ITALY Highlights – Rome Florence Tuscany Venice Amalfi Coast

 Start your day with a 2 to 3hrs of walking tour with a professional and licensed guide of the Colosseum and the Roman Forum to learn more about the gladiators and the Roman senate.

The rest of the day is free to explore Rome on your own, do some souvenir shopping or simply relax.

Meet your guide in the morning to travel by private bus towards the South of Italy. The first stop of the day will be Pompeii where you will have the time to enter the site and admire the antique Roman settlements. If you wish to book the guided tour inside the site with a licensed tour guide, make sure you add it to your booking or inform the guide on day one. 

After Pompeii, we will continue towards Sorrento driving along the coast with spectacular views of the Vesuvio. Our accommodation for the next 3 nights will be in a camping village located on top of the hill with terrific scenery of Sorrento and the coast. After check-in, you will be taken for a walk around the city center. Join in the evening your guide to a local restaurant for an optional dinner based on some delicious pasta or gnocchi, traditional in the area.

What a perfect way to start the day with a boat trip to and around Capri island. Our boat will leave directly from our campsite at 8:30 am in the morning. Bring your beach towel and swimsuit because you will have the opportunity to swim. Once in Capri, you will be free to explore the island, relax on the beach, take the chairlift up to the top of Mt. Solaro for a breathtaking 360-degree view of the island and visit the Blue Grotto. All this in complete freedom or follow your tour leader for an insight view of the island. Once back to the accommodation you will be free to spend the evening as you prefer or join the guide for dinner at one the most famous pizzeria in Sorrento.

A full day trip by private bus to explore the Amalfi coast and its wonders. The bus will pick us up from the accommodation and drive us on the famous windy road with amazing scenery also featured in many movies. During the journey, we will pass by the ” Galli” Islands, the fishing villages of Praiano, Furore and Positano.  We will stop in Amalfi for 2h to taste the fresh “sfogliatella”, visit the imposing Cathedral and relax at the beach with yummy arancini in your hand. In the afternoon we will continue towards Positano, the gem of gems of the Amalfi coast, where we will stay for 3h long enough to allow you to discover the town and its cascade of colorful houses at your own peace, go for a swim and have a bite on one of the typical shop selling fresh local food.

You can’t leave the South of Italy without taking at least a small peek at Naples, home of Italian pizza and Italian customs. Your tour leader will take you for an orientation walk and will show you the main places of interest including San Carlo theatre, Plebiscito square, Umberto I ‘s gallery, and lots more. Don’t forget to taste the famous Neapolitan pizza with buffalo mozzarella before moving on to our next destination: Florence.

Check in to your accommodation and meet your tour leader for an original and fun orientation walk of Florence city to discover the local traditions. You will see the famous gothic Cathedral, and the old bridge ” Ponte Vecchio”,  We will end the tour in one of the busiest streets of Florence renowned for the many bars where to hang out at night.  Here we will stop at the bar rated by the locals as the best aperitivo place in town.

A full-day trip from Florence departing in the morning by private van/coach to 3 famous villages of Tuscany; Siena, San Gimignano, and Monteriggioni. We’ll also ride throughout the Chianti region with its charming scenic views and we will reach an authentical Tuscan winery surrounded by rolling hills, vines, and olive groves for wine and olive oil tasting. Don’t forget to bring your camera…..the scenery from here is stunning! We will be back in Florence at 6:30 pm. Free evening.

An early wake up for an exciting full day at the Cinque Terre, the most characteristic villages of Italy famous for their natural beauty, scenic trails, spectacular coastline, and sunny beaches, including a 2h stop at the famous leaning tower of Pisa. We’ll be back in Florence at 8:30 pm. Free evening

This day is for everyone to explore the magnificent city of Florence! Spend the day shopping at the local markets, going to museums, and discovering the city. Florence is home to famous artworks such as Michelangelo’s “David” and Botticelli’s “Birth of Venus” – after all, Florence is the birthplace of the Renaissance, so be sure to take it all in! Free evening.

Bye Bye Florence, Venice here we come. We will catch the fast speed train from Florence train station and in only 2h we will reach Venice. After check-in to our accommodation in Venice, we will head down to town for an orientation walk of the city to explore the city of the many canals, the gondolas, the millions of pigeons, and the amazing churches. We will visit St. Mark’s square, the Catherdral, the Rialto bridge, and the Palazzo Ducale. The tour will officially end in St. Mark’s square where you will be left free to walk through the shops independently and choose your own Carnival masks.  The afternoon will be all yours if you wish to take a gondola ride across the canal or find out how the Carnival masks are made. Free evening.

Free morning in Venice dedicated to your preferred activities. In the afternoon take a 4h boat tour to visit the islands of Murano, Burano & Torcello organized by our local supplier to check out the many colorful houses and the glass factories. You will learn about the age-old handcrafts that brought these little islands fame from the quality Murano glass and Burano lace being made first-hand. It’s the perfect trip from Venice with a combination of history and behind-the-scenes action! Free evening.

It’s time to say goodbye to your fellow travelers and the guide as the tour ends today with breakfast at the hotel. Check-out is usually by 11 am so book your return flight accordingly. Hoping that you have captured the best moments on camera and packed in a host of travel memories to carry back home with you.