Day 1: Departure from New York in the evening for your overnight flight to Florence. Dinner and breakfast on board.
Day 2: Morning arrival at Amerigo Vespucci Airport, in florence. You will be greeted by our local represetative. Transfer to your hotel and rest of the day at leisure. Tonight you will enjoy a welcome dinner.
Day 3: Florence and its masterpieces
Historical and artistic itinerary among the most important vestiges of the Renaissance Culture:
Piazza del Duomo, Baptistery, Basilica of Santa Maria del Fiore, (Holy Mary of flower), Giotto’s Bell Tower; Santa Maria Novella, Strozzi Palace.
Significant and characteristic experiences
Ascent to the Bell Tower terrace, from where you can enjoy a beautiful view of the city
Day 4: Florence Uffizi Gallery and Arno Embankement
This morning you will visit the Gallery where you can admire many masterpieces of Italian and European Painting from XII century to XVIII century, the most extraordinary exposition of Renaissance Florence and Tuscany paintings. The Old Bridge (Ponte Vecchio), Arno Embankement Basilica of Holy Cross (Santa Croce), Basilica of Saint Lawrence, where you can visit the tomb of Michelangelo, Dante Alighieri, Galileo Galilei. Chapel Pazzi, Academy Gallery, where you can admire the David by Michelangelo.
Significant and characteristic experiences
Visit to the handcraft shops of Ponte Vecchio 8Old Bridge)
Day 5: Florence: the Palaces and the Boboli Gardens
After breakfast at your hotel, you will take a walk in the center Palace Medici Riccardi, Basilica of Saint Lawrence, Medici’s Chapels, The Princes Chapel, Piazza della Signoria, Pitti Palace, Boboli Garden.
Day 6: From Florence to Pisa and the Cinque Terre and to Liguria
On the way to Cinque Terre, there will a stop in Pisa. You will visit the Campo of miracles the Dome of Santa Maria Assunta, the Leaning Tower, the Baptistery, one of the most visited place, known all over the world. Leaving Pisa, the highway will take you to the Apuane Alps, and its marble quarries, a resource for the most famous Italian Sculptors for more than 2000 years. Upon arrival at Cinque Terre you will have a short tour of the Cinque terre in the Region of Liguria, jewels of the nature for their colourful houses. The day will end at your hotel for your dinner and overnight.
Significant and characteristic experiences
Trip to Apuane Alps
Walk along the Love Route "La strada dell'amore", Cinque Terre
Day 7: Pistoia among flowers, vapours, literature and phantasy
Visit the historical center of Pistoia, the Dome of Saint Zeno, Baptistery of Saint John the Palace of the city hall. The tour goes on to Monsumanno Terme, Grotta Parlante (The speaking Grotto), Grotto Giusti famous for their natural vapours, Montecatini Terme, Pescia known for its flowers nursery. The tour ends at Collodi, where there is the famous Park of literature named after Carlo Collodi, the author of Pinocchio, the puppet known all over the world.
Significant and characteristic experiences
Visit the Museum of Carlo Collodi: the first editions of the Book
Day 8: Itinerary to Siena
Itinerary to discover the characteristic sites of Volterra, San Giminiano, the town of the towers, Poggibonsi, Monteriggioni and Siena. The tour of Siena includes the historical center Piazza del Campo where all important events take place, such as the race of Pallium of Siena (horse race), Chapel of Piazza, Public Palace, and Museum housing works of art of Ambrogio Lorenzetti and Simone Martini, the Dome, the Mangia Tower, the five hundred steps to climb up. The view from the summit is magnificent.
Significant and characteristic experience
Characteristic and scenic road on the Siena Hills
Day 9: Livorno and its surroundings on the trail of the Etruscans
Visit to the city and itinerary among the most important vestiges of the Etruscan Civilization along the Tuscany Coast, Arheological Park at Baratti and Populonia. From Piombino to the Elba isle for a tour in the Tuscany Archipelago, 2 nights accommodation in Porto Azzurro. Evening walk in Porto Azzurro with its characteristic and narrow streets.
Significative and characteristic experiences
Crossing by motorboat from Piombino to Elba Isle
Walk on the pier of the small harbour of Porto Azzurro
Day 10: The Elba Isle: its towns, landscape and seaside
Tour of the island visiting the small charming villages by the sea, tourist harbours, the shores, and much more.
Significant and characteristic experiences
Excursion to see the seabed on a motor boat. Divers' Paradise, according to the season (optional for a fee)
Day 11: Morning transfer to Pisa Airport, San Giusto, for your return flight to USA. Dinner and snack on board. Same day arrival. |
