Explore Italy’s icons on a guided journey from Rome to Venice via Lucca, Cinque Terre, Pisa, Florence, Verona, Bologna and Assisi, featuring Vatican and Colosseum visits, Tuscan farm hospitality, and Venetian glassblowing.
  • Explore the Vatican Museums and Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel ceiling.
  • Visit the Colosseum and see Circus Maximus in Ancient Rome.
  • Cruise the Ligurian coast to Cinque Terre’s cliffside villages.
  • View Pisa’s UNESCO-listed Square of Miracles and the Leaning Tower.
  • Discover Florence’s Duomo, Ponte Vecchio, and Renaissance piazzas.
  • Witness Venetian glassblowing, St. Mark’s Basilica, Doge’s Palace, and Bridge of Sighs.
  • Visit Assisi’s Basilica of St. Francis and its famed frescoes.
  • Stroll Villa d’Este’s Renaissance terraces and fountains in Tivoli.
Stay in cherry-picked hotels including Il Cantico in Rome, Best Western Grand Guinigi in Lucca, FH55 Grand Hotel Mediterraneo in Florence, Le Boulevard Lido in Venice, Cenacolo in Assisi—a fully renovated old Franciscan monastery—and Precise House Mantegna in Rome. On some departures, similar standard hotels may be used.