• 2 Dinner (D)
• 9 Breakfast (B)

• 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.
• Rome: If you require arrangements to be made for your accessibility needs, please inform your Trip Manager as soon as possible. We try our best to contact all accommodations and secure ground floor rooms for easy wheelchair access.Please remember that Italy can be physically challenging to get around. Coaches can’t access historical centers, and there will be lots of walking (on roads that are often uneven and cobbled). Travellers with accessibility needs will find this trip challenging.
• Madrid: Yep. Usually, we arrange a buffet for all your included meals. If you’d like a vegetarian option, please inform your Trip Manager beforehand, and they’ll sort it out for you.
• Rome: This would depend on the museums & attractions you’re planning to visit. If you’d like to know the exact timings, please contact our 24×7 Helpline to access your day-to-day itineraries to check when you’ll have free time in each city.
• Madrid: Of course! Just inform your Trip Manager if you need refrigeration on the coach. Please remember that the fridge is turned off overnight, so you’ll have to take your medication with you into your accommodation. We recommend that you bring a cooler bag with you as a backup. It’s your responsibility to store your medication with care. 

• Rome: Stroll around the Italian capital, ticking off some sights on your bucket list! 
• Rome:  Kick back with your Contiki crew and feast on some yummy Italian cuisine – served at a local restaurant working to train and provide jobs for members of the community with disabilities.  
• Siena: This medieval Tuscan city is packed with charming photo ops. From the Duomo to Piazza del Campo. 
• Florence: See the Duomo, Basilica Santa Croce, Giotto’s Bell Tower, the Baptistery & Piazza della Signoria on a locally guided walking tour of Florence.
• Pisa: Your ultimate chance to ‘hold the tower up’ as you pose for that classic Insta snap. 
• Lucca: Ramble around the cobbled streets of this Renaissance walled city in Tuscany. It’s an Insta post waiting to happen! 
• Cinque Terre National Park: We’ll take care of your rail pass, so you can just zip around the iconic clifftop villages and focus on the Insta stories. Wanna hike around too? You’re welcome to explore on foot along the way.
• Verona: This is the address behind the legendary love story. Visit Juliet’s House and see the spot that turned Verona into a global icon.
• Venice: Speed across the lagoon to the aqueous island of Venice.
• Rome: Wander through the ruins of the ancient Roman Empire’s political heart, while our Local Guide peels back the layers of history & reconstructs the past. From the assassinations at the Forum to the bloody battles in the Colosseum, learn how the roots of Western culture started here. 

Get out on Lake Como for a boat ride and see the lakeside scenery from the water. The change in perspective brings the shoreline and surrounding mountains into view as you travel across the lake.

Boats have long connected communities around Como’s branching shores, making a water-level view especially fitting here. The ride is optional, at additional cost and bookable on tour; a lakeside stop is included whether or not you choose to join.

Cruise to Burano, an island in the Venetian lagoon known for its vividly painted houses. The journey offers an escape from central Venice and a chance to see another side of the lagoon’s island communities.

Burano’s colourful streets and longstanding lace-making tradition give it a character distinct from Venice’s historic centre. This island cruise is optional, at additional cost and bookable on tour.

Contiki

Explore Rome on an orientation walk with your Contiki crew, getting your bearings among the streets and historic sights of the Italian capital. It is an opportunity to begin ticking off the city’s landmarks while experiencing its lively street atmosphere.

Rome’s layers of history are visible throughout the city, from ancient remains to grand piazzas. This included walk offers an introduction to the Eternal City without requiring you to navigate it alone.

Wander Lucca’s cobbled streets and discover the piazzas, historic cafés and Renaissance architecture of this Tuscan city. Its distinctive Renaissance walls encircle a compact centre made for exploring at a leisurely pace.

Lucca’s preserved street plan gives it a different character from Tuscany’s larger cities: quieter lanes and small squares sit within its substantial fortifications. This included stop offers time to appreciate that setting up close.

Visit Juliet’s House in Verona and see the place associated with the city’s best-known love story. This included stop connects Verona’s historic streets with the enduring appeal of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet.

The house is a cultural landmark rather than proof of a real Juliet: its association with the fictional character has made it a focal point for visitors. The itinerary does not specify admission to the house’s interior.

