Meet your English speaking tour manager who will assist your private transfer from the airport to your hotel in Venice. To reach your centrally located Hotel, you will take a water taxi. Then, time to leisurely familiarise yourself with the hotel surroundings. Welcome dinner at local restaurant.

Meet your English speaking tour manager who will assist your private transfer from the airport to your hotel in Venice. To reach your centrally located Hotel, you will take a water taxi. Then, time to leisurely familiarise yourself with the hotel surroundings. Welcome dinner at local restaurant.

3rd Day
Florence

After breakfast at your hotel, you will leave Venice by private water taxi, board the private transfer and then on to your next Italian destination, Florence. Check in at your hotel in the centre of Florence. The rest of the day is set aside for leisure. Overnight stay

After breakfast at your hotel, enjoy a wonderfully full day excursion to the medieval towns of Siena, San Gimignano and to the beautiful countryside of Chianti to visit a charming winery and taste some of the best wines in the world. First stop in Siena, where you will visit the city’s famous basilica and the very centre of the city to admire its narrow streets and its beautiful square (Piazza del Campo), a UNESCO World Heritage site. After Siena and a good lunch, we will proceed to San Gimignano, another fine example of well preserved medieval architecture, with its towers overlooking the whole town. On the return to Florence we will traverse the Chianti region with its villages, hills and vineyards. We will stop in the heart of Chianti at Rocca delle Macie for some wine tasting and relaxation. Back to the hotel and time for a hearty dinner and perhaps a mouth watering gelato. Overnight stay in Florence.

After breakfast at the hotel, you will meet your private English speaking guide for a half day tour of Florence and the Accademia Gallery. You will visit the heart of the city experiencing amazing locations such as Palazzo Vecchio and Piazza della Signoria, Santa Maria Novella, Santa Maria del Fiore Cathedral with Giotto’s masterpiece, the bell tower and Baptistery of San Giovanni. You will then visit the Accademia gallery where David’s Michelangelo is waiting for you! The rest of the day is spent at leisure. Overnight stay in Florence.

Free day no transfer.
Optional tour:
After breakfast at the hotel, you will board your private motor coach for a full day excursion to the Cinque Terre area. You will arrive in the town of La Spezia and board a public boat to visit some of the five towns of this charming area: Manarola, Vernazza, and Monterosso. After your private boat excursion and a local lunch, you will be taken to the town of Pisa (or Lucca if you prefer) for a two hour private, guided tour of the town. Back to Florence in the late afternoon. Overnight stay in Florence.

Your Italian experience continues as you will drive across Tuscany towards Rome. Our first stop is the medieval town of San Gimignano, an enchanting village with narrow street located on a hilltop. Then we will stop in Cortona, the place that inspired Frances Mayes’s novel “Under the Tuscan Sun”. Here you will visit a ceramic shop where you can learn how the famous ceramics are made and painted. For lunch you will be hosted by a lovely Tuscan family, visit their farm and learn how they make their wine by visiting their winery. You will also taste their home-made olive oil and other local specialties. You will finally proceed to our final destination for the day: Rome.

Welcome to the Eternal City! This morning you will experience a very special privateguided tour of the priceless collection of art and treasures found in the Vatican Museums. You will be amazed by the beautiful wall frescoes created by Michelangelo, Perugino and Botticelli. The unique ceiling of the Sistine Chapel is surely one of Michelangelo’s greatest achievements. Continue to St. Peter’s Basilica, the largest church in the Christian world, built over the tomb of St. Peter. Then you will proceed to Piazza Venezia and the Roman Forum, with a stop at the Colosseum - a testament to the greatness of Rome’s past. Continue your full tour day with visits to the Arch of Constantine, Circus Maximus, Castel Saint Angelo. Dinner at leisure and overnight in Rome.

After breakfast at your hotel, you will board your private motor coach for a transfer to your hotel in Sorrento. Along the way we will stop in the Castelli Romani region for a succulent lunch. After check in at the hotel the rest of the day can be spent at leisure under the sun of the Amalfi Coast. Overnight stay in Sorrento.

After breakfast at the hotel, you will board your private motor coach for a full day excursion to the Amalfi Coast to visit gems such as Positano, Amalfi and Ravello. The founding of Amalfi can be traced back to the Romans; we visit the most famous monument the cathedral (Duomo) built in an Arabo-Norman style. The natural beauty of this location is why the city of Amalfi has been classified as a world heritage site by UNESCO since 1997. We continue to Positano; a curious note is that in the latter half of the 19th century, more than half the population emigrated, due to the city falling on hard times, and the majority chose the United States. Our last stop will be Ravello, a terrace jutting out into the sea. From this vantage point the Amalfi Coast becomes a vision of rare beauty. Overnight stay in Sorrento.

Transfer by private coach from the hotel to the airport in Naples.