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Our tours are guaranteed in English Regular guaranteed departures to discover Italy at its best! Several travelling options from 3 nights to 11 nights Iconic cities like , and ; the Tuscany Wine Region; the wonderful South with Sorrentine Coast and Selected Hotels & typical Italian meals We work only with the best licensed Guides: quality assured!

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

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

MEETING POINT AND TIME: Fantasia departs from the Hotel Massimo D’Azeglio in Rome at 7:15 am Italy has more Unesco sites than The Best any other country in the whole world: THE TOUR INCLUDES: • Transportation by deluxe motorcoach Unesco Jewels discover this jewels with us… • Monolingual Tour-escort in English • Accommodation in 4 stars or 3 stars hotels • Meals as per itinerary (please inform us at the moment of the booking, in case English, of any food allergy or alimentary restriction) Fantasia Tours are available in English • Entrance tickets to the archaeological site in Pompeii with “Skip the Line” Portuguese and Spanish and Portuguese. (when included in the itinerary) • Entrance tickets to Vatican Museums, Sistine Chapel and St. Peter’s Basilica Spanish spoken with “Skip the Line” (when included in the itinerary) • Entrance tickets to St. Mark’s Basilica in Venice with “Skip the Line” (when included in the itinerary) Italian Designed by Italians for Travellers looking • Visits with expert local guide as per itinerary (Rome, Florence, Venice and Pom- for an authentic experience. peii) Style

THE TOUR DOES NOT INCLUDE: •Tips Overnight stays in Selected Centrally • Porterage service Located Hotels • Drinks • Entrance fees to monuments or museums when not mentioned Venice - Selected Hotels for Fantasia Tours: • City tax for overnight stays (according to each city council rules) Best 1st category: Hotel Carlton on the Gran Canal 4*, • Everything that is not mentioned in the paragraph The Tour includes located on Venice island Accommodations 2nd category: Hotel Delfino 4*, located in Venice TRANSFER SERVICE: Mestre Transfer IN & OUT is included only when booking the Fantasia Florence - Hotel Selected for 1st category and 8 Days / 7 Nights 2nd category Hotel Unahotels Vittoria Firenze 4*

HOTELS CATEGORIES: The difference between Tourist Superior and 1st Category consists in the hotel Our clients are provided with headsets to accommodation in Venice. Both categories are accommodated in 4* hotels but let them follow clearly the information our 1st Category stays in Venice Island (city centre) without supplement, while Headsets Tourist Superior stays in Venice Mestre. provided by our tour leader and local guides.

DUE TO TECHNICAL AND / OR LOGISTIC ISSUES, ITINERARIES COULD BE Served during the tour: we take care of AMENDED Attention to food quality and freshness of food served to your We inform all Clients that rates do not include city tax when applicable. City tax will quality Travellers! have to be paid directly from clients at the Hotel upon arrival or at the check out. We remind you that the city tax may change according to the hotel category. Please kindly inform Travellers before the departure. Stretch your legs with extra legroom on Comfort when Carrani Fantasia coaches! We have more Important Notice: in case of lost or damage of the headsets we will have to charge space on board to pamper our ravellers with 55 €/device. Travelling the most comfortable trip. ALL RATES ARE PER PERSON OVERNIGHTS IN LISTED HOTELS OR SIMILAR We only work with licensed Professionals. Rates indicated are expressed in EURO (€) and include Service and the current Expert Guides All our Tour Guides are experienced and applicable VAT. All prices are subject to automatic change without prior no- and Escorts friendly! tice due to VAT increase, local fees or bus congestion charge not communi- cated at the time of this catalogue’s release. We’re happy to provide our Travellers CANCELLATION POLICY AND FEES: Free Wi-Fi connec- with free wi-fi on board to let them be in • Until 15 working days before departure: no penalty touch with family & friends, sharing ther • From 14 to 7 working days before departure: 10% tion on board • From 6 to 3 working days before departure: 25% journey’s experiences! • From 2 days to 24 hours before departure: 50% • From 24 hours or for no-shows: 100% Best ratio Fantasia Tours are incredibly affordable and Working days: from Monday to Friday. quality/price offer the best quality/price ratio.

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4 days / 3 nights ROME > VENICE | 3 Meals 8 Rome > Assisi > Siena > Florence > Bologna > Padua > Venice

5 days / 4 nights ROME > ROME | 4 Meals 10 Rome > Assisi > Siena > Florence > Bologna > Padua > Venice > Tuscany Wine Region (Montepulciano) > Rome

8 days / 7 nights ROME > ROME | 4 Meals 12 Rome > Assisi > Siena > Florence > Bologna > Padua > Venice > Tuscany Wine Region (Montepulciano) > Rome

10 days / 9 nights ROME > ROME | 6 Meals Rome > Assisi > Siena > Florence > Bologna > Padua > 14 Venice > Tuscany Wine Region (Montepulciano) > Rome > Naples > Pompeii > Sorrento > Rome

11 days / 10 nights ROME > ROME | 7 Meals Rome > Assisi > Siena > Florence > Bologna > Padua > 18 Venice > Tuscany Wine Region (Montepulciano) > Rome > Naples > Pompeii > Sorrento > Rome

12 days / 11 nights ROME > PALERMO | 16 Meals Rome > Naples > Pompeii > Sorrento > Palermo > Monreale > 20 Segesta > Trapani > Agrigento > Piazza Armerina > Catania > Etna > Taormina > Siracusa > Noto > Messina > Cefalù > Palermo

