Day 1: Fly overnight to Italy
Day 2: Milan • Venice
Meet your Tour Director at the airportTravel to Venice
Day 3: Venice
Take a guided tour of Venice
With your expert local guide you will see:
- St. Mark’s Square
- Grand Canal
See a glass-blowing demonstration
Travel by water taxi to the island of Burano
Explore Burano on your own
Enjoy a gondola ride
Take a ferry to Venice
Day 4: Venice • Florence
Travel to Florence
Take a guided tour of Florence
With your expert local guide you will see:
- Piazza della Signoria
- Ponte Vecchio
- Basilica of Santa Croce
- Gates of Paradise
Day 5: Florence
Add this in-depth excursion:
Siena and San Gimignano
Enjoy a full-day excursion to two classic Italian towns. Begin in San Gimignano, a UNESCO World Heritage Site known as the “City of Beautiful Towers.” Continue on to Siena, famous in its own right for its Tuscan beauty and such wonders as the Duomo, Piccolomini Library, and the Piazza del Campo. Afterward, enjoy free time for lunch before returning to Florence.
Day 6: Florence • Pisa • French Riviera
Travel via Pisa to the French Riviera
See the Leaning Tower of Pisa
Visit the Baptistery of St. John and the Pisa Cathedral
Day 7: French Riviera
Take a day trip to Monaco and Eze
Visit a French perfume factory
Take a walking tour of Nice
With your Tour Director you will see:
- Vieille Ville
- Promenade des Anglais
Day 8: French Riviera • Paris
Travel by TGV to Paris
Walking tour of the Latin Quarter
Catch a glimpse of Notre-Dame Cathedral
Enjoy dinner in the Latin Quarter
Day 9: Paris
Take a guided tour of Paris
With your expert local guide you will see:
- Place de la Concorde
- Champs-Élysées
- Arc de Triomphe
- Les Invalides
- Eiffel Tower
Add this in-depth excursion:
Versailles
Enjoy an excursion to the grand palace of Versailles, where Louis XIV held court in the most lavish style imaginable. On a tour, stroll through the elegantly landscaped gardens, the historic Hall of Mirrors, and the ornately decorated State Apartments. Note: Versailles is closed on Mondays.
Enjoy a Seine River cruise
Day 10: Depart for home
Add 2 more days
Day 10: Paris • London
Take the Eurostar to London
Take a walking tour of London
Day 11: London
Take a guided tour of London
With your expert local guide you will see:
- Big Ben and Houses of Parliament
- Piccadilly Circus
- St. Paul’s Cathedral
- Westminster Abbey
- Changing of the Guard at Buckingham Palace (if scheduled)
Day 12: Depart for home