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Venezia, Firenze, Roma!

Group Organizer: Ms. Kelly Nottingham

Departure Date

April 15, 2017

Overnights

Venice 2 • Florence 2 • Rome 3

Accommodations

Accommodations in centrally-located

three-star or four-star hotels. Rooming on

a triple basis. Double rooms: $280 per

person.

Transportation

Round-trip transportation on scheduled

airline.

Meals

All breakfasts. All dinners.

Guides

Services of a specially-trained passports Tour Director throughout.

Included Travel Insurance

The benefits package conveys high-option life,

health, and accident insurance, baggage loss

and delay, trip delay and trip interruption

coverage.

Tour Cost $3619

-$200 until March 15, 2016

Total $3419

Final payment is due 12/26/2016 or, with E-Z Pay,

3/16/2017. Tour cost is based on a combined

enrollment of 35 participants. Departure from New

York City, NY. Adults 24 years or older are

automatically charged for double rooms. With

doubles, total price is $3,699.

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Internal Transit

Boatbus to/from the airport on Days 1-2.

Round-trip water bus to St. Mark's Square on

Day 3. Water bus on Day 4. Airport departure

transfer on Day 9.

Days 1-2: Arrival Venice

Day 3: Venice

Venice Guided Walking Tour: Glass workshop

Day 4: Venice - Florence

Basilica of St. Anthony of Padua

Day 5: Florence

Florence city sightseeing: Local Guide,

Accademia, Cathedral of Florence (nave),

Santa Croce, Leonardo's Leather Workshop

Excursion to Pisa: Pisa's Duomo, Camposanto

Cemetery and Baptistry

Day 6: Florence - Rome

Local Guide in Assisi, Basilica of St. Francis,

Basilica of St. Mary of the Angels

Day 7: Rome

Rome City Sightseeing: One-day public

transportation pass in Rome, Local Guide,

Colosseum, Roman Forum and Palatine Hill,

Vatican Museums, Sistine Chapel, St. Peter's

Basilica, Piazza Navona, Pantheon

Optional ($50) Dinner with music

Day 8: Rome

Optional ($195) Excursion to Pompeii and

Herculaneum: Local Guide

Optional ($55) Gladiator School

Day 9: Departure

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Detailed Itinerary

Days 1-2: Arrival

A dream comes true as your wide-bodied

jet thunders off the airstrip, Europe-

bound. Time for a meal, a movie and a

nap. Then it gets light again, first off the

left-hand side of the airplane, then

everywhere. It's morning, and Italy! Relax or start exploring the "Pearl of

the Adriatic." Remember Marco Polo,

who set out from this magnificent harbor

in 1271, at the age of 18, on a fantastic

journey to Asia.

Meals included: Dinner Overnight: Venice

Day 3: Venice Guided Walking

Tour

After a water bus ride to the greatest

square in the West, Piazza San Marco,

enjoy a walking tour led by a local guide.

You will see the Doges' Palace and St.

Mark's Basilica. Head to the Rialto area to visit the

nooks and crannies of Old Venice and the

Rialto Market. The Erberia, the produce

market selling fresh fruits and vegetables,

is a riot of colors and, of course,

wonderful savors. Nearby is the

Pescheria, the fish market, which is at its

best early in the morning when its stalls

are filled with a variety of freshly-caught

fish and seafood (closed Sundays and

Mondays). visit a glass workshop, where you will

view a glass-blowing demonstration and

learn about the art of making the world-

renowned Venetian glass. Use your vaporetto ticket to ride along

the Grand Canal aboard a water bus: take

either the #1 water bus, which makes

every stop along the way, or #82, which

travels along the same route with fewer

stops. You will pass under the Rialto

Bridge, which was once the only link

between the two sides of the Grand Canal.

Completed in 1591, this shop-lined stone

bridge is a lively gathering place for

visitors and locals alike. If the weather is favorable, you may

want to arrange a gondola ride along the

canals, past stately palaces. A unique

Venetian experience, as extravagant and

as unforgettable as the city itself.