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Major Como FRIULI Lake Lake TRENTO UDINE Varenna Riva del Garda ROME > VENICE +3 MEALS Orta Lake Stresa VALLE Orta Bellagio Garda VENETO TRIESTE D’AOSTA Como Bergamo Lake Brescia Sirmione PADUA 4 days / 3 nights MILAN Verona VENICE PIEDMONT LOMBARDY Rome > Assisi > Siena > Florence > Bologna TURIN EMILIA Gulf of ROMAGNA Venice Padua > Venice GENOA BOLOGNA La Spezia Ravenna Cinque Terre LIGURIA Ligurian Sea FLORENCE SAN DEPARTURES MARINO ANCONA Pisa SHOULDER SEASON Loreto DECEMBER 2018 24 Siena MARCHE Adriatic Assisi Sea LOW SEASON Montepulciano NOVEMBER 2018 5 12 19 TUSCANY UMBRIA DECEMBER 3 JANUARY 2019 14 28 PESCARA FEBRUARY 11 25 MARCH 11 18 CORSICA San Giovanni ABRUZZO Rotondo ROME MOLISE RATES SHOULDER SEASON LAZIO Foggia TOURIST SUPERIOR 1ST CATEGORY - VENICE ISLAND CAMPANIA BARI ITINERARY PUGLIA Ostuni DBL / TPL € 568,00 DBL / TPL € 655,00 NAPLES Castel DAY 1 del Monte OLBIA VESUVIUS Alberobello Ischia Locorotondo SUP SGL € 196,00 SUP SGL € 219,00 ROME > ASSISI > SIENA > FLORENCE Pompeii SASSARI Departing at 7:15 am from the Hotel Massimo D’Azeglio by a deluxeSorrento coach, you will ar- POTENZA rive in Assisi, ready to explore, at your own leisure, this tiny town surrounded by Amal walls, Matera Capri Positano BASILICATA LECCE NUORO built in the Middle Ages. Take your time to visit the basilica of St. Francis, where you Otranto RATES LOW SEASON will see masterpieces by Giotto and Cimabue and, then, have free time for lunch (not in- cluded). Board on the bus to reach Siena, a Unesco World Heritage Site, world-known Taranto TOURIST SUPERIOR 1ST CATEGORY - VENICE ISLAND for the Palio, the historical horse race around the shell-shaped town square: Piazza del Campo. Next, you will continue on to Florence, where you will check in at your hotel Gulf ORISTANO before enjoying dinner and a well-earned night of rest. DBL / TPL € 517,00 DBL / TPL € 580,00 SARDINIA DAY 2 SUP SGL € 184,00 SUP SGL € 206,00 FLORENCE COSENZA CAGLIARI After breakfast, you will spend the day venturing around beautiful Florence, the “Cra- dle of Renaissance,Tyrrhenian where, with Sea the help of Michelangelo, Italian art reached its pinna- CALABRIA HOTELS cle. Based on etruscan-roman origins, the city flourished in the Middle Ages as a free “” and was further refined during the Renaissance. You will be fascinated by the uncountable monuments, churches and buildings as Santa Maria del Fiore, more ST CITY TOURIST SUPERIOR 1 CATEGORY - VENICE ISLAND commonly referred to as the Duomo. On your visit, you will be amazed by its magnifi- cent dome built by Filippo Brunelleschi. Cross a small piazza to see the “Campanile” UNAHOTELS UNAHOTELS FLORENCE tower (partly designed by Giotto) and the Baptistery, with its bronze where Mi- Ionian   VITTORIA FIRENZE 4 VITTORIA FIRENZE 4 chelangelo imagined the “Gates of Paradise.” In the heart of the city, you will see PiazzaMESSINA Sea della Signoria, Palazzo della Signoria (also known as Palazzo Vecchio), and the Basilica VENICE DELFINO (MESTRE) 4 CARLTON G. CANAL 4 PALERMO Savoca of Santa Croce. Lunch in a typical Tuscan restaurant in Piazza SantaCefalù Croce. Spend the afternoon strolling the cobblestone streets of FlorenceMonreale on your own or take a short tripForza d’Agrò REGGIO to Pisa (optional), one of the fourTRAPANI main historical Marine Republics of Italy. There, you Erice Segesta Taormina TOUR ROUTE - DELUXE COACH will tour the with the Duomo, Pisa’s symbol “the Leaning Tower” CALABRIA Marsala ETNA and the Baptistery. Dinner at leisure, overnight stay in Florence. ONLY WITH CARRANI DAY 1 SICILY DAY 3 Piazza CATANIA ROME > ASSISI 340 KM 211 MI 3 h FLORENCE > BOLOGNA > PADUA > VENICE Armerina > Visit also Assisi, Siena, Bologna, Padua ASSISI > SIENA 270 KM 167 MI 2 h After breakfast in Florence, departure to Bologna.AGRIGENTO There, you will discover the elegant > Stay in centrally located hotels! SYRACUSE SIENA > FLORENCE 100 KM 62 MI 1,5 h city centre with its “porticos”, it’s shopping streets and so on. From Piazza MalpighiRAGUSA you will walk to Piazza del Nettuno and Piazza Maggiore (Neptune square and Major Noto DAY 2 square) in the heart of the city, then King Renzo’s Palace; Palazzo PodestàModica and the

