Italy Tour 15 days

1st day

Airport transfer+Tour of ancient Rome

 (all inclusive private guide and ticket to the Colosseum-Forum)

• pick up to the airport then ride to Rome;

• Colosseum (VIP entrance, no line, private guide);

• Roman Forum (VIP entrance, no line, private guide);

• lunch time where locals go, no tourist traps;

• the Campidoglio (the centre of the universe)

• Venice Square and the Altar of Fatherland;

• Circus Maximus;

• Palatine hill;

• Trevi Fountain;

• Spanish Steps;

• the Pantheon

• gelato time (a wonderful artigianal gelato place, you’ll love it!)

• back to the hotel 5pm.

2nd day

Tour of Christian Rome

 (all inclusive VIP tickets and private guide to the Vatican, Sisitine Chapel and Saint peter’s Basilica)

• pick up 9am to the hotel;

• Vatican museums, Sistine Chapel and Saint Peter’s Basilica (VIP entrance, no line plus the private guide);

• view from the top of Gianicolo hill, a fantastic terrace facing the entire city;

• lunch time where locals go, no tourist traps;

• People Square;

• Pincio Terrace;

• Navona Square

• Castel Sant Angelo

• gelato time

• back to the hotel 5pm.

3rd day

Tour of Tivoli and Castel Gandolfo

 (tickets to the Villa included)

• pick up 10am to the hotel

• ride to Tivoli

• visit the Villa D’Este, wonderful gardens, hundreds fountains and little birds decorate this spectacular Villa built on the top of the hill

• lunch time, a good occasion to enjoy their local, genuine products such as the Porchetta!

• ride to Castel Gandolfo, an ancient town placed on the top of a Volcano with a lake in its crater, incredible view

• enjoy the city (that’s the summer residence of the Pope)

• drive down to the Lake

• gelato time

• ride back to Rome hotel 4pm.

4th day

Transfer Rome-Amalfi Coast with stops on the way;

 (private guide to Pompei and admissions included)

• pick up 8am to the hotel in Rome

• ride to Pompei (2 hours and an half)

• guided visit of Pompei Ruins (private)

• lunch time, a nice place along the coast

• ride to Sorrento

• drop off to Sorrento 4pm

5th day

Tour of the Amalfi coast

-pick up 9am to the hotel;

-ride to Positano Village;

-enjoy the wonderful town (and maybe a limoncello taste);

-ride to Ravello town;

-enjoy lunch in Ravello, one of the most suggestive location in the world!

-in the afternoon we can go to Amalfi town to visit the village and enjoy a gelato;

-back to the hotel in Sorrento 5pm

6th day

Tour of Pompei and Vesuvius Volcano from Positano

(all inclusive private Pompei guide/tickets and Vesuvious tickets)

-pick up 9am to the hotel;

-ride to Pompei;

-enjoy a guided tour (private tour)

-lunch time, we can suggest you a nice place where local go (lunch is at your own expenses)

-ride half way to the top of the Volcano Vesuvius then walk up to its crater (20 min walk)

-enjoy the spectacular view from the top of the Volcano then walk back to the vehicle

-ride back to the hotel in Positano 5pm

7th day

Private boat tour of Capri island

-meet your boat guide at 8am to the pier of Sorrento

-sail to Capri and its wonderful hidden corners

-enjoy the Blue Grotto

-visit the centre of Capri town

-lunch time

-visit Anacapri (the wild part of the island)

-back to Sorrento 5pm

8th day

Transfer from from Sorrento to Tuscany (drop off to one of these places) Montepulciano, Pienza, Orvieto , Val D’Orcia (world heritage site)

• pick up at 8am to the hotel;

• we take the A1 highway headin to Tuscany, wonderful sights on the way are guaranteed (3 hours and an half ride)

• we reach the historic town of Orvieto situated on the flat summit of a large butte of volcanic tuff;

• lunch time;

• visit the city centre and its great Cathedral dedicated to the Assumption of the Virgin, here the miracle of “transubstantiation”is said to have occurred inside this church more than 700 years ago;

• heading to Montepulciano town in Tuscany region;

• ride to Pienza, on the way some stops to enjoy the famous Val D’Orcia (world heritage site);

• visit Pienza Town;

• enjoy a good gelato

• drop off to the hotel around this area 5pm.

