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Venezia, Firenze, Roma!
Group Organizer: Ms. Kelly Nottingham
Departure Date
April 15, 2017
Overnights
Venice 2 • Florence 2 • Rome 3
Accommodations
Accommodations in centrally-located
three-star or four-star hotels. Rooming on
a triple basis. Double rooms: $280 per
person.
Transportation
Round-trip transportation on scheduled
airline.
Meals
All breakfasts. All dinners.
Guides
Services of a specially-trained passports Tour Director throughout.
Included Travel Insurance
The benefits package conveys high-option life,
health, and accident insurance, baggage loss
and delay, trip delay and trip interruption
coverage.
Tour Cost $3619
-$200 until March 15, 2016
Total $3419
Final payment is due 12/26/2016 or, with E-Z Pay,
3/16/2017. Tour cost is based on a combined
enrollment of 35 participants. Departure from New
York City, NY. Adults 24 years or older are
automatically charged for double rooms. With
doubles, total price is $3,699.
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Internal Transit
Boatbus to/from the airport on Days 1-2.
Round-trip water bus to St. Mark's Square on
Day 3. Water bus on Day 4. Airport departure
transfer on Day 9.
Days 1-2: Arrival Venice
Day 3: Venice
Venice Guided Walking Tour: Glass workshop
Day 4: Venice - Florence
Basilica of St. Anthony of Padua
Day 5: Florence
Florence city sightseeing: Local Guide,
Accademia, Cathedral of Florence (nave),
Santa Croce, Leonardo's Leather Workshop
Excursion to Pisa: Pisa's Duomo, Camposanto
Cemetery and Baptistry
Day 6: Florence - Rome
Local Guide in Assisi, Basilica of St. Francis,
Basilica of St. Mary of the Angels
Day 7: Rome
Rome City Sightseeing: One-day public
transportation pass in Rome, Local Guide,
Colosseum, Roman Forum and Palatine Hill,
Vatican Museums, Sistine Chapel, St. Peter's
Basilica, Piazza Navona, Pantheon
Optional ($50) Dinner with music
Day 8: Rome
Optional ($195) Excursion to Pompeii and
Herculaneum: Local Guide
Optional ($55) Gladiator School
Day 9: Departure
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Detailed Itinerary
Days 1-2: Arrival
A dream comes true as your wide-bodied
jet thunders off the airstrip, Europe-
bound. Time for a meal, a movie and a
nap. Then it gets light again, first off the
left-hand side of the airplane, then
everywhere. It's morning, and Italy! Relax or start exploring the "Pearl of
the Adriatic." Remember Marco Polo,
who set out from this magnificent harbor
in 1271, at the age of 18, on a fantastic
journey to Asia.
Meals included: Dinner Overnight: Venice
Day 3: Venice Guided Walking
Tour
After a water bus ride to the greatest
square in the West, Piazza San Marco,
enjoy a walking tour led by a local guide.
You will see the Doges' Palace and St.
Mark's Basilica. Head to the Rialto area to visit the
nooks and crannies of Old Venice and the
Rialto Market. The Erberia, the produce
market selling fresh fruits and vegetables,
is a riot of colors and, of course,
wonderful savors. Nearby is the
Pescheria, the fish market, which is at its
best early in the morning when its stalls
are filled with a variety of freshly-caught
fish and seafood (closed Sundays and
Mondays). visit a glass workshop, where you will
view a glass-blowing demonstration and
learn about the art of making the world-
renowned Venetian glass. Use your vaporetto ticket to ride along
the Grand Canal aboard a water bus: take
either the #1 water bus, which makes
every stop along the way, or #82, which
travels along the same route with fewer
stops. You will pass under the Rialto
Bridge, which was once the only link
between the two sides of the Grand Canal.
Completed in 1591, this shop-lined stone
bridge is a lively gathering place for
visitors and locals alike. If the weather is favorable, you may
want to arrange a gondola ride along the
canals, past stately palaces. A unique
Venetian experience, as extravagant and
as unforgettable as the city itself.
