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- More than 20 group sightseeing events
- St. Mark's Square and Basilica tour
- Venice lagoon excursion
- Accademia Art Museum tour
- Rome's Ancient Forum, Colosseum, Pantheon, Vatican Museum and Sistine Chapel
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- A small, friendly group of 24–28 people — half the size of most tour groups
- Full-time services of a professional Rick Steves guide and local experts who will make the fascinating history, art, and culture of Venice, Florence, and Rome come alive for you
- All tours and admissions — at no extra cost — covering at least 19 group sightseeing events, Venice backstreets walking tour, St. Mark's Square and Basilica, Venice lagoon excursion, Accademia art museum tour, Renaissance Florence walking tour, Accademia Gallery (Michelangelo's David), Uffizi Gallery tour, Florence backstreets walking tour, Cooking class and lunch, Palazzo Davanzati tour, Umbrian wine-tasting lunch, Rome orientation tour, Roman Forum tour, Colosseum tour, Church of San Clemente tour, Pantheon, Visit to Vatican Museums and Sistine Chapel, St. Peter's Basilica, Evening walk through Rome including Trevi Fountain…and more
- All group transportation between Venice, Florence, and Rome
- 9 nights' accommodations (3 nights at each hotel) in memorable, centrally located hotels
- All breakfasts and half your dinners
- All tips for guides and driver
- $100 store credit for your household to use toward guidebooks and other gear for your trip
- Guaranteed tour price, locked in the moment you make your deposit
- Optional single supplements — this tour has a limited number of private rooms for solo travelers for an additional fee
- Tour alum discount of $50 for each tour you've taken prior to 2017
- 50% discount on a consulting appointment with our in-house experts to assist with your pre- or post-tour travel plans
- Flexibility should you need to transfer, or cancel/interrupt your tour
- Fine print: You are responsible for the cost of your drinks and free-time sightseeing. See our Tour Conditions Agreement for important details regarding everything listed above
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Itinerary
We'll meet at 4 p.m. at our Venice hotel, deeply nestled amidst the canals, bridges, and alleyways of this magical, preserved-in-amber city. After introductions, we'll set off on an orientation walk, and then enjoy getting acquainted over a traditional Venetian dinner together. Sleep in Venice (3 nights). No bus. Walking: light.
Our local guide will join us this morning for a historical walking tour, with a modern Venetian's-eye view, through the backstreets of Venice, ending in St. Mark's square and the shimmering, mosaic-filled Basilica. Along the way, we'll learn about the city's remarkabl...
This morning we'll have our first real brush with the Renaissance — Venetian-style — with a tour of the Accademia's treasure trove of great Venetian art, starring Titian, Veronese, Bellini, Tintoretto…and every shade of color imaginable. Then it's all aboard for a cru...
We'll drive straight to Florence this morning, and hit the ground walking with a Renaissance tour of the city's historic center. We'll learn about Brunelleschi's magnificent cathedral dome, Ghiberti's Baptistery doors, and other creations that helped define this world...
A local scholar will join us this morning as we take a walking tour of the backstreets of Florence, with some fascinating peeks into Roman, medieval, and 19th-century Florentine life along the way. After exploring the Palazzo Davanzati, we'll continue our tour across ...
This morning we'll devote our time to the breathtaking Renaissance art of the Uffizi — home to the finest collection of Italian paintings anywhere — including works by Leonardo, Botticelli, Michelangelo, and more. After some free time to make your own Florentine disco...
This morning we'll drive into the rolling hills of Umbria, stopping for a wine tasting lunch at a family-run winery. We'll then make a bee-line for Rome, where we'll take a neighborhood orientation walk on our way to tonight's dinner together. We'll end our day as any...
Today we'll focus on Renaissance (Catholic) Rome. At the sprawling Vatican Museums, we'll visit what seems like a limitless collection of treasures as you make your way to one of the world's most famous works of art: Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel. We'll then be introd...
We'll spend our morning uncovering Ancient Rome, starting with a tour of multi-layered San Clemente — a 12th-century church sitting atop a fourth-century basilica and a previous Roman temple. Then we'll tour and hear vivid tales of the larger-than-life Colosseum and t...
Breakfast is provided, but there are no group activities today. This morning we'll say our final goodbyes and head for home…or you may want to stick around for a few more days of la dolce vita (the sweet life). Arrivederci!
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