Roll up your sleeves to learn to make fresh pasta with a local chef. Knead, roll and cut tagliatelle or shape ravioli before sitting down to a shared dinner with local wine, finishing with something sweet from the Roman cucina.

Along the way, pick up tips on flour, eggs and sauces that define Lazio’s table. This experience is at additional cost and bookable on tour.

• 9 Breakfast (B)
• 1 Dinner (D)

• 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: You might have the chance to join a guided Colosseum tour. Heads up: sometimes the only available tour slots are later in the day, after the trip ends. If you’re super keen to see the Colosseum, we recommend booking a flight that departs after 4pm.
• Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum: Due to new regulations, we cannot guarantee Auschwitz entry tickets for bookings made less than 60 days before your visit. We’ll make every effort to secure your ticket, but if we’re unable to do so, we’ll provide an alternative included experience of equal value.
• 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.

• Kraków: Get your bearings in this medieval Polish city. Our orientation will get you familiar with the cathedral, Royal Castle and all the best places to grab a beer.  
• Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum: Reflect on the tragedies of the past with a solemn visit to the largest concentration camp in World War II. Please note: Due to new regulations we cannot guarantee tickets for Auschwitz for bookings made less than 60 days prior to your visit. We will make every effort to secure your ticket however if we are unable to do so we will provide an alternative inclusion of equal value. 
• Banská Bystrica: This historic Slovakian city is filled with ornate buildings and framed by snