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Escorted Group Tours, your group travel specialists!
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Trinity Lutheran Church
Italy's Greatest Cities
escorted by Rev. Mark Abram
Dates of Travel: Friday September
28 -
Saturday October 6, 2007
9 days incl. air,
or 8 days Rome/Rome
This 9-day trip will show you the highlight
cities of Italy, covering all the notable features
from St. Peter’s, the Sistine Chapel, the Colosseum
and the Forum in Rome to Michelangelo’s David
in Florence and St. Mark’s Basilica and Doges’
Palace with the Bridge of Sighs in Venice. Local
Guides in these cities will answer all your
questions. Also included: a special welcome dinner
in a lively Roman restaurant, stops in Pisa to
admire the Leaning Tower and stops in Verona to see
Juliet’s balcony. Scenic rides will show you the
Tyrrhenian coast, the Lombardian plains, the flat Po
area, the wooded Etruscan Apennine mountain range,
and Tuscany’s Chianti wine country. In Venice a
private boat ride and a glassblowers’ demonstration
are included.
Sightseeing
Highlights
ROME:
Welcome dinner; guided sightseeing including
headsets; visit the Vatican Museums and Sistine
Chapel, St. Peter’s Square and Basilica, the
Colosseum and Roman Forum
PISA: Picture
stop at the Leaning Tower
FLORENCE: Guided
sightseeing including headsets; visit Michelangelo’s
David, the cathedral, and Signoria Square
VERONA:
Orientation including Juliet’s Balcony and the Arena
VENICE: Private
boat ride; guided sightseeing including headsets;
visit St. Marks Square and Basilica, Doges’ Palace,
and the Bridge of Sighs; glassblowers’ demonstration
Special Rates for this Group
| 24 space allocated |
Land
Rate |
Air Rate |
| book by February 28 |
$1,693.00 |
TBA |
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Call
our group department to book into this group or to book a
group of your own. 1-866-475-7023 |
Included:
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Accommodation in twin-bedded rooms with private
facilities in first class hotels.
ROME Albani (F),
FLORENCE Hilton
Florence Metropole (SF),
VENICE Carlton & Grand Canal (F),
ROME Holiday Inn
Rome West (F) or Jolly Midas (F) or Villa
Pamphili (F) or Albani (F)
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7 buffet
breakfasts (BB); 2 three-course dinners (D),
including a special welcome dinner with wine in
Rome
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All hotel service charges,
taxes, baggage handling and hotel tips are
included.
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Services throughout the tour of
a professional Tour Director.
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Touring by luxury air-ventilated
coach with reclining seats.
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travel bag and tour
wallet containing comprehensive documents
TOUR ITINERARYDay 1
Board your overnight transatlantic
flight.
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Day 2 Arrival
in Rome, Italy. Time to rest or
start exploring the Eternal City. At 6
p.m. meet your Tour Director and
traveling companions and leave the hotel
for a special welcome dinner with wine
in one of Rome’s lively restaurants. (D)
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Day 3 Rome.
Sightseeing with your Local Guide starts
with a visit to the VATICAN MUSEUMS and
SISTINE CHAPEL (arranged next morning if
closed today), world famous for
Michelangelo’s ceiling paintings and
The Last Judgement. Continue to
monumental ST. PETER’S SQUARE and
BASILICA. Cross the Tiber and visit the
COLOSSEUM and the ROMAN FORUM, where
Roman Legions marched in triumph. Then
time for independent activities and
exciting optional excursion
possibilities. (BB)
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Day 4 Rome-Pisa-Florence.
Follow the Aurelian Way along the
Tyrrhenian coast to Pisa. Here take your
pictures of the amazing Leaning Tower,
180 feet high and no less than 12 feet
out of the perpendicular. Then on to
Florence, the splendid capital of
Tuscany. (BB,D)
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Day 5 Florence.
Follow your Local Guide to the
ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS with Michelangelo’s
celebrated David and the
magnificent CATHEDRAL. Admire Giotto’s
Bell Tower, the Baptistry’s heavy bronze
“Gate of Paradise,” and
sculpture-studded SIGNORIA SQUARE. The
afternoon is free. Florentine leather
goods and gold jewelry sold by the ounce
are attractive buys. You may wish to
join an optional dinner outing to a fine
Tuscan restaurant. (BB)
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Day 6 Florence-Verona-Venice.
North to Verona, medieval setting
of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet.
See Juliet’s Balcony and the
well-preserved Arena. Stroll around the
picturesque market square. Tonight you
are in Venice, a powerful magnet for
romantics and art lovers from around the
globe. (BB)
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Day 7 Venice.
Start the day in style by PRIVATE
BOAT to meet your Local Guide.
Highlights of your walking tour are ST.
MARK’S SQUARE and the BYZANTINE
BASILICA, lavish DOGES’ PALACE, and the
BRIDGE OF SIGHS. Also watch skilled
GLASSBLOWERS fashion their delicate
objects in an age-old traditional
manner. Afterwards enjoy Venice at your
own pace or join an optional cruise to
the charming island of Burano. Tonight
is your chance to sample the city’s fine
restaurants. (BB)
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Day 8 Venice-Rome.
A scenic drive today through the lush
plains of the mighty River Po, across
the wooded Apennine mountain range, and
past the vine- and olive clad Tuscan
Hills, which are the home of the popular
Chianti wines. An optional festive
dinner may be just the way to celebrate
the success of your Italian vacation.
(BB)
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Day 9 Your homebound flight
arrives the same day. (BB)
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Call
our group department to book into this group or to book a
group of your own. 1-866-475-7023
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