Country Roads of Italy - Classic Group
Overview
Highlights
- Choose between two carefully selected activities
- Siena: Visit Siena's medieval black and white striped cathedral with your Local Expert.
- Siena: Enjoy a tasting of Panforte, a traditional Tuscan dessert containing fruits and nuts.
- Rome: Enjoy a Welcome Dinner with your fellow travellers at a uniquely Roman local restaurant.
- Orvieto: Handmade pasta, genuine Umbrian specialties and rich flavours make for a special Highlight Dinner at La Buca di Baco di Ely.
- Siena: Enjoy a tasting of Panforte, a traditional Tuscan dessert containing fruits and nuts.
- Radda in Chianti: Learn what to look for in a quality vino rosso, and what foods to pair it with when ordering Florentine cuisine.
- San Gimignano: Ascend serpentine alleyways to the artisan gelato parlour of world champion gelato maestro, Sergio Dondoli for a taste of his finest frozen treats.
- Lucca: Visit a traditional steam bakery and sample Buccellato, the sweet raisin bread typical of the region.
- Modena: Visit a producer of authentic balsamic vinegar to learn about its production, history and distinctive taste.
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Itinerary
Welcome to Rome, a glorious city filled with classic antiquities, medieval buildings, Renaissance palaces and baroque churches. Transfers depart from Rome's Fiumicino Leonardo da Vinci Airport for your hotel at 09:30, 12:30 and 15:30. Relax and settle in before joinin...
Today is devoted to The Eternal City. Join a Local Expert for an in-depth visit to the Vatican Museums, full of priceless art treasures collected by the Popes. Insight has arranged special priority entry to gain behind-the-scenes access to the Bramante Staircase, a ma...
Venture to Castel Gandolfo to explore the artistic treasure of the Villa Barberini Gardens. Ride an electric train along the pathways to marvel at the intricately designed mosaic flower beds and fountains. After our visit to the former papal gardens our journey continues on south past Naples to the resort town of Sorrento.
Majestic Palace Hotel, Sorrento.
Breakfast
Meet your Local Expert and cross the Bay of Naples to reach the beautiful Isle of Capri, a rock rising sheer from the Mediterranean! For 2,000 years, Capri has beckoned visitors from Tiberius Caesar to Gracie Fields. Arriving at the Marina Grande by boat, ascend to Ca...
Travel along Italy’s finest coastline, the Amalfi Coast. Board minibuses and stop to admire a view of the terraced houses of the artist's paradise of Positano, clinging to the cliff face. Take time to be tempted by the local boutiques.
Majestic Palace Hotel, Sorrento.
Breakfast
Journey to the ancient Roman city of Pompeii and explore with your Local Expert. Travel into the heart of Italy to enjoy free time in Orvieto, located on a rock pedestal overlooking a vineyard-covered plain. Savour the distinctly medieval ambiance during your orientat...
Cross the River Tiber to see the church of St. Mary of the Angels. Under the dome is a small medieval chapel and the spot where St. Francis died. In Assisi see St. Clare’s Church and the cathedral. Continue to walk down the Via San Francesco and visit the huge Basilic...
The entire day is at leisure for you to explore this gem of a town on your own. Perhaps visit Cortona, one of the oldest hill towns in Tuscany. On this Optional Experience, journey to a recently unearthed Etruscan Temple before a guided exploration through the town's ...
Drive past Lake Trasimeno to Siena. Explore Siena with Insight Choice. Choose to visit the medieval Cathedral or alternatively, sample panforte, a traditional Tuscan dessert. Travel through the cypress-clad hills and vineyards of Tuscany to your elegant hotel. On arri...
Journey to Renaissance Florence where on arrival you will walk with a Local Expert to see the marble-clad cathedral, bell tower and Gates of Paradise on the baptistery. Enjoy time at leisure to explore Piazza della Signoria, still the political heart of Florence and a...
Visit the hilltop town of San Gimignano. Enjoy a tasting with award-winning, master gelato maker, Sergio Dondoli whose great inventions include innovative and mouth-watering flavour combinations. Continue to Lucca, to view its churches, squares and palaces that are pe...
Get ready to explore the Cinque Terre, or five villages, which for years were only accessible by foot. This UNESCO World Heritage site is one of Italy's most beautiful landscapes. Join a Local Expert in one of the picturesque fishing villages, before cruising along th...
Visit one of Modena's top producers of authentic, traditional, artisan balsamic vinegar and take a master class to understand what makes this vinegar as expensive as top-rated wines. Continue to the beautiful university town of Parma, world-famous for its local ham an...
Continue on through the Soave vineyards past Padua to Venice, Queen of the Adriatic. To the tune of accompanying musicians, you will be serenaded through the atmospheric canals as you glide by gondola, past water-lapped doorways and rococo palaces.
Hilton Molino Stucky, Venice.
Breakfast
Join a MAKE TRAVEL MATTER® Experience during a visit to a traditional arts centre, where you can see how beautiful handcrafted glass is made by expert glassblowers, safeguarding traditional skills. Visit St. Mark’s Square where the city’s former wealth and power is ev...
Your departure transfer arrives at Venice Marco Polo Airport at 08:00 and 09:30.
Breakfast
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Insight Vacations Reviews & Ratings
Trusted Customer
Sep 2023
Country Roads of Italy
Suggest you add another day or two to the visit in Florence….we missed two important museums in the city and instead we were taken to a gold and leather store for sh...
Catherine Schlein
Jul 2023
Country Roads of Italy
Great things to see. Lots of pretty towns.
Brandon Lang
Jul 2023
Country Roads of Italy
Fast paced, but got to experience a lot.
Vincent Ware
Jun 2023
Country Roads of Italy
Enjoyed all the places. would like to have had more lei...
Bill Phipps
Jun 2023
Country Roads of Italy
Great to see some out-of-the way places as well as maj...
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Trusted Customer
Nov 2024
Lovely Northern Spain with wonderful medieval sights
The coach had generous space and the tour director and coach captain were both attentive and smiley
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- Veneto Palace Hotel, Rome.
- Majestic Palace Hotel, Sorrento.
- Aquila Bianca Hotel, Orvieto.
- Sangallo Palace Hotel, Perugia.
- CDH Hotel Radda, Tuscany.
- Hotel Villa La Principessa, Lucca.
- Starhotels Du Parc, Parma.
- Hilton Molino Stucky, Venice.
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