Classic Italy

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Discover bella Italia on Tauck's most popular of Italy tours in scenic Tuscan hill towns, centuries-old cities and countryside villages, and along the Amalfi Coast, with a Tauck Exclusive in Rome – an after-hours guided visit to the Vatican Museums and the Sistine Chapel for an extraordinary look at some of the world's most magnificent art treasures – without...

Overview

Trip type
Group Tour
Lodging level
Premium - 4 star
Physical level
Strenuous

Highlights

    • A drive along the spectacular Amalfi Coast
    • Explore Pompeii, then on to the Eternal City of Rome
    • Vatican Museums visit
    • The Colosseum
    • Orvieto's Duomo and a wine tasting in Torgiano
    • Masterpieces of the Uffizi in Florence

What's this trip about?

    Discover bella Italia on Tauck's most popular of Italy tours in scenic Tuscan hill towns, centuries-old cities and countryside villages, and along the Amalfi Coast, with a Tauck Exclusive in Rome – an after-hours guided visit to the Vatican Museums and the Sistine Chapel for an extraordinary look at some of the world's most magnificent art treasures – without the crowds – during a three-night stay in the Eternal City. Art is the focus in Florence; a lecture by an art historian precedes a walking tour of the city and a visit to Galleria dell'Accademia; you'll also tour the magnificent Uffizi Gallery with a local guide. Cruise along the shores of Cinque Terre villages.Stay at a 17th-century country house hotel in Torgiano and share the secrets of great Italian cooking with an Umbrian chef.Ddiscover historic sights in Pompeii.Spend two nights in magical Venice and visit the hill towns of Orvieto, Assisi and San Gimignano.

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Details

Itinerary focusActive and Outdoor Sports
Group sizeIntimate group - 12 max
Age rangeNo age restrictions
Flights and transportN/A
Start CitySorrento
End CityVenice

Travel Themes

  • 50 plus
  • Culinary & Wine

Destinations

Activities

  • Cooking
  • Historic sightseeing
  • River cruise
  • Wine Tasting

Trip includes

    • Tour prices are per person in U.S. dollars
    • Hotel accommodations
    • Most meals as specified in the itinerary
    • Internal transportation
    • All customary gratuities for hotel and restaurant staff and local guides are included

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Itinerary

Travel Map
Day 1: Arrive in Naples and head to Sorrento
Meals: Dinner Accommodation: Grand Hotel Excelsior Vittoria Tauck's most comprehensive of Italy tours begins at 6:00 PM at Grand Hotel Excelsior Vittoria. A transfer is included from Naples International Airport to Grand Hotel Excelsior Vittoria in the southern resor...
Day 2: A drive along the spectacular Amalfi Coast
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch Accommodation: Grand Hotel Excelsior Vittoria Take an unhurried drive along the Amalfi Coast, one of Europe's most dramatic shorelines. Stop in Positano and visit Amalfi, where some medieval dwellings date to the 10th century, and Ravello, per...
Day 3: Explore Pompeii, then on to the Eternal City of Rome
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner Accommodation: The Westin Excelsior, Rome Today, explore an ancient community captured in time – the excavated ruins of the Roman city of Pompeii, buried in volcanic ash when Mt. Vesuvius erupted in 79 AD. Walk through city streets wit...
Day 4: Tauck Exclusive in Rome – After-hours Vatican Museums visit
Meals: Breakfast Accommodation: The Westin Excelsior, Rome Your sightseeing in Rome on this most remarkable of Italy tours is highlighted by a special Tauck Exclusive – an after-hours guided visit to the Vatican Museums and the Sistine Chapel (subject to availability...
Day 5: The Colosseum, St. Peter's & more in the Rome of the Caesars
Meals: Breakfast, Dinner Accommodation: The Westin Excelsior, Rome A sightseeing excursion begins the day in Rome, once the virtual capital of the ancient world, and now Italy's capital city. Tour the 2,000-year-old Colosseum; see Circus Maximus, the 4th-century BC s...
Day 6: Orvieto's Duomo and a wine tasting in Torgiano
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner Accommodation: Le Tre Vaselle Journey to Orvieto, set on a 984-foot-high plateau overlooking vineyards below. Visit the Duomo of Orvieto, a notable Romanesque-Gothic cathedral built over a span of 300 years. After a trattoria lunch nea...
Day 7: Back in time in old Assisi – and a chef shares secrets
Meals: Breakfast, Dinner Accommodation: Le Tre Vaselle Drive to Assisi, a well-preserved medieval hill town designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site for its art and architecture, and the hometown of St. Francis, the revered patron saint of animals and founder of the F...
Day 8: Traces of Tuscany's medieval days in San Gimignano & Viareggio
Meals: Breakfast, Dinner Accommodation: Grand Hotel Principe di Piemonte A trip through Tuscany is pure enchantment, where for centuries the beauty of nature has blended with the ingenuities of mankind; your travels through the rolling Tuscan hills take you through g...
Day 9: Cinque Terre's seaside storybook villages
Meals: Breakfast, Dinner Accommodation: The Westin Excelsior, Florence Cinque Terre was accessible only by sea for hundreds of years, five picture-book fishing villages nestled between the Mediterranean’s blue waters and the rugged coastal mountains. Travel by train ...
Day 10: Become an art aficionado in Renaissance Florence
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch Accommodation: The Westin Excelsior, Florence A briefing by an art history lecturer precedes a walking tour of Florence and a guided visit through the collections of works by many of the greatest artists of the 14th and 15th centuries – includ...
Day 11: Masterpieces of the Uffizi in Florence
Meals: Breakfast Accommodation: The Westin Excelsior, Florence Join a local expert for a guided tour of the Uffizi Gallery, Florence's extraordinary art museum founded by the Medici family in the 16th century; it can be rightfully called the oldest art gallery on Ear...
Day 12: By high-speed rail to Venice for St. Mark's, a gondola serenade & more
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch Accommodation: The Westin Europa & Regina, Venice Guests rave that one of the things they like best about our Italy tours is traveling by different modes of transportation; Classic Italy continues today with a journey aboard a sleek high-s...
Day 13: The romance of Venice, as you please
Meals: Breakfast, Dinner Accommodation: The Westin Europa & Regina, Venice The entire day is free to do as you please in Venice  – and to say that you have a lot of choices is an understatement. You might decide to visit the museums, an eclectic group housing som...
Day 14: Ciao and homeward bound
Meals: Breakfast One of Tauck's most popular Italy tours ends in Venice. Fly home anytime; a transfer is included from The Westin Europa & Regina, Venice to Venice's Marco Polo Airport. You should allow a minimum of 3 hours for flight check-in.

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Price From $6,790
Price per day$485
Last Updated: 6/26/2018

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    • Any kind of insurance
    • Personal expenses
    • The customary gratuities for the Tauck Director

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