Explore ancient Rome with a Local Guide, tracing the empire’s political and public life through the Roman Forum and Colosseum. Hear how the Forum functioned at the centre of Roman civic life and how gladiatorial spectacles made the Colosseum an enduring symbol of the city.

Your guide connects the surviving ruins with the people and events behind them, bringing context to a landscape central to Western history. This guided experience is listed among the tour’s included experiences.

Experience a Tuscan evening featuring a risotto demonstration, local wine, antipasto and a sweet finish. Watch the dish come together while sampling flavours associated with the region in a sociable dining setting.

Rather than a standard dinner, this experience pairs a cooking demonstration with the convivial rhythm of an Italian meal. It is optional, at additional cost and bookable on tour.

Ride a gondola through Venice’s canals and experience the city from the water. Moving at an unhurried pace offers a close view of the buildings and bridges that define its waterways.

The gondola is one of Venice’s most distinctive traditional boats, adapted over centuries to navigate its canals. This ride offers a different perspective from exploring on foot and is optional, at additional cost and bookable on tour.

Share an Italian feast with your Contiki crew at La Trattoria de Gli Amici in Rome. This included MAKE TRAVEL MATTER® dining experience brings the group together over local cuisine in a neighbourhood restaurant.

The trattoria works to train and provide jobs for people with disabilities. Your meal supports that work while offering a welcoming introduction to the convivial atmosphere of Italian dining.

Discover Siena’s historic centre, where narrow streets open onto Piazza del Campo, the shell-shaped square at the heart of the city. Admire the exterior of Siena’s Duomo and take in the medieval architecture during this included stop in Tuscany.

The centre is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, celebrated for its remarkably intact medieval townscape. Its brick buildings and steep lanes reveal a city whose civic identity has endured for centuries.

Walk through Florence with a Local Guide and see the Duomo and Giotto’s Bell Tower, the Baptistery, Basilica di Santa Croce and Piazza della Signoria. This included tour brings the city’s great public spaces and architectural landmarks into focus on foot.

Florence was a centre of the Renaissance, and its streets still reflect the wealth and artistic ambition of that era. Your guide provides context for the buildings and squares that make the historic centre feel like an open-air museum.

See the Leaning Tower of Pisa and capture your own perspective on its famous tilt. This included visit gives you the chance to photograph the tower and take in the monumental setting of the Piazza dei Miracoli.

Built as the bell tower for Pisa Cathedral, it began leaning during construction because of the ground beneath its foundations. The result has made it one of Italy’s most recognisable architectural landmarks. Tower entry is not specified as included.

Explore the five villages of Cinque Terre using your included unlimited train ticket. Travel between the settlements at your own pace to see pastel-coloured buildings, steep coastal terrain and views of the Ligurian Sea.

The villages each have a distinct identity within the Cinque Terre National Park. The rail pass makes it easy to choose which places to explore more closely; walking trails are another possibility where conditions and access allow.

Pause beside Lake Como to take in the water and the elegant lakeside setting during an included stop. The lake itself is the focus, with time to appreciate its scenery from shore.

Set against the foothills of the Alps, Lake Como has long drawn visitors to its waterfront towns and mountain views. This stop offers a glimpse of that distinctive landscape; a boat ride is available separately as an optional experience.

Cross to Venice by private boat, approaching the city’s historic heart across the water. This included journey offers a memorable first view of a place shaped by canals, islands and maritime trade.

Arriving by boat reveals why the Venetian lagoon is central to the city’s character: waterways connect its neighbourhoods and frame its waterfront buildings. The crossing takes you into Venice for time to explore its streets and squares.

Explore Bologna’s porticoes during an included stop in a city known for both its architecture and food culture. Walk beneath the covered arcades that line its streets and provide shelter as you take in the historic centre.

The Porticoes of Bologna are UNESCO-listed, recognising an architectural tradition that has shaped everyday life here for centuries. Bologna is also nicknamed La Grassa, or “the Fat One”, for culinary specialities including mortadella and ragù.

Opt for wines at local vineyards outside Lucca and spend time in the Tuscan countryside beyond the city walls. This experience offers a chance to turn your visit into a closer look at the area’s wine-growing landscape.

Vineyards are part of Tuscany’s long agricultural and culinary heritage, complementing the region’s historic towns and local food traditions. This vineyard experience is optional, at additional cost and bookable on tour; the itinerary does not specify particular wines or producers.