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Rome, Italy
Rome, Italy
Rome: Discover ancient treasures of Rome. See Circus Maximus and the Ancient Forum, where Ancient Roman political life and law courts mingled with open-air markets and shops.
Florence: See the historic neighbourhood of the Santa Croce Basilica and witness local craftspersons at work during a gold and leatherwork demonstration.
Florence: Enjoy a stroll through Renaissance Florence and admire the medieval buildings that gave birth to this new style of architecture.
Pisa: During your orientation, your Travel Director will show you the baptistery bristling with marble spines, and the colonnaded bell tower lurching behind the 11th-century cathedral - the famous Leaning Tower of Pisa.
Venice: Join your Travel Director for an introduction to Venice, exploring its canals, lively squares, and historic landmarks. Discover the city’s unique charm as you navigate its maze of streets and take in iconic sights like St Mark’s Square and the Rialto Bridge.
Explore the best of Italy on this 11-day guided tour. In Rome, marvel at the treasures around every corner and learn about its three thousand years of history. As your travels continue along the Bay of Naples, stop on the slopes of Mount Vesuvius for lunch at a local farm still growing traditional produce unique to the region. In Florence, learn the secrets of leather making from a local leatherworker. Fall in love with Venice as you see churches and palaces from a private boat, and cruise its canals on a romantic gondola ride. Sail to Capri, where craggy mountains cascade into the Tyrrhenian Sea; a Local Expert will help you navigate its narrow alleys. Before you say arrivederci to Italy, enjoy one last experience: a private opera during a four-course meal that features local wine.
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25,000+ trip reviews, with an average rating of 4.8 out of 5.
It visits a great variety of Italy.
It covers many highlights of Italy and Vincenzo does a great job getting people to those highlights and does it efficently.
Personal touch where we are able to go and meet local people and see how they live. We were at small local farm to see cheese being made and pizza being cooked in fire oven. Later dinner at the farm was very enjoyable.
Every thing was planned to protection by insight vactions.
The tour was excellent. The choice of cities was outstanding. Our guide. Elena is totally amazing. Her knowledge of each city and all the events was incredible. Simone, the bus driver is an incredible driver and kept us safe the entire tour. Although it’s a quick pace tour, there was no problem for older adults to keep up. The optional tours were definitely worth the money. The experts tour guides were amazing. My only complaint is the first hotel in Rome in my opinion was not up to the level of all others.
Excellent- beyond our expectations
It was wonderful Pls, share w/everyone
Lots of opportunities to experience the country, culture, and people. The guides are knowledgeable, and the venues we visited were wonderful. Our tour director worked very hard to make it very enjoyable.
One gets a good look at many famous landmarks in Italy. One also learns about the people and the culture.
So much packed into this trip.
This tour included much of the highlights of Italy's culture and history. For the time we had in each location, I think we were given an excellent overview. I enjoyed all the places we visited and all the extra excursions I took. Some of the excursions made the trip even more enjoyable. There are places I would love to explore in greater depth now that I have had this experience.
Inclusive but very fast paced.
Itinerary was excellent; except I think the Vatican tour could include the basilica!!!
The Tour Director and driver were fantastic. I loved getting to see different areas of Italy. I also thought the local tours and optional excursions were excellent.
The itinerary was great. The Vatican toor was just a little weak. But, we traveled to Rome 2 days early and arranged a small group tour ourselves, which was great. Otherwise, we saw so much in such a short time. Our tour guide was full of history to share.
Nice to have more than 1 night at each hotel. Each time you thought it couldn’t get any better, the next day topped the day before.
I thoroughly enjoyed each stop on the best of Italy tour. My only wish is that we could have seen St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome. The added excursion to Villa Machiavelli in Florence is one of my favorite memories along with the travel matters Casa Barone stop. The Barone family was so welcoming. I would highly recommend this tour & our travel director & driver were excellent!
The itinerary was busy and I love it. Not for people that are not aoderately active fo to hills and steps at times. However that being said our tour manager had alternate methods available for those that became to tired.
The itinerary was wonderful. It covered the most famous and interesting places to visit. We were given a wealth of information and history. It was truly a trip of a lifetime.
Very Diverse.
Pace is good, the amount of stairs and walking would be difficult for Someone who is not regularly physically active. Loved the trip!!
I loved seeing the highlights of each city and moving to the next every 2 days. It is very well organized and they do all the work. You just enjoy the Best of Italy!
Well paced and had plenty of options to suit all tastes
not a good value for what was included. There were many optional excursions that are usually included as part of a standard tour from competitors.
His trip is absolutely fabulous.Thank you sonia from avanti travel recommending this trip and thank you lisa again to making our trip so awesome We hope to travel again within a insight. We met so. Many wonderful people and everywhere we went was amazing. All the hotels, a coach and are driver. Was awesome? You made us feel safe and comfortable and are director was fabulous. I recommend inside vacations for anyone.That would like to travel with the coach and have guided tours.We've been on a lot of cruises but this vacation we took recently to italy was fabulous. Thank you in sight and thank you. from avanti travel in redding california
Excellent coverage of Italy and all its historical sites.
I wish we could have spent more time in each place-maybe 1 more day each to see things in more depth or had free time for our own exploring. The trip moves at a fast pace.
The only disappointment was the visit to the ruins at Pompeii. Our local did not show us any of the large villas with the frescoes still intact. The Pompeii visit was at the top of our list for selecting this tour.
You'll be too busy
For a first time going to Italy definitely do it
It was a beatiful trip but vigorous itinery for me, at 76 yrs old I found some of the walking challenging and had to hold back a couple of times. I loved the trip we saw so much in 10 cays and our tour guide was wonderful to myelf and sister in law who I was traveling with. The whole team was great!! but I couldn't do it again unforturnately.
Excellent overall coverage of Italy from North to South. Id leave out Capri and see more of Amalfi Coast though. Loved all the different boat rides in Venice. We had the best your leader!
It was well organized and the staff were friendly and knowledgeable.
Excellent- we saw so many things and had so many incredible experiences- would not have been possible without being on a tour!
The itinerary was packed with wonderful excursions and we were able to see parts of Italy that we wouldn’t have otherwise.
The itinerary was great….however doing the Isle of Capri and the Amalfi coast in the same day was too much the same. Both beautiful places filled with many people (it was August 15) and narrow streets with expensive shops and eateries.
Highly recommended this Italian tour. Take every optional extra so you don’t miss a thing!
Included tours were amazing and our tour conductor was very knowledgeable making the experience top notch.