Experience Italy

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9 or 11 days
Rome, Florence, with extension to Sorrento Region | EXI
Get interactive with Italian culture and history. Practise combat techniques of the Ancient Roman gladiators. Take a stab at Italian cuisine in a cooking class. Learn to paint frescoes, the medium used for many of the famous murals throughout Italy. Along the way see all the must-see sights, from the Sistine Chapel to the Roman Forum to the Duomo in Florence.

  • Day 1: Fly overnight to Italy

  • Day 2: Rome

    Meet your Tour Director at the airport

  • Day 3: Rome

    Take a guided tour of Rome

    With your expert local guide you will visit:

  • Roman Forum
  • Colosseum

Visit the Colosseum

Visit the Roman Forum

Participate in a Gladiator School Experience

  • Day 4: Assisi • Florence

    Travel to Assisi

    Visit the Basilica of St. Francis

    Travel to Florence

  • Day 5: Florence

    Take a guided tour of Florence

    With your expert local guide you will see:
    • Piazza della Signoria
    • Ponte Vecchio
    • Chiesa di Santa Croce
    • Gates of Paradise

    Visit the Accademia

    Visit the Duomo

    Participate in a fresco art workshop

  • Day 6: Florence • Rome

    Enjoy free time in Florence

    Travel to Rome

  • Day 7: Rome

    Take a guided tour of Vatican City

    Visit the Sistine Chapel

    Visit St. Peter’s Basilica

    Take a cooking class

  • Day 8: Rome

    Participate in a fresco art workshop

    Enjoy free time in Rome

    Take a self-guided walking tour of Rome

    You will see:

    • Trevi Fountain
    • Pantheon
    • Piazza Navona
    • Spanish Steps
    Add this in-depth excursion:
    Italian soccer

    Italian soccer

    Italians call soccer the “beautiful game,” and their love affair with the world’s most popular sport is legendary. Step onto the soccer pitch at a sporting centre in Rome during this memorable optional excursion. Stretch for warm-ups, learn tactics and take part in a game simulation. Immerse yourself in the soccer-crazed culture by joining a game in the land of Juventus and AC Milan!

  • Day 9: Depart for home

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    • Day 9: Pompeii • Sorrento Region

      Continue on to the Sorrento region

      Take a guided tour of Pompeii

      Visit the Pompeii Roman Ruins

    • Day 10: Capri • Rome

      Travel by ferry to Capri

      Take a guided tour of Capri

      Take a Capri boat cruise

      Return to Rome

    • Day 11: Depart for home

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