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Best of Italy - Premium (Summer 2027 - 2028)
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Length
11 Days
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Quality
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Starts in
Rome (Italy)
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Ends in
Rome (Italy)
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Available Tour Start Dates
NOV 4, 2027 to MAR 30, 2028
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Activity Level
No Rating Provided
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Language
English
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Guaranteed Date(s)
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$3,871.25
Overview
Experience Italy, from first taste to final aria. In Rome, you’ll trace nearly 3,000 years of history through grand piazzas, weathered ruins and treasures tucked inside its churches. Near the Bay of Naples, you sit down to lunch on the slopes of Mount Vesuvius, tasting traditional produce grown in the region’s volcanic soil. Venice begins aboard a private boat drifting by churches and palaces before a gondola carries you along narrow canals. Your Italian adventure ends over dinner as singers perform much-loved operatic songs and arias, leaving the final notes hanging in the air before you say arrivederci.
Visited During Tour
Assisi (Italy) | Capri (Italy) | Florence (Tuscany, Italy) | Mount Vesuvius (Italy) | Pisa (Tuscany, Italy) | Pompeii (Italy) | Rome (Italy) | San Gimignano (Tuscany, Italy) | Sorrento (Italy) | Vatican City (Italy) | Venice (Italy)
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Dates, Offers & Prices
The following are Best of Italy - Premium (Summer 2027 - 2028) tour dates available from Trafalgar. Select a bonus offer graphic to view its details, including its terms.
Tour Itinerary
Trafalgar Tour Code 1018-2379
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1Begin Your Italian Journey in Rome
You arrive in Rome, where scooter engines hum past ancient columns, the scent of coffee wafts from doorways and Renaissance palaces rise above streets woven with medieval stone and Baroque curves. As you settle in, you might hear church bells ringing between the rooftops and watch evening light soften the city’s ochre stone. Later, join your Travel Director and fellow travelers for dinner at a local restaurant, sharing Roman specialties as names become familiar around the table.
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- Dinner
Accommodations: Villa Pamphili, Rome -
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2Rome’s Icons: Vatican to Colosseum
The day is devoted to The Eternal City. Join a Local Specialist for an in-depth visit to the Vatican Museums, full of priceless art treasures collected by the Popes. Visit the Sistine Chapel, where Popes are elected, to admire Michelangelo’s famous ceiling, and see the beautiful exterior of St. Peter's Basilica. Cross the Tiber River to enjoy ancient Rome. See the incredible Circus Maximus. Admire the beautifully preserved Arch of Constantine and discover the history, the construction and the legends of the iconic Colosseum on a guided visit. As you stroll with your Local Specialist, imagine the gladiatorial battles and roaring spectators around the arena. Later, perhaps continue your exploration of Rome to see the Pantheon and the stunning piazzas and fountains of Rome. Occasionally, access to the Vatican Museums is limited. If tickets are unavailable, you’ll instead explore the Capitoline Museums, home to iconic Roman art and archaeology.
- Meals Included:
- Breakfast
Accommodations: Villa Pamphili, Rome -
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3San Gimignano to Florence
As Rome recedes, you'll travel north through Lazio and into Tuscany, where vineyards sweep over the Chianti hills, olive leaves flash silver and cypress trees stand like dark brushstrokes beside pale country roads. Approaching Florence, you may catch terracotta rooftops spreading beyond the hills, your first hint of the Renaissance city ahead. Later enjoy a meal with fantastic flavors and regional wine.
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- Breakfast
- Dinner
Accommodations: Starhotels Tuscany, Roma, Florence -
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4Discover Renaissance Florence and Tuscan Craft
In Florence, your choice experience begins either at the Accademia Museum or a local cafe. You can study Michelangelo’s David, from his watchful gaze and taut hand to the concealed sling showing him poised before his confrontation with Goliath, or join your Travel Director for an Italian treat. At the cathedral, you take in green, white and pink marble flowing across the facade and Giotto’s bell tower, while the Baptistery’s recreated Gates of Paradise gleam with gilded detail. Renaissance sculpture occupies every angle of Piazza della Signoria, Florence’s political heart, with Neptune, Hercules and Cacus outside the Palazzo Vecchio. Later, you watch artisans demonstrate Florence’s leatherworking and goldsmithing traditions, catching the rich scent of worked leather and the glint of gold as skilled hands cut, shape and finish intricate pieces.
- Meals Included:
- Breakfast
Accommodations: Starhotels Tuscany, Roma, Florence -
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5Travel From Pisa to the Venetian Lagoon
On Pisa’s Square of Miracles, you stand beneath an expanse of sky as white marble glows across the cathedral, baptistery and the Leaning Tower’s rising arcades. As you cross the Apennine Mountains, wooded ridges fold into Emilia-Romagna, with vineyards tracing the lower hills and streams flashing through green valleys before the land opens wide. Beyond Tuscany, marsh grasses and salt water stretch across the Venetian Lagoon before you cross the causeway into Venice. As day-trippers return to the mainland, the city grows quieter and you catch the hollow knock of boats at their moorings from your hotel. Over dinner at a local restaurant, you taste Venetian cooking as your first night in the city unfolds beside the canals.
