Italy Trip May 2016MAY 18, 2016 - JUN 1, 2016

VENEZIA, VICENZA, VENICE, FIRENZE, TUSCANIA, ROMA, POMPEII

Here is the Italy trip info

Page 2 of 19TRIP SUMMARY

1:30 PM Depart Indianapolis- Travel Day

9:00 AM Arrive Venice - Hilton Molino Stucky Venice

11:00 AM Doge's Palace - Venice Doge’s Palace opening hours , Museo Di Palazzo Ducale

1:30 PM Lunch Near Doge's Palace

3:30 PM Boat tour of the Grand Canal - Venice, Italy Canal Cruise: Grand Canal and Secret Canals byMotorboat - Venice, Italy | Viator , Venice, Italy Canal Cruise: Grand Canal and Secret Canals byMotorboat - Venice, Italy | Viator

5:30 PM Return to hotel and rest/change for dinner

7:00 PM Dinner at L’ALCOVA RESTAURANT - L’Alcova Restaurant - Our Menus Venice Hotel -Ca'Sagredo Hotel near Venice Grand Canal

Valpollicella Day Trip Venice: Wine Tasting and Verona - 12 Reviews: Valpolicella Day Trip fromVenice: Wine Tasting and Verona | Viator

Madanno de Orto - Madonna dell’Orto Church Tours, Trips & Tickets - Venice Attractions |Viator.com

8:00 AM Venice Rialto Market, San Polo and Frari Church - Rialto Bridge, Rialto Market, San Polo,Basilica Di Santa Maria Gloriosa Dei Frari

11:00 AM St. Mark's Bascilica - °°°°° Basilica di San Marco, Saint Mark's Basilica, St Mark's Square

1:00 PM Lunch at Trattoria Al Cugnal - Trattoria Ai Cugnai restaurant in Venice

2:30 PM Campanile di San Marco - St Mark's Campanile

8:00 AM Train to Florence 9:12 Italo #9981

11:00 AM Duomo - Duomo

12:00 PM Lunch near Piazza della Signoria - Piazza della Signoria

1:30 PM Uffizi Gallery - Plan Your Visit to the Uffizi: Hours, Admissions, Map, Floor Plans, Galleria DegliUffizi

4:00 PM Check into Florence Apartment

Wednesday - May 18

Thursday - May 19

Friday - May 20

Saturday - May 21

Sunday - May 22

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8:15 AM Galleria dell'Accademia - Accademia Gallery in Florence: Home to Michelangelo's David,Galleria dell'Accademia Museum

7:00 PM Dinner at Piazzale Michelangelo - Hostaria del Bricco, Florence - Restaurant Reviews, PhoneNumber & Photos - TripAdvisor

9:15 AM Florence Wine and Villas Tours - Wines & Villas, Tuscany, Tuscania

12:08 PM Train to Rome: Firencze SM Novella 12:08 PM Frecciarossa #9521

2:00 PM Check into Rome apartment

3:00 PM Take introductory tour of Rome - Metropolitan City of Rome

7:00 PM Dinner

9:00 AM Vatican Gardens/ Museum

11:00 AM Sistine Chapel

3:00 PM St. Peter's Basilica and Square

6:00 PM Explore Vatican City - Vatican City

Skip the Line: Vatican Museums Walking Tour Including Sistine Chapel

9:00 AM Explore Ancient Rome, Monti & Celio

10:00 AM Roman Forum

11:30 AM The Colosseum

2:00 PM Imperial Forums - Via dei Fori Imperiali

3:00 PM Palatine Hill - Palatino / Palatine Hill

5:00 PM Explore Monti

8:00 AM Explore Villa Borghese and Parioll - Villa Borghese

9:15 AM Galleria Borghese - Galleria Borghese in Rome | Visit a City, Galleria Borghese E Il Museo

1:00 PM Explore Tridente and the Spanish Steps

Monday - May 23

Tuesday - May 24

Wednesday - May 25

Thursday - May 26

Friday - May 27

Saturday - May 28

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9:00 AM Explore Centro Storico & the Pantheon

