. Our evening is free to Day 06, Thursday: Trstenik. Relax on the An intimate setting for all guests. All discover the town and enjoy dinner on your own at sun deck as we cruise to lovely Trstenik, a small cabins have been built by up-to-date one of the many restaurants. (B, L) fisherman village on the Peljesac peninsula, standards. Each, fully equipped with Day 04, Tuesday: Pucisca - Omis - Split. where we will swim in the afternoon and spend the A/C, LCD TV, mini-bar, safe deposit As we sail along the coast, stop at the ancient town night. Tonight we enjoy a captain’s dinner with live box, fire alarm, internal communication of Omis. Its fortresses are silent stone reminders entertainment on board. (B, L, D) system between room and bar. of the power and the might of the infamous pirates Day 07, Friday: Dubrovnik. As we sail back who once made their homes and fortunes here. After along the shores of Mljet Island, gaze at the steep More cruises available at www. a short walking tour, board a small boat and sail coastal cliffs and stop in the bay for a swim (weather celtictours.com. Plus find many other into Cetina River Canyon, a protected nature area. permitting). Lunch onboard, before we arrive in tours throughout Europe! Give us a call Continue to Radman Mills for a local specialty snack. Dubrovnik, the “Pearl of Adriatic” and a UNESCO at 800-833-4373. Return to Omis and our boat and set sail during World Heritage site. We will visit the Rector’s Palace lunch. Upon arrival in Split, take a guided tour of the and Franciscan Monastery’s Pharmacy. Our evening port, the seafront, promenade, and Roman Emperor is at our leisure. (B, L) Diocletian’s Palace. The historical center of the city Day 08, Saturday: Dubrovnik - U.S. After Tour Includes is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage site. Our breakfast it is time to disembark. Transfer to the evening is free in Split. (B, L) airport for our return flight home. (B) • Seven (7) night cruise from Dubrovnik on board M/S Karizma in a cabin with private facilities (Sep 29 and Oct 06 aboard the M/S Desire) • Arrival & departure Dubrovnik airport transfers • Welcome reception • Breakfast daily • Six (6) lunches and one (1) dinner • One Captain’s dinner with live music • Complimentary bottled water, coffee and tea • Professional Cruise Manager throughout *Note. Due to limited capacity of the Hvar • Luggage handling harbor during peak • Whisper technology enhanced seasons, port of call can touring be substituted for Stari Grad or Jelsa. In this • Service charges and taxes instance, transfer by bus • Free Wi-Fi on board will be organized to and from Hvar. WWW.CELTICTOURS.COM • 800-833-4373 23 Tour Highlights Escorted Motorcoach Tour - GUARANTEED DEPARTURES ✓ GUARANTEED DEPARTURES ✓ 14 Meals - breakfast and dinner Grand Tour of Poland ✓ Sightseeing includes Warsaw, Gdansk, Malbork, Torun, Wroclaw, An exciting new tour of Poland that includes Czestochowa, Auschwitz and Krakow three UNESCO World Heritage sites and ✓ 24/7 Celtic Help line excellent touring throughout. Guaranteed departures with dinner daily. Your Itinerary 2018 Departures Day 01, Saturday: Arrive in Warsaw. Arrival in Warsaw Chopin airport. Transfer is included on Grand Tour of Poland arrival. Check into your hotel. Tonight we enjoy a 7-Night Tour - cost per person sharing welcome dinner. Overnight in Warsaw. (D) Tour Starts Tour Ends Land Cost Day 02, Sunday: Warsaw - Gdansk. Morning May 19 May 26 $1609 half day tour of Warsaw including Royal Route with Jun 23 Jun 30 $1609 its famous statues, buildings and churches; the Jul 07 Jul 14 $1549 Royal Lazienki Park with Chopin’s monument and Aug 04 Aug 11 $1549 numerous edifices like the Palace on the Water. Aug 18 Aug 25 $1549 We visit the Old Town area, listed on UNESCO Sep 01 Sep 08 $1609 World Heritage List, that features the Royal Castle Sep 22 Sep 29 $1609 Square with Royal Castle, St John’s Cathedral, the picturesque Old Town Market Square. In Single room supplement range from $529-$559 depending on the departure selected. the afternoon drive to Gdansk. We enjoy dinner tonight, with overnight in Gdansk. (B, D) Day 06,Thursday: Wroclaw - Czestochowa Day 03, Monday: Gdansk. Sightseeing of - Auschwitz - Krakow. Transfer to Krakow Gdansk & Sopot, including a walk along Sopot via Czestochowa and Auschwitz. En route visit pier. In Gdansk stroll along Długa Street with Artus to Jasna Gora Monastery in Czestochowa and Court and Neptune fountain - symbol of Gdańsk. the Marian Shrine with the miraculous picture of Drive to the Gates of Gdańsk Shipyard where the Black Madonna. Further on stop at Auschwitz, the “Solidarity” Union started, which later led to the biggest Nazi concentration camp of World