• 3 Dinner (D)
• 10 Breakfast (B)
• 2 Lunch (L)

• Business class coach with extended leg room
• Top-rated dining, from farm-to-table to local restaurants
• 4 & 5-star stays

• Venice: Join your Travel Director and fellow travellers for a delicious dinner at a local restaurant. Sample traditional Venetian fare and soak up the ambiance of this charming city, and get to know each other before you embark on your journey together.
• Tuscany: Gather at a family-owned estate in the Chianti hills for an intimate tasting of their estate wines, paired with silky extra-virgin olive oil pressed from the surrounding groves. As you sip and swirl, your hosts share the story of this land shaped by sun, stone and centuries of Tuscan know-how, turning a simple glass and drizzle into something far more personal. It is a true taste of Tuscany, enjoyed up close and personal with the people who call it home.
• Umbria: Explore the art of Italian cooking with Chef Lorenzo followed by a tasty lunch.
• Lucerne: Choose from a selection of restaurants on your Dine-Around evening and hand-pick your preferred ambience, cuisine and drinks for an intimate culinary experience.
• Paris: With your newfound friends indulge in refined French cuisine during your dinner at the iconic restaurant L’Alsace.

• Tuscany: Be welcomed like an honoured guest at historic Fattoria di Bagnolo as a member of the noble Bartolini Baldelli family opens the doors to their Tuscan home. Discover a legacy stretching back nearly a thousand years, from Machiavelli’s era to today, as you explore the villa, vineyards and atmospheric cellars, up close and personal with those who call it home.
• Vatican City: Visit the Vatican Museums and witness the genius of Michelangelo in the Sistine Chapel.

Travel by private boat along the broad Giudecca Canal as your Travel Director introduces the Floating City. Glide past centuries of maritime power, skimming by 13th–18th-century palazzi, the Doge’s Palace, and the waterside edge of St Mark’s Square—a stirring first view of Venice from the water.

Hear how a seafaring republic rose from mudflats to command Mediterranean trade. From this low vantage point, carved facades, mooring posts and quiet boatyards reveal a Venice few see, framing Venice from the water in shifting light and ripples.

Step inside a traditional workshop to watch master glassblowers coax glowing gathers from the furnace. See canes twisted, forms blown and cut, and delicate color layered using techniques refined in the ancient craft of Murano glass since the 15th century.

Learn how closely guarded methods once defined Venice’s wealth and prestige. As the glowing furnace breathes and tools ring against the bench, appreciate the patience, precision and artistry that transform molten glass into graceful vessels and sculptural keepsakes.

Step into a historic Tuscan estate guided by a family host, exploring salons, vineyards and barrel-lined cellars where cool stone and oak mingle with the scent of aging wine. Hear stories spanning from Machiavelli’s era to a 19th-century revival.

On the terrace or in the tasting room, sample estate wines paired with the family’s silky extra-virgin olive oil. The Chianti hills roll beyond the cypresses—an intimate encounter with craftsmanship, terroir and the noble rhythm of Tuscan country life.

By fast-track entry, trace papal corridors lined with antique statuary and Renaissance tapestries before gazing up at the Sistine Chapel. Michelangelo’s Genesis scenes and Last Judgment ignite the ceiling and altar wall with color, movement and theological drama.

In St Peter’s Basilica, admire Bernini’s baldachin and pause by Michelangelo’s Pietà, where polished marble conveys tenderness and sorrow. Your Local Specialist reveals the layers of faith, patronage and power that shaped the world’s greatest storehouse of sacred art.

Discover the Colosseum with a guided narration as you stroll around the exterior of the Flavian Amphitheatre, reading its tiers of arches and travertine scars. Hear of gladiators, emperors and spectacles that once electrified ancient crowds.

Continue to the Arch of Constantine and pause for views over the Roman Forum, where basilicas and columns mark Rome’s political heart. Context comes alive in stone, revealing how the Eternal City projected authority from marble stages and sunlit piazzas.

Learn from Chef Lorenzo in a farmhouse kitchen where flour dusts the table and eggs meet semolina for handmade pasta. Watch deft hands roll, cut and shape before the pot bubbles and aromas promise lunch.

Gather around rustic tables for a farm lunch paired with chilled Orvieto Classico. Between vineyard views and warm conversation, this is Umbrian hospitality at its most genuine—seasonal, simple and memorably delicious.

