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Italian Mosaic
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This is our most traditional and most popular 14-day Italy vacation. Two-night stays in Rome, Florence, Milan, Venice, and Sorrento plus one night in St. Francis' Assisi offer plenty of time with a Local Guide to visit the main sights such as St. Peter's, the Sistine Chapel, the Colosseum, Michelangelo's David, Milan's Duomo, and Venice's St. Mark's Basilica and Doges' Palace. Stops are made in Pisa to see the Leaning Tower, in Romeo and Juliet's Verona, in Ravenna along the sparkling Adriatic coast, and in Cassino's impressive Abbey of Montecassino. The two nights in Sorrento include visits to Pompeii at the foot of Mount Vesuvius and the Isle of Capri. A special Welcome Dinner in a typical Roman restaurant is included.
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| Call 800-866-2056 for more information or to book today! Mention code 6568879 | | Globus | | | | Day | Destination | Description | | Day 1 | Board your overnight transatlantic flight | Board your overnight transatlantic flight. | | Day 2 | Rome | Time to rest or start exploring the Eternal City on your own. At 6 p.m. meet your Tour Director and traveling companions and leave the hotel for a special welcome dinner with wine in one of Rome's lively restaurants. (D) | | Day 3 | Rome | Sightseeing with your Local Guide starts with a visit to the VATICAN MUSEUMS and SISTINE CHAPEL (arranged next morning if closed today), world famous for Michelangelo's ceiling paintings and The Last Judgement. Continue to monumental ST. PETER'S SQUARE and BASILICA. Cross the Tiber and visit the COLOSSEUM and the ROMAN FORUM, where Roman Legions marched in triumph. Time for independent activities and exciting optional excursion possibilities. (BB) | | Day 4 | Florence | North to Pisa for pictures of its amazing Leaning Tower. Continue to Florence, the capital of Tuscany and home to Renaissance splendor. (BB,D) | | Day 5 | Florence | Follow your Local Guide and visit the ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS with Michelangelo's celebrated David and the magnificent CATHEDRAL. Admire Giotto's Bell Tower, the Baptistry's heavy bronze "Gate of Paradise," and sculpture-studded SIGNORIA SQUARE. The afternoon is free. Florentine leather goods and gold jewelry sold by the ounce are attractive buys. Why not join an optional dinner at a Tuscan restaurant? (BB) | | Day 6 | Milan | **. Drive to the dynamic city of Milan. Your orientation features the GOTHIC DUOMO, glass-domed GALLERIA, and famed Scala Opera House. (BB) | | Day 7 | Milan | **. A restful day to sleep in or stroll through Milan's exclusive fashion district: Via Montenapoleone, Via della Spiga, and Corso Vittorio Emanuele II. Another possibility-you may want to join an optional excursion to lovely Como. (BB,D) | | Day 8 | Venice | Stop in Verona, medieval setting for Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, to see Juliet's Balcony and the Arena. Tonight you reach Venice, deemed by some the most romantic city in the world. (BB) | | Day 9 | Venice | Enter in style by PRIVATE BOAT to meet your Local Guide. Highlights of your walking tour are ST. MARK'S SQUARE and BYZANTINE BASILICA, lavish DOGES' PALACE, and the BRIDGE OF SIGHS. Then watch skilled GLASSBLOWERS fashion their delicate objects in an age-old manner. Later discover Venice at your own pace or take an optional gondola ride. (BB,D) | | Day 10 | Assisi | Follow the sparkling Adriatic coast to Ravenna to see the mosaics in the 6th-century BASILICA OF ST. APOLLINARIS IN CLASSE. In Assisi visit the massive 13th-century lower BASILICA OF ST. FRANCIS. Time to take in this peaceful town on your own. (BB,D) | | Day 11 | Sorrento | Today visit POMPEII, the Roman city both destroyed and preserved by an eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 A.D. Overnight in the charming, bayside resort of Sorrento. (BB) | | Day 12 | Sorrento | Glide across the blue bay to the beautiful Isle of Capri. Guided sightseeing includes a visit to VILLA SAN MICHELE in Anacapri. Time to explore at your own pace before returning to Sorrento. The remainder of the day is at leisure. (BB) | | Day 13 | Rome | On your way to Rome, stop in Montecassino for a visit to the ABBEY. Tonight why not join an optional festive dinner in one of Rome's fine restaurants? (BB) | | Day 14 | Return Home | Your homebound flight arrives the same day. (BB) |
| | | ROME Cicerone (SF) or Starhotels Metropole (SF) | | FLORENCE Grand Hotel Mediterraneo (F) | | MILAN Starhotels Ritz (F) | | VENICE Ambasciatori (F) at Mestre | | ASSISI Dei Priori (F) | | SORRENTO Grand Hotel Cesare Augusto (F) or Corallo | | ROME Holiday Inn Rome West (F) or Villa Pamphili (F) | |
| | Popular Departure - due to itinerary and time of year, this departure historically sells out quickly. Early booking is encouraged.US$ Price Details Applicable air fare taxes and fees Single room supplement: $438 (1030-1225), $499Triple room reduction per person: $49
Extra nights per person in Rome:
in single room $212; in twin room $155; in triple room $1232008 departures are subject to itinerary and price modification.Details will be available in Sept. 2007.
** Departure 0405 and onwards overnight on Lake Maggiore
instead of Milan. Additional dinner on day 6 is included
Our volume buying power saves you money! -We may be able to provide you with flight arrangements from your gateway city. -Additional accommodations before or after your tour may be available at our low prices. Departure/arrival taxes and fares from other cities will be advised at the time of booking. Price Guarantee: All vacation prices are based on rates (including foreign exchange rates) expected to be in effect at the time of departure. Prices are subject to increase without notice if such rates change prior to departure. The current price will be confirmed at the time of reservation. However, once Globus has received your deposit for any vacation departing during the current year, that land price is guaranteed, and any subsequent land cost increases are at our expense, not including any government tax increases. Airfares included as part of air-inclusive vacation prices are guaranteed when we receive confirmation of air itinerary and full payment. Vacation prices are per person, based on double occupancy. Single room supplements and triple room reductions may be applicable. Not included in the tour price: Federal Inspection Fees for the U.S. Customs and immigration; International Air Transportation Tax; agricultural tax; any other taxes; security fee; airport taxes and fees; passports; visas and vaccinations; tips to your tour director; tour host; tour driver; local city guides; gratuities on ferries, trains and cruise ships; laundry; telephone; mini bar; alcohol; beverages and food not on the regular table d'hote menu (these extra items will be billed to you before leaving the hotel or restaurant); optional excursions; porterage at airports; travel protection; excess baggage fees; all other items of a personal nature. |
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