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

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Major Como FRIULI ROME > ROME +4 MEALS Lake Lake TRENTO UDINE Varenna Riva del Garda Orta Lake Stresa VALLE Orta Bellagio Garda VENETO TRIESTE D’AOSTA Como Bergamo Lake Brescia Sirmione PADUA MILAN Verona VENICE PIEDMONT LOMBARDY 5 days / 4 nights TURIN EMILIA Gulf of ROMAGNA Venice Rome > Assisi > Siena > Florence > Bologna GENOA BOLOGNA La Spezia Ravenna Cinque Terre Padua > Venice >Tuscany Wine Region LIGURIA Ligurian Sea FLORENCE SAN (Montepulciano) > Rome MARINO ANCONA Pisa Loreto Siena MARCHE Adriatic Sea Montepulciano Assisi TUSCANY UMBRIA PESCARA DEPARTURES CORSICA San Giovanni SHOULDER SEASON ABRUZZO Rotondo ROME MOLISE DECEMBER 2018 24 LAZIO Foggia CAMPANIA BARI PUGLIA Ostuni LOW SEASON NAPLES Castel del Monte OLBIA VESUVIUS Alberobello Ischia Locorotondo NOVEMBER 2018 5 12 19 Pompeii ITINERARY Sorrento POTENZA SASSARI Amal Matera DECEMBER 3 Capri Positano BASILICATA LECCE NUORO Otranto JANUARY 2019 14 28 DAY 1 ROME > ASSISI > SIENA > FLORENCE Taranto FEBRUARY 11 25 Gulf DepartingORISTANO at 7:15 am from the Hotel Massimo D’Azeglio by a deluxe coach, you will ar- MARCH 11 18 SARDINIA rive in Assisi, ready to explore, at your own leisure, this tiny town surrounded by walls, built in the Middle Ages. Take your time to visit the basilica of St. Francis, whereCOSENZA you CAGLIARI will see masterpieces by GiottoTyrrhenian and Cimabue Sea and, then, have free time for lunch (not in- CALABRIA cluded). Board on the bus to reach Siena, a Unesco World Heritage Site, world-known for the Palio, the historical horse race around the shell-shaped town square: Piazza del RATES SHOULDER SEASON Campo. Next, you will continue on to Florence, where you will check in at your hotel Ionian before enjoying dinner and a well-earned night of rest. MESSINA Sea ST PALERMO Savoca TOURIST SUPERIOR 1 CATEGORY - VENICE ISLAND Cefalù DAY 2 Monreale Forza d’Agrò REGGIO TRAPANI Taormina Erice Segesta CALABRIA DBL / TPL € 589,00 DBL / TPL € 797,00 FLORENCE Marsala ETNA SICILY After breakfast, you will spend the day venturing around beautifulPiazza Florence, CATANIA the “Cra- Armerina SUP SGL € 201,00 SUP SGL € 246,00 dle of Renaissance, where, with the help of Michelangelo,AGRIGENTO Italian art reached its pinna- cle. Based on etruscan-roman origins, the city flourished in the MiddleRAGUSA Ages SYRACUSEas a free Noto “Comune” and was further refined during the Renaissance. You willModica be fascinated by the uncountable monuments, churches and buildings as Santa Maria del Fiore, more commonly referred to as the Duomo. On your visit, youMEDITERRANEAN will be amazed SEA by its magnifi- RATES LOW SEASON cent dome built by Filippo Brunelleschi. Cross a small piazza to see the “Campanile” tower (partly designed by Giotto) and the Baptistery, with its bronze doors where Mi- ST TOURIST SUPERIOR 1 CATEGORY - VENICE ISLAND chelangelo imagined the “Gates of Paradise.” In the heart of the city, you will see Piazza della Signoria, Palazzo della Signoria (also known as Palazzo Vecchio), and the Basilica DBL / TPL € 540,00 DBL / TPL € 709,00 of Santa Croce. Lunch in a typical Tuscan restaurant in Piazza Santa Croce. Spend the afternoon strolling the cobblestone streets of Florence on your own or take a short trip SUP SGL € 191,00 SUP SGL € 231,00 to Pisa (optional), one of the four main historical Marine Republics of Italy. There, you will tour the Piazza dei Miracoli with the Duomo, Pisa’s symbol “the Leaning Tower” and the Baptistery. Dinner at leisure, overnight stay in Florence. HOTELS DAY 3 FLORENCE > BOLOGNA > PADUA > VENICE CITY TOURIST SUPERIOR 1ST CATEGORY - VENICE ISLAND TOUR ROUTE - DELUXE COACH After breakfast in Florence, departure to Bologna. There, you will discover the elegant UNAHOTELS UNAHOTELS city centre with its “porticos”, it’s shopping streets and so on. From Piazza Malpighi FLORENCE you will walk to Piazza del Nettuno and Piazza Maggiore (Neptune square and Major VITTORIA FIRENZE 4 VITTORIA FIRENZE 4 DAY 1 square) in the heart of the city, then King Renzo’s Palace; Palazzo Podestà and the VENICE DELFINO (MESTRE) 4 CARLTON G. CANAL 4 ROME > ASSISI 340 KM 211 MI 2,5 h basilica of San Petronio, one of the biggest in the world. Bologna it’s a real gourmet’s heaven…don’t miss a tasty meal at your own leisure! In the afternoon, continue toward ASSISI > SIENA 270 KM 167 MI 2 h Padova, with Sant’Antonio Basilica: one of the most visited churches by pilgrims of the SIENA > FLORENCE 100 KM 62 MI 1,5 h catholic world. Later in the afternoon, arrival in Venice: the City of Love, one of the most romantic cities of the whole world and, undoubtedly the most beautiful city built by DAY 2 man! Check in at your hotel for dinner and overnight stay. ONLY WITH CARRANI (OPTIONAL) FLORENCE > PISA 45 KM 27 MI 1,5 h DAY 4 > Visit also Assisi, Bologna, Siena, Padua, Tuscany Wine Region DAY 3 VENICE > Visit St. Mark’s Basilica with “Skip the Line” FLORENCE > BOLOGNA 140 KM 86 MI 2 h After breakfast, enjoy your private water-taxi transfer to Piazza San Marco, with “Skip st > Opportunity to choose hotel in Venice Island (1 Category) the Line” tickets to visit the splendid St. Mark’s Basilica and, after this, check out the BOLOGNA > PADUA 140 KM 124 MI 1,5 h most iconic places of the “Floating City”: the Palazzo dei Dogi, symbol of Venice’s glori- PADUA > VENEZIA 200 KM 142 MI 1 hr ous past, the legendary “Bridge of Sighs”. Spend the afternoon roaming along Venice’s canals at your leisure and then return to the hotel for dinner and overnight. DAY 4 DAY 5 WATER TAXI TO VENICE 30 min VENICE > TUSCANY WINE REGION (MONTEPULCIANO) > ROME DAY 5 IMPORTANT NOTES After breakfast, departure from Piazzale Rome heading to Tuscany, world-known for VENICE > MONTEPULCIANO 350 KM 217 MI 4,5 h its landscapes, its churches and castles and its delicious wines. You will proceed to Val di Chiana with a stop in Montepulciano, a medieval town rich in history and art. Known All prices are per person MONTEPULCIANO > ROME 170 KM 105 MI 3 h for its “Nobile” wine, on purchase in local wine houses, Montepulciano also hosts an Free accommodation for children up to 6 years old sharing the room with their parents annual jazz and wine festival every July. Spend the afternoon discovering Montepul- City tax not included: it shall be paid directly at the hotel ciano at your own pace, enjoying free wine tastings in many wine shops and free time Drinks not included in meals for shopping. In the evening, you will arrive in Rome, where the tour ends. Fantasia LS 18/19 | 10 Fantasia LS 18/19 | 11 TRENTINO BOLZANO

Major Como FRIULI Lake Lake TRENTO UDINE Varenna Riva del Garda Orta Lake Stresa VALLE Orta Bellagio Garda VENETO TRIESTE D’AOSTA Como Bergamo Lake ROME > ROME +4 MEALS Brescia Sirmione PADUA MILAN Verona VENICE PIEDMONT LOMBARDY TURIN EMILIA Gulf of 8 days / 7 nights ROMAGNA Venice GENOA BOLOGNA Rome > Assisi > Siena > Florence > Bologna La Spezia Ravenna Cinque Terre LIGURIA Padua > Venice >Tuscany Wine Region Ligurian Sea FLORENCE SAN (Montepulciano) > Rome MARINO ANCONA Pisa Loreto Siena MARCHE Adriatic Sea Montepulciano Assisi DEPARTURES TUSCANY UMBRIA

