Overview:

This tour immerses you in Italy's historic cities, idyllic fishing villages, islands, lakes, and canals, heritage buildings, inspiring art, fabulous food and breathtaking scenery.

Countries Visited

Italy

An expert Insight Tour Director, at the pinnacle of their career, will guide you on your journey. Serving as your 'travelling concierge', this skilled guide will act as consummate organiser and be your 'friend in a foreign land'.

Enjoy the unique comfort of Insight's luxury air-conditioned 40 seat coach with extended leg room and on-board restroom. It's business class comfort.

A personal radio headset gives you the freedom to wander during visits to famous highlights, without missing any of your Local Expert's fascinating insights and commentaries.

Baggage handling everywhere, with seamless and prompt delivery to your door at every hotel.

Hotel and restaurant tips included - you'll never have to worry about how much to give, nor search for foreign currency. Plus we include all taxes and porterage charges at hotels.

Stay connected with friends and family with our complimentary coach and hotel Wi-Fi.

Insight Flourishes - from time to time, your Tour Director will enchant you with local tidbits, each representing authentic food or beverages unique to the destination.

Included airport transfers at scheduled times on arrival and departure days.

Rome: Enjoy a private guided tour of St. Peter's Basilica.
Capri: Join us in the social ritual of ‘La Passeggiata'.
Florence: During your guided walking tour, see the Cathedral, belltower, ‘Gates of Paradise' on the Baptistery and visit Signoria Square. Witness a leather-work demonstration.
Verona: See the Roman Arena and Juliet's balcony.
Venice: Cruise to St. Mark's Square by private launch. See St. Mark's Basilica, bell tower, clock tower, Doges' Palace and Bridge of Sighs. Witness hand made Venetian glass-blowing.
Italian Lakes: For your Dine-Around experience, you will be offered a selection of local restaurants to choose from, each with its own distinctive ambience and cuisine.
Lake Iseo: Visit a local winery passed down through the generations and taste their latest vintages with a master vintner.
Venice: Enjoy a Celebration Dinner in the heart of historic Venice.
10 Buffet Breakfasts (BB); plus 1 Welcome Dinner (WD), 2 three-course table d’hôte Dinner (DW), 1 Dine-Around (DA) and 1 Celebration Dinner (CD) all with wine, plus tea or coffee.
Rome: Gain VIP access into the Vatican Museums and be among the select few to admire the famous Bramante Staircase. Admire the Popes' treasure-trove and confront the genius of Michelangelo in the Sistine Chapel.
Rome: Sightsee the local way with a leisurely passeggiata through the backstreets, where a friend in Rome will explain how modern life takes place around ancient treasures.
Pompeii: Walk with a Local Expert through the cobbled streets of this ill-fated town.
Isle of Capri: Get a flavour of the jet-set lifestyle with two nights on this famous isle. Ride by open-top taxi and enjoy sightseeing with a Local Expert.
Florence: Walk with a Local Expert to the Cathedral, Baptistery and see Signoria Square.
Cinque Terre: Take a short cruise to visit two of the villages of this UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Portofino: Have a taste of 'La Dolce Vita' in this elegant fishing village and cruise to Santa Margherita.
Venice: To the tune of accompanying musicians, you will be serenaded through the atmospheric canals by gondola, past water-lapped doorways and Rococo palaces.
Venice: The Bauer Palladio is a unique 5-star hotel, built in a sixteenth-century convent. Based on Giudecca Island, it offers superb views of the Doge's Palace.
Venice: The luxury Boscolo Venezia is housed in a former palace, combining contemporary comfort with multi-coloured marble, fine Venetian stucco and chandeliers.