Meals included: Breakfast, Dinner Overnight: Venice
Day 4: Padua, Florence
Say arrivederci to Venice and travel to
the city of Padua, seat of a famous
university founded in 1222. Galileo taught
mathematics there between 1592 and
1610. Enjoy a visit to the huge Basilica di
Sant'Antonio, visited as a place of
pilgrimage by people from all over the
world. Continue your journey up and over the
rolling hills of Tuscany, to Firenze, the
"Jewel of the Renaissance." This evening, stroll along the River
Arno, or over it, using the shop-lined
Ponte Vecchio, the oldest bridge in
Florence. This medieval bridge (built in
1345) is especially attractive at sunset,
when it reflects the warm Italian light.
Meals included: Breakfast, Dinner Overnight: Florence
Day 5: Florence City
Sightseeing, Excursion to Pisa
On a city tour in Florence, you'll get
acquainted with the Medici family and the
art of politics. A local guide, well-educated and
specially-trained on the history and
culture of Florence, will accompany your
group. Accademia • Visit the Galleria
della Accademia to view the best known
of all Florentine treasures, Michelangelo's
monumental David. Cathedral of
Florence (nave) • Visit the Cathedral of
Santa Maria del Fiore, better known as
the Duomo. It's one of the largest
cathedrals in the Christian world,
consecrated back in 1436. Marvel at its
sumptuous exterior marble decoration and
at the works of art it houses, including
Domenico de Michelino's 1320 painting
Dante and the Divine Comedy. Santa
Croce • Visit the church of Santa Croce,
the final resting place of luminaries such
as Michelangelo, Machiavelli and Galileo.
The church is filled with treasures and
houses the Pazzi Chapel, a masterpiece by
Brunelleschi noted for its original
conception and skillful proportions.
Leonardo's Leather Workshop • Watch
a craftsman demonstrate steps used in the
manufacture of the world-renowned
Florentine leather goods.
Excursion to Pisa • An excursion takes
you to Pisa, the city whose navy once
dominated the Western Mediterranean,
before the Arno River silted up. Just north of the city center discover
the Campo dei Miracoli and its trio of
remarkable Moorish-style religious
buildings. The most famous of the three is
the Leaning Tower, now tilting nearly 13
feet from its vertical axis. Hear about the
various solutions proposed to counteract
the sinking of its foundation. While in Pisa, you'll visit the
sumptuous Duomo (known for its
horizontal marble stripes). Camposanto
Cemetery and Baptistry • You will visit
the Camposanto, the adjacent cemetery
believed to have been filled with earth
brought back from the Holy Land. Then, visit the ornate colonnaded
Baptistry, (Italy's largest, and it leans
about 5 feet!), where you will see how,
like the Duomo, it contains exceptional
works by Pisan artists of the 13th century.
Free time in Florence • The remainder
of the day is free to plan as you wish. You may want to check out Florence's
leather and jewelry shops, or the
boutiques where you can acquire beautiful
reproductions of Florentine artwork at
reasonable prices.
Meals included: Breakfast, Dinner Overnight: Florence
Day 6: Assisi, Rome
Travel to Assisi, where flowers overflow
the window boxes which adorn the pink
stone buildings typical of the town. A half-day local guide, well-educated
and specially-trained on the history and
culture of Assisi, will accompany your
group. Visit the Basilica of St. Francis, built
on the Hill of Paradise and restored to its
past splendor following the 1997
earthquake. It consists of two
superimposed churches resting on a series
of arches: the Lower Basilica, built over
the crypt which contains the tomb of St.
Francis, and the Upper Basilica, decorated
with frescoes by 13th-century masters
Giotto and Cimabue. You will visit the Basilica of St. Mary
of the Angels, built on the outskirts of
town over the site where St. Francis spent
most of his life. It encloses the
Porziuncola Chapel, where he prayed and
received visions, and the Transitus
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Chapel, built over the cell in which the
beloved saint died in 1226. A ride down the autostrada brings you
to the "Eternal City." Plan a visit to the Trevi Fountain, one
of Rome's most celebrated sights, which
was the terminus of the Aqua Virgo
aqueduct. The Trevi is at its best at night,
when the fountain is illuminated. Throw a
coin into the spray to ensure your return to
this wonderful city!
Meals included: Breakfast, Dinner Overnight: Rome
Day 7: Rome City Sightseeing,
Optional Dinner with Music
Set out on a sightseeing tour of Rome.
