Tour Itinerary

Day1

• Overnight flight to Rome, Italy

Day2

• Breakfast at hotel
• Travel to Naples
• Visit Naples Museum of Archaeology
• Lunch and free time in Galleria Umberto
• Travel to Pompeii
• Guided Tour Scavi Pompeii: Gladiator’s barracks, Roman Forum,  Porta Marina, Forum baths, Great Theater
• Visit other Archeological excavation sites of Pompeii: Herculaneum and Oplontis, Stabia, Antiquarium of Boscoreale
• Travel Back to Rome
• Dinner

Day3

• Breakfast at hotel
• Guided Tour of Ancient Ruins of Rome : Colosseum, Roman Forum, Pantheon , Circus Maximus and Palatine Hill
• Free time exploring Piazza di Spagna (Spanish Steps) and Piazza di Trevi (Fountain of Trevi)
• Lunch
• Museum visits to Galleria Borghese, and either Palazzo Barberini or Castel Sant’Angelo
• Optional: Attend a performance at La Voce dell’Opera
• Dinner

Day4

• Breakfast at Hotel
• Day Trip to Vatican City
• Optional: Attend a morning weekday Mass
• Tour St. Peter’s Square: St. Peter’s Basilica, La Pieta, the Dome (Cupola), Necropolis, Vatican Grottos
• Lunch
• Sistine Chapel and Vatican Museums: Stanze di Raffaello, Al Frescoes, Circular Staircase, Vatican Treasury
• Dinner and Free time on Rome’s famed Via Veneto

Day5

• Breakfast at hotel and Check-out
• Travel to Assisi (~2 ¼ hrs.)
• Visit St. Francis Basilica, Museum and Libraries
• Optional performance opportunity or Liturgy
• Free time at Terra Umbra
• Travel to Florence (~2 hrs.)
• Visit Medici di Castello Gardens
• Dinner
• Optional Theater Performance at Pergola Theater
• Hotel Check-in

Day6

• Breakfast at hotel
• Self guided walking tour of Florence’s main districts:

-Piazza della Repubblica

-Piazza della Signoria: Casa di Dante, Santa Margherita

-Piazza Santa Croce

-Piazza Di San Giovanni: The Duomo, Campanile (Bell Tower)

• Lunch and free time at Mercarto Centrale
• Visit Museum of San Marco
• Visit the Academy Gallery
• Dinner

Day7

• Travel to Pisa
• Visit the Leaning Tower of Pisa and Cathedral
• Lunch
• Travel to Milan
• Guided Tour La Scala Opera House
• Optional Interactive Workshop/Performance Opportunity
• Optional Visit Santa Maria della Grazie: Davinci’s Last Supper
• Free Time at Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II
• Dinner
• Hotel check-in

Day8

• Breakfast at hotel and check-out
• Travel to Venice
• Walking Tour of Venice: Bridge of Sighs, Scuola di San Rocco, Accademia Gallery, Ca’ Rezzonico, Rialto markets
• Murano Glass Factory Demonstration
• Free time and lunch on Palazzo St. Marco
• Tour Palazzo Ducale, St. Mark’s Cathedral
• Optional: Gondola Ride on the Grand Canal
• Dinner
• Hotel Check-in

Day9

• Breakfast at hotel and  check-out
• Travel to Airport
• Return flight home