DAY 1
Depart USA

DAY 2
Arrive in Rome. Welcome to Italy!
You will be met at Rome’s International Airport by your private escort who will help you with your luggage and with customs formalities; then, by car, you’ll be transferred to your first class hotel in the center of Rome.
Take it easy today and relax. If you wish, this is a good time to get advice from your guide,or to start browsing around and breathing the Roman atmosphere; have a “gelato”, taste a pizza, do some shopping. Tonight we will lead you to a fine restaurant where you will appreciate excellent Roman foods and wines.

DAY 3
American breakfast
Today we start by introducing you to the treasures of the Vatican City. Therefore, we will drive to the Vatican Museums where your personalized guide will describe to you the highlights in the various galleries, the recently restored Sistine Chapel with Michelangelo’s frescoes, and the Raphael Rooms. Part of this morning’s program is also a visit to St. Peter’s Basilica and some time for buying local stamps and souvenirs.
In the afternoon we cover the most famous archaeological sites of the Eternal City, such as the Coliseum, Forum and the Pantheon. On your way back to the hotel, we will show you the Trevi Fountain where you can guarantee a future trip to Rome simply by tossing a coin into it!
Dinner is on your own tonight.

DAY 4
American breakfast
Let’s pack and go driving across the most beautiful countryside: in a few hours your private car will be reaching “Toscana Bella” and together with your guide you will explore the towered St. Gimignano, world famous intact jewel of medieval architecture. Additionally, this is one of the many places in Tuscany where the food, wine and olive oil are of the highest quality. We will arrange an excellent lunch with wine in a local restaurant.
You will get to your first class hotel in Florence in time to unpack and still have time to enjoy some shopping in the jewelry and leather goods district.
Dinner this evening is on your own.

DAY 5
American breakfast
A local guide will help you today to appreciate the art works and the history of the city that began the splendid Renaissance. Visit the Accademia and the Uffizi Museums to see the immortal masterpieces
by Michelangelo, Botticelli, Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, and many others. In order to avoid the crowds, we will make specific reservations and get you in at a set time. Today’s program also includes the Florence Cathedral named St. Mary of the Flower.
Dinner tonight is at a refined gourmet restaurant in town.

DAY 7
American breakfast
Just ninety minutes in your private car is all we need to reach the ever-leaning Tower of Pisa, finished in the XIV century and still resistant to age in its own peculiar way. On the way back you will visit the little charming town of Lucca, birthplace of Giacomo Puccini.
You will have some time to complete your shopping in Florence, then tonight your farewell dinner to Italy will include local specialties and wines.

DAY 8
American breakfast
Depart to airport.