9:30 AM The Pantheon - Pantheon

11:00 AM Piazza Navona - Piazza Navona

1:00 PM Arcibasilica di San Giovanni in Laterano - Basilica Di San Giovanni In Laterano

6:45 AM Small Group Pompeii and Amalfi Coast Drive with Positano Stop - Pompeii

9:00 AM Explore Trastevere

10:00 AM Santa Maria basillica in Trastevere

12:00 PM Lunch at Dar Poeta

2:00 PM Climb Janiculum Hill/ Doria Pamphilj Park

10:00 AM Depart Rome

Sunday - May 29

Monday - May 30

Tuesday - May 31

Wednesday - June 1

Page 5 of 19WEDNESDAY - MAY 18

1:30 PM Depart Indianapolis- Travel Day

United Confirmation: MSRFP9, Depart Indianapolis May 18th at 1:54 pm

THURSDAY - MAY 19

Page 6 of 19THURSDAY - MAY 19

9:00 AM Arrive Venice

Arrive Venice at 9:00 AMReservation Confirmation # 3225629366Rate 324 Euros.

11:00 AM

2 hr 15 min

Doge's Palace

Secrets and skip the line tour at 69 EuroHours 8:30 to 6pm

1:30 PM Lunch Near Doge's Palace

Most restaurants are open 12-3 only

3:30 PM Boat tour of the Grand Canal

100 Euro for 2 hour tour of canal by water

5:30 PM Return to hotel and rest/change for dinner

If we aren't tired we can walk around

7:00 PM Dinner at L’ALCOVA RESTAURANT

Campo Santa Sophia 4198/99, 30121 Ca’ D’Oro, VeniceThis place is pricey, but the food is highly rated and views are supposed to be wonderful.

Hilton Molino Stucky VeniceGiudecca 810, Venezia, VENEZIA, IT, 30133

Venice Doge’s Palace openinghours

Museo Di Palazzo DucalePiazza San Marco 1, Venezia,VENEZIA, IT, 30124

Venice, Italy Canal Cruise:Grand Canal and Secret Canalsby Motorboat - Venice, Italy |Viator

Venice, Italy Canal Cruise:Grand Canal and Secret Canalsby Motorboat - Venice, Italy |Viator

L’Alcova Restaurant - Our Menus VeniceHotel - Ca'Sagredo Hotel near Venice GrandCanal

Page 7 of 19FRIDAY - MAY 20

Valpollicella Day Trip Venice: Wine Tasting and Verona

SATURDAY - MAY 21

Madanno de Orto

8:00 AM Venice Rialto Market, San Polo and Frari Church

Recommend to get to Market early

11:00 AM

2 hr

St. Mark's Bascilica

Tours available for about 20Euro, can skip the line by booking tour or making reservation inadvance.Mosaics lit at 11am only

12 Reviews: Valpolicella Day Trip from Venice:Wine Tasting and Verona | Viator

Madonna dell’Orto Church Tours, Trips &Tickets - Venice Attractions | Viator.com

Rialto BridgeSestiere San Polo, Venezia,Veneto, IT, 30125

Rialto MarketCampo San Giacomo, Vicenza,VENEZIA, IT, 36100

San PoloVenice, Veneto, IT, 30125

Basilica Di Santa Maria GloriosaDei FrariSan Polo 3072, Venezia, VENEZIA,IT, 30125

°°°°° Basilica di San MarcoSaint Mark's BasilicaPiazza S. Marco, Venezia,VENEZIA, IT, 30124