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- Breakfast
- Dinner
Accommodations: NH Venezia Santa Lucia, Venice, Avani Rio Novo Venice -
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6Explore Venice by Boat and Gondola
Aboard your private boat, you'll pass churches and palaces spanning seven centuries, their carved balconies, arched windows and layers of faded plaster mirrored in the wake. Along the waterfront, you catch sight of the enclosed Bridge of Sighs and the patterned Gothic stonework of the Doge’s Palace, where Casanova made his daring escape. Round the corner, St Mark’s Square stretches wide, with the basilica’s clustered domes and mosaic-lined arches commanding your gaze. From your seat in a traditional gondola, you travel beneath small bridges as a serenade echoes along the narrow canals. Later, heat radiates from the furnace at a Venetian glassblowing workshop as master glassmakers turn long iron rods, molten glass burning orange while practiced hands shape it using centuries-old techniques.
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- Breakfast
Accommodations: NH Venezia Santa Lucia, Venice, Avani Rio Novo Venice -
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7Umbria’s Sacred Heart: Assisi and St Francis
Across the Umbrian valley, Assisi climbs Mount Subasio before you in rose and cream, its bell towers lifting above the plain. In the valley, you see the Basilica of St Mary of the Angels, which shelters the Chapel of the Transitus where St Francis died in 1226. In the upper town, you enter the Basilica of St Francis with your Local Specialist, leaving Assisi’s pale streets for shadowed chapels washed in blue, gold and earth-red. Giotto’s frescoes spread across the walls of the Upper Basilica in tender, human scenes, their expressive faces and gestures a radical break from earlier European art. During free time, perhaps follow Via San Francesco, where savory aromas might drift from restaurants and bakeries as you browse keepsakes and locally crafted wares.
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- Breakfast
- Dinner
Accommodations: Giotto, Assisi -
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8Southern Italy: Cassino to Sorrento
Traveling south, you pass Cassino, where Allied and German forces fought around Monte Cassino during one of the fiercest battles of the Second World War. The road then curls along the Sorrento cliffs, with the Bay of Naples widening below at each bend. Closer to the coast, you might catch the scent of citrus from hillside gardens as Mount Vesuvius anchors the far side of the bay. After checking in, the rest of the day is yours to explore the surroundings or enjoy the comfort of your hotel.
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- Breakfast
Accommodations: Isabella, Sorrento -
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9Bay of Naples: Sorrento to Capri
By boat, you’ll cross the Bay of Naples towards Capri, where great pale limestone cliffs descend into the Tyrrhenian Sea. The island’s admirers span 2,000 years, from Emperor Tiberius to Gracie Fields. High above Marina Grande, you join your Local Specialist in Capri town, where shaded lanes weave between whitewashed walls. The funicular carries you down the steep hillside to the port before your return to Sorrento. The rest of the day is yours, perhaps in Positano, where ochre, peach and rose houses line the Amalfi Coast above the water.
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- Breakfast
Accommodations: Isabella, Sorrento -
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10Explore Pompeii and Dine in Rome
Beneath Vesuvius, you’ll explore Pompeii with your Local Specialist, following dark basalt streets through a Roman town preserved beneath ash in AD 79. At the Forum, columns break against the open sky, while you peer into shopfronts and patrician villas for traces of daily life in painted walls still standing after almost two millennia. The same volcano enriches the soil at Casa Barone, one of the few farms in the world to cultivate the endangered Piennolo tomato. During this MAKE TRAVEL MATTER® Experience, you meet the Barone family, learn how they farm sustainably and see the small, pointed tomatoes bound into hanging clusters to intensify their aroma and flavor. Taste them during a farm-to-table lunch before continuing to Rome, where dinner with local wine becomes an intimate setting for popular songs and arias from Italy’s best-loved operas.
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Accommodations: NH Roma Centro, Rome, Radisson Blu GHR, Rome -
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11Bid Farewell to Italy’s Cities and Coast
Bid farewell to the glories of Italy, savoring the memories of its enchanting cities, historic landmarks and stunning landscapes. Italy's unique allure will linger in your heart long after you leave.
- Meals Included:
- Breakfast
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Travelers Notes
* TRIP RUN BY INSIGHT VACATIONS.* DAY 1: Complimentary arrival transfers depart Leonardo Da Vinci-Fiumicino Airport (FCO) at 09:30, 12:30 and 15:30 on the first day of the tour. Guests should arrive at least 2 hours before the last transfer time.* DAY 11: Complimentary departure transfers arrive at Leonardo Da Vinci-Fiumicino Airport (FCO) on the last day of the tour at 07:00 and 09:30.* CHARGEABLE TRANSFERS: Chargeable transfers available in Rome. Guests who have booked their extra hotel nights with us, or whose flight times do not coincide with the shuttle coach timings may purchase a chargeable transfer. However, guests booking independent hotel nights should make their own transfer arrangements.* NOTE: This Trip falls under LEVEL 1. Please refer to the Deposit, Payment and Cancellations policies on our website.
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