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

• Hand sanitizer is freely available on board for you to use throughout the day.

• 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 travelers 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 honored 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.

Ride the open-top cable car to Mount Stanserhorn, feeling alpine air as panoramas sweep from Lake Lucerne to distant ranges. The solar-powered Cabrio glides above forests and meadows, its roof deck perfect for unbroken views.

On the summit, follow waymarked trails, watching for marmots and alpine flora. When available, a Swiss ranger conservation talk deepens your understanding of local wildlife—an experience supporting responsible mountain tourism.

Enjoy a Dine-Around evening in Lucerne, where you may choose from a selection of restaurants to match your mood—rustic Swiss, contemporary alpine, or international flair.

Across the table, swap travel stories with fellow guests as chefs showcase local produce, lake fish, and mountain cheeses. It’s a relaxed way to savor Lucerne’s culinary character.

Spend an evening at a world-famous cabaret, where precision choreography, velvet seats and live orchestra conjure Paris’s stage heritage.

Sip a glass of bubbles as feathers, sequins, and Belle Époque glamour sweep across the footlights. This Optional Experience is at additional cost and bookable on tour.

Join your Travel Director and fellow travelers for a convivial Venetian dinner at a local restaurant, where regional flavors and lively conversation set the tone for the journey ahead.

Later, raise a cocktail in St. Mark’s Square as live musicians play beneath the basilica’s shimmering mosaics. The square’s marble arcades and soft evening light create a fitting welcome to the city’s singular mood.

Be welcomed to Fattoria di Bagnolo, a historic estate in the Chianti hills. Explore the family villa and atmospheric cellars, where stone, oak, and cool air speak of long maturation and careful stewardship.

Guided by the Bartolini Baldelli hosts—heirs to a legacy stretching back to Machiavelli’s era—sample estate wines with silky extra-virgin olive oil. Each sip and drizzle reveals soil, sun, and centuries of Tuscan know-how.

Explore the art of Italian cooking with Chef Lorenzo as flour dusts the worktable and ribbons of fresh pasta take shape by hand. Aromas bloom from the pan while techniques are explained with warmth and ease.

After the demo, sit down to a convivial lunch where steam rises from the plate and glasses of Orvieto Classico catch the light. Umbria’s rustic flavors and farmhouse hospitality deliver a delicious immersion in regional life.

Gain fast-track entry to the Vatican Museums, moving through galleries of classical sculpture and Raphael’s masterpieces. In the Sistine Chapel, trace Genesis scenes across a sky of pigment and plaster, the room hushed beneath Michelangelo’s frescoes.

Continue to the St. Peter’s Basilica nave to admire its vast scale and Michelangelo’s Pietà. On some departures, if access is restricted, you’ll explore the Capitoline Museums instead—home to landmark Roman art with sweeping views over the Forum.

Discover the history of the Colosseum as you stroll around the exterior of this arch-studded amphitheater. From its travertine curves to numbered entrances, the stadium’s design reveals Rome’s mastery of spectacle and engineering.

Hear tales of emperors, crowds, and gladiators before you pause for photos and reflection at vantage points looking toward the Roman Forum. The setting anchors you in the lived rhythms of ancient Rome.

Join a Local Specialist to view the cathedral’s multi-colored marble Cathedral, bell tower and baptistery, pausing at Ghiberti’s Gates of Paradise to study their intricate biblical panels.

Continue to Piazza della Signoria, an open-air gallery of power and art, and step into a gold and leatherwork demonstration in the Santa Croce quarter. Meet craftspeople who keep Florentine techniques alive, from tooling hides to the fine soldering that gleams in shop windows.

Explore Lucerne’s Old Town on foot, pausing at the poignant Lion Monument hewn into a cliffside. Cross the timbered Chapel Bridge as paintings peek from its rafters, then admire the baroque grace of the Jesuit Church reflected in the Reuss.

Stories of Swiss Guards lost in the French Revolution and merchants’ guilds along the river bring the city’s layered past to life amid painted facades and cobbled lanes.

Experience Paris on a panoramic tour, tracing the banks of the Seine past bridges and bookstalls to views of the Eiffel Tower and the reborn Notre-Dame Cathedral.

Drive the Champs-Élysées and Arc de Triomphe corridor and circle Place de la Concorde, where Revolutionary history meets elegant symmetry. Landmarks and river vistas reveal the city’s dialogue between grandeur and everyday life.

Indulge in refined French cuisine at L’Alsace, a storied brasserie on the Champs-Élysées. White-aproned servers, shellfish displays, and warm lighting set a convivial Parisian scene.

Expect Art-Deco touches and classics like choucroute de la mer and oysters on ice, paired with crisp wines. This shared table experience captures the city’s appetite for conversation, craft, and culinary pride.

Cruise across the lagoon to Burano, where bright-painted houses line quiet canals and lace-making traditions linger in workshop windows. Stroll the quays and photograph colors mirrored in the water.

Settle in for a seafood dinner with local wine, letting the island’s easy rhythm and evening light frame the meal. This Optional Experience is at additional cost and bookable on tour.

Travel to Pisa’s Campo dei Miracoli to see the world-famous Leaning Tower of Pisa, its white marble glow offset by emerald lawns and Tuscan sky.

Learn how soil and subsidence created the tilt, then admire the Cathedral and Baptistery with their Romanesque carvings and acoustics. This Optional Experience is at additional cost and bookable on tour.

Venture by horse-drawn carriage through rolling fields and lakeside hamlets, the steady clip-clop setting an unhurried pace beneath alpine peaks.

Meet local farmers to hear about seasonal rhythms and dairy traditions; sample farm favorites when available and breathe in hay-scented barns and meadow air. This Optional Experience is at additional cost and bookable on tour.

Glide along Venice’s watery thoroughfare as you travel by boat along the Giudecca Canal, taking in storytelling from your Travel Director. From the waterline, pass Doge’s Palace, arcaded facades, and the breadth of St. Mark’s Square, framed by 13th to 18th-century palazzi that seem to rise straight from the lagoon.

Gain a sense of the city’s maritime soul, built on timber piles and trade routes. The gentle chop of the canal and reflections of stone and sky offer Venice’s most atmospheric first impression.

Step inside a traditional workshop to witness the ancient skill of glassblowing. Standing near the furnace, watch artisans gather, twist, and shape molten glass into delicate forms, their tools clicking rhythmically as color and clarity emerge before your eyes.

Hear how the craft, with roots on nearby Murano, has evolved since the 15th century. The demonstration reveals precision, breath control, and heat-tempered artistry—an intimate look at Venetian heritage preserved by a handful of masters.

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