2 Nights Rome & 5 Nights Venice

Day 1 : ROME, ITALY

ROME, ITALY. Benvenuto—welcome! Your Local Host is on hand to help you make the most of your time in the “Eternal City.”

Day 2 : ROME

ROME. Your morning guided sightseeing, with headset, is rich in religious and ancient history. Visit the VATICAN MUSEUMS to see amazing treasures. In the SISTINE CHAPEL, where the Conclave is held to elect new popes, view Michelangelo’s The Last Judgment and his famous ceiling paintings. Also on the agenda today, enter monumental ST. PETER’S SQUARE and BASILICA, built in 313 AD above St. Peter the Apostle’s tomb and home to Michelangelo’s masterpiece Renaissance sculpture, the Pietà. Cross the Tiber River and continue your immersion in history at the iconic COLOSSEUM, built for 50,000 spectators, and the ROMAN FORUM, where the oldest structures of the ancient city are located.

Day 3 : ROME-VENICE

ROME-VENICE. Travel by HIGH-SPEED TRAIN (first class) to Venice.

Day 4 : VENICE

VENICE. Morning guided sightseeing, with headset, features ST. MARK’S SQUARE and BASILICA with its exceptional gold mosaics. Visit DOGES’ PALACE and the poignant BRIDGE OF SIGHS. Watch skilled GLASSBLOWERS fashion their delicate objects in the age-old manner, and learn why glass-making was so important in Venetian history. ENTRANCES to Marciana Library, and the Correr and Archaeological Museums are included; ask your Local Host for details.

Day 5 : VENICE

VENICE. Your Local Host has many interesting suggestions for your three days at leisure in this intriguing city of canals and bridges.

Day 6 : VENICE

VENICE. Your Local Host has many interesting suggestions for your three days at leisure in this intriguing city of canals and bridges.

Day 7 : VENICE

VENICE. Your Local Host has many interesting suggestions for your three days at leisure in this intriguing city of canals and bridges.

Day 8 : VENICE

VENICE. Your vacation ends with breakfast this morning.