St Mark's SquarePiazza San Marco, Vicenza, VENEZIA, IT, 36100

Page 8 of 191:00 PM Lunch at Trattoria Al Cugnal

2:30 PM

45 min

Campanile di San Marco

St. Marks Belltower. Ride to top 8Euro

SUNDAY - MAY 22

Trattoria Ai Cugnai restaurant in Venice

St Mark's CampanilePiazza San Marco, Venezia, Veneto, IT, 30124

Page 9 of 19SUNDAY - MAY 22

8:00 AM Train to Florence 9:12 Italo #9981

11:00 AM

2 hr

Duomo

Access to the Duomo is free while the Belltower, the Dome and the Baptistery have threedifferent entry tickets

12:00 PM Lunch near Piazza della Signoria

The Piazza della Signoria has been the center of political life in Florence since the 14thcentury with the prominent Palazzo Vecchio overlooking the square. It was the scene of greattriumphs, such as the return of the Medici in 1530 as well as the Bonfire of the Vanitiesinstigated by Savonarola, who was then himself burned at the stake here in 1498 after he wasdenounced by the Inquisition as a heretic. A marble circle inscription on the piazza shows thelocation where he was burned.

1:30 PM Uffizi Gallery

The Uffizi Gallery is one of the top museums in the world, as well as one of the oldest. Everyyear, millions of visitors to Florence and Tuscany enter into the Uffizi to see with their own eyessome of the most famous works of art and masterpieces that have marked mankind’s artisticinnovation through the centuries.

The Uffizi is open Tuesday through Sunday, 8:15 am – 6:50 pm.This means it is CLOSED on Mondays.

4:00 PM Check into Florence Apartment

https://www.homeaway.com/vacation-rental/p145257vb?uni_id=145257

DuomoIT

Piazza della SignoriaPiazza della Signoria, Firenze, Toscana, IT, 50122

Plan Your Visit to the Uffizi:Hours, Admissions, Map, FloorPlans

Galleria Degli UffiziPiazzale degli Uffizi 6, Firenze,FIRENZE, IT, 50122

Page 10 of 19MONDAY - MAY 23

8:15 AM Galleria dell'Accademia

This is the location of Michaelangelo's David.Hours 8:15-6:508 Euro

7:00 PM Dinner at Piazzale Michelangelo

Recomend to try to enjoy at sunset

TUESDAY - MAY 24

9:15 AM Florence Wine and Villas Tours

Meet on the Southern side of the Arno River (called Oltranrno) located 27R Lungarno Celliniclose to Piazza Poggi (San Niccolo tower)

WEDNESDAY - MAY 25

Accademia Gallery in Florence: Home toMichelangelo's David, Galleria dell'AccademiaMuseum

Hostaria del Bricco, Florence - RestaurantReviews, Phone Number & Photos - TripAdvisor

Wines & VillasTuscanyTuscany, IT

TuscaniaTuscania, Lazio, IT, 01017

Page 11 of 19WEDNESDAY - MAY 25

12:08 PM

1 hr 30 min

Train to Rome: Firencze SM Novella 12:08 PM Frecciarossa #9521

Take La Frecce high speed train between Florence and Rome 1.5 hours

2:00 PM Check into Rome apartment

3:00 PM Take introductory tour of Rome

ItineraryRome Hop-On Hop-Off Tour Stops:Via Marsala (Termini station)Santa Maria Maggiore (Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore)Colosseo (Colosseum and Ancient Rome)Circo Massimo (Circus Maximus)Piazza Venezia (Monument to Vittorio Emanuele II)Vaticano (Vatican City)Fontana di Trevi (Trevi Fountain)Piazza di SpagnaPiazza Barberini (historic center and Villa Borghese)