SHOULDER SEASON PESCARA DECEMBER 2018 23 CORSICA San Giovanni LOW SEASON ABRUZZO Rotondo MOLISE NOVEMBER 2018 4 11 18 ROME DECEMBER 2 LAZIO Foggia JANUARY 2019 13 27 ITINERARY CAMPANIA BARI FEBRUARY 10 24 PUGLIA Ostuni DAY 1 miss a tasty meal at your ownNAPLES leisure! In the afternoon, Castel del Monte MARCH 10 17 OLBIA VESUVIUS Alberobello ROME continue towardIschia Padua, with Sant’Antonio Basilica: one Locorotondo of the most visited churches by pilgrims Pompeiiof the catholic Welcome to Rome! After meet at the airport your driver, Sorrento POTENZA SASSARI world.d then return to the hotel for dinner andAmal overnight. Matera you will be transferred to your hotel (Transfer included!). BASILICATA LECCE RATES SHOULDER SEASON Capri Positano Otranto Overnight stay. NUORO DAY 5 VENICE TOURIST SUPERIOR 1ST CATEGORY - VENICE ISLAND DAY 2 Taranto After breakfast, enjoy your private water-taxi transfer to ROME > ASSISI > SIENA > FLORENCE Gulf DBL / TPL € 896,00 DBL / TPL € 1.258,00 ORISTANO Piazza San Marco, with “Skip the Line” tickets to visit the Departing atSARDINIA 7:15 am from your hotel by a deluxe coach, splendid St. Mark’s Basilica and, after this, check out the SUP SGL € 409,00 SUP SGL € 430,00 you will arrive in Assisi, ready to explore, at your own most iconic places of the “Floating City”: the Palazzo dei leisure, this tiny town surrounded by walls, built in the Dogi, symbol of Venice’s glorious past, the legendary COSENZA Middle Ages.CAGLIARI Take your time to visit the basilica of St. “Bridge of Sighs”. Spend the afternoon roaming along Tyrrhenian Sea CALABRIA RATES LOW SEASON Francis, where you will see masterpieces by Giotto and Venice’s canals at your leisure and then return to the ho- Cimabue and, then, have free time for lunch (not includ- tel for dinner and overnight. TOURIST SUPERIOR 1ST CATEGORY - VENICE ISLAND ed). Board on the bus to reach Siena, a Unesco World Heritage Site, world-known for the Palio, the historical DAY 6 DBL / TPL € 836,00 DBL / TPL € 1.146,00 horse race around the shell-shaped town square: Piazza VENICE > TUSCANY WINE REGION (MONTEPULCIANO) > Ionian del Campo. Next, you will continue on to Florence, where ROME MESSINA SUP SGL € 350,00 SUP SGL € 404,00 you will check in at your hotel before enjoying dinner and Sea After breakfast, departurePALERMO from Piazzale Roma headingSavoca a well-earned night of rest. Cefalù to Tuscany, world-knownMonreale for its landscapes, its Forzachurches d’Agrò REGGIO andTRAPANI castles and its delicious wines. You willTaormina proceed to HOTELS DAY 3 Erice Segesta CALABRIA FLORENCE ValMarsala di Chiana with a stop in Montepulciano, a medievalETNA ST town rich in history and art.SICILY Known for its “Nobile” wine, CITY TOURIST SUPERIOR 1 CATEGORY - VENICE ISLAND After breakfast, you will spend the day venturing around on purchase in local wine houses, MontepulcianoPiazza alsoCATANIA beautiful Florence, the “Cradle of Renaissance, where, Armerina UNAHOTELS UNAHOTELS hosts an annual jazz and wine festival every July. Spend FLORENCE with the help of Michelangelo, Italian art reached its pin- the afternoon discoveringAGRIGENTO Montepulciano at your own VITTORIA FIRENZE 4 VITTORIA FIRENZE 4 SYRACUSE nacle. Based on etruscan-roman origins, the city flour- pace, enjoying free wine tastings in manyRAGUSA wine shops VENICE DELFINO (MESTRE) 4 CARLTON G. CANAL 4 ished in the Middle Ages as a free “Comune” and was and free time for shopping. In the evening, you will arriveNoto Modica TOUR ROUTE - DELUXE COACH further refined during the Renaissance. You will be fas- in Rome to check in into your hotel. ROME GARDEN 3 BETTOJA HOTEL 4 cinated by the uncountable monuments, churches and ROME buildings as Santa Maria del Fiore, more commonly re- DAY 7 SANTA COSTANZA 4 DAY 2 MEDITERRANEAN SEA ferred to as the Duomo. On your visit, you will be amazed ROME ROME > ASSISI 340 KM 211 MI 2,5 h by its magnificent dome built by Filippo Brunelleschi. Between 7:45 - 8:00 am, after breakfast, departure from Cross a small piazza to see the “Campanile” tower (part- ASSISI > SIENA 270 KM 167 MI 2 h the hotel for the included tour of the Vatican Muse- ONLY WITH CARRANI ly designed by Giotto) and the Baptistery, with its bronze ums, Sistine Chapel and St. Peters’s Basilica with SIENA > FLORENCE 100 KM 62 MI 1,5 h doors where Michelangelo imagined the “Gates of Par- our exclusive “Skip the Line” access! No stress to adise.” In the heart of the city, you will see Piazza della DAY 3 reach the area: upon arrival, your guide will lead you into > Transfer in/out from Rome airport to the hotel Signoria, Palazzo della Signoria (also known as Palazzo (OPTIONAL) the museums where you’ll visit one of the most impor- > Visit also Assisi, Bologna, Siena, Padua, Tuscany Wine Region FLORENCE > PISA 45 KM 27 MI 1,5 h Vecchio), and the Basilica of Santa Croce. Lunch in a tant art collections of the world. Walk along the beau- > Visit St. Mark’s Basilica with “Skip the Line” typical Tuscan restaurant in Piazza Santa Croce. Spend DAY 4 tiful Galleries of Tapestries and Geographical Maps be- > Opportunity to choose hotel in Venice Island (1st Category) the afternoon strolling the cobblestone streets of Flor- fore admiring Raphael’s Rooms and, then, the amazing > Tour of Vatican Museums, Sistine Chapel and St. Peter’s Basilica FLORENCE > BOLOGNA 140 KM 86 MI 2 h ence on your own or take a short trip to Pisa (optional), Sistine Chapel. After this incredible masterpiece, you (with our exclusive “Skip the Line”) one of the four main historical Marine Republics of Italy. will be taken by a privileged to St. Peters’s Basilica: BOLOGNA > PADUA 140 KM 124 MI 1,5 h There, you will tour the Piazza dei Miracoli with the Du- the biggest church in the world! The tour ends on St. Pe- omo, Pisa’s symbol “the Leaning Tower” and the Baptis- PADUA > VENEZIA 200 KM 142 MI 1 hr ter’s Square. Enjoy the rest of the day to explore the city tery. Dinner at leisure, overnight stay in Florence. IMPORTANT NOTES DAY 5 at your own leisure or get any one of our selected tours DAY 4 for the afternoon or at night! Overnight stay. WATER TAXI TO VENICE 30 min FLORENCE > BOLOGNA > PADUA > VENICE All prices are per person DAY 8 DAY 6 Free accommodation for children up to 6 years old sharing the room with their parents After breakfast in Florence, departure to Bologna. ROME There, you will discover the elegant city centre with its City tax not included: it shall be paid directly at the hotel VENICE > MONTEPULCIANO 350 KM 217 MI 4,5 h After breakfast, transfer to the airport. Arrivederci! “porticos”, it’s shopping streets and so on. From Piazza Drinks not included in meals MONTEPULCIANO > ROME 170 KM 105 MI 3 h Malpighi you will walk to Piazza del Nettuno and Piaz- December 2nd departure, on day 7 of the itinerary, the morning tour of the Vatican za Maggiore (Neptune square and Major square) in the Museums, Sistine Chapel and St. Peter’s Basilica (our tour 3) will be replaced with heart of the city, then King Renzo’s Palace; Palazzo Po- the afternoon tour of Colosseum, Roman Forum and Palatine Hill (our tour 2) due to a religious holiday destà and the basilica of San Petronio, one of the biggest in the world. Bologna it’s a real gourmet’s heaven…don’t

