Tour price with 3 day cruise -  -  -  -  -  -  -  from    $ 1810 to $ 1950
Airline tickets from your home city also available

Your Travel Package Includes:

SIGHTSEEING: 
Visits to Pisa, Verona, Padua, Ravenna, Olympia*, Corinth Canal

*entrance fees included

GUIDES:
Local Guides for city sightseeing in Rome, Florence, Venice, Mycenae*, Athens. Services of a professional Tour Director while touring.

*entrance fees included

TRANSPORTATION: 
Scheduled transatlantic flights and airport transfers in London if Tour Operator issues the tickets. Touring by private first-class air-conditioned motorcoach. Canal transfer boat in Venice. Ferry Ancona-Patras accommodation in twoberth cabins with private shower and toilet.

MEALS: 
Buffet breakfasts (B); lunches (L), dinners (D) as detailed in the tour description

AIRPORT TRANSFERS:
Airport transfers may be included when you make your flight arrangements with Tour Operator.

OPTIONALS: 
Choice of optional excursions at reasonable prices to customize your own experience. Please find a detailed list in your travel documents

NOTE
Shore excursions can be booked on board. Please allow for a total cost of approximately US$165 per person if you plan to participate in all excursions offered. We also recommend that you plan to spend about US$30 per person for gratuities to the service personnel on board.

Port taxes of approximately US$60 are included in the tour price.

Itinerary - tour Italy & Greece with 3 day cruise extension

Day 1 Sun. BOARD YOUR OVERNIGHT TRANSATLANTIC FLIGHT.

Day 2 Mon. ARRIVAL IN ROME, ITALY. Check into your hotel. The rest of the day is free for you to explore Italy’s ancient capital. Tonight, meet your Tour Director and fellow travelers.

Day 3 Tue. ROME. Included sightseeing with Local Guide starts in St. Peter’s Square, followed by a visit to the Roman Forum and the mighty Colosseum. (B)

Day 4 Wed. ROME-PISA-FLORENCE AREA. Vistas of undulating hills, austere rows of cypress trees, terraced vineyards, olive groves, and rural villages form the backdrop of your journey through beautiful Tuscany. Take a break in Pisa to see the Square of Miracles and the amazing Leaning Tower, then on to the Florence area. (B,D)

Day 5 Thu. FLORENCE. This Renaissance gem and city of the Medicis will keep you enthralled for a whole day. Traffic is banned in part of the historic center so visitors can wander at leisure and admire the city’s timeless beauty in relative peace and quiet. Don’t miss out on the included walking tour with a Local Guide which features most of the city highlights. You will see the Piazza Santa Croce; the beautiful Piazza Signoria; the Palazzo Vecchio and its courtyard; the Loggia dei Lanzi; and, to top it all, the Piazza del Duomo and its cathedral with the Giotto Campanile, and the magnificent East Door of the Baptistry known as the "Gate to Paradise." End the day by joining the optional Tuscan dinner in a typical restaurant. (B)

Day 6 Fri. FLORENCE AREA-VENICE AREA. An interesting journey today northwards for a first stop in enchanting Verona to see the legendary balcony of Romeo and Juliet. Eastwards to one of Europe’s most ancient university cities for another stop to visit the great St. Anthony’s Basilica in Padua. Just a few more miles to Venice. (B)

Day 7 Sat. VENICE. It’s really more like a marvelous film set than a real live city, with its criss-crossing canals, gondolas and water buses, arched bridges, palaces, and little quiet piazzas. The included tour starts with a boat ride and is followed by a visit to St. Mark’s Basilica and a chance to watch Venetian glassblowers fashion their delicate objects as they did centuries ago. Don’t miss out on the optional gondola trip, gliding along the picturesque canals with a local troubadour to serenade you. (B,D)

Day 8 Sun. VENICE AREA-ANCONA FOR EMBARKATION. Start the day by journeying across the flatlands of the Po Delta to reach medieval Ravenna. Next, reach Ancona on the shores of the Adriatic. Here you embark on the ferry for the crossing to Patras. Departure from Ancona is at 7 p.m. (B)

Day 9 Mon. PATRAS, GREECE-OLYMPIA. Plenty of time to enjoy all the ship’s facilities. Disembark this afternoon in Patras. Drive south into the Peloponnese for an overnight in Olympia. (B,D)

Day 10 Tue. OLYMPIA-TOLON. Make the most of this morning by taking the optional tour of the sights of ancient Olympia, including the ruins of the Temple of Zeus. In the afternoon enjoy the rugged scenery of the Peloponnese on the way via Tripolis to Tolon. (B,D)

Day 11 Wed. TOLON-MYCENAE-ATHENS. Morning visit with a Local Guide to the impressive ruins of Mycenae. Later, stop to view the Corinth Canal, which is more than 100 years old. Overnight in Athens. (B)

Day 12 Thu. ATHENS. Join the included sightseeing tour of Athens featuring the highlights of the ancient capital and a visit to the Acropolis and its fascinating museum. Explore the shops and museums or take a trip to the coast to swim. In the evening enjoy the lively atmosphere of the tavernas and nightclubs in the old Plaka district with its narrow streets and sound of bouzouki music, or join an optional Greek dinner. (B)

Day 13  Fri. ATHENS-PIRAEUS (Embarkation) MYKONOS. Board your cruise ship. Afternoon cruising in the Aegean on your way to Mykonos with its white houses, chapels, and thatched windmills. Late evening departure for Rhodes. (B,L,D)

Day 14  Sat. RHODES. Morning arrival in Rhodes, the largest of the Dodecanese islands with its fine walled town and lush vegetation. Don’t miss the optional excursion to the town and the Acropolis of Lindos. Evening departure for Kusadasi. (B,L,D)

Day 16  Mon. PIRAEUS (Disembarkation), GREECE-ATHENS. Early morning arrival at the famous port of Piraeus. After disembarkation continue to Athens for overnight. (B)

Day 17  Tue. YOUR HOMEBOUND FLIGHT ARRIVES THE SAME DAY. (B)

Day 15  Sun. PATMOS-KUSADASI, TURKEY. This morning sail to Patmos, the beautiful island where John the Divine wrote the Revelation. Optional excursion to the Monastery of St. John. Next across the Aegean to the landlocked Gulf of Kusadasi on the coast of Turkey. Join the optional excursion to the ancient ruins of Ephesus. Later depart for Piraeus. (B,L,D)

Quality Hotels:

Rooms with private bath or shower, hotel taxes, porterage, tips, and service charges

ROME Caravel (ST), FLORENCE AREA Europa (ST) at Signa, VENICE AREA Holiday Inn (F) at Quarto d'Altino, OLYMPIA Olympia Palace (F), TOLON Flisvos (ST), ATHENS Coral (F)