9 Days / 8 Nights
Embark on the ultimate Italy adventure - an impeccable itinerary tailored for your inaugural visit to this enchanting country! Sit back and relax as we handle every detail, from hand-picking delightful 4-star accommodations to arranging seamless transfers and securing first-class train tickets for your travels between iconic cities.
With our meticulously curated day tours, you'll uncover the essence of each destination, exploring must-see landmarks. Immerse yourself in the rich history and culture of Italy with expert-guided excursions, and enjoy free time to wander and discover at your own pace during this independent tour.
Itinerary
Arrive in Venice at Marco Polo Airport. Your private driver will bring you to your Venice hotel. Rest up and grab some food. Tomorrow begins your exploration of Italy!
Join a small group on a fun and informative tour of Venice. This guided walk is a perfect introduction to Venice’s art, history, and traditions. Plus, enjoy a shared gondola ride to see Venice from the water!
The afternoon and evening are at leisure. Want to see more of Venice? Check out our other Day Tours in Venice and feel free to add them to your itinerary. We suggest seeing the incredible St. Mark's Basilica and Doge's Palace (not included in the package price).
***This group tour is not available in November and December. As alternative we can offer a private walking tour of Venice including the Doge's Palace.
You will be picked up at your hotel and transferred to Venice Train Station for your train ride to Florence. Once you've arrived in Florence, you will be met at train station and taken to your hotel.
Enjoy the free day to explore Florence as you wish!
Discover Florence's historic center on this walking tour including the Ponte Vecchio, the imposing Duomo (only from outside), elegant Uffizi Square, the renowned leather market, and the Accademia Gallery with Michelangelo’s David. Please note that a full explanation of the Duomo's inside and outside features will be given by the guide. The entrance to the Duomo is free and you can visit independently if you wish. Please note that on Sundays and during religious festivities, visits inside the Duomo may be restricted.
The afternoon and evening are at leisure. Want to see more of Florence? Check out our other Day Tours in Florence and feel free to add them to your itinerary. We suggest seeing the incredible Uffizi Gallery (not included in the package price).
Enjoy the free day to explore Florence as you wish. Or feel free to add any of our Florence Day Tours to your itinerary.
You will be picked up at your hotel and transferred to Florence Train Station for your train ride to Rome. Once you've arrived in Venice, you will be met at the train station and taken to your hotel by a motor boat.
Enjoy your free day in Rome!
Explore the most important sites of Ancient Rome - the Colosseum, Roman Forum and Palatine Hill with skip the line access.
The afternoon and evening are at leisure. Want to see more of Rome? Check out our other Day Tours in Rome and feel free to add them to your itinerary. We suggest seeing the incredible Borghese Gallery & Gardens (not included in the package price).
Enjoy the free day to explore Rome as you wish! We suggest either the Vatican Museums Tour with No Wait Access or a Pasta Making Class (not included in the package price). Feel free to add any of our Rome Day Tours to your itinerary.
Your Italy Vacation has come to an end as you transfer from your hotel to Rome Airport and head back home.
Inclusions
- 2 nights in a 4-star hotel in Venice
- 3 nights in a 4-star hotel in Florence
- 3 nights in a 4-star hotel in Rome
- Private arrival and departure airport transfers
- Private transfers to/from train station in each city as per itinerary
- 1st class train tickets: Venice-Florence and Florence-Rome
- Venice Walk with Gondola Ride
- Colosseum & Ancient Rome Tour
- Best of Florence with Accademia Gallery Tour
- Breakfast daily at hotel
Hotel Info
Hotel Marcella Royal ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆
The Marcella Royal Hotel is a first class boutique hotel conveniently situated in the center of Rome. 10 minutes from Via Veneto, in an affluent and well-to-do district, within walking distance of the city’s numerous sights and attractions, including Via Veneto, the Spanish Steps, Via Nazionale, Barberini and many more.
The 4 star hotel provides all the creature comforts and amenities that you require for a most relaxing and unforgettable stay in the Eternal City. Carefully decorated and furnished throughout, including all the guest rooms and communal areas, ourthe hotel is like an oasis of tranquility, right in the heart of the hustle and bustle of Rome.
Rome
Hotel Rivoli ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆
If you are searching for luxury accommodation in Florence city center, then the exclusive Rivoli Boutique Hotel will most certainly fulfill all expectations. Situated in the heart of Florence, this 15th century former Franciscan convent has been tastefully refurbished to provide comfortable, elegant accommodation whilst retaining the hotel's delightful periodic character and charm - from the lobby, with its unique opulent archways and pillars, classic ceilings and cross vaults to our lavishly frescoed lounges.
Florence
Hotel Locanda Vivaldi ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆
Reflected in the waters of the Venice lagoon and only a short walk away from St Mark’s Square, this 4 Star boutique hotel offers its guests the pleasure of an exclusive stay in such a unique and unforgettable city. Our warm and friendly staff will treat you like family!
Stucco, gildings, marbles and antique furniture will welcome you to this inn, a Venetian residence decorated according to the ancient tradition with precious fabrics, curtains, drapes, oriental carpets and illuminated by the warmest light of the blown Murano glass chandeliers.
Don't forget to go relax and enjoy an espresso or Bellini at our picturesque Sky Bar, a panoramic terrace over looking the Grand Canal.
