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Day 1: Fly overnight to Italy
Day 2: Milan • Venice
Meet your Tour Director at the destination airportTravel to Venice
Day 3: Venice
Take a ferry to Venice
Take a guided tour of Venice
With your expert local guide you will see:
- St. Mark’s Square
- Grand Canal
See a glass-blowing demonstration
Travel by water taxi to the island of Burano
Explore Burano on your own
Enjoy a gondola ride
Day 4: Venice • Ravenna • Florence
Travel via Ravenna to Florence
Tour Ravenna with an expert local guide
Visit the Mausoleum of Galla Placidia
Day 5: Florence
Pisa
Journey to Pisa on this half-day excursion. Enjoy a guided tour of the city’s Field of Miracles, where you can snap a picture of the 12th-century Leaning Tower, aslant ever since the third floor was built. This is where Galileo was said to have developed his laws of gravity. Also visit the adjacent cathedral and baptistery, which contain exquisite marble pulpits carved in the Gothic style.
Take a guided tour of Florence
With your expert local guide you will see:
- Piazza della Signoria
- Ponte Vecchio
- Basilica of Santa Croce
- Gates of Paradise
Day 6: Florence • Cinque Terre
Travel to Cinque Terre
Day 7: Cinque Terre
Take an excursion to Cinque Terre
Explore Cinque Terre by train
Day 8: Cinque Terre • Como region
Travel to the Como regionTake a cruise on Lake Como
Day 9: Como region • Milan • Depart for home
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Day 9: Como region • Milan • Rome
Travel by train to RomeDay 10: Rome
Take a guided tour of Rome
With your expert local guide you will visit:
- Roman Forum
- Colosseum
Take a self-guided walking tour of Rome
You will see:
- Trevi Fountain
- Pantheon
- Piazza Navona
- Spanish Steps
Day 11: Rome
Take a bike tour of the Villa Borghese Gardens with an expert local guide
Explore Rome on your own
Vatican City
Step inside the smallest country in the world on an expert-led tour. This independent city-state is ruled by the pope. Here you'll marvel at Michelangelo's breathtaking ceiling in the Sistine Chapel. Then visit St. Peter's Basilica on your own, the largest church in the world, which is built over catacombs and the suspected grave of St. Peter himself. And, be on the lookout for the Swiss Guard, protectors of the Vatican City who look like they've time traveled from the Renaissance with their colorful uniforms.
Day 12: Depart for home