7:00 PM Dinner

THURSDAY - MAY 26

Metropolitan City of RomeLazio, IT

Page 12 of 19THURSDAY - MAY 26

9:00 AM Vatican Gardens/ Museum

11:00 AM Sistine Chapel

3:00 PM St. Peter's Basilica and Square

6:00 PM Explore Vatican City

Skip the Line: Vatican Museums Walking Tour Including SistineChapel

FRIDAY - MAY 27

9:00 AM Explore Ancient Rome, Monti & Celio

Although no longer the heart of the city, this is where Rome began, with the Colosseum,Palatine Hill, Roman Forum, Imperial Forums, and Circus Maximus. This area offers only afew hotels—most of them inexpensive to moderate in price—and not a lot of greatrestaurants. Many restaurant owners have their eyes on the cash register and the tour-buscrowd, whose passengers are often herded in and out of these restaurants so fast that theydon’t know whether the food is any good. Just beyond the Circus Maximus is the Aventine Hill,south of the Palatine and close to the Tiber, now a leafy and rather posh residential quarter—with great city views. You will get much more of a neighborhood feel if you stay in Monti(Rome’s oldest rione, or quarter) or Celio. Both also have good dining, aimed at locals as wellas visitors, and Monti, especially, has plenty of life from aperitivo o’clock and into the weehours of the night.

Read more: http://www.frommers.com/destinations/rome/705616#ixzz3ern0DNWK

10:00 AM Roman Forum

11:30 AM The Colosseum

Vatican CityVatican City, 00120

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2:00 PM Imperial Forums

3:00 PM Palatine Hill

5:00 PM Explore Monti

MONTI

You don’t actually have to venture far from the tourist traps to find Monti—the neighborhood’shidden in plain sight, east of the Roman Forum and just north of the Colosseum. In ancientRoman times, Monti was considered a slum, though it’s hard to picture that today; with itseclectic boutiques, chic wine bars, organic markets, and indie galleries, the area is hip with abohemian edge. At the same time, Monti has somehow retained a cozy, “small village” feeland still possesses fragments of old-world Italian charm with its Renaissance remnants andold-fashioned trattorias.

WHY VISIT? Monti is smaller and arguably less popular than Trastavere—and that’s exactlywhy you should go. Here, you’ll get a real taste of community, particularly at the lively Piazzadella Madonna dei Monti. Sit on the sunny, crowded steps of its fountain while enjoying theterrific gelato from nearby Fatamorgana, or dine al fresco at La Bottega del Caffè and watchas kids play and locals go about their business.

SATURDAY - MAY 28

8:00 AM Explore Villa Borghese and Parioll

Via dei Fori ImperialiVia dei Fori Imperiali, Roma, Lazio, IT

Palatino / Palatine HillRoma, LAZIO, IT, 00186

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Villa Borghese & Parioli -- We would call Parioli an area for connoisseurs, attracting thosewho shun the Spanish Steps and the overly commercialized Via Veneto. It is, in short, Rome’smost elegant residential section, a setting for some of the city’s finest restaurants, hotels, andpublic parks. Geographically, Parioli is in fact framed by the green spaces of the VillaBorghese to the south and the Villa Glori and Villa Ada to the north. It lies adjacent to Prati butacross the Tiber to the east; it’s considered one of the safest districts in the city. All that beingsaid, Parioli is not exactly central, so it can be a hassle as a base if you’re dependent onpublic transportation.

Read more: http://www.frommers.com/destinations/rome/705616#ixzz3ernqRqRr

9:15 AM

1 hr 30 min

Galleria Borghese

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1:00 PM

2 hr 30 min

Explore Tridente and the Spanish Steps

Tridente & the Spanish Steps -- The northern part of Rome’s center is sometimes known asthe Tridente on account of the trident shape of the roads leading down from the apex ofPiazza del Popolo—Via di Ripetta, Via del Corso, and Via del Babuino. The star here isunquestionably Piazza di Spagna, which attracts Romans and tourists alike to idly sit on itscelebrated Spanish Steps. Some of Rome’s most upscale shopping streets fan out fromhere, including Via Condotti. In fact, this is the most upscale part of Rome, full of expensivehotels, designer boutiques, and chic restaurants.