Venice
Optional Tour Add-Ons
Duration: 3 hours, 7:45am - 10:45am
City: Rome
A wondrous journey through the spiritual heart of Rome including an exclusive Vatican Museums tour, a view of the mesmerizing Sistine Chapel and a walk through breathtaking St. Peter’s Cathedral.
Carefully crafted and meticulously designed to offer unique insight and a privileged viewing of some of the world’s most extraordinary masterpieces, this signature tour is unique among all guided tours of the Vatican Museums and Sistine Chapel because it includes an early access priority tickets, alongside a guided tour led by a knowledgeable and charismatic expert.
Meet your guide at the Vatican Museums entrance, and enjoy a guided tour of the Vatican Museums and Sistine Chapel accessing the museum before it opens to the public.
Follow your guide, an expert in art, history and religion, and explore the marvelous art collection of the Vatican Museums: your exclusive Sistine Chapel tour encompasses viewing of all the highlights, including the statue and geographical maps galleries, as well as Raphael’s hall and the tapestry gallery. Learn all about the genius artists who enhanced this tiny sovereign state’s premises, and then head to the Sistine Chapel, one of the most astounding artistic marvels in the world.
Crown your guided tour of the Vatican Museums and Sistine Chapel with a visit to St. Peter’s Basilica. Wander down the majestic Cathedral, and view the highlights in all their glory. The gleaming mosaics and superb stonework, such as Michelangelo’s heart-rending Pietà and Bernini’s canopy, will come to life and become part of you.
Meeting point will be at a central location. Details will be provided in final documents.
Duration: 3 hours, 11:00am - 2:00pm, 3:00pm - 6:00pm OR 6:30pm - 9:30pm
City: Florence
Learn how to make authentic, Italian Pizza and Gelato – a fun cooking class for kids too!
Under the guidance of a professional pizza chef, called a Pizzaiolo, you will make your own pizza - stretch it, sauce it, bake it, slice it. The chef will teach you the key techniques in making a soft and flexible dough and the trick for a flavorful yet light tomato sauce so you can make this pizza at home!
After pizza it’s time for Gelato. The chef will explain why the gelato is the Italy's favorite dessert and will give insight to the 'gelato culture' that continues to grow. Learn the basic raw ingredients, how to select the best products available according to specific principles, development and application of natural colors, the heating and freezing techniques and how they have different effects on the ingredients.
Then enjoy a presentation and tasting of some of the flavors used in gelato making!
This activity is strongly recommended for families that wish to have children to learn about the Italian culture, an easy and fun experience that will last forever in their memory.
Meeting point will be at a central location. Details will be provided in final documents.
Duration: 2.5 hours, 3:00pm - 5:30pm
City: Florence
Discover one of Italy's most important museums, the Uffizi Gallery, under the guidance of an art expert, skipping the long lines!
Enjoy a guided tour of the main rooms of the Uffizi Gallery and follow the evolution of Italian art through the centuries, from the Middle Ages to Renaissance. Learn about Giotto’s revolutionary art, admire the beauty of Botticelli’s Primavera and the sensuality of his Venere, surprise yourself with Leonardo’s mix of rational genius and artistic creativity, and view the main masterpieces by many other unparalleled artists.
Meeting point will be at a central location. Details will be provided in final documents.
Duration: 9 hours, 2:00pm - 11:00pm
City: Florence
Starting from Florence, you will be taken to Siena by an English speaking driver. In Siena, enjoy a guided walking tour of this compact city as you explore Piazza del Campo, the main central square where the famous Palio horse race takes place every year, as well as the quieter backstreets and learning everything about the Contrade, the 17 medieval city districts that compete against each other in the Palio.
Then continue to San Gimignano, famed for its medieval skyscrapers, high walls and narrow streets that typify most people image of a Tuscan hill town. San Gimignano is unique in the preservation of about a dozen of its tower houses, which with its hilltop setting and encircling walls, form its famed and unforgettable skyline. You will have free time to explore this city as you wish.
Finally, savor a typical Tuscan dinner paired with wines in a fascinating location in the Chianti countryside. Then return to Florence.
Meeting point will be at a central location. Details will be provided in final documents.
Duration: 4 hours; Several Departure Times
City: Rome
Trastevere is a neighborhood like no other. It’s where Romans choose to eat with their families and where young Romans go for buzzing nightlife at evenings and weekends. You can’t leave Rome without walking through these streets and tasting the best food on offer.
On this 4-hour walking food tour you explore this photogenic neighborhood by night. You’ll sample a blend of Italian classics like pizza and pasta, real Roman street food, less-known meats and cheeses, and amazing wine in a secret cellar.
Meeting point will be at a central location. Details will be provided in final documents.
Duration: 2 hours, Several Departure Times
City: Venice
Enjoy a tour of the most famous sites in Venice: the Doge’s Palace and St. Mark’s Basilica. Once home to the Duke of Venice and the city’s courts, the Doge's Palace features the very best and the very worst of Venice’s history – from vast paintings by Tintoretto and Veronese to the wooden slot where accusations of treason were slipped to the fearsome Secret Police.
Next you will admire the heart of Venice – St. Mark’s Square, once pronounced the “finest drawing room in all of Europe” by Napoleon. Marvel at the diversity of Venetian culture, where eastern architecture and western design have blended to create a structure with an onion dome, before following your guide through the beautiful frescoes inside the basilica.
Meeting point will be at a central location. Details will be provided in final documents.