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DEPARTURES DAY 1 ROME DAY 6 SHOULDER SEASON Benvenuti a Roma! After your arrival at the airport, make your VENICE > TUSCANY WINE REGION (MONTEPULCIANO) DECEMBER 2018 23 own way to your hotel and then enjoy your first day in the city > ROME at your own leisure. Overnight stay. After breakfast, departure from Piazzale Rome heading to Tuscany, world-known for its landscapes, its churches and LOW SEASON DAY 2 castles and its delicious wines. You will proceed to Val di NOVEMBER 2018 4 11 18 ROME > ASSISI > SIENA > FLORENCE Chiana with a stop in Montepulciano, a medieval town rich in DECEMBER 2 Departing at 7:15 am from your hotel by a deluxe coach, you history and art. Known for its “Nobile” wine, on purchase in will arrive in Assisi, ready to explore, at your own leisure, this local wine houses, Montepulciano also hosts an annual jazz JANUARY 2019 13 27 tiny town surrounded by walls, built in the Middle Ages. Take and wine festival every July. Spend the afternoon discovering FEBRUARY 10 24 your time to visit the basilica of St. Francis, where you will Montepulciano at your own pace, enjoying free wine tast- MARCH 10 17 see masterpieces by Giotto and Cimabue and, then, have ings in many wine shops and free time for shopping. In the free time for lunch (not included). Board on the bus to reach evening, you will arrive in Rome to check in into your hotel. Siena, a Unesco World Heritage Site, world-known for the Palio, the historical horse race around the shell-shaped town DAY 7 RATES SHOULDER SEASON square: Piazza del Campo. Next, you will continue on to Flor- ROME ence, where you will check in at your hotel before enjoying Between 7:45 - 8:00 am, after breakfast, departure from the ST TOURIST SUPERIOR 1 CATEGORY - VENICE ISLAND dinner and a well-earned night of rest. hotel for the included tour of the Vatican Museums, Sistine Chapel and St. Peters’s Basilica with our exclusive “Skip the DBL / TPL € 1.319,00 DBL / TPL € 1.690,00 DAY 3 FLORENCE Line” access! No stress to reach the area: upon arrival, your guide will lead you into the museums where you’ll visit one of After breakfast, you will spend the day venturing around SUP SGL € 525,00 SUP SGL € 623,00 the most important art collections of the world. Walk along beautiful Florence, the “Cradle of Renaissance, where, with the beautiful Galleries of Tapestries and Geographical Maps the help of Michelangelo, Italian art reached its pinnacle. before admiring Raphael’s Rooms and, then, the amazing Based on etruscan-roman origins, the city flourished in the RATES LOW SEASON Sistine Chapel. After this incredible masterpiece, you will be Middle Ages as a free “Comune” and was further refined taken by a privileged door to St. Peters’s Basilica: the biggest ST during the Renaissance. You will be fascinated by the un- TOURIST SUPERIOR 1 CATEGORY - VENICE ISLAND church in the world! The tour ends on St. Peter’s Square. En- countable monuments, churches and buildings as Santa joy the rest of the day to explore the city at your own leisure or Maria del Fiore, more commonly referred to as the Duomo. DBL / TPL € 1.262,00 DBL / TPL € 1.618,00 get any one of our selected tours for the afternoon or at night! On your visit, you will be amazed by its magnificent dome Overnight stay. SUP SGL € 474,00 SUP SGL € 531,00 TRENTINO BOLZANO built by Filippo Brunelleschi. Cross a small piazza to see the “Campanile” tower (partly designed by Giotto) and the Bap- DAY 8 Major FRIULI Como tistery, with its bronze doors where Michelangelo imagined ROME > NAPLES > POMPEII > SORRENTO Lake Lake TRENTO UDINE Varenna Riva del Garda the “Gates of Paradise.” In the heart of the city, you will see HOTELS Orta Lake Stresa After breakfast, pick up at your hotel at 7:00 am approximate- VALLE Orta Bellagio Garda VENETO TRIESTE Piazza della Signoria, Palazzo della Signoria (also known as Como Bergamo ly. Departure by coach heading south crossing the regions D’AOSTA Lake Palazzo Vecchio), and the Basilica of Santa Croce. Lunch in a ST Brescia Sirmione PADUA of Lazio and Campania. Arrival in Naples and short pano- CITY TOURIST SUPERIOR 1 CATEGORY - VENICE ISLAND typical Tuscan restaurant in Piazza Santa Croce. Spend the MILAN Verona VENICE ramic tour climbing up to Vomero hill to enjoy beautiful views afternoon strolling the cobblestone streets of Florence on UNAHOTELS UNAHOTELS PIEDMONT LOMBARDY over the Gulf of Naples with the Vesuvius, Capri, Ischia and FLORENCE Gulf of your own or take a short trip to Pisa (optional), one of the four VITTORIA FIRENZE 4 VITTORIA FIRENZE 4 TURIN EMILIA Procida and the city below; time to take some nice pictures. ROMAGNA Venice main historical Marine Republics of Italy. There, you will tour Descending towards the port of Mergellina you will leave the VENICE DELFINO (MESTRE) 4 CARLTON G. CANAL 4 the Piazza dei Miracoli with the Duomo, Pisa’s symbol “the city and travel south toward Mount Vesuvius, and, once you GENOA BOLOGNA Leaning Tower” and the Baptistery. Dinner at leisure, over- reach the town of Pompeii, you will have lunch with the real Ravenna ROME GARDEN 3 BETTOJA HOTEL 4 La Spezia night stay in Florence. Neapolitan pizza! After lunch, you will enter into one of the ROME Cinque Terre SANTA COSTANZA 4 DAY 4 most important archaeological sites in the world: a UNESCO LIGURIA Ligurian FLORENCE > BOLOGNA > PADUA > VENICE World Heritage Site, the ruins of Pompeii, with Skip the Line SORRENTO MICHELANGELO 4 MICHELANGELO 4 Sea FLORENCE SAN entrance and a guided tour.Visit the haunting ruins of Pom- After breakfast in Florence, departure to Bologna. There, MARINO ANCONA peii, traveling back in time to the tragic days in 79 AD when Pisa you will discover the elegant city centre with its “porticos”, Loreto the silent Mount Vesuvius suddenly erupted, covering the it’s shopping streets and so on. From Piazza Malpighi you Siena MARCHE Adriatic prosperous Roman city in deadly volcanic ashes and poison- ONLY WITH CARRANI will walk to Piazza del Nettuno and Piazza Maggiore (Nep- Sea ous gases, leaving this prosperous city crystallized until our Montepulciano Assisi tune square and Major square) in the heart of the city, then days. You’ll learn how people lived at that time, visiting hous- UMBRIA King Renzo’s Palace; Palazzo Podestà and the basilica of San > Visit also Assisi, Bologna, Siena, Padua, Tuscany Wine Region TUSCANY es and “bars” of the time, admiring frescoes and Petronio, one of the biggest in the world. Bologna it’s a real > Visit St. Mark’s Basilica with “Skip the Line” to imagine how rich and prosperous was the city before the PESCARA gourmet’s heaven…don’t miss a tasty meal at your own lei- > Opportunity to choose hotel in Venice Island (1st Category) dreadful day. After the visit, you will drive along the Sorren- sure! In the afternoon, continue toward Padua, with Sant’An- > Tour of Vatican Museums, Sistine Chapel and St. Peter’s Basilica tine Coast, arriving in Sorrento for dinner (dress code: jacket tonio Basilica: one of the most visited churches by pilgrims of (with our exclusive “Skip the Line”) CORSICA for men) and an overnight in your new hotel. San Giovanni the catholic world. Later in the afternoon, arrival in Venice: > Tour of Pompeii with the “Skip the Line” and a lunch with the real Neapolitan pizza! ABRUZZO Rotondo ROME MOLISE the City of Love, one of the most romantic cities of the whole DAY 9 > Discover the Jewels of ! world and, undoubtedly the most beautiful city built by man! SORRENTO > ROME LAZIO Foggia Check in at your hotel for dinner and overnight stay. Breakfast at the hotel and free time to discover Sorrento or, CAMPANIA BARI IMPORTANT NOTES if you want, you may opt for a visit to the island of Capri (not PUGLIA Ostuni DAY 5 NAPLES Castel included) or take an excursion (not included). In del Monte VENICE OLBIA VESUVIUS Alberobello Ischia Locorotondo the afternoon, at around 4.00 pm, departure back to Rome. All prices are per person Pompeii After breakfast, enjoy your private water-taxi transfer to Piaz- SASSARI Sorrento POTENZA Overnight stay. City tax not included: it shall be paid directly at the hotel Amal Matera za San Marco, with “Skip the Line” tickets to visit the splendid Capri Positano BASILICATA LECCE Drinks not included in meals NUORO Otranto St. Mark’s Basilica and, after this, check out the most iconic DAY 10 December 2nd departure, on day 7 of the itinerary, the morning tour of the Vatican places of the “Floating City”: the Palazzo dei Dogi, symbol ROME Taranto Museums, Sistine Chapel and St. Peter’s Basilica (our tour 3) will be replaced with Gulf of Venice’s glorious past, the legendary “Bridge of Sighs”. Breakfast at the hotel. End of our services. the afternoon tour of Colosseum, Roman Forum and Palatine Hill (our tour 2) due to a ORISTANO Spend the afternoon roaming along Venice’s canals at your religious holiday SARDINIA leisure and then return to the hotel for dinner and overnight. COSENZA Fantasia LS 18/19 | 14 CAGLIARI Fantasia LS 18/19 | 15 Tyrrhenian Sea CALABRIA

