HIGH SEASON 2019 ENGLISH CHECK THE NEWS fully escorted tours of italy NEW ESCORTED TOUR: SMALL GROUP - FANTASIA OF PUGLIA! SLOW TRAVEL! Regular guaranteed departures to discover Italy at its best! Several travelling options from 3 nights to 16 nights Iconic cities like Rome, Florence and Ven- ice; the Tuscany Wine Region; the North Lakes Region; the wonderful South with Sorrentine Coast, Sicily and Apulia Selected Hotels & typical Italian meals We work only with the best licensed Guides: quality assured! Our top sold Fantasia are guaranteed in English only All our tours are organized directly by us i T rrani Tour Ca s since since 1925 c e m Italian D 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 Brescia Sirmione PADUA Italian UNESCO’s World MILAN Verona VENICE Heritage Sites PIEDMONT LOMBARDY TURIN EMILIA Gulf of ROMAGNA Venice GENOA BOLOGNA La Spezia Ravenna Cinque Terre LIGURIA LAZIO EMILIA ROMAGNA SARDINIA Ligurian Sea FLORENCE SAN Roma: Historic Centre, the Properties of Ferrara: City of the Renaissance and its Barumini : “Su Nuraxi” MARINO ANCONA the Holy See in that City Enjoying Extra- Po Delta Pisa Loreto territorial Rights and San Paolo Fuori le Ravenna: Early Christian Monuments MARCHE Mura BASILICATA Siena Adriatic Modena: Cathedral, Torre Civica and Matera: The Sassi and the Park of the Assisi Sea Tivoli: Villa Adriana Montepulciano Piazza Grande Rupestrian Churches TUSCANY UMBRIA Tivoli: Villa d’Este Cerveteri e Tarquinia: Etruscan Necrop- UMBRIA FRIULI VENEZIA GIULIA PESCARA olises Assisi : Basilica of San Francesco and Aquileia: Archaeological Area and the Other Franciscan Sites Patriarchal Basilica CORSICA San Giovanni TUSCANY ABRUZZO Rotondo ROME MOLISE Firenze: Historic Centre LIGURIA MARCHE Porto Venere, Cinque Terre and the Is- LAZIO Foggia Pisa: Piazza del Duomo Urbino: Historic Centre lands (Palmaria, Tino and Tinetto) CAMPANIA BARI San Gimignano: Historic Centre Genoa: Le Strade Nuove and the system PUGLIA Ostuni NAPLES Castel PIEDMONT del Monte of the Palazzi dei Rolli OLBIA VESUVIUS Alberobello Siena: Historic Centre Ischia Locorotondo Vineyard Landscape of Piedmont: Lang- Pompeii Sorrento POTENZA Pienza: Historic Centre he-Roero and Monferrato SASSARI Amal Matera LOMBARDY Capri Positano BASILICATA LECCE Val d’Orcia Residences of the Royal House of Savoy NUORO Otranto Milan: Church and Dominican Convent of Medici Villas and Gardens in Tuscany Santa Maria delle Grazie with “The Last Ivrea, industrial city of the 20th century Taranto Supper” by Leonardo da Vinci Gulf ORISTANO CAMPANIA Valcamonica: Rock Drawings APULIA SARDINIA Napoli: Historic Centre Crespi d’Adda: Company towns Alberobello : The Trulli COSENZA Caserta: 18th-Century Royal Palace at Mantua and Sabbioneta CAGLIARI Castel del Monte Tyrrhenian Sea CALABRIA Caserta with the Park, the Aqueduct of Monte San Giorgio Vanvitelli and the San Leucio Complex Rhaetian Railway in the Albula / Bernina Pompei, Herculaneum and Torre Annun- Landscapes ziata: Archaeological Areas Ionian MAIN DISTANCES MESSINA Amalfi: La Costiera Amalfitana SICILY Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy Sea PALERMO Savoca Cefalù Cilento: Vallo di Diano National Park with Agrigento: Archaeological Area Venetian Works of Defence between the Forza d’Agrò ROME > NAPLES 220 KM 136 MI TRAPANI Monreale REGGIO the Archeological Sites of Paestum and 16th and 17th Centuries: Stato da Terra – Segesta Taormina Piazza Armerina: Villa Romana del Casale NAPLES > PALERMO 340 KM 211 MI Erice CALABRIA Velia, and the Certosa di Padula Western Stato da Mar Marsala ETNA SICILY Isole Eolie: Lipari, Vulcano, Salina, Prehistoric Pile Dwellings around the ROME > FLORENCE 270 KM 167 MI CATANIA Stromboli, Filicudi, Alicudi e Panarea Piazza VENETO Alps FLORENCE > BOLOGNA 100 KM 62 MI Armerina Val di Noto: Late Baroque Towns AGRIGENTO Venice and its Lagoon The Dolomites BOLOGNA > PADUA 110 KM 68 MI RAGUSA SYRACUSE Syracuse and the Rocky Necropolis Longobards in Italy. Places of the Power PADUA > VENICE 45 KM 27 MI Noto Verona: City of Pantalica Modica (568-774 A.D.) BOLOGNA > MILAN 220 KM 136 MI Vicenza: City and the Palladian Villas Mount Etna Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of of the Veneto MILAN > GENOA 140 KM 86 MI MEDITERRANEAN SEA Arab-Norman Palermo and the Cathedral the Carpathians and Other Regions of Padua: Botanical Garden Churches of Cefalú and Monreale Europe MILAN > TURIN 140 KM 86 MI TURIN > GENOA 200 KM 124 MI GENOA > FLORENCE 230 KM 142 MI Useful information Why Fantasia tours are before booking our unique and beloved by Fantasia tours travellers? MEETING POINT AND TIME: Fantasia departs from the Hotel Massimo D’Azeglio in Rome at 7:15 am Italy has more Unesco sites than The Best any other