War II, collapse of Communist regime in Eastern Europe. a UNESCO World Heritage site. Evening arrival in Transfer to Gdansk Oliwa Cathedral, famous for Krakow for dinner and overnight. (B, D) its Rococo pipe-organ. Additionally stop in Sopot, a Baltic spa city, where we walk along the pier in Day 07, Friday: Krakow. Our tour of Krakow Sopot, the longest in Europe. Return to Gdansk for today’s include the entrance to St. Mary’s Church dinner and overnight. (B, D) & Wawel Castle. Stroll in Old Town area listed on UNESCO World Heritage List. En route see the Day 04,Tuesday: Gdansk - Malbork - Barbican, Florianska Gate and Collegium Maius Torun. After breakfast, we departure for Torun courtyard (Jagiellonian University, the oldest in with a visit of the imposing Teutonic Knights’ Castle Europe). In the Main Market Square see the Cloth in Malbork, listed on UNESCO World Heritage List. Hall (Sukiennice) and St Mary’s Church. Walk It is an outstanding example of medieval defensive to Wawel Hill with Royal Castle, one of the most construction. In the afternoon we have a tour of magnificent Renaissance residences in Europe. Torun Old Town, also listed on UNESCO World Excursion to Wieliczka Salt Mine, a unique world Heritage List. Here is a unique example of Gothic class attraction listed on UNESCO World Heritage architecture with churches, burghers’ houses and List. Tour includes beautiful chapels sculpted in or similar defensive walls. We see the statue of Nicolaus salt, spacious chambers and underground ponds. HOTELS Copernicus, famous citizen of Torun. Dinner and Return to Krakow for dinner and overnight. (B, D) Warsaw: Novotel Centrum 1 Nt overnight in Torun. (B, D) Gdansk: Mercure Old Town 2 Nts Day 08, Saturday. Depart Krakow. Transfer Torun: Mercure Centrum 1 Nt Day 05, Wednesday: Torun - Wroclaw. included to the airport today for your return flight This morning journey to Wroclaw In the afternoon home. (B) Wroclaw: Novotel Centrum 1 Nt sightseeing of Wroclaw called the city of hundred Krakow: Novotel Centrum 2 Nts bridges. Old Town features the Town Hall and picturesque tenement houses. Visit to Ostrow Tumski, the oldest part of the city. Dinner and overnight in Wroclaw. (B, D) Tour Includes • Roundtrip airport transfers • Seven nights accommodations in four star hotels • Breakfast daily (except morning of arrival) • Seven (7) dinners • Touring by modern motorcoach • Professional English speaking tour escort throughout the tour • Sightseeing with local guides and entrance fees where applicable, as per itinerary • Transportation by air conditioned vehicles throughout (sized for the group) • Local hotel taxes and service charges
24 WWW.CELTICTOURS.COM • 800-833-4373 Escorted Motorcoach Tour - GUARANTEED DEPARTURES Heart of Germany Tour Highlights ✓ GUARANTEED DEPARTURES A fantastic tour that takes you into the Heart of ✓ 14 Meals - breakfast, lunch and Germany. With culinary highlights and admission to dinner, plus two tastings Neuschwanstein Castle, the touring included will delight. ✓ Sightseeing includes Frankfurt, Visit a cuckoo clock visitor center and enjoy a Rhine Rudesheim, St. Goar, Heidelberg, cruise with a wine tasting. Baden-Baden, Freiburg, Lindau, Fussen, Neuschwanstein, Your Itinerary Linderhof, Fussen, Munich, Rothenburg, Nuremberg and more Day 01, Sunday: Arrive Frankfurt. Arrival at ✓ 24/7 Celtic Help line Frankfurt airport and transfer to the hotel. The rest Day 07, Saturday: Füssen - Munich. Today of the day is free to spend at your leisure. Meet your we travel to Munich, the capital of Bavaria. We visit guide at the welcome dinner at the hotel. (D) the city’s main attractions, concluding the tour at Day 02, Monday: Frankfurt - Rüdesheim - the Marienplatz Square with its famous clock tower. St. Goar - Frankfurt. After breakfast we travel Munich, the capital of the state of Bavaria is famous to Rüdesheim, with a short tour of the city‘s historic for its Oktoberfest, which is annually celebrated center. Next we board a ship and sail along the most in September. The afternoon is free to explore at picturesque stretch of the Rhine. During the cruise your leisure. In the evening, you enjoy a traditional we enjoy a wine tasting. Disembark in St. Goar and Bavarian dinner. (B, D) 2018 Departures return to Frankfurt. (B) Day 08, Sunday: Munich - Berchtesgaden Heart of Germany Day 03, Tuesday: Frankfurt - Heidelberg - Munich. After breakfast, we start our day - Baden-Baden - Freiburg. This morning we excursion to Berchtesgaden. Berchtesgaden is a 11-Night Tour - cost per person sharing travel to Heidelberg to visit the famous castle, typical traditional Alpine village at the foot of Mount Tour Starts Tour Ends Land Cost followed by a tour of the historic