EUROPEAN DREAM

• Explore the city’s bustling boulevards and labyrinthine lanes before meeting your fellow travellers and Travel Director for dinner.
• This evening, embark on an orientation drive revealing some of the city’s most celebrated sights.

Arrival Transfer: Depart Leonardo da Vinci airport (FCO) at 09:30, 12:30, 15:00

Welcome Meet your Travel Director at 17:00

Included Experience: Rome Orientation

• Join a Local Specialist for a sightseeing tour to see the sights of this extraordinary city.
• Follow in the footsteps of ancient Romans and experience the modern city of Rome through the eyes of a local.
• We cross the Tiber River into Ancient Rome to delve into what was once the largest empire in the world and view such ancient sites as the imposing Colosseum where brave gladiators and slaves duelled to their deaths.

Included Experience: Rome City Tour

Optional Experience: Piazzas and Fountains / Roman Evening with Dinner

• We travel north into the vineyard-clad hills of Tuscany and along the Arno River Valley bound for an unforgettable visit to a 12th-century castle where the Pazzi plot against the ruling Medici family was hatched so many centuries ago.
• Here you’ll Connect With Locals over lunch during an exclusive Be My Guest experience, learning all about the family feud and taking a tour of the castle, including its infamous dungeons.
• Beyond the extraordinary opportunity to dine in a Tuscan castle, you’ll know that your visit is helping to preserve this historic building for generations to come.
• Continue to Florence, the birthplace of the Renaissance where you’ll learn about the quality and workmanship of one of this city’s historic industries at a demonstration of Florentine leathercraft.
• Then, join a Local Specialist for an enchanting encounter with one of the world’s cultural centres, admiring the exquisite architecture and artistry around every turn.
• ou won’t be able to tear your eyes from the beauty of the marble Duomo and Piazza della Signoria, the political hub of Florence, before arriving at your hotel.

Included Experience: Enjoy a Traditional Tuscan Buffet at the 12th-century Castle of Trebbio, Scenic Drive through Tuscany, Florence City Tour, Florence Leather Demonstration

Optional Experience: Dinner in the Tuscan Hills / Tuscan Dinner at Villa Machiavelli

• The romantic island city of Venice is your final destination today.
• Take to the water, cruising the canals and admiring views of the imposing St. Mark’s Basilica and ornate Doge’s Palace.
• On this MAKE TRAVEL MATTER® Experience, we’ll witness the centuries-old art of Venetian glassblowing using the same techniques that have been passed down through the generations.
• You’ll watch master craftsmen shaping the molten glass into the delicate pieces of art that adorn homes the world over, perhaps inspired to buy a souvenir for your own home to remind you of your visit.
• Later, we’ll enjoy an afternoon at leisure to explore narrow calle in search of a cosy bacaro where you can enjoy delicious Venetian cuisine washed down with a Venetian Spritz, or two.
• Take some time, venture to the enchanting canal-side setting of St. Mark’s Square. The sounds of talented musicians, seagulls and lapping water provide the perfect backdrop for a memorable sunset over the Grand Canal.

Included Experience: Learn about the History and Ancient Skills of Venetian Glassblowing

Optional Experience: Lagoon Cruise to Burano with Food and Drinks

• We depart Venice, travelling north into the picturesque Italian and Swiss Lake Districts via Como and Lugano.
• Slicing through the Alps, arrive in Switzerland and the laid-back lakeside city of Lucerne.
• The city is perhaps most famous for its solid wooden Chapel Bridge and poignant Lion Monument, a memorial to Swiss Guards.
• Enjoy an afternoon at leisure, amble through the Old Town or consider joining an Optional Experience and ascend one of the surrounding mountain peaks for panoramic views.

Included Experience: Scenic Drive Through the Alps, Lucerne Orientation

Optional Experience: ‘Swisstainable’ Mount Stanserhorn And Lake Cruise

• From Lucerne, we head into France and through the rolling vineyard-clad hills of Burgundy, one of the country’s largest wine-producing areas.
• Arriving in Paris, enjoy a free evening.
• Wander up grand boulevards and through quaint squares, grab a bite to eat and sip wine at a cosy bistro or perhaps take a cruise on the Seine followed by a tour of Paris by night.

Optional Experience: Seine Cruise and Parisian Icons

• Join a Local Specialist today to delve into the artistic and historic treasures of Paris, including views of the elegant Champs Élysées, the Arc de Triomphe and the Eiffel Tower.
• View Notre Dame Cathedral and enjoy a stroll through the Latin Quarter.
• This afternoon, amble through the city’s stylish gardens, avenues and lanes, admiring the sophisticated atmosphere or consider joining an Optional Experience to the exquisite Palace of Versailles.

Included Experience: Paris City Tour

Optional Experience: Montparnasse and Napoleon’s Tomb / Versailles Palace and Gardens / Moulin Rouge Cabaret and Dinner

• After breakfast, bid your newfound friends a fond farewell as your memorable holiday comes to a close.

Departure Transfer: Arrive at Charles de Gaulle airport at 08:00