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ROME > ASSISI 340 KM 211 MI 2,5 h

ASSISI > SIENA 270 KM 167 MI 2 h SIENA > FLORENCE 100 KM 62 MI 1,5 h BASILICATA DAY3

(OPTIONAL) FLORENCE > PISA 45 KM 27 MI 1,5 h DAY 4

FLORENCE > BOLOGNA 140 KM 86 MI 2 h

BOLOGNA > PADUA 140 KM 124 MI 1,5 h

PADUA > VENEZIA 200 KM 142 MI 1 hr DAY 5

WATER TAXI TO VENICE 30 min DAY 6

VENICE > MONTEPULCIANO 350 KM 217 MI 4,5 h

MONTEPULCIANO > ROME 170 KM 105 MI 3 h DAY 8

ROME > NAPLES 230 KM 142 MI 3 h

NAPLES > POMPEII 25 KM 15 MI 40 min

POMPEII > SORRENTO 25 KM 15 MI 1,5 h DAY 10 SARDINIA SORRENTO > ROME 270 KM 167 MI 5 h

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DAY 1 val town rich in history and art. Known for its “Nobile” ROME wine, on purchase in local wine houses, Montepulciano 11 days / 10 nights Benvenuti a Roma! After your arrival at the airport, also hosts an annual jazz and wine festival every July. make your own way to your hotel and then enjoy your Spend the afternoon discovering Montepulciano at first day in the city at your own leisure. Overnight stay. your own pace, enjoying free wine tastings in many Rome > Assisi > Siena > Florence > wine shops and free time for shopping. In the evening, DAY 2 you will arrive in Rome to check in into your hotel. Bologna > Padua > Venice > Tuscany Wine ROME > ASSISI > SIENA > FLORENCE DAY 7 Departing at 7:15 am from your hotel by a deluxe coach, ROME Region (Montepulciano) > Rome > Naples > you will arrive in Assisi, ready to explore, at your own leisure, this tiny town surrounded by walls, built in the Between 7:45 - 8:00 am, after breakfast, departure from Pompeii > Sorrento > Rome Middle Ages. Take your time to visit the basilica of St. the hotel for the included tour of the Vatican Muse- Francis, where you will see masterpieces by Giotto and ums, Sistine Chapel and St. Peters’s Basilica with Cimabue and, then, have free time for lunch (not includ- our exclusive “Skip the Line” access! No stress to ed). Board on the bus to reach Siena, a Unesco World reach the area: upon arrival, your guide will lead you into DEPARTURES Heritage Site, world-known for the Palio, the historical the museums where you’ll visit one of the most impor- horse race around the shell-shaped town square: Piaz- tant art collections of the world. Walk along the beauti- ful Galleries of Tapestries and Geographical Maps be- LOW SEASON za del Campo. Next, you will continue on to Florence, where you will check in at your hotel before enjoying fore admiring Raphael’s Rooms and, then, the amazing NOVEMBER 2018 4 11 18 dinner and a well-earned night of rest. Sistine Chapel. After this incredible masterpiece, you DECEMBER 2 will be taken by a privileged door to St. Peter’s Basilica: DAY 3 the biggest church in the world! The tour ends on St. JANUARY 2019 13 27 FLORENCE Peter’s Square. Enjoy the rest of the day to explore the FEBRUARY 10 24 After breakfast, you will spend the day venturing around city at your own leisure or get any one of our selected MARCH 10 17 beautiful Florence, the “Cradle of Renaissance, where, tours for the afternoon or at night! Overnight stay. with the help of Michelangelo, Italian art reached its DAY 8 pinnacle. Based on etruscan-roman origins, the city ROME > NAPLES > POMPEII > SORRENTO flourished in the Middle Ages as a free “Comune” and was further refined during the Renaissance. You After breakfast, pick up at your hotel at 7:00 am approxi- mately. Departure by coach heading south crossing the RATES LOW SEASON will be fascinated by the uncountable monuments, churches and buildings as Santa Maria del Fiore, more regions of Lazio and Campania. Arrival in Naples and commonly referred to as the Duomo. On your visit, you short panoramic tour climbing up to Vomero hill to enjoy TOURIST SUPERIOR 1ST CATEGORY - VENICE ISLAND will be amazed by its magnificent dome built by Filippo beautiful views over the Gulf of Naples with the Vesuvi- Brunelleschi. Cross a small piazza to see the “Campani- us, Capri, Ischia and Procida and the city below; time to DBL / TPL € 1.305,00 DBL / TPL € 1.641,00 le” tower (partly designed by Giotto) and the Baptistery, take some nice pictures. Descending towards the port of Mergellina you will leave the city and travel south to- SUP SGL € 485,00 SUP SGL € 571,00 with its bronze doors where Michelangelo imagined the “Gates of Paradise.” In the heart of the city, you will ward Mount Vesuvius, and, once you reach the town of see Piazza della Signoria, Palazzo della Signoria (also Pompeii, you will have lunch with the real Neapolitan known as Palazzo Vecchio), and the Basilica of Santa pizza! After lunch, you will enter into one of the most Croce. Lunch in a typical Tuscan restaurant in Piazza important archaeological sites in the world: a UNESCO Santa Croce. Spend the afternoon strolling the cobble- World Heritage Site, the ruins of Pompeii, with Skip the Line entrance and a guided