Ciao Italia – 9 Days/ 8 Nights – From $5,580

DAY 1: BENVENUTI A ROMA

Upon arrival in Rome, our English-speaking driver will greet you at the airport and take you to your hotel in the city center, giving you useful information about Rome en route. Dinner suggestions provided.

DAY 2: VATICAN DAY

After breakfast, we will pick you up for a tour of the Vatican Museums, the Sistine Chapel, and St. Peter’s Basilica. Enjoy an afternoon strolling through the city center.

Vatican Museums Sistine Chapel & St. Peter’s Basilica

Small Group Tour, one way transfer from hotel included. Available daily except Sunday and Wednesday.

ITINERARY

Your small group tour (max 15 people) begins at the Vatican Museums, with its immense art collection built up by the Popes throughout the centuries. The itinerary includes Pio Clementino Hall, Laocoon and Apollo Belvedere, Maps Gallery, Candelabra Gallery, Tapestries Gallery and one of the most celebrated masterpieces in the world: the Sistine Chapel, with the breathtaking frescoes by Michelangelo.

After exploring the Vatican Museums, the tour will continue directly and without line into St. Peter’s Basilica, the largest church in the world and symbol of the Catholic religion, where it will be possible to admire iconic masterpieces such as La Pietà by Michelangelo and the huge Baldacchino by Bernini.

The tour ends in the suggestive St. Peter’s Square, dominated by Michelangelo’s imposing Cupola and surrounded by the famous Bernini’s double Colonnade.

INCLUSIONS

Skip the line entrance tickets
Professional Guide
Headsets
Pick-up service from centrally located hotels (drop-off is not included)
ADDITIONAL INFO

Departures: 10:00 a.m. & 03:00 p.m.

Duration: 3 hours

Language(s): English only

Group size: Monolingual small groups, max. 15 persons

Meeting point: Our agency in Via Santamaura, 28 or pick-up service from centrally located hotel

Tour ends: St. Peter’s Square (drop off at hotels is not included)

 

DAY 3: ANCIENT ROME

Spend the morning exploring Rome on your own. That afternoon, tour Ancient Rome, including the Colosseum, the Roman Forum, and Palatine Hill.

Ancient Rome: Colosseum, Palatine Hill & Roman Forum

Small group, one way transfer from hotel included. Available at 10AM on Monday, Wednesday and Friday, or 3PM on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday.

ITINERARY

This tour is a chance to visit the 3 sites of the Colosseum’s Archaeological Park with a licensed guide.

Also known as the Flavian Amphitheatre, the Colosseum is one of the most famous monuments in the world. Opened with a solemn inauguration that lasted 100 days, it was used for gladiatorial fights and wild animal hunts. It had a capacity for more than 50.000 people and the ability to protect the spectators with a large awning called Velarium. It’s 2.000 years old but the Colosseum is still the symbol of the Eternal City.

The Palatine Hill, one of the seven hills of Rome, is considered “the first nucleus of the Roman Empire” because has been the location where Romulus and Remus were found by the she-wolf and where Rome has its origins. With the development of Rome, it became the most exclusive neighborhood where emperors and patrician families built opulent palaces and the site is now mainly a large open-air museum.

From the Palatine, the tour will across the Roman Forum, for centuries the center of Roman public and economic life, where the most important structures of the ancient city were located.

INCLUSIONS

Skip-the-line entrance tickets
Professional Guide
Headsets
Pick-up service from centrally located hotels (drop-off is not included)
ADDITIONAL INFO

Departures: 10:00 a.m. (Monday, Wednesday, Friday) / 3:00 p.m. (Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday)

Duration: 3 hours

Language(s): English only

Group size: Monolingual small groups, max. 15 persons

Meeting Point: Big Bus Tours Kiosk – Piazza del Colosseo or pick-up service from centrally located hotels.

Tour ends: Roman Forum (drop off at hotels is not included)

 

DAY 4: ARRIVAL IN FLORENCE

In the morning, a car will take you to the train station and take a First class train highspeed Frecciarossa to Florence. Once there, a local driver will welcome you to the city of arts and bring you to a centrally-located hotel. Dinner suggestions will be provided.