Explore Renaissance Florence on foot, passing Piazza del Duomo, the bell tower and terracotta dome, and the jewel-box arches of the Ponte Vecchio. Your Trip Manager points out plazas, markets and photo spots to help you navigate like a local.

Witness Renaissance craft at an included leather demonstration with leather artisans of Santa Croce. Learn about traditional tanning and the distinctive Florentine finish that made the city’s workshops famous across Europe.

Saddle up for a guided coastal bike ride, tracing sea-spray promenades and palm-lined boulevards with Mediterranean breezes as your soundtrack. Spin past Belle Époque facades and beach cabanas, stopping at scenic overlooks for photos.

Learn snippets of local life and Riviera lore from your guide as the skyline and shore trade places beside you. This experience is at additional cost and bookable on tour (route may include the Promenade des Anglais or similar).

• 1 Dinner (D)
• 8 Breakfast (B)

• London: A modular trip means fellow travellers will join and leave at various locations. There’ll be some goodbyes, sure, but there’ll also be plenty of hellos with new like-minded travellers.
• London: Your Trip Manager will advise you on who you’ll share your room with. On this trip, you’ll stay in a multi-share room with other travellers of the same sex.

• French Riviera: Glide through the winding coastal roads of the French Riviera with your Contiki crew.
• Monaco City: Walk in the footsteps of Grace Kelly at the Royal Palace and see the Monte Carlo Casino (where the car park looks like a Fast & Furious set).
• Nice: Your chance to learn the art of fragrance at a French perfume house. You know it makes scents! (soz).
• Cinque Terre National Park: We’ll take care of your rail pass, so you can just zip around the iconic clifftop villages and focus on the Insta stories. Wanna hike around too? You’re welcome to explore on foot along the way.
• Pisa: Your ultimate chance to ‘hold the tower up’ as you pose for that classic Insta snap. 
• Amalfi Coast: Definitely one for the bucket list. Your chance to view one of Europe’s active volcanoes from a distance. 
• Rome: Stroll around the Italian capital, ticking off some sights on your bucket list! 

Experience Monaco’s sparkle on an evening visit to the Royal Palace precinct and the belle-époque enclave around the Monte Carlo Casino. Stroll past grand facades and terraces that overlook a glittering harbor filled with superyachts.

Learn about the Grimaldi dynasty’s centuries of rule and the principality’s transformation into a jet-set playground. Step inside opulent halls or admire the casino’s exterior; gaming and drinks are available at personal expense for those who want to play fancy.

Use your included pass to zip between the cliff-hugging hamlets of Cinque Terre National Park. Capture color-washed villages stacked above the Ligurian Sea, wander narrow caruggi, and — if you wish — hike the cliff paths linking the bays.

Absorb a UNESCO-listed landscape shaped by terraced vineyards and stone walls. Taste pesto and local white wines, watch fishermen mend nets, and feel the sea breeze as church bells ring across sheltered coves.

Visit Pisa’s spectacular Piazza dei Miracoli for that classic shot with the Leaning Tower of Pisa. Walk the green-lawned complex framed by the Romanesque Cathedral and Baptistery, whose arcades and marble stripes glow in Tuscan light.

Hear how medieval engineers struggled with the tower’s soft ground and how Galileo later studied gravity from its heights. Angle your camera just right, share a laugh over perspective tricks, and savour the square’s monumental harmony.

Ferry across the Bay of Naples to the chic island of Capri, where limestone cliffs plunge into cobalt seas. Wander lanes scented with citrus, linger in the Piazzetta, and gaze toward the iconic Faraglioni sea stacks from panoramic terraces.

Trace Capri’s twin identities — imperial retreat of Tiberius and 20th-century symbol of la dolce vita. Boutique storefronts, bougainvillea-draped villas and cliff gardens set the scene for a slow, sunlit island day.

Follow the legendary, cliff-hugging road with sweeping vistas of the Amalfi Coast — a coastline of pastel towns, lemon groves and glittering bays. Keep your camera ready for distant silhouettes of Mt. Vesuvius rising beyond the Gulf of Naples.

Hear why this UNESCO-listed shoreline has inspired artists and writers for centuries. Terraced hillsides, domed churches and vertiginous bends create a cinematic ride between mountains and sea.

Join a guided panoramic walk through the Eternal City to see headline sights: toss a coin at the Trevi Fountain, admire the mighty portico of the Pantheon, and people-watch in baroque Piazza Navona.

Absorb layers of history as ancient columns meet flamboyant fountains and café culture. Expect exterior views of the Colosseum and Imperial Forums along the way, with time to pause for photos and reflection amid Rome’s grand architecture.

Board a launch to cruise the Capri coastline, circling sea caves and the shadow of the Faraglioni. Slip into turquoise coves for refreshing swim stops and watch sunlight ripple across limestone cliffs.

From storybook bays to grotto-lined headlands, your skipper shares island tales and vantage points you can only reach by water. This experience is at additional cost and bookable on tour; sea conditions may affect route and swimming.

Visit a family-run mozzarella farm near Sorrento for a rustic feast showcasing fresh fiordilatte mozzarella, garden antipasti and golden olive oil. Meet the hosts, learn about curd-stretching techniques, and toast with house wine.

Cap the evening with a sip of sunshine-coloured limoncello, distilled from fragrant Sorrentine lemons. Farm-to-table warmth, regional flavours and countryside views make this a Tuscan-Campanian love letter. This experience is at additional cost and bookable on tour.

Step into antiquity on a guided walking tour of the Roman city of Pompeii, frozen by the eruption of AD 79. Trace basalt streets to the Forum, baths and frescoed villas as your licensed guide brings daily life — and sudden disaster — into focus.

See plaster casts, political graffiti and intact mosaics that survived beneath ash for centuries. Archaeology and human stories combine in one of the world’s most eloquent ruins. This experience is at additional cost and bookable on tour.

Tie on an apron for a hands-on pasta class in a cozy Roman trattoria. Learn to mix, knead and shape fresh tagliatelle or gnocchi under a local chef’s guidance, then sit down to enjoy your creations with classic sauces.

Swap stories over a shared dinner and a glass of local wine as the kitchen fills with the aromas of sage butter and slow-cooked tomatoes. This experience is at additional cost and bookable on tour.

Step inside a working atelier to learn the art of fragrance at a traditional French perfume house. Follow the perfumer’s process from still to sample, discovering how botanicals are transformed into signature scents that define the Riviera.

Hear how Grasse became Europe’s perfume capital and why jasmine, rose and neroli thrive here. Try identifying top, heart and base notes as experts share techniques refined since the 17th century — an elegant window into French craft culture.

Contiki

Discover the Mediterranean in technicolour as you glide along the Côte d’Azur, tracing palm-fringed promenades and clifftop corniche roads above sapphire bays. Your Trip Manager curates the must-see stretches so you can simply watch the coast unfold — pastel towns, sleek marinas and sunlit beaches.

Along the way, soak up stories of Riviera glamour from the Belle Époque to modern film festivals, and admire elegant villas and grand hotels. Expect sweeping viewpoints ideal to pause for photos and reflection before rolling onward.