country in the whole world: THE TOUR INCLUDES: • Transportation by deluxe motorcoach Unesco Jewels discover this jewels with us… • Monolingual tour-escort in English • Accommodation in 4 stars or 3 stars hotels • Meals as per itinerary (please inform us at the moment of the booking, in case English, of any food allergy or alimentary restriction) • Entrance tickets to the archaeological site in Pompeii with “Skip the Line” Portuguese and Fantasia Tours are available in English. (when included in the itinerary) • Entrance tickets to Vatican Museums & St. Peter’s Basilica with “Skip the Line” Spanish spoken (when included in the itinerary) • Visits with local expert guide as per itinerary (Rome, Florence, Venice, Sorrento, Capri, Palermo, Agrigento, Siracusa, Bari, Matera, Lecce) Italian Designed by Italians for Travellers looking • Entrance tickets to the archaeological sites in Sicily on our Fantasia Siciliana, for an authentic experience. Fantasia Mediterranea and Fantasia All Italy Style • Entrance tickets to the Castel del Monte (Fantasia of Puglia) • Entrance tickets to the St. Mark’s Basilica in Venice with “Skip the Line” (when included in the itinerary) Overnight stays in Selected Centrally • Visit of the Blue Grotto in Capri (when included in the itinerary) Located Hotels • Porterage service included only on our escorted tours in Sicily & Apulia Venice - Selected Hotels for Fantasia Tours: 1st category: Hotel Carlton on the Gran Canal 4*, THE TOUR DOES NOT INCLUDE: Best located on Venice island • Tips 2nd category: Hotel Delfino 4*, • Porterage service Accommodations located in Venice Mestre • Drinks st • Entrance fees to monuments or museums when not mentioned Florence - Hotels Selected for 1 category and nd • City tax for overnight stays (according to each city council rules) 2 category Hotel Unahotels Vittoria Firenze 4* • Everything that is not mentioned in the paragraph “The Tour includes” or Hotel Raffaello 4* TRANSFER SERVICE: Our clients are provided with headsets to Transfer IN & OUT is included only when booking the Fantasia 8 Days / 7 Nights let them follow clearly the information Headsets HOTELS CATEGORIES: provided by our tour leader and local guides. The difference between Tourist Superior and 1st Category consists in the hotel accommodation in Venice. Both categories are accommodated in 4* hotels but our 1st Category stays in Venice Island (city centre) without supplement, while Served during the tour: we take care of Tourist Superior stays in Venice Mestre. Attention to food quality and freshness of food served to your quality Travellers! DUE TO TECHNICAL AND / OR LOGISTIC ISSUES, ITINERARIES COULD BE AMENDED Stretch your legs with extra legroom on We inform all Clients that rates do not include city tax when applicable. City tax will Comfort when Carrani Fantasia coaches! We have more have to be paid directly from clients at the Hotel upon arrival or at the check out. We space on board to pamper our ravellers with remind you that the city tax may change according to the hotel category. Please Travelling the most comfortable trip. kindly inform Travellers before the departure. Important Notice: in case of lost or damage of the headsets we will have to charge We only work with licensed Professionals. 55 €/device. Expert Guides All our Tour Guides are experienced and and Escorts friendly! ALL RATES ARE PER PERSON Rates indicated are expressed in EURO (€) and include Service and the cur- rent applicable VAT. All prices are subject to automatic change without prior We’re happy to provide our Travellers notice due to VAT increase, local fees or bus congestion charge not commu- Free Wi-Fi connec- with free wi-fi on board to let them be in nicated at the time of this catalogue’s release. tion on board touch with family & friends, sharing ther OVERNIGHT IN LISTED HOTELS OR SIMILAR journey’s experiences! CANCELLATION POLICY AND FEES: • Until 15 working days before departure: no penalty Best ratio Fantasia Tours are incredibly affordable and • From 14 to 7 working days before departure: 10% offer the best quality/price ratio. • From 6 to 3 working days before departure: 25% quality/price • From 2 days to 24 hours before departure: 50% • From 24 hours or for no-shows: 100% Working days: from Monday to Friday. Fantasia HS 19 | 4 Fantasia HS 19 | 5 Tours Index Fantasia 4 days / 3 nights Fantasia ROME > VENICE | 3 Meals 8 North Italy [8 Days / 7 Nights] Rome > Assisi > Siena > Florence > Bologna > Padua > Venice ROME > MILAN | 3 Meals 24 Rome > Assisi > Siena > Florence > Bologna > Padua > Venice > Milan > Orta > Stresa > Como > Bellagio > Varenna > Bergamo > Fantasia 5 days / 4 nights Brescia > Sirmione > Riva del Garda > Verona > Milan ROME > ROME | 4 Meals Rome >