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Rome to London Trail | Hostels | Winter | 2026/27 route map

Arrive in Rome and explore the sights. Meet your travel group in the evening and plan the week ahead.

Travel from Rome to Pisa for the included opportunity to pose with the Leaning Tower, then continue to Florence. Explore the city, including the River Arno and Duomo Cathedral, and try local Chianti wine.

Meals: Breakfast

Enjoy guided activities, food and free time to explore Florence’s streets and local markets, and try gelato.

Meals: Breakfast

Farewell Florence and travel to the Swiss Alps. The evening is free; fondue dinner is suggested.

Meals: Breakfast

Enjoy the mountain views and free time to explore the adventure town. Optional activities include a trip up a Swiss mountain or paragliding.

Meals: Breakfast

Travel through Burgundy, a wine-producing region, and continue to Paris. Enjoy an included dinner, then explore the city.

Meals: Breakfast,Dinner

Explore Paris, with the option to visit the Fragonard Perfumery, Notre-Dame Cathedral and the Louvre. Dinner and a cabaret show are suggested.

Meals: Breakfast

Spend time in Paris, then travel north to Calais. Cross from France to England via Dover and continue to London, where the tour ends.

Meals: Breakfast

What’s included

7 breakfasts and 1 included dinner during the trip.
Overland transport between Rome, Pisa, Florence, the Swiss Alps, Paris and London, including the cross-channel transfer from France to England.
Trip Manager support, including rooming coordination and on-trip guidance.
7 nights in multi-share hostels (same-sex rooms), at properties such as YellowSquare (Rome/Florence), Adventure Hostel Interlaken, and Jo&Joe Gentilly (Paris), or similar.
Included experiences: photo stop at the Leaning Tower of Pisa; Paris orientation taking in the Eiffel Tower, Arc de Triomphe, Louvre, Champs-Élysées and Notre-Dame; visit to a Parisian perfume house to learn about fragrance.

What’s not included

Travel insurance is not included and should be arranged independently.
International flights to Rome and from London are not included.
Visas and travel authorizations (including a UK Electronic Travel Authorization (ETA) if applicable) are not included and must be arranged by the traveller.
Meals not specified in the itinerary (anything beyond 7 breakfasts and 1 dinner) are at your own expense.
Optional activities and entrance fees such as Swiss mountain excursions, paragliding, and Paris cabaret/dinner are not included.
Personal expenses including laundry, souvenirs, additional drinks and phone calls are not included.
Tips for drivers, guides and hostel staff are not included unless otherwise stated.
Transfers to the trip start point in Rome and from the final drop-off in London are not included.

Additional information

  • 7 Breakfast (B)
  • 1 Dinner (D)
  • London: You’ll need Essential Electronic Travel Authorization (ETA)From?January 8, 2025, UK law means that if you’re entering/transiting through border control in the United Kingdom (UK) and Northern Ireland you’ll need an?Electronic Travel Authorization (ETA)?before you travel. Confused? Don’t be – just read on here.
  • 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.
  • Pisa: Your ultimate chance to ‘hold the tower up’ as you pose for that classic Insta snap. 
  • Paris: Take a dreamy jaunt around the city of romance. Fall in love with landmarks like the Eiffel Tower, Arc de Triomphe, Louvre, Champs-Élysées and Notre-Dame Cathedral.
  • Paris: Your chance to learn the art of fragrance at a Parisian perfume house. You know it makes scents! (soz).

Join a guided panoramic tour of the French capital to admire the Eiffel Tower, sweep past the Arc de Triomphe and Champs-Élysées, and trace the Seine toward Île de la Cité and Notre-Dame Cathedral. Curated stops reveal postcard-worthy perspectives across grand squares and riverfront quays.

Gain context on Baron Haussmann’s 19th-century redesign and the moments—from Napoleonic triumphs to world fairs—that shaped Paris’s skyline. This overview orients you to the city’s districts and icons, setting you up to delve deeper into museums, cafés and leafy boulevards later.

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Explore the UNESCO-listed Piazza dei Miracoli, where gleaming Romanesque facades frame the cathedral, baptistery and the famously tilted bell tower. Capture the moment and pose for the classic shot with the Leaning Tower of Pisa before wandering the lawns for different angles and close-up details.

Hear how work began in 1173 and a soft subsoil triggered the tower’s progressive lean, stabilized only in recent decades. The white-marble complex reflects the wealth of the medieval Pisan Republic, a maritime power whose artistry still shimmers in every arch and arcade.

Join a guided walking tour through Florence’s Renaissance heart, taking in the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore and Brunelleschi’s dome, the statue-lined Piazza della Signoria, and the jewellers’ bridge of Ponte Vecchio as it spans the River Arno.

Unpack stories of the Medici, artisan guilds and the birth of humanist art while viewing landmarks like the Baptistery’s famed bronze doors. Florence’s compact lanes reveal frescoed chapels, stone towers and lively markets—an open-air museum where every piazza hints at genius, rivalry and centuries of craftsmanship.

Step inside Fragonard Parfumeur to learn the art of fragrance with a sensory introduction to top, heart and base notes. Discover how a “nose” composes a scent, explore raw ingredients like jasmine and bergamot, and test accords that reveal your preferred olfactory family.

Founded in 1926 with roots in Grasse, Fragonard showcases France’s aromatic heritage—from distillation to design. Gain tips on selecting a signature perfume and appreciate the craft that transforms flowers and resins into elegant, personal expressions.

Take a tandem paragliding flight from the slopes above Interlaken, gliding over Lakes Thun and Brienz with the snow-capped Alps stretching to the horizon. Sit back as your pilot steers smooth arcs on rising thermals and captures photos of your airborne sweep.

Launch sites such as Beatenberg offer graceful take-offs and soaring views of the Jungfrau region’s peaks and valleys. This adventure is optional, weather-dependent, and at additional cost—bookable on tour for an exhilarating alpine perspective.

Ascend into the Bernese Oberland for a high-alpine adventure: ride the cogwheel train to Jungfraujoch — Top of Europe or soar by cable car to Schilthorn — Piz Gloria for vast views of the Eiger, Monch and Jungfrau.

Expect ice tunnels, sky-high terraces and 360-degree lookouts over the Aletsch Glacier or Lauterbrunnen Valley. The specific summit is chosen locally and weather-dependent. This is an optional excursion at additional cost and bookable on tour.

Settle into a rustic chalet to sample Swiss fondue, swirling bread through melted Gruyère and Emmental scented with garlic and a dash of kirsch. Laughter rises with the steam as friends gather around the shared caquelon.

Rooted in Romandy tradition, the ritual pairs beautifully with pickles, potatoes and local wines, all served with warm alpine hospitality. This cultural dining experience is optional, at additional cost, and bookable on tour.

Experience a Parisian cabaret in a classic Belle-Époque setting, where feathered costumes, precision choreography and a live orchestra pair with a French dinner and wine for a glittering night out.

From sparkling tableaux to witty chanson, the show channels the city’s theatrical soul. This evening outing is optional and at additional cost, bookable on tour for an atmospheric finale to your Paris stay.

Enter the Louvre Museum, the former royal palace whose galleries span millennia. Seek out icons like the Mona Lisa, the Winged Victory of Samothrace and the Venus de Milo, then linger over masterworks that reward unhurried looking.

Stroll beneath glass pyramids into grand salons and intimate cabinets, tracing European art from medieval altarpieces to neoclassical canvases. Admission is optional and available to purchase on tour; timing may vary with opening hours.

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