tour. Visit the haunting ruins HOTELS stone streets of Florence on your own or take a short trip to Pisa (optional), one of the four main historical Marine of Pompeii, traveling back in time to the tragic days in 79 Republics of Italy. There, you will tour the Piazza dei AD when the silent Mount Vesuvius suddenly erupted, ST CITY TOURIST SUPERIOR 1 CATEGORY - VENICE ISLAND Miracoli with the Duomo, Pisa’s symbol “the Leaning covering the prosperous Roman city in deadly volcanic Tower” and the Baptistery. Dinner at leisure, overnight ashes and poisonous gases, leaving this prosperous UNAHOTELS UNAHOTELS city crystallized until our days. You’ll learn how people FLORENCE TRENTINO BOLZANO stay in Florence. VITTORIA FIRENZE 4 VITTORIA FIRENZE 4 lived at that time, visiting houses and “bars” of the time, Major Como FRIULI DAY 4 Lake admiring frescoes and mosaics to imagine how rich and VENICE DELFINO (MESTRE) 4 CARLTON G. CANAL 4 Lake TRENTO UDINE FLORENCE > BOLOGNA > PADUA > VENICE prosperous was the city before the dreadful day. After Varenna Riva del Garda Orta Lake Stresa ROME GARDEN 3 BETTOJA HOTEL 4 VALLE Orta Bellagio Garda VENETO TRIESTE After breakfast in Florence, departure to Bologna. the visit, you will drive along the Sorrentine Coast, arriv- ROME D’AOSTA Como Bergamo Lake ing in Sorrento for dinner (dress code: jacket for men) Brescia There, you will discover the elegant city centre with its SANTA COSTANZA 4 Sirmione PADUA and an overnight in your new hotel. MILAN Verona VENICE “porticos”, it’s shopping streets and so on. From Piaz- SORRENTO MICHELANGELO 4 MICHELANGELO 4 PIEDMONT LOMBARDY za Malpighi you will walk to Piazza del Nettuno and Pi- DAY 9 TURIN EMILIA Gulf of azza Maggiore (Neptune square and Major square) in SORRENTO ROMAGNA Venice the heart of the city, then King Renzo’s Palace; Palazzo Podestà and the basilica of San Petronio, one of the Breakfast at the hotel and free time to discover Sorrento GENOA BOLOGNA biggest in the world. Bologna it’s a real gourmet’s heav- or, if you want, you may opt for a visit to the island of Ca- La Spezia Ravenna en…don’t miss a tasty meal at your own leisure! In the pri (not included). Dinner at the hotel (dress code: jacket ONLY WITH CARRANI Cinque Terre afternoon, continue toward Padua, with Sant’Antonio for men) and overnight stay. LIGURIA Ligurian Basilica: one of the most visited churches by pilgrims DAY 10 FLORENCE Sea SAN of the catholic world. Later in the afternoon, arrival in SORRENTO > ROME > Visit also Assisi, Siena, Bologna, Padua, Tuscany Wine Region MARINO ANCONA Venice: the City of Love, one of the most romantic cities > Visit St. Mark’s Basilica with “Skip the Line” Pisa Breakfast at your hotel. Time at your leisure going for Loreto of the whole world and, undoubtedly the most beautiful st shopping or tasting some nice Limoncello. As an op- > Opportunity to choose Hotel in Venice Island (1 Category) Siena MARCHE Adriatic city built by man! Check in at your hotel for dinner and > Tour of Vatican Museums, Sistine Chapel and St. Peter’s Basilica Sea tion, you may go for a short excursion to the Amalfi Montepulciano Assisi overnight stay. (with our exclusive “Skip the Line”) coast (not included). In the afternoon, at around 4:00 UMBRIA > Tour of Pompeii with “Skip the Line” and a lunch with the real Neapolitan pizza! TUSCANY DAY 5 pm, departure back to Rome. Check in at your hotel and VENICE overnight stay. > Discover the Jewels of Southern Italy! PESCARA After breakfast, enjoy your private water-taxi transfer to DAY 11 Piazza San Marco, with “Skip the Line” tickets to visit ROME CORSICA San Giovanni the splendid St. Mark’s Basilica and, after this, check ABRUZZO Rotondo Breakfast at the hotel. End of our services. MOLISE out the most iconic places of the “Floating City”: the ROME Palazzo dei Dogi, symbol of Venice’s glorious past, LAZIO Foggia the legendary “Bridge of Sighs”. Spend the afternoon roaming along Venice’s canals at your leisure and then IMPORTANT NOTES CAMPANIA BARI PUGLIA Ostuni return to the hotel for dinner and overnight. NAPLES Castel del Monte OLBIA VESUVIUS Alberobello Ischia Locorotondo DAY 6 All prices are per person Pompeii Sorrento POTENZA City tax not included: it shall be paid directly at the hotel SASSARI Amal Matera VENICE > TUSCANY WINE REGION (MONTEPUL- Capri Positano BASILICATA LECCE CIANO) > ROME Drinks not included in meals NUORO Otranto December 2nd departure, on day 7 of the itinerary, the morning tour of the Vatican After breakfast, departure from Piazzale Rome heading Taranto to Tuscany, world-known for its landscapes, its church- Museums, Sistine Chapel and St. Peter’s Basilica (our tour 3) will be replaced with Gulf the afternoon tour of Colosseum, Roman Forum and Palatine Hill (our tour 2) due to a ORISTANO es and castles and its delicious wines. You will proceed religious holiday SARDINIA to Val di Chiana with a stop in Montepulciano, a medie-

