Tour "Galileo" 2009

10- 8 days/ 9- 7 nights

RATE PER PERSON: 10 days/9 nts-Dbl: € 1.600- Sgl Suppl.: € 492- Tpl: € 1.580 8 days/ 7 nts- Dbl: € 1.300- Sgl Suppl.: € 380- Tpl: € 1.280 Possibility to start the tour the 3rd day, the morning of the departure
	Departue Dates May 9, 23 August 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 June 6, 20, 27 September 5, 12*, 19, 26 July 4, 11, 18, 25     *Because of the 13th EFNS Congress held in Florence, the group departing on Sept. 12 will be accommodated at the Hotel Castri 3 stars. Dinner at nearby restaurant.

Day 01- ROME                  

Arrival in Rome. Individual transfer to your Hotel (not included). Check in time is usually around 2 p.m. In the afternoon, at 4 pm, we enjoy a fascinating tour of this ancient city. The many classic sights Include the Trevi Fountain, The Lungotevere, Castle of St. Angelo and St. Peter's Basilica. This evening join us for a dinner at your hotel where you will be greeted by our  representative or tour escort.
OVERNIGHT: HOTEL BEVERLY HILLS or similar - 4 stars.

Breakfast and overnight at the hotel.
Full day for further sightseeing or shopping at your leisure.
OVERNIGHT: HOTEL BEVERLY HILLS or similar - 4 stars.

After breakfast we depart to the "cradle of the Renaissance", Florence. On the way we cross Lazio, Umbria and Toscana, some of the most beautiful regions in Italy. At around 1pm this morning we will reach Florence "the Devine", famous for its priceless treasures, preserved forever in the unbelievable elegant "Palazzi". In the early afternoon a local expert guide introduces us to Giotto's Bell Tower, Piazza Della Signoria, Cathedral, and many other timeless highlights of "Dante's Town".
Dinner and overnight at your hotel.
OVERNIGHT : HOTEL JOLLY or similar - 4 stars.

Day 04- FLORENCE/ STRESA/ BAVENO

After breakfast, depart for the Lombardia region and onward to our destination for the next two nights in Baveno/Stresa on the Lake Maggiore, which is one of the most beautiful lakes in the world, well known for its splendid climate, with vegetation and historical sites. Dinner at your hotel this evening.
OVERNIGHT : HOTEL BRISTOL or HOTEL DINO or HOTEL SPLENDID or HOTEL SIMPLON or similar - 4 stars.

Breakfast at the hotel is followed by a breathtaking day-long excursion into the Alps and Switzerland. Skirting Lake Maggiore, we pass by Pallanza, Intra, Ghiffa, and finally reach Lugano. After arriving in Lugano, you are on your own to enjoy lunch, shop in the elegant boutiques of Via Nassa, or walk by the magnificent Civic Park.
Later this afternoon, we return to Baveno/Stresa for our second night. Dinner and overnight at your hotel.
OVERNIGHT: HOTEL BRISTOL or HOTEL DINO or HOTEL SPLENDID or HOTEL SIMPLON or similar - 4 stars.

Breakfast at the hotel and departure for Verona, one of Italy's most fascinating cities, endowed with a wide variety of monuments and historic buildings.
Stop to pay a visit to Romeo and Juliet's balcony and to the Roman Theatre then proceed on to Padua, stopping to visit the famous Basilica of St. Anthony, then proceeding to Venice, " La Serenissima".  Venice is perhaps the most wonderful and unique city in the world, boasting an incredible number of churches and historical buildings.
Dinner and overnight at your hotel.
OVERNIGHT: HOTEL NOVOTEL MESTRE or similar – 4 stars.

After breakfast, by private boat crossing the Giudecca Canal, we will reach Piazza San Marco to meet a local expert for a guided walking tour of the city, taking in St. Mark's Square, Palace of the Doges, the Bridge of Sighs and many other highlights. Our visit concludes at a glass factory, where we admire the glass master practicing his ancient art. The afternoon is free for an optional visit to Murano and Burano, or for shopping on your own (try the ancient Rialto Bridge).
This evening we suggest a romantic serenade in a gondola across the "Canal Grande". Overnight.
OVERNIGHT: HOTEL  NOVOTEL MESTRE or similar - 4 stars.

Breakfast at your hotel and depart for the Siena in Tuscany.  Siena is a city full of art and history.
Lunch on your own.  In the afternoon tour Siena and admire the marvelous Cathedral, the gothic Municipal Palace with its walls full of paintings by Siena's most famous artists and Piazza del Campo, which every year since 1656 has been the site of the famous "Palio di Siena," a colorful horse race between the various districts of the city. Then we proceed to Perugia. Dinner and overnight at the hotel.
OVERNIGHT : HOTEL PLAZA or similar - 4 stars.

Day 09- PERUGIA to ROME

After breakfast at the hotel you will have free time to explore Perugia. Late in the morning depart for Rome's Fiumicino airport. Overnight in Rome at the HOTEL BEVERLY HILLS o similar - 4 stars.

Day 11- ROME

Breakfast at the hotel. End of tour.

N.B. The drop off in Fiumicino is exclusively for the Skyservice Charter flight.

INCLUDED IN THIS TOUR :

● 9 Nights in first class and superior tourist class hotel ● All hotel taxes ● Continental breakfast daily ●6 three course dinners. ● Porter fees for 1 piece of luggage per person. ● Transportation by deluxe air conditioned charter bus ● Service of multilingual tour escort throughout the tour ● Service of multilingual local guides in Rome/Florence/ Venice/Siena ● Drinks during meals (1/4 wine + ½ mineral water) ● Transfer by private boat in Venice

NOT INCLUDED :

● Drinks during meals not specified●  Meals not specified ● Items of personal nature ●  Tips ● All items not expressly mentioned

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