Discover Rome, Umbria, and Tuscany on a 9-day guided journey featuring Local Experts, artisan encounters, and memorable dining from truffle hunting to farm-to-table experiences.
  • content:<h3>Choice Highlights</h3><ul class='icon-list'><li><i class='fa-regular fa-circle-check'></i>Choose between two carefully selected activities</li><li><i class='fa-regular fa-circle-check'></i>Siena: Visit the cathedral with your Local Expert.</li><li><i class='fa-regular fa-circle-check'></i>Siena: Enjoy a tasting of Panforte, a traditional Tuscan dessert containing fruits and nuts.</li></ul>
  • content:<h3>Top Rated Highlights</h3><ul class='icon-list'><li><i class='fa-regular fa-circle-check'></i>Rome: Visit the Colosseum, still echoing with the thronging crowds and ghostly cries of gladiatorial combat.</li><li><i class='fa-regular fa-circle-check'></i>Assisi: See St. Mary of the Angels Church and join your Local Expert to walk through the cobbled streets and beautifully preserved medieval laneways of this quaint town.</li><li><i class='fa-regular fa-circle-check'></i>Assisi: With a Local Expert, find out why the Basilica of St. Francis is considered one of the crowning achievements of Europe.</li><li><i class='fa-regular fa-circle-check'></i>San Gimignano: Visit the Tuscan town of San Gimignano, often called the 'Medieval Manhattan' of Italy.</li><li><i class='fa-regular fa-circle-check'></i>Florence: Join a Local Expert to view the multi-colored marble cathedral, bell tower and baptistery, adorned by Ghiberti's Gates of Paradise. Visit the political heart of the city, Signoria Square.</li></ul>
  • content:<h3>Make Travel Matter</h3><p><b>Perugia</b>: Meet Marta, a recipient of a TreadRight Foundation grant. Learn how she offers employment opportunities for local women and, alongside her weavers, preserves the ancient craft of loom weaving in an artisan workshop. The workshop is owned by women and actively empowers women and girls through its education and training programs. Marta, and her students help to safeguard the unique patterns while contributing to the protection of Umbria’s cultural heritage. Laboratorio Giuditta Brozzetti advances UN Sustainable Development Goal 5: Gender Equality and UN Sustainable Development Goal 11: Sustainable Cities & Communities.</p>
  • content:<h3>Authentic Dining</h3><p><b>Rome</b>: Savor dinner at a uniquely Roman restaurant, offering a perfect exploration of Lazio's typical flavors.</p><p><b>Umbria</b>: Explore the art of Italian cooking with Chef Lorenzo and take part in a truffle hunting walk followed by lunch.</p><p><b>Perugia</b>: You are offered a selection of restaurants on your Dine-Around Evening. Choose your own ambience, cuisine and drinks for an intimate culinary experience.</p><p><b>San Gimignano</b>: Ascend serpentine alleyways to the artisan gelato parlor of world champion gelato maestro, Sergio Dondoli for a taste of his finest frozen treats.</p><p><b>Tuscany</b>: Nestled in the rolling hills surrounding Sam Gimignano and surrounded by its own vineyards, olive groves, saffron crop and orchards, is the homely Il Vecchio Maneggio. Admire the beautiful views as you enjoy a drink before sitting down to your delicious Farm-to-Table dinner, with all the organic produce sourced from the surrounding farm.</p>
  • content:<h3>Insight Choice</h3><p><b>Siena</b>: Visit the cathedral with your Local Expert.</p><p><b>Siena</b>: Enjoy a tasting of Panforte, a traditional Tuscan dessert containing fruits and nuts.</p>
Stay at NH Roma Centro in Rome on your first night; enjoy three nights at Sangallo Palace in Perugia; spend three nights at Villasanpaolo in San Gimignano; and conclude with a final night at St. Martin in Rome, as outlined in the day-by-day itinerary.