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GENOA BOLOGNA La Spezia Ravenna Cinque Terre LIGURIA Ligurian Sea FLORENCE SAN MARINO ANCONA Pisa Loreto Siena MARCHE Adriatic Sea Montepulciano Assisi TUSCANY UMBRIA PESCARA

CORSICA San Giovanni ABRUZZO Rotondo ROME MOLISE LAZIO Foggia CAMPANIA BARI PUGLIA Ostuni NAPLES Castel del Monte OLBIA VESUVIUS Alberobello Ischia Locorotondo Pompeii Sorrento POTENZA SASSARI Amal Matera Capri Positano BASILICATA LECCE NUORO Otranto

Taranto Gulf ORISTANO SARDINIA

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DEPARTURES ITINERARY MEDITERRANEAN SEA LOW SEASON DAY 1 Saltworks on the way to Selinunte where you will enjoy a NOVEMBER 2018 1 8 22 29 ROME special lunch at a local farmhouse including an olive oil tast- DECEMBER 13 Benvenuti a Roma! After your arrival at the airport, make ing. After lunch, departure to Agrigento. Visit of the Valley your own way to your hotel and then enjoy your first day in of the Temples to admire the best preserved temples in the JANUARY 2019 1 10 17 the city at your own leisure. Overnight stay. whole Magna Grecia. Dinner. Overnight at the hotel. FEBRUARY 7 21 28 DAY 2 DAY 8 MARCH 14 21 ROME > NAPLES > POMPEII > SORRENTO AGRIGENTO > PIAZZA ARMERINA > CATANIA After breakfast, pick up at your hotel at 7:00 am approxi- Buffet breakfast at your hotel and departure to Piazza Arm- TRENTINO BOLZANO SHOULDER SEASON mately. Departure by coach heading south crossing the erina, visit the “Villa Romana del Casale” with its splendid Major Como FRIULI regions of Lazio and Campania. Arrival in Naples and short Roman mosaics. Lunch in a traditional restaurant. After- DECEMBER 2018 25* *NEW YEAR’S EVELake DINNER INCLUDED TRENTO Lake UDINE panoramic tour climbing up to Vomero hill to enjoy beautiful noon departure to Catania. We will then head to Catania Varenna Riva del Garda Orta Lake Stresa were we will stop in a bar in the city center to taste typical VALLE Orta Bellagio Garda VENETO TRIESTE views over the Gulf of Naples with the Vesuvius, Capri, Is- Como Bergamo RATES LOW SEASOND’AOSTA Lake chia and Procida and the city below; time to take some nice pastries of the region and, then, to do a panoramic walking Brescia Sirmione PADUA pictures. Descending towards the port of Mergellina you will tour of the city. This city - the most important of the eastern ST MILAN Verona 1 CATEGORY VENICE coast - is particularly interesting for its buildings made of PIEDMONT LOMBARDY leave the city and travel south toward Mount Vesuvius, and, volcanic stone from the Etna. Dinner. Overnight stay at the SGL TURIN€ 2.354,00 Gulf of once you reach the town of Pompeii, you will have lunch EMILIA hotel. ROMAGNA Venice with the real Neapolitan pizza! After lunch, you will enter DBL € 1.870,00 into one of the most important archaeological sites in the DAY 9 BOLOGNA world: a UNESCO World Heritage Site, the ruins of Pompeii, TPL € 1.851,00GENOA CATANIA > ETNA (WITH LUNCH AT A LOCAL FARM- Ravenna with Skip the Line entrance and a guided tour. traveling back La Spezia HOUSE) > TAORMINA > CATANIA Cinque Terre in time to the tragic days in 79 AD when the silent Mount Ve- Buffet breakfast at hotel and, weather permitting, excursion RATES SHOULDERLIGURIA SEASON suvius suddenly erupted, covering the prosperous Roman Ligurian to Mount Etna, the highest active volcano in Europe (3345 Sea FLORENCE city in deadly volcanic ashes and poisonous gases, leaving ST SAN mt). The bus will bring you up to the “Rifugio Sapienza” at 1 CATEGORY MARINO ANCONA this prosperous city crystallized until our days. You’ll learn Pisa how people lived at that time, visiting houses and “bars” of 1800 m. Visit of the extinguished Craters of Mounts Silvestri. SGL € 2.563,00 Loreto MARCHE Adriatic the time, admiring frescoes and mosaics to imagine how Wonderful variety of fauna and flora and moony landscapes Siena can be seen on the way. The special ambient created during DBL € 2.047,00 Sea rich and prosperous was the city before the dreadful day. Montepulciano Assisi After the visit, you will drive along the Sorrentine Coast, ar- the centuries under nature, culture and history is inimitable UMBRIA TPL € 2.028,00 TUSCANY riving in Sorrento for dinner (dress code: jacket for men) and all over the world. Then, proceed to a farmhouse where you an overnight in your new hotel. will taste the most special Sicilian dishes. Then the tour con- HOTELS PESCARA tinues to Taormina: the elegant and romantic town overlook- DAY 3 ing the Mediterranean. Free time at your own pace, to visit CITY 1ST CATEGORYCORSICA SORRENTO the famous Greek Theatre with a splendid view of the Mount San Giovanni ABRUZZO Rotondo Breakfast at the hotel and free time to discover Sorrento or, Etna and the Ionian sea or to do shopping and stroll through MOLISE ROME BETTOJA HOTEL 4 ROME if you want, you may opt for a visit to the island of Capri (not the picturesque lanes of the city centre. Back to Catania. icluded). Dinner at the hotel (dress code: jacket for men) and Dinner. Overnight at hotel. SORRENTO MICHELANGELO 4 LAZIO Foggia overnight stay. CAMPANIA DAY 10 PALERMO PALAZZO SITANO 4 BARI PUGLIA Ostuni CATANIA > SIRACUSA (WITH LUNCH AT A LOCAL NAPLES Castel DAY 4 del Monte OLBIA VESUVIUS Alberobello RESTAURANT) > NOTO > CATANIA AGRIGENTO DELLA VALLE 4 Ischia Locorotondo SORRENTO > PALERMO (OVERNIGHT ON FERRY BOAT) Pompeii Sorrento POTENZA Breakfast at your hotel. Time at your leisure going for shop- Buffet breakfast at your hotel. Departure to Syracuse and CATANIA EXCELSIOR MERCURESASSARI 4 Amal Matera BASILICATA LECCE ping or tasting some nice Limoncello. In the afternoon, de- then enjoy a guided tour of this venerable city highlights of Capri Positano Otranto NUORO parture heading to the Port of Naples, where you will board the Archaeological Area, the Greek Theater, Latomia del Paradiso and the Cave of Dyonisius’ Ear. Lunch at a local ONLY WITH CARRANI Taranto on the Tirrenia/Snav regular ferry to Palermo. Overnight in Gulf cabin. Dinner and breakfast available on board (not includ- restaurant. In the afternoon the tour heads to Noto to admire ORISTANO ed). the Cathedral. Return to Catania. Dinner. Overnight at hotel. SARDINIA > Tour of Pompeii with “Skip the Line” and a lunch with the real Neapolitan pizza! DAY 5 DAY 11 > Discover the Jewels of Southern Italy and Sicily Island! COSENZA CAGLIARI PALERMO CATANIA > MESSINA > CEFALÙ (WITH LUNCH AT A Tyrrhenian Sea CALABRIA Arrival early in the morning in port of Palermo and trans- LOCAL RESTAURANT) > PALERMO fer to your hotel. Meet your group at the hotel. Dinner and Buffet breakfast at the hotel and departure to Messina for a IMPORTANT NOTES overnight stay. panoramic visit of the city including some beautiful views on the Strait that separates Sicily from the mainland. The jour- All prices are per person Ionian DAY 6 ney continue to Cefalù. Lunch at a local restaurant. Cefalù is MESSINA City tax not included: it shall be paid directly at the hotel Sea PALERMO > MONREALE > PALERMO a splendid fishermen’s village and seaside resort. Visit the PALERMO Savoca Drinks not included in meals Cefalù Buffet breakfast at your hotel. In the morning, departure huge Norman Cathedral, founded in 1131 by Roger II and the Monreale Forza d’Agrò REGGIO TRAPANI Taormina to Monreale: enjoy the visit of the Cathedral famous for its Medieval Lavatory. Time at leisure to stroll through the nar- Erice Segesta CALABRIA SUPPLEMENTS AND FEES Marsala ETNA mosaics as well as the Benedictine Cloister and the Palatine row lanes of the historic centre full of shops and restaurants. SICILY Chapel. Lunch at hotel. Afternoon at leisure: you may opt for CATANIA Continue to Palermo. Dinner. Overnight at hotel. Supplement optional for the entrance fees € 69,00 per pax (not commissionable) Piazza an excursion to Erice, small medieval village in the province includes: Armerina AGRIGENTO of Trapani (to be paid locally. minimum pax applies). Dinner. DAY 12 Palermo: Palatine Chapel RAGUSA SYRACUSE Overnight at your hotel. PALERMO Monreale: Cloister Noto Breakfast at the hotel. End of our services. Segesta: Doric Temple Modica DAY 7 Agrigento: Valley of the Temples PALERMO > SEGESTA > TRAPANI > AGRIGENTO Piazza Armerina: Roman Villa del Casale MEDITERRANEAN SEA Buffet breakfast at your hotel. Departure to Segesta to vis- Siracusa: Archaeological Area it the Doric Temple surrounded by a splendid landscape. Then the trip continues with a panoramic view of Trapani

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