Join a Local Specialist to view the Duomo’s marble dress, Giotto’s bell tower and the Baptistery’s Ghiberti’s Gates of Paradise. In Piazza della Signoria, an open-air gallery of sculpture frames the Medici seat of power and the city’s civic stage.

Witness a traditional leather and goldsmith workshop, where time-honored Florentine techniques shape supple hides and fine filigree. The city’s Renaissance spirit lives on in craft, stone and lively streets scented with espresso.

See the Lion Monument, hewn into a sandstone cliff to honor Swiss Guards fallen in 1792. Cross Chapel Bridge over the Reuss, beneath painted panels and timber beams, then admire the baroque Jesuit Church reflecting in the river.

Between mountain silhouettes and a glassy lake, Lucerne blends medieval streets with lakeside calm. Learn how trade guilds, watchmakers and river traffic shaped a compact city of bridges, towers and photogenic quays.

Ride the open-top Cabrio cable car to Mount Stanserhorn’s summit, savoring solar-powered engineering and crisp alpine air. From the deck, take in far-reaching alpine views—on clear days stretching toward Alsace and Germany’s Black Forest.

Stroll summit pathways, keep watch for marmots and, when available, hear a Swiss ranger conservation talk. Your visit supports biodiversity (SDG 15), highlighting local flora and wildlife in a fragile mountain ecosystem.

Join a guided panoramic tour to trace the River Seine past stone quays and elegant bridges, circling the Île de la Cité by Notre-Dame Cathedral before continuing to the Eiffel Tower and grand arc of the Champs-Élysées.

Hear how Haussmann’s boulevards reshaped the city and how revolutions, expositions and artists left their marks. Pause for photos by the Arc de Triomphe, where avenues radiate like a star from Napoleon’s monumental gateway.

Dine at L’Alsace, a storied brasserie where mirrored walls, brass fittings and crisp linens set the stage for refined French cuisine. Expect seasonal dishes and classic flavors served with attentive Parisian polish.

Between lively conversation and clinking glasses, savor the convivial brasserie ambience just off the Champs-Élysées. It’s an evening to toast your journey—flavors rooted in tradition, enjoyed in the city that celebrates dining as an art.

Embrace choice on a Dine-Around Evening, selecting from hand-picked restaurants in Lucerne. Whether you opt for hearty Alpine fare or contemporary Swiss plates, choose your restaurant to match your mood and palate.

Settle into a friendly dining room amid Old Town’s painted facades, sampling Swiss specialities with regional wines or craft beer. It’s a relaxed evening designed for conversation, local flavor and a taste of Lucerne’s welcoming culinary scene.

Cruise the Venetian lagoon to pastel-hued Burano, famed for lace-making and fishermen’s brightly painted homes mirrored in green canals. Stroll quiet lanes before sitting down to a seafood dinner with local wines on the island.

Guides share island lore and seasonal catches while you absorb sunset light and village calm. This Optional Experience is at additional cost and bookable on tour, subject to availability and weather.

Travel to Pisa to see the Leaning Tower rising beside the Cathedral and Baptistery on the Piazza dei Miracoli. Your Local Specialist explains the tower’s famous tilt and the artistry of this Romanesque marble ensemble.

Photograph arcades, inlaid stone and geometric patterns that made Pisa a medieval powerhouse. This Optional Experience is at additional cost and bookable on tour.

Ride by horse-drawn carriage through the verdant Swiss countryside, clip-clopping past meadows, barns and mountain backdrops. Stop to meet local farmers, hear about alpine life and sample seasonal treats when available.

This gentle excursion offers pastoral scenery and everyday Swiss traditions beyond the city. It is an Optional Experience at additional cost and bookable on tour, subject to weather and availability.

Savour classic lagoon dishes at a neighborhood trattoria as you meet your Tour Director and travelling companions. After dinner, wander to Venice’s grand salon to raise a cocktail in St Mark’s Square, where café orchestras play beneath the Basilica di San Marco and the Campanile’s watchful brick tower.

Feel the marble facades glow in the night air while the canals softly lap at the quays. This is Venice at her most intimate—music carrying across stone arcades, polished flagstones underfoot, and a mood of soak in the lakeside atmosphere you’ll remember long after.

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