• 5 Dinner (D)
• 9 Breakfast (B)

• Rome: Be inspired by the magnificence of Michelangelo and Botticelli at the Vatican Museums.
• Rome: Discover ancient treasures of Rome with a Local Specialist. See Circus Maximus and visit the mighty Colosseum, which bears witness to the limitless courage of the gladiators.
• Venice: Discover the ancient skill of Venetian glassblowing and play a part in preserving this traditional craft.
• Venice: As you journey along some of the water highways of the city, famous sights such as the Doge’s Palace and the Bridge of Sighs come into view and introduce you to Venice before docking near St. Mark’s Square.
• Bologna: Join a Local Specialist on an exploration of Bologna. See the medieval squares and red-bricked facades of this historic city.  
• Florence: Join a Local Specialist to view the multicolored marble cathedral, bell tower and baptistery, adorned by Ghiberti’s Gates of Paradise. Visit the political heart of the city, Signoria Square.
• Florence: See the area around Santa Croce Basilica, famous for the quality of its luxury goods, and witness a gold and leatherwork demonstration.
• Pompeii: Walk with a Local Specialist through the cobbled streets of this ill-fated town, frozen in time since the 1st century.
• Capri: Join a Local Specialist for a guided walk through Capri’s elegant lanes and vibrant squares. Hear how this island has long attracted artists, writers and Hollywood icons. Visit historic landmarks and local boutiques, and discover how generations of islanders have lived alongside the glamour, from Roman emperors to the jet-set names of the 1950s and beyond.

• Deluxe coach travel
• Selected hotel dinners plus a locally hosted meal
• 4-star stays

Head into the Sorrento countryside for dinner at a traditional farmhouse. The optional experience offers a relaxed rural setting away from the town’s busy streets and waterfront.

Farmhouse dining reflects the area’s connection to its surrounding agricultural landscape and the produce of the Sorrentine Peninsula. This dinner is at additional cost and bookable on tour, as an alternative to the optional family-run restaurant meal in Sorrento.

Trafalgar

Meet your Travel Director and fellow travellers over dinner in Rome. This hosted gathering offers a chance to get acquainted while sharing a meal in the Eternal City.

Rome’s streets hold layers of imperial history alongside the rhythms of modern Italian life. The dinner brings the group together in the city where the journey begins, with time to exchange first impressions and look forward to exploring Italy.

Explore the Vatican Museums with a Local Specialist, using fast-track access to discover works collected by generations of popes. In the Sistine Chapel, look up at Michelangelo’s frescoed ceiling, one of the defining achievements of the Italian Renaissance.

The museum collections also include works by Botticelli and span centuries of art and history. If Vatican Museums tickets are unavailable, the included visit is instead to Rome’s Capitoline Museums, home to Roman art and archaeology.

Discover Ancient Rome with a Local Specialist and step inside the Colosseum for an in-depth guided visit. Stand in the vast amphitheatre where gladiatorial contests and public spectacles drew crowds during the Roman Empire.

The sightseeing also takes in Circus Maximus, once a great venue for chariot racing. Together, these sites reveal the scale of Roman entertainment and the public spaces that shaped life in the ancient capital.

Watch Venetian glassblowing artisans at work in a local workshop. See how heat, breath and practiced hand movements transform molten glass into the delicate forms for which Venice is known.

Glassmaking has been part of Venetian craftsmanship for centuries, with skills traditionally passed between generations. This workshop visit offers a close view of the techniques behind a distinctive local craft and the care involved in shaping each piece.

Cruise Venice’s waterways by private launch, travelling among ferries and gondolas towards St Mark’s Square. From the water, view the Doge’s Palace and Bridge of Sighs before arriving near the city’s ceremonial heart.

At St Mark’s Square, admire the Byzantine-inspired exterior of St Mark’s Basilica. The approach by water captures a defining feature of Venice: its palaces, civic landmarks and everyday movement are all connected by canals rather than roads.

Explore Bologna with a Local Specialist, taking in its medieval squares and red-brick facades. See the city’s historic centre, including its distinctive leaning towers, as your guide points out the features that give Bologna its character.

The warm colour of its tiled roofs has earned Bologna the nickname La Rossa. Its streets and public spaces reflect a long history of commerce, learning and civic life in northern Italy.

Join a Local Specialist to see Florence’s marble-clad Duomo and Brunelleschi’s dome, its bell tower and the Baptistery’s celebrated gilded doors. Visit Piazza della Signoria, the city’s historic political centre, on a guided exploration of the Renaissance capital.

See the area around Santa Croce and watch a gold and leatherwork demonstration. These artisan traditions add a living dimension to a city renowned for the artists, architects and patrons who shaped its streets.

Join a member of the Miari Fulcis family for a hosted Be My Guest experience on their working Tuscan estate near Florence. Look around the medieval cloister and gardens before sitting down to dinner and hearing stories of the property.

The estate produces organic olive oil and honey, grounding the meal in the flavours of its surroundings. Its historic setting, also seen in classic films, offers a personal encounter with Tuscan hospitality and rural heritage.

Walk Pompeii’s ancient stone streets with a Local Specialist, exploring the remains of a Roman city buried by Mount Vesuvius in AD 79. Your guide shares stories of the eruption and the people whose homes and public spaces were preserved beneath volcanic material.

Pompeii offers a rare, tangible view of everyday Roman life. Moving through its excavated streets makes the scale of the city—and the sudden event that halted it—strikingly clear.

Cross to the Isle of Capri by Jetfoil and explore with a Local Specialist. Walk through elegant lanes and lively piazzas, seeing historic landmarks and local boutiques while learning about the island’s culture and daily life.

Capri has drawn visitors since the time of the Roman emperors and later became a retreat for writers, artists and 20th-century celebrities. The guided walk looks beyond its glamorous reputation to the generations of islanders who call it home.

Share a final dinner with your Travel Director and fellow travellers in Rome. This hosted meal brings the group together to talk over the places, people and experiences that have shaped the journey.

Returning to the Eternal City gives the gathering a fitting setting. It is an opportunity to enjoy one another’s company and reflect on Italy’s varied landscapes and traditions, from Venetian waterways to the southern coast.

Choose an evening dining experience in the Tuscan countryside, with local food and wine in a rural setting near Florence. The optional outing offers a different perspective on Tuscany beyond the city’s Renaissance landmarks.

The region’s cooking is closely tied to its agricultural traditions and locally produced ingredients. This experience is at additional cost and bookable on tour; venue and menu details are provided locally.

Travel along the scenic Amalfi Coast road, where the route follows steep coastal slopes above the Tyrrhenian Sea. Stop in Positano to see its pastel-coloured houses, narrow streets and views towards the water.

Positano’s buildings rise in tiers from the shoreline, giving the town its distinctive appearance. This optional excursion is at additional cost and bookable on tour, offering a chance to experience one of southern Italy’s best-known coastal landscapes.

Dine at a family-run restaurant in Sorrento and sample Neapolitan favourites served with local character. This optional meal offers an evening centred on the bold flavours and convivial dining culture of southern Italy.

Sorrento’s position near Naples places it within a region known for straightforward, flavourful cooking. The dinner is at additional cost and bookable on tour, as an alternative to the optional countryside farmhouse meal.

Cruise around Capri by boat to see the island’s coastline from the water. Look for the Faraglioni sea stacks rising offshore and view the White Grotto, a sea cave in Capri’s limestone cliffs.

The boat perspective reveals rocky formations and coves that cannot be appreciated in the same way from the island’s lanes. This optional cruise is at additional cost and bookable on tour.