This tour highlights three of our favorite Italian cities. Experience the majesty and romance of Venice, get swept away in the history and art of Florence, the Renaissance city, and end your journey in ancient Rome, where you’ll be engrossed in the history and the culture of the Eternal City. 

Detailed Itinerary

Day 1 - Overnight Flight

Your trip begins with a regularly scheduled overnight flight to Venice aboard an internationally recognized airline.

Day 2 - Venice

Welcome to Venice! A Go Ahead representative greets you at the airport after you clear customs and then escorts you to your hotel. The rest of the day is free to begin exploring Venice. At tonight’s included dinner, meet your fellow travelers.
Included meals: breakfast (in flight), dinner

Day 3 - Venice

Experience the romance of Venice during this morning’s guided tour. Visit the Gothic Doge's Palace, once the political heart of this powerful maritime empire, the Bridge of Sighs and alluring St. Mark’s Square. You’ll also view several important churches, such as the Basilica di San Marco and the Basilica di Santa Maria della Salute. This afternoon, you might consider joining an optional gondola tour of the canals, complete with music.
Included meals: breakfast
Included entrances: Doge’s Palace

$65 USD

Gondola Ride with Music More than 100 waterways crisscross Venice, and boarding a sleek black gondola to explore them has become a time-honored tradition. On this memorable excursion, join your fellow travelers for a tour through the canals of Venice. A musician serenades you as your gondola cruises through the city. Please note: This excursion runs as weather permits. A private two-person gondola ride is available for an additional $100 per person. Advanced reservations are required.

Day 4 - Florence

This morning, travel to the timeless city of Florence, birthplace of the Italian language, the Renaissance and opera. A guided sightseeing of Florence introduces you to the city’s Renaissance splendor. Marvel at Brunelleschi’s masterpiece—Florence’s massive pink, white and green Duomo, complemented by Giotto’s Campanile. Then discover the church of Santa Croce, where the tombs of Galileo and Michelangelo as well as the Dante Memorial are displayed. You’ll also see the Palazzo Signoria, which serves as an open-air gallery of ancient and Renaissance statues. Dinner is included this evening.
Included meals: breakfast, dinner
Included entrances: Santa Croce

Day 5 - Florence

During free time in Florence, you can admire the world’s finest collection of Renaissance art at the Uffizi Gallery, stroll along the romantic Arno River, or visit the Accademia Galleria to view Michelangelo’s David, sculpted when the artist was 26 years old. You could also join an optional excursion to San Gimignano, a medieval walled city famous for its art and architecture, depicted by artist M.C. Escher and the setting of a novel by John Grisham. While you’re in town, view the famous frescoes at the Communal Palace, or visit Museo SanGimignano1300, a reproduction of the city as it was 700 years ago. On your way back to Florence, enjoy a tasting of some of the region’s finest wines.
Included meals: breakfast

$79 USD

San Gimignano Travel the beautiful Tuscan countryside to discover the medieval village of San Gimignano. During the Renaissance, the rival Guelph and Ghibelline political factions flexed their muscles by constructing tall towers throughout San Gimignano; fourteen of those towers survive today. Later, visit a local winery for a taste of the area's wines and a samples of olive oil and balsamic vinegar that you simply won't find anywhere else. Then, enjoy lasagna during a light lunch.

Day 6 - Rome

Arrive in Rome today, and follow in the footsteps of Caesar during a guided tour of the city. Highlights include the Colosseum, where 50,000 spectators cheered their favorite gladiators to victory, and the ruins of the Forum Romanum, from which the Caesars ruled their vast empire. Tonight, you can opt to end the day at a Dinner with Tenors, an evening of authentic Roman cuisine and live music.
Included meals: breakfast
Included entrances: the Colosseum

$79 USD

Dinner with Tenors End your day with an elegant four-course dinner at one of our favorite Roman restaurants. While you dine, you’ll be treated to some of opera's best-loved arias…and you might even join the singers on stage. Don’t miss this lighthearted evening of food and fun!

Day 7 - Rome

Spend a free day in Rome however you choose. Take in all the art and architecture that greet the eye at every turn—from relics of Caesar’s reign to treasures of the Renaissance and Baroque periods. Stroll across the Spanish Steps. See Bernini’s captivating Fountain of the Four Rivers and stop at the legendary Trevi Fountain, into which centuries of visitors have tossed coins to ensure their eventual return to Rome. Alternatively, you may wish to join an optional excursion to the explore the ruins of Pompeii, a Roman city buried under the ash of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD.
Included meals: breakfast

$165 USD

Pompeii with Lunch Travel to Pompeii for a guided tour of the famous ruins. Discover how Roman citizens lived 2,000 years ago, before Mount Vesuvius erupted in and smothered the town of Pompeii in a flood of volcanic ash. Visit the excavated ruins of theaters, villas, temples and baths. Lunch is included. Please note: Travel time to Pompeii is approximately 2.5 hours each way.

Day 8 - Rome

Enjoy another free day to further your explorations of ancient Rome. Visit the Pantheon, or tour one of Rome’s many important churches. You might also wish to join an optional excursion to Vatican City, featuring visits to the Vatican Museums, St. Peter’s Basilica and the Sistine Chapel. You’ll also see another of Michelangelo’s great masterworks, the Pietà. Tonight, rejoin your group for a sumptuous Farewell Dinner.
Included meals: breakfast, dinner

$85 USD

Vatican City This guided tour takes you inside the world’s smallest state, Vatican City. Upon arrival, you'll first visit the Vatican Museums, which recently celebrated a 500-year anniversary and hold many of the world's most important classical and Renaissance-era sculptures. Next, you'll visit the Sistine Chapel, where you'll gaze on what is perhaps Michelangelo's masterpiece. Finally, you'll visit the enormous St. Peter’s Basilica, the epicenter of the Roman Catholic faith. The artists whose efforts have contributed to its glory are some of the best Italy has ever known, including Bramante, Peruzzi, Raphael and Michelangelo. Treasures await at every turn, from Bernini’s magnificent Scala Regia to Michelangelo’s Pietà. Please note: This excursion is not available on Sunday. Advanced reservation and booking is required prior to your final payment deadline.

Day 9 - Rome

A Go Ahead representative escorts you to the airport for your return flight home.
Included meals: breakfast (In the case of early morning departures, breakfast may not be provided.)