Touring around in Italy:
  
****Hotel: 12 nights (13 days) with breakfast
buffet and dinner
Our programme in a nutshell
Venice (1 night)
Rome (2 nights): The Vatican, The Sistine Chapel, Piazza
Navona
Sorrento (4 nights): Capri, Pompei, coastal excursion
Florence (1 night): Guided tour
Lake Garda (4 nights): Verona, tour of the Alps and
Dolomites, tour
around the lake)
Our programme in detail
Venice (1 day) (http://www.venezia.net)
One of the great cities of art in Italy. Unique are the islands
and the canals (Canale Grande).Visit of the famous Square of San Marco,
the heart of the city with the Campanile (bell tower), the Palace of
the Doge (duke); strolling on the Rialto Bridge (Ponte Rialto)
Rome (2 days) (http://www.romaonline.net)
On the arrival the night before it’s possible to make
a tour and see Rome by night. Of course we visit the highlights of Renaissance
and Baroque Art: the Vatican and its Museum, the Sistine Chapel, Piazza
Navona with the Spanish Steps, The Forum of Ancient Rome and the Colosseum
and not to forget the magnificent Trevi Fountain, in which you shouldn’t
forget to throw a coin.
Sorrento (4 days)
(http://www.sorrento.it)
With a local guide you discover the famous bay of Naples. You visit
the romantic island of Capri (1 day) and the villas of the Roman emperor
Tiberius (Villa Jovis) In the neighbourhood the Vesuvius volcano (1/2
day) impresses you and you find out what tragedy it caused in the nearby
town of Pompei covered with ashes after its eruption in 79 BC (1/2 day).
At the same time you relax on board a vessel admiring the wonderful
coast. Feeling tired or feeling like exploring on your own? No problem,
1 free day and 1 relaxing day at the coast will make you realize that
life in Italy doesn’t always need a rush!
Florence (1 day)
(http://www.comune.firenze.it)
The jewel of Tuscany, smaller than Rome but so charming. Guided tour
in the city with visits to the famous cathedral (Il Duomo), the Uffizi
Gallery, with its great Italian masters (da Vinci, Botticelli, Raphael,
Michel Angelo…). Of course the wealthy patrician palaces (Palazzo
Vecchio) and Medici Chapels.
Lake Garda (4 days)
(http://www.lagodigarda.it)
A combination of water, mountains and towns. We tour around the lake,
make an excursion to the Alps and Dolomites and visit Verona, the town
of the two young lovers, Romeo and Juliet: the amphitheatre, the old
castle (Castelvecchio), the cathedral (Santa Maria Matricolare), the
Palaces (Palazzo della Ragione), the squares (Piazza Bra) … and
not to forget Juliet’s Balcony at a 13th-century house.
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