9th day

Transfer from Tuscany countryside to Florence via Siena and San Gimignano

• Pick up 9am in the lobby of the hotel in Montepulciano (or Orvieto, or Pienza….)

• Meet our english speaking driver with a Mercedes Benz Vehicle A/C

• Ride to Siena (1 hour ride)

• Enjoy the city centre

• Enjoy the great Duomo, the Roman Catholic Marian church built in polychrome-marble, famous also for the “Last Supper painted on one of its windows (on glass!)

• visit Piazza Il Campo square, one of Europe’s greatest medieval squares where the famous horse-race “Palio di Siena” is held around the edges of the sqaure;

• Lunch time

• Ride to San Gimignano known as the medieval Manhattan for its dozens of Fine Towers that look like ancient skyscrapers

• Enjoy the old walled medieval hill town and its secular buildings

• Ride to Florence

• Drop off to the hotel in Florence around 5pm

10th day

Morning half day walking tour of Florence and afternoon ride to Pisa and Leaning Tower

(all inclusive tikets to the Accadeia and Leaning Tower)

• meet the guide in the lobby 9am

• walk to Florence centre

• enjoy the Duomo

• the Baptistry

• the oldest bridge

• the open air leather market

• signoria square

• visit the Accademia Museum (closed on Monday’s) and the statue of “David” by Michelangelo

• Santa Croce Church where the famous artists rest in peace

• back to the hotel 1pm

• lunch time

• meet the driver around 2pm to the restaurant

• ride to Pisa (1h and 15 min)

• climb the Leaning Tower

• walk around the Field of Miracles

• back to the vehicle and ride to Florence

• drop off to the hotel around 6pm

11th day

Transfer from Florence to Modena and tour of Parmesan cheese, Balsamic Vinegar factories and Ferrari Museum

•Pick up 9am in the lobby of the hotel in Florence

•Meet our english speaking driver with a Mercedes Benz Vehicle A/C

•Ride to Modena (1 hour and an half ride)

•guided visit of hte Parmesan cheese factory+cheese tasting (included in the price)

•Balsamic Vinegar tour and tasting (included in the price)

•lunch time* (lunch is optional and at your own expenses)

•Ride to the Ferrari Museum (tickets included in the price)

•walk around Modena city centre

•ride to the hotel in Modena, drop off around 6pm.

12th day

Transfer from Modena to Venice via Verona (Romeo and Juliet City) and Padova

•Pick up 9am to the hote in Modena

•ride to Verona (2 hours ride)

•walk around the city and its Arena, an ancient roman theatre that still nowadays hosts concerts and events

•enjoy the famous Balcony of Rome and Juliet

•enjoy luch there, a nice place where locals go

•ride to Venice

•drop off to “Piazzale Roma dock” here there is a water taxi station, the water taxi is necessary to get to the island (in case you book the hotel on the island)

13th day

Walking tour of Venice (4 hours)

•meet the guide in the lobby at 9am

•St Mark’s Square

•St Mark’s Church

•Doge Palace (tickets included

•Sighs bridge

•finish at 1pm

14th day

Transfer from Venice to Rome via Assisi

•pick up 9am to the “Piazale Roma dock”

•ride to Assisi (4 hours ride, the birthplace of Sain Francis, who founded the Franciscan Religious Order (that is where our Pope chose his name once elected, “Francis”)

•lunch time, anotehr good occasion to mix with the locals and experience some genuine produts of those lands

•visit the Abbey of Saint Francis, lower and upper level (free entrance)

•back to the vehicle and ready to leave around 4pm

•drop off to the hotel in Rome around 6pm

15th day

ride to the airport