Your itinerary
Day 1
Day 1: Rome to Florence
Meet your crew in Rome and travel to Florence. Stroll the city’s charming streets and soak up its culture and la dolce vita, with the option to end the day with a classic Florentine steak (bistecca).
Meals: Breakfast
Day 2
Day 2: Florence
Enjoy a balance of guided insights, food and free time in Florence. Wander historic streets, browse local markets and treat yourself to gelato.
Meals: Breakfast
Day 3
Day 3: Florence to Swiss Alps
Farewell Florence and travel to the Swiss Alps. Settle in among snow-capped mountains with an evening at leisure—perhaps try Swiss fondue.
Meals: Breakfast
Day 4
Day 4: Swiss Alps
Free day in the Swiss Alps. Take in epic alpine views, choose an optional mountain excursion or paragliding, or explore at your own pace.
Meals: Breakfast
Day 5
Day 5: Swiss Alps to Lyon via Geneva
Leave the Alps and pause in Geneva for a lunch break and views of the famous fountain before continuing to Lyon. Arrive amid vineyards and rolling hills to appreciate the city’s renowned food and wine scene.
Meals: Lunch,Dinner
Day 6
Day 6: Lyon to Paris
Travel through Burgundy to Paris. This evening, enjoy a night-time tour past landmarks like the Eiffel Tower and lamp-lit bridges, then celebrate your first night in the city with dinner.
Meals: Breakfast,Dinner
Day 7
Day 7: Paris
Visit the Fragonard perfumery, then enjoy free time to explore quartiers like Le Marais, shop the Champs-Élysées or visit the Louvre. Option to experience a cabaret with dinner in the evening.
Meals: Breakfast
Day 8
Day 8: Paris to London
Final morning in Paris before traveling via Calais, crossing to Dover and continuing to London, where the trip ends.
Meals: Breakfast
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Dining Summary
- 7 Breakfast (B)
- 1 Dinner (D)
FAQs
- 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: Yep. If you’re booking a twin room as a couple, you’ll be roomed together.
Included Experience
- Florence: See the Duomo, Basilica Santa Croce, Giotto’s Bell Tower, the Baptistery & Piazza della Signoria on a locally guided walking tour of Florence.
- 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).
Paris Cabaret Show with Dinner
Dress for a sparkling evening at a Paris cabaret with dinner, where high-kicking can-can and glittering costumes meet French gastronomy. Depending on availability, venues may include icons such as Moulin Rouge or Paradis Latin.
Savour a three-course menu with wine as dancers, singers and a live orchestra revive the Belle Époque spirit in red-and-gold salons. This is an optional experience at additional cost and bookable on tour.
Swiss Mountain Excursion (Cable Car Ascent)
Trade valley streets for sky-high vistas as you ascend a Swiss peak by cable car or cogwheel railway. From the Lucerne region, routes may reach summits such as Titlis, Pilatus or Rigi, opening to icy cliffs, flowered meadows and mirror-bright lakes far below.
Depending on conditions, highlights can include a rotating cable car, a cliff walk or even a glacier cave. This is an optional excursion at additional cost, bookable on tour and always subject to weather and operational schedules.
Tandem Paragliding over the Swiss Alps
Feel pure Alpine lift-off as you launch with a tandem pilot from a grassy take-off above the valley. Catch thermals to soar above alpine lakes and storybook villages, with sweeping mountain views unfurling in every direction.
Following a thorough safety briefing and gear check, enjoy smooth glides, gentle turns and a soft landing on the valley floor. This is an optional adventure at additional cost and bookable on tour; flight windows depend on weather.
Fragonard Perfume House Visit
Step into the world of Parisian scent craftsmanship as you visit a Parisian perfume house. With a specialist host, learn the art of fragrance—how top, heart and base notes blend to create balance, personality and lasting trail.
Discover Fragonard heritage and the role perfume plays in French style, then sample signature accords from citrus colognes to velvety florals. It’s a sensorial primer that may inspire a new personal favourite to take home.
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Florence Walking Tour: Duomo, Santa Croce & Signoria
Explore Florence on a locally guided walk through the cradle of the Renaissance. Join a guided walking tour to admire the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore (Duomo), gaze up at Giotto’s Bell Tower, and pause in Piazza della Signoria amid sculpted facades and open-air statuary.
Hear how guild power and Medici patronage shaped this compact historic centre as golden Baptistery doors gleam and artisan leather workshops perfume the lanes. Your guide shares context, orientation tips and choice photo angles that bring Florence’s artistry and civic life into focus.
Paris Illuminations Panoramic Tour
See Paris at its most theatrical as you join a guided panoramic tour by night. Watch the Eiffel Tower sparkle, sweep past the Arc de Triomphe, and glide the Champs-Élysées toward the Louvre’s glass pyramids and the Seine’s illuminated bridges.
Hear stories of Haussmann’s grand boulevards, royal squares, and the medieval Île de la Cité while your expert team points out perfect photo angles. The City of Light reveals its symmetry, scale and romance on this elegant circuit.
