Italy By Rail

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Create your own Italian holiday with our choice of city-center hotels, comfortable first class rail and uniquely flexible sightseeing.
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Overview

Trip type
Self-Guided / Independent Tour
Lodging level
Premium - 4 star
Physical level
Easy
Trip pace
Flexible schedule

Highlights

    • Sit back and enjoy the beauty of Tuscany… State-of-the-art, high-speed Italo trains promise stress-free travel and more time to enjoy these cities.
    • Our expert guide will whisk you past the ticket lines for faster priority access at select sites and museums including the Roman Colosseum, Sistine Chapel, Uffizi Gallery in Florence and the Doge’s Palace in Venice.
    • Our friendly resident staff will enhance your holiday with their attentive, expert service whenever you need it.
    • With our signature flexibility, you can add extra nights in any city... or even do this trip in reverse!

What's this trip about?

    Create your own Italian holiday with our choice of city-center hotels, comfortable first class rail and uniquely flexible sightseeing.

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Details

Itinerary focusClassic Highlights
Group sizeIndependent
Age range12 years and up
Flights and transportAll internal ground transport included
Start CityRome
End CityVenice

Travel Themes

  • Cultural
  • Train & Rail Journeys

Destinations

  • Europe
  • Italy

Attractions

  • Colosseum
  • Florence
  • Forum
  • Leaning Tower of Pisa
  • Rome
  • Siena
  • Sistine Chapel
  • Vatican City
  • Venice

Activities

  • Culture
  • Educational/ learning
  • Historic sightseeing
  • Nature
  • Trains & Rail
  • Winetasting
  • Independent

Trip includes

    • There is an exquisite range of Hotels to choose from to make your stay more comfortable. You have the option of choosing among Superior, First Class and Superior First Class Accommodations listed on the website. Your choice of expertly-guided sightseeing in Rome, Florence and Venice – including all entrance fees 6 meals: Daily breakfast 6 nights in your choice of superior tourist, first class or superior first class hotels – all handpicked for great city-center locations Prima Class aboard the new, high-speed Italo trains between Rome, Florence and Venice All pre-payable hotel taxes and service charge

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Itinerary

Travel Map

Day 1 - Benvenuto a Roma!

Welcome to the Eternal City! Check in to your choice of city-center hotel.

Day 2 - Customize your stay in Rome

Meals: Breakfast

Tailor your vacation to your own interests by choosing any one of these included tours. Visit us online at AlexanderRoberts.com for detailed sightseeing descriptions, classic Rome features and all the city’s best-known sites, including the Trev...

Day 3 - Through the Tuscan countryside!

Meals: Breakfast

A reserved first class seat on the Italo train is a comfortable and efficient way to travel. Delight in the picturesque Tuscan landscapes as you travel to Florence, the city of the Medicis and the Renaissance. Check in to your choice of city-center hotel.

Day 4 - Pursue your own passions
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Meals: Breakfast

Customize your stay in Florence with the included tour of your choice. Detailed sightseeing descriptions are available online:

Best of Florence and The Academy shows you the city’s best known landmarks and takes you through the famed A...
Day 5 - A scenic rail journey to Venice

Meals: Breakfast

Travel by first class Italo train through the scenic countryside to Venice. Check in to the hotel of your choice.

Day 6 - Tailor your stay in Venice

Delight in the magic of Venice with one of these included tours:

Ducal Venice takes you along the city’s most historic streets, through St. Mark’s Square and inside the lavish Ducal Palace. Unusual Venice & Gondola Promenade explores the backstreets betwe...
Day 7 - Depart Venice

Meals: Breakfast

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Dates & Availability

Price From $1,699
Price per day$243
Last Updated: 2/23/2024

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The total tour cost includes the tour price (regular or promotional) and the compulsory local payment. The promotional price is subject to change. Check directly with the operator for the latest price offer. The tour operator requires you to pay only the tour price to purchase your travel. The compulsory local payment will be paid when you join the trip. All prices are based on double, twin or triple share occupancy. Solo passengers will be accommodated in a double, twin or triple room according to availability with a passenger(s) of the same gender. Single supplement only needs to be paid if the passenger does not want to share and requests their own room. Discounts can only be applied at the time of booking and cannot be added at a later date, regardless of any changes made to the original booking.

Prices may vary due to local taxes and trip seasonality. Click "Request Info" to inquire directly with the tour operator for the final trip price.

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Alexander Harris founded General Tours in 1947 with the conviction that travel could build bridges of cross-cultural understanding. Since our first-of-its-kind tours to the Soviet Union, we’ve remained at the forefront of international travel, helping culturally inquisitive Americans to explore far-flung lands on six continents including new emerging destinations like Tibet, Cuba, Sri Lanka, Myanmar and Uzbekistan.

From the start, we have always strived to understand and anticipate our travelers’ needs. The result is our unique portfolio of enriching journeys that allow you to enjoy the world more.

We designed to evoke our personal approach in crafting upscale journeys filled with genuine engagement, unforgettable exhilaration and personal revelation.

Innovative: Our original itineraries encompass a wide range of exotic global destinations.

Personable: We’re well-informed and flexible in meeting your diverse needs and desires.

Refined: The personal experiences we craft for our small group tours with never more than 16 guests and private journeys are honed by nearly 70 years of expertise.

Authentic: We enrich your travels with genuine cultural engagement and real opportunities for learning.

We're committed to value:

Providing our guests with superior value has always been and will always remain at the heart of our company. That is why all of our trips include extensive expertly-guided sightseeeing, unique experiences you won’t find on other tours, and congenial meals that reflect authentic regional flavors. Everywhere we go, we search out the finest accommodations to enhance your journey… from the most evocative luxury hotels and historic boutique properties to the best safari camps and small ships.

We often hear from travelers that our guides are the best! They hail from the lands you’ll visit and speak English easily and casually. Because they’re lifelong residents, they have the knowledge and passion to engage you comfortably and more deeply with the people, history, traditions and natural wonders of their homelands.

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Cancellation policy

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Trip Cost and Premium Rates

Up to $1,500 will be $169

$1,501 To $2,500 is $239

$2,501 To $4,000 is $289

$4,001 To $5,500 is $379

Trips Over $5,500 will be of 8% of Trip Cost

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Meals Included

Meals: 6 Breakfasts

Age Requirements
12 years and up
Optional Activities

Include Pompeii & Sorrento!

3 days from $999

Our Pre-Trip Extension includes 2 nights hotel accommodation in Sorrento with arrival and departure transfers, daily breakfast, first class rail from Naples to Rome and a privately guided tour of Pompeii

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