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SUNDAY - MAY 29

Galleria Borghese in Rome |Visit a City

Galleria Borghese E Il MuseoPiazzale del Museo Borghese 5,Roma, ROMA, IT, 00197

Page 17 of 19SUNDAY - MAY 29

9:00 AM Explore Centro Storico & the Pantheon

Centro Storico & the Pantheon -- One of the most desirable (and busiest) areas of Rome, theCentro Storico (“Historic Center”) is a maze of narrow streets and cobbled alleys dating fromthe Middle Ages, and filled with churches and palaces built during the Renaissance andbaroque eras. The only way to explore it is on foot. Its heart is Piazza Navona, built overEmperor Domitian’s stadium and bustling with sidewalk cafes, palazzi, street artists,musicians, and pickpockets.

Rivaling Piazza Navona—in general activity, the cafe scene, and the nightlife—is the areaaround the Pantheon, which remains from ancient Roman times and is surrounded by adistrict built much later. South of Corso Vittorio Emanuele and centered on Piazza Farneseand the square of Campo de’ Fiori, many buildings in this area were constructed inRenaissance times as private homes. West of Via Arenula lies one of the city’s mostintriguing districts, the old Jewish Ghetto, where the increasingly fashionable dining optionsfar outnumber the hotels.

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9:30 AM The Pantheon

11:00 AM Piazza Navona

1:00 PM Arcibasilica di San Giovanni in Laterano

MONDAY - MAY 30

PantheonPiazza della Rotonda, Roma, ROMA, IT, 00186

Piazza NavonaPiazza Navona, Roma, ROMA, IT, 00186

Basilica Di San Giovanni In LateranoPiazza di San Giovanni in Laterano 4, Roma,ROMA, IT, 00184

Page 18 of 19MONDAY - MAY 30

6:45 AM Small Group Pompeii and Amalfi Coast Drive with Positano Stop

TUESDAY - MAY 31

9:00 AM Explore Trastevere

10:00 AM Santa Maria basillica in Trastevere

Santa Maria in Trastevere

This basilica is cavernous and dark. The air here feels ten degrees cooler, and if you go in theearly morning, you’re often the only person there.

You may be alone, but a rich history surrounds you. Legend says that in 38 B.C., a stream ofmineral oil erupted at this very place. People took it as a sign the messiah was coming. PopeCalixtus erected a shrine on this location in the 200s A.D. and the spot has never beenwithout a place of worship since.

So history lovers, this is your place. This is also your place if you crave beauty. The apse isone of the most stunning in Rome. Created in 1140, the golden mosaic work still shines as ifno time has passed.

12:00 PM Lunch at Dar Poeta

You’re about to discover the best pizza in Rome. Traditional Roman pizza has a very thin crust.Personally, I like something a little thicker. Dar Poeta has the perfect wood-fired crust andabsolutely delicious toppings.

If you order the Super Bufala you will not be disappointed: Buffalo mozzarella, Parmesan,olives and artichoke hearts. I can literally eat this every week (and I do).

If you want something spicy, try the Lingua di Fuoco: Covered in a cured meat that lives up toits name “tongue of fire.”

PompeiiPompeii, Campania, IT, 80045

Page 19 of 19This restaurant is relaxing because the food is amazing and the prices are fair. You can eat avery satisfying meal without feeling guilty for overspending your travel budget. Even if youdecide to order wine!

2:00 PM Climb Janiculum Hill/ Doria Pamphilj Park

That’s why you must climb the Janiculum Hill (which looms over Trastevere) and find this park.

This large and historic park is full of expansive lawns, umbrella pines, and crumbling statues.Here, nature collides with history. An Italian Wall Lizard darts across a nose-less statue. Pondturtles sun themselves beside a 17th century villa. Rose-ringed Parakeets screech from onepalm tree to another.

This is where you’ll discover – you love Rome. The panoramic view is ancient, medieval andmodern combined; the Pantheon, Saint Peter’s Basilica, the Altar of the Fatherland. Standinghere, you peer back in history while feeling completely in the moment.

There is no better view of Rome. This is the place that converts tourists into expats.

WEDNESDAY - JUNE 1

10:00 AM Depart Rome

Flight leaves appx 8:45

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