Overview:

This is a classic route through Europe from the Sistine Chapel to the Eiffel Tower.

Countries Visited

Italy
Italy
Italy

An expert Insight Tour Director, at the pinnacles of their careers, will smooth your way throughout your journey. They are your ‘travelling concierges', expert guides, consummate organisers and friends 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.

Personal radio headsets, 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 WiFi.

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: Visit St. Peter's Basilica and see the Colosseum during a private guided tour of the city.
Tuscany: Enjoy a short tutorial about Chianti wines.
Florence: Walk with your guide to the Cathedral, see the ‘Gates of Paradise' and open-air gallery of Signoria Square.
Venice: Cruise, with commentary, to St. Mark's Square. See the Doges' Palace, Bridge of Sighs and St. Mark's Basilica.
Lucerne: View the emotive Lion Monument. See the covered Chapel Bridge and Jesuit Church.
Paris: See Notre Dame Cathedral, the façades of the Louvre Museum, the Place de la Concorde. Drive along the Champs Elysées to the Arc de Triomphe.
Scenic Drives: The Apennines, St. Gotthard and Swiss Alps
Lucerne: You are offered a selection of restaurants on your Dine-Around evening. Choose your own ambience, cuisine and drinks for an intimate culinary experience.
Paris: Rendezvous with your friends at a typical French bistro in the Quartier Latin, for a little wine and a rousing Celebration Dinner. Bon Appétit!
1 Welcome Dinner (WD), 9 Buffet Breakfasts (BB), 1 Dine-Around evening (DA), 1 three-course table d'hôte Dinner with wine, plus tea or coffee (D) and 1 Celebration Dinner (CD). Departures on tour for Christmas and New Year's Eve enjoy a festive Highlight Dinner.
Christmas Markets: A selected number of departures visit the Christmas markets in Florence and Lucerne.
Rome: Sightseeing with a Local Expert introduces you to the full arc of the city's highlights.
Rome: Gain VIP fast-track entry to the Vatican Museums and Sistine Chapel with an art expert. Make the most of behind-the-scenes access to the famous Bramante Staircase.
Florence: Visit the Accademia Museum with a local historian to study Michelangelo's original Statue of David.
Venice: To the tune of accompanying musicians, you are serenaded through the atmospheric canals by gondola past water-lapped doorways and Rococo palaces.
Swiss Mountain: A spectacular journey by cable car to the summit of a Swiss mountain for expansive mountain views.
Paris: Venture with a Local Expert inside the Notre Dame Cathedral, a masterpiece of French Gothic architecture.
Paris: Enjoy fast track entrance to the Eiffel Tower and ascend to enjoy spectacular panoramas of Paris.
Lucerne: Located in the very heart of Lucerne the Renaissance is a first-class, distinctive luxury hotel offering a blend of personal attention, stylish ambience and cutting-edge technical amenities.
Venice: The Hilton Molino Stucky Venice, once a flourishing flourmill, is now internationally recognised as one of Italy's iconic pieces of industrial architecture. Beautifully restored, it now houses a hotel unlike any other, offering a different view of Venice. The hotel is minutes from Venice's main attractions via shuttle boat.
Paris: Located on the fabled Left Bank, the Marriot Rive Gauche welcomes you with comfortable accommodation, helpful amenities, and attentive service.