city center. Watzmann. The region’s attractions include the Apr 22 May 03 $2729 Idyllically located on the shores of the Neckar River, salt mines, Lake Königssee and Obersalzberg with May 20 May 31 $2729 Heidelberg is Germany’s oldest university town. the Eagle’s Nest, once the site of Hitler’s mountain Jun 24 Jul 05 $2729 retreat. After a visit to the infamous Eagle’s Nest We travel to Baden-Baden, the former summer Jul 15 Jul 26 $2729 residence of the European nobility, then continue (depending on the weather conditions). In the the tour to lovely Freiburg, famous for its beautiful afternoon, we return to Munich. (B) Aug 05 Aug 16 $2729 church tower. (B) Day 09, Monday: Munich - Rothenburg *Sep 23 Oct 04 $3079 Day 04, Wednesday: Freiburg - Colmar - ob der Tauber - Nuremberg. Today we Oct 21 Nov 01 $2729 Strasbourg - Freiburg. The Rhine River forms travel to Rothenburg ob der Tauber, one of the *Date with Oktoberfest. Single room supplement all dates (except the natural border between Germany and France. oldest and most beautiful cities. Our sightseeing Sep 23) $709. Sep 23 Single Supplement $1609 After crossing the river we arrive in Colmar. This city tour of this lovely medieval town concluding with is known for its outstanding wines and architectural a Schneeballen (snow ball) tasting, a pastry heritage. Enjoy a typical Alsatian Lunch. After, we considered the signature dish of Rothenburg. Next, continue to Strasbourg, the capital of the Alsace. on to Nuremberg. We visit Nuremberg’s historic city Sightseeing tour of the city. In the afternoon we center and learn more about its impressive history return to Freiburg. (B, L) with a tour of the well-preserved castle, Gothic churches, romantic houses and peaceful squares. Day 05: Thursday. Freiburg - Lindau - (B, T) HOTELS or similar Füssen. After breakfast we drive to the Black Forest and enjoy a short presentation on cuckoo Day 10, Tuesday: Nuremberg - Bamberg - Frankfurt: Hotel Mövenpick 2 Nts clock production. We continue to a small traditional Bayreuth - Nuremberg. We start the day with a Frieburg: Hotel Novotel Freiburg 2 Nts Black Forest farm where we have a cheese tasting visit to the city of Bamberg, which is famous for its Fussen: Hotel Hirsch 2 Nts and we see the real Black Forest. After that we beer and old town. We continue to Bayreuth, which Munich: Holiday Inn Munich 2 Nts continue the tour to the small island of Lindau in has the most beautiful preserved Baroque Theatre Lake Constance, which offers spectacular views of in Europe. The city is also famous for its Richard Nuremburg: Hotel Mari m Nuremberg 2 Nts the Alps. Depending on weather conditions, we will Wagner Festival. After a panoramic tour we return to Frankfurt: Hotel Mövenpick 1 Nt take the Alpine road from Lindau to Oberstaufen Nuremberg. (B) and Immenstadt to our final destination Füssen, the southernmost point on our tour. (B, T) Day 11, Wednesday. Nuremberg - Würzburg - Frankfurt. In the morning we travel from Day 06, Friday: Neuschwanstein - Nuremberg to Würzburg. Würzburg is a pretty town Wieskirche - Oberammergau - Linderhof Tour Includes on the banks of the Main. Enjoy a sightseeing tour - Füssen. Today we visit Neuschwanstein Castle, • Arrival and departure transfers of the city. One of the tour highlights is a visit to built by Ludwig II, the notorious “Mad King“. We the Residenz Palace in Würzburg. On the way to • Transportation by car, minivan or bus travel to Oberammergau, famous for its Passion Frankfurt we have a brief stop at the Mespelbrunn (depending on group size) Play. Along the way, we visit the Wieskirche Church Castle. Overnight in Frankfurt. (B) • English speaking tour guide and driver and take a brief stop at the Ettal Benedictine Abbey throughout (note, for groups with 7 or before continuing the tour to visit Linderhof Castle. Day 12, Thursday: Frankfurt - U.S. After This is one of the three castles built by King Ludwig fewer people, it will be a driver-guided breakfast transfer to the airport, for your return flight II of Bavaria and the only one where the king tour) home. (B) actually lived. (B) • 11 nights accommodations in four star hotels throughout • Breakfast daily, except for morning of arrival • Welcome dinner in Frankfurt • Typical Alsatian lunch • Typical regional dinner in Munich • Rhine cruise with wine tasting, visit to a local Black Forest farm with a cheese tasting and a “snowball” tasting in Rothenburg • Admission to Heidleberg, Neuschwanstein and Linderhof Castles and the Residence Palace of Wurzberg • Visit to a cuckoo clock visitor center and the Eagle’s Nest • Luggage handling • Service charges and taxes • Portfolio of travel documents
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