Local Guide • A full-day local guide,
well-educated and specially-trained on the
history and culture of Rome, will
accompany your group. Colosseum,
Roman Forum and Palatine Hill • Visit
some of the best known monuments of
Ancient Rome, including the Colosseum
and the Roman Forum. Once the heart of
a vast empire, the Forum was filled with
extravagant buildings and crowded with
people from all over the known world. Your combination ticket also allows
entrance to the archaeological site on the
Palatine Hill. Should time allow, you may
want to make your way up the hill to visit
the site and its museum. This was the
oldest residential area in Ancient Rome.
Vatican Museums • Discover
outstanding masterpieces collected for the
Vatican Museums since the early 1500s.
You will see exceptional statues from
antiquity, such as Laocoön and His Sons
and the Apollo Belvedere, and stunning
Renaissance paintings, notably in the
Raphael Rooms, where the best-known of
the frescoes is The School of Athens. Marvel at Michelangelo's Last
Judgment and brightly-colored ceiling
frescoes in the Sistine Chapel. A visit is included to St. Peter's
Basilica, which houses priceless works of
art, in particular Michelangelo's Pietà and
Bernini's Dove of the Holy Spirit. Piazza
Navona • Walk through the plaza known
as Piazza Navona. Built on the site of
Domitian's Stadium and lined with grand
buildings and trendy cafes, this oblong
square is adorned with statues and
fountains, notably Bernini's Fountain of
the Four Rivers.
Enter the "Temple to All the Gods,"
which is one of the better-preserved and
most harmonious monuments of antiquity.
Optional Dinner with music • Tonight,
enjoy dinner while local singers and
musicians entertain you with O Sole Mio,
Volare and other favorite Italian songs.
Meals included: Breakfast, Dinner Optional: Dinner with music Overnight: Rome
Day 8: Rome, Optional
Excursion to Pompeii and
Herculaneum, Optional
Gladiator School
Enjoy some free time in the city or
consider an optional excursion.
Optional Excursion to Pompeii and
Herculaneum • Embark on a journey
that will take you first to Pompeii for a
guided tour of its ruins. See how well-to-
do Romans lived 2,000 years ago, until
Mt. Vesuvius spoke, at once destroying
this city and preserving it for all time. Continue with a guided tour of
Herculaneum, for which AD 79 also
turned out to be a bad year. Smaller than
Pompeii, it nevertheless had 5,000
inhabitants when it was destroyed. This
carefully laid out city with three main
streets and five districts contained both
the extravagant houses of wealthy
Romans and the tenement buildings
occupied by laborers and slaves. Local
Guide • A local guide, well-educated and
specially-trained on the history and
culture of Pompeii and Herculaneum, will
accompany your group.
Optional Gladiator School • The
Scuola Gladiatori, also known as the The
Gladiator School of Rome, is located
along the Via Appia Antica. It offers a
two-hour, hands-on gladiator training
session. Practice the skills of gladiators
who, in ancient times, drew the cheers and
jeers of countless spectators in the
Colosseum. Remember the gladiator
emperor Commodus as you measure
yourself against your comrades!
Meals included: Breakfast, Dinner Overnight: Rome
Day 9: Departure
Ciao, Europa! Statistics show that visitors
do in fact return to Rome, although it may
not have anything to do with coins in a
fountain. Race the sun and arrive home
later today, eager to share your
discoveries with family and friends.
Meals included: Breakfast
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Participant Cost Breakdown
Itinerary Venezia, Firenze, Roma!
Departing April 15, 2017
Departure City New York City, NY
Rooming Triples
Program Cost $3,619
-$200 Early Enrollment Discount for enrollments before March 15, 2016
Total Cost $3,419
Estimated Monthly Payment $256 with E-Z Pay and $95 deposit
*Total Cost includes discounts which expire as listed. Program Cost includes
weekend fees of $80. Program Cost is valid for those who enroll and pay in full
before December 26, 2016. Alternate convenience monthly payment of $292 for
enrollments before March 15, 2016 after $495 deposit.
Available Add-ons not included in price
Dinner with music: $50
Excursion to Pompeii and Herculaneum: $195
Gladiator School: $55
Double rooms: $280 per person - 7 @ $40 per night (mandatory for adults 24 years
and older)
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