Meals included: Breakfast, Dinner Overnight: Venice

Day 4: Padua, Florence

Say arrivederci to Venice and travel to

the city of Padua, seat of a famous

university founded in 1222. Galileo taught

mathematics there between 1592 and

1610. Enjoy a visit to the huge Basilica di

Sant'Antonio, visited as a place of

pilgrimage by people from all over the

world. Continue your journey up and over the

rolling hills of Tuscany, to Firenze, the

"Jewel of the Renaissance." This evening, stroll along the River

Arno, or over it, using the shop-lined

Ponte Vecchio, the oldest bridge in

Florence. This medieval bridge (built in

1345) is especially attractive at sunset,

when it reflects the warm Italian light.

Meals included: Breakfast, Dinner Overnight: Florence

Day 5: Florence City

Sightseeing, Excursion to Pisa

On a city tour in Florence, you'll get

acquainted with the Medici family and the

art of politics. A local guide, well-educated and

specially-trained on the history and

culture of Florence, will accompany your

group. Accademia • Visit the Galleria

della Accademia to view the best known

of all Florentine treasures, Michelangelo's

monumental David. Cathedral of

Florence (nave) • Visit the Cathedral of

Santa Maria del Fiore, better known as

the Duomo. It's one of the largest

cathedrals in the Christian world,

consecrated back in 1436. Marvel at its

sumptuous exterior marble decoration and

at the works of art it houses, including

Domenico de Michelino's 1320 painting

Dante and the Divine Comedy. Santa

Croce • Visit the church of Santa Croce,

the final resting place of luminaries such

as Michelangelo, Machiavelli and Galileo.

The church is filled with treasures and

houses the Pazzi Chapel, a masterpiece by

Brunelleschi noted for its original

conception and skillful proportions.

Leonardo's Leather Workshop • Watch

a craftsman demonstrate steps used in the

manufacture of the world-renowned

Florentine leather goods.

Excursion to Pisa • An excursion takes

you to Pisa, the city whose navy once

dominated the Western Mediterranean,

before the Arno River silted up. Just north of the city center discover

the Campo dei Miracoli and its trio of

remarkable Moorish-style religious

buildings. The most famous of the three is

the Leaning Tower, now tilting nearly 13

feet from its vertical axis. Hear about the

various solutions proposed to counteract

the sinking of its foundation. While in Pisa, you'll visit the

sumptuous Duomo (known for its

horizontal marble stripes). Camposanto

Cemetery and Baptistry • You will visit

the Camposanto, the adjacent cemetery

believed to have been filled with earth

brought back from the Holy Land. Then, visit the ornate colonnaded

Baptistry, (Italy's largest, and it leans

about 5 feet!), where you will see how,

like the Duomo, it contains exceptional

works by Pisan artists of the 13th century.

Free time in Florence • The remainder

of the day is free to plan as you wish. You may want to check out Florence's

leather and jewelry shops, or the

boutiques where you can acquire beautiful

reproductions of Florentine artwork at

reasonable prices.

Meals included: Breakfast, Dinner Overnight: Florence

Day 6: Assisi, Rome

Travel to Assisi, where flowers overflow

the window boxes which adorn the pink

stone buildings typical of the town. A half-day local guide, well-educated

and specially-trained on the history and

culture of Assisi, will accompany your

group. Visit the Basilica of St. Francis, built

on the Hill of Paradise and restored to its

past splendor following the 1997

earthquake. It consists of two

superimposed churches resting on a series

of arches: the Lower Basilica, built over

the crypt which contains the tomb of St.

Francis, and the Upper Basilica, decorated

with frescoes by 13th-century masters

Giotto and Cimabue. You will visit the Basilica of St. Mary

of the Angels, built on the outskirts of

town over the site where St. Francis spent

most of his life. It encloses the

Porziuncola Chapel, where he prayed and

received visions, and the Transitus

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Chapel, built over the cell in which the

beloved saint died in 1226. A ride down the autostrada brings you

to the "Eternal City." Plan a visit to the Trevi Fountain, one

of Rome's most celebrated sights, which

was the terminus of the Aqua Virgo

aqueduct. The Trevi is at its best at night,

when the fountain is illuminated. Throw a

coin into the spray to ensure your return to

this wonderful city!

Meals included: Breakfast, Dinner Overnight: Rome

Day 7: Rome City Sightseeing,

Optional Dinner with Music

Set out on a sightseeing tour of Rome.

