TOUR ITINERARY

DAY One—

• Overnight flight to Rome
• Hotel Check-in

DAY Two—

• Breakfast at hotel
• Travel to Naples
• Visit Naples Museum of Archeology
• Lunch
• Free time in Galleria Umberto
• Travel to Pompeii
• Guided Tour Scavi Pompeii—Gladiator’s Barracks, Roman Forum, Porta Marina, Forum Baths, Great Theater
• Visit other archeological excavation sites of Pompeii—Herculaneum and Oplontis, Stabia, Antiquarium of Boscoreale
• Travel back to Rome
• Dinner

DAY Three—

• Breakfast at hotel
• Guided tour of Ancient Ruins of Rome—Colosseum, Roman Forum, Pantheon, Circus Maximus and Palatine Hill
• Free time exploring Piazza di Spanga (Spanish Steps) and Piazza di Trevi (Trevi Fountain)
• Lunch
• Museum visits to Galleria Borghese and either Palazzo Barberini or Castel Sant’Angelo
• Optional: Attend a performance at La Voce dell’Opera
• Dinner

DAY Four—

• Breakfast at hotel
• Day Trip to Vatican City
• Optional: Attend a morning weekday Mass
• Tour St. Peter’s Square—St. Peter’s Basilica, La Pieta, Cupola, Necropolis, Vatican Grottos
• Lunch
• Sistine Chapel and Vatican Museums—Stanze di Raffaello, Al Frescoes, Circular Staircase, Vatican Treasury
• Dinner and free time on Rome’s famed Via Veneto

DAY Five—

• Breakfast and hotel check-out
• Travel to Assisi
• Visit St. Francis Basilica, Museum and Libraries
• Free time at Terra Umbra
• Travel to Florence
• Visit Medici di Castello Gardens
• Dinner
• Optional Theater Performance at Pergola Theater
• Hotel check-in

DAY Six—

• Breakfast at hotel
• Self-guided walking tour of Florence—Piazza della Signoria, Piazza della Repubblica, Piazza Santa Croce, Piazza Di San Giovanni: Duomo and Campanile
• Lunch and free time at Mercato Centrale
• Visit Museum of San Marco
• Visit the Academy Gallery
• Dinner

DAY Seven—

• Travel to Pisa
• Visit the Leaning Tower of Pisa and Cathedral
• Lunch
• Travel to Milan
• Guided Tour La Scala Opera House
• Optional: Visit Santa Maria della Grazie: Davinci’s Last Supper
• Free Time at Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II
• Dinner
• Hotel check-in

DAY Eight—

• Breakfast at hotel and check-out
• Travel to Venice
• Walking Tour of Venice—Bridge of Sighs, Scuola di San Rocco, Accademia Gallery, Ca’ Rezzinoco, Rialto Markets
• Murano Glass Factor Demonstration
• Free time and lunch on Palazzo St. Marco
• Tour Palazzo Ducale, St. Mark’s Cathedral
• Optional: Gondola Ride on the Grand Canal
• Dinner
• Hotel check-in

DAY Nine—

• Breakfast at hotel
• Transfer to airport
• Return flight home