Local Guide • A full-day local guide,

well-educated and specially-trained on the

history and culture of Rome, will

accompany your group. Colosseum,

Roman Forum and Palatine Hill • Visit

some of the best known monuments of

Ancient Rome, including the Colosseum

and the Roman Forum. Once the heart of

a vast empire, the Forum was filled with

extravagant buildings and crowded with

people from all over the known world. Your combination ticket also allows

entrance to the archaeological site on the

Palatine Hill. Should time allow, you may

want to make your way up the hill to visit

the site and its museum. This was the

oldest residential area in Ancient Rome.

Vatican Museums • Discover

outstanding masterpieces collected for the

Vatican Museums since the early 1500s.

You will see exceptional statues from

antiquity, such as Laocoön and His Sons

and the Apollo Belvedere, and stunning

Renaissance paintings, notably in the

Raphael Rooms, where the best-known of

the frescoes is The School of Athens. Marvel at Michelangelo's Last

Judgment and brightly-colored ceiling

frescoes in the Sistine Chapel. A visit is included to St. Peter's

Basilica, which houses priceless works of

art, in particular Michelangelo's Pietà and

Bernini's Dove of the Holy Spirit. Piazza

Navona • Walk through the plaza known

as Piazza Navona. Built on the site of

Domitian's Stadium and lined with grand

buildings and trendy cafes, this oblong

square is adorned with statues and

fountains, notably Bernini's Fountain of

the Four Rivers.

Enter the "Temple to All the Gods,"

which is one of the better-preserved and

most harmonious monuments of antiquity.

Optional Dinner with music • Tonight,

enjoy dinner while local singers and

musicians entertain you with O Sole Mio,

Volare and other favorite Italian songs.

Meals included: Breakfast, Dinner Optional: Dinner with music Overnight: Rome

Day 8: Rome, Optional

Excursion to Pompeii and

Herculaneum, Optional

Gladiator School

Enjoy some free time in the city or

consider an optional excursion.

Optional Excursion to Pompeii and

Herculaneum • Embark on a journey

that will take you first to Pompeii for a

guided tour of its ruins. See how well-to-

do Romans lived 2,000 years ago, until

Mt. Vesuvius spoke, at once destroying

this city and preserving it for all time. Continue with a guided tour of

Herculaneum, for which AD 79 also

turned out to be a bad year. Smaller than

Pompeii, it nevertheless had 5,000

inhabitants when it was destroyed. This

carefully laid out city with three main

streets and five districts contained both

the extravagant houses of wealthy

Romans and the tenement buildings

occupied by laborers and slaves. Local

Guide • A local guide, well-educated and

specially-trained on the history and

culture of Pompeii and Herculaneum, will

accompany your group.

Optional Gladiator School • The

Scuola Gladiatori, also known as the The

Gladiator School of Rome, is located

along the Via Appia Antica. It offers a

two-hour, hands-on gladiator training

session. Practice the skills of gladiators

who, in ancient times, drew the cheers and

jeers of countless spectators in the

Colosseum. Remember the gladiator

emperor Commodus as you measure

yourself against your comrades!

Meals included: Breakfast, Dinner Overnight: Rome

Day 9: Departure

Ciao, Europa! Statistics show that visitors

do in fact return to Rome, although it may

not have anything to do with coins in a

fountain. Race the sun and arrive home

later today, eager to share your

discoveries with family and friends.

Meals included: Breakfast

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Participant Cost Breakdown

Itinerary Venezia, Firenze, Roma!

Departing April 15, 2017

Departure City New York City, NY

Rooming Triples

Program Cost $3,619

-$200 Early Enrollment Discount for enrollments before March 15, 2016

Total Cost $3,419

Estimated Monthly Payment $256 with E-Z Pay and $95 deposit

*Total Cost includes discounts which expire as listed. Program Cost includes

weekend fees of $80. Program Cost is valid for those who enroll and pay in full

before December 26, 2016. Alternate convenience monthly payment of $292 for

enrollments before March 15, 2016 after $495 deposit.

Available Add-ons not included in price

Dinner with music: $50

Excursion to Pompeii and Herculaneum: $195

Gladiator School: $55

Double rooms: $280 per person - 7 @ $40 per night (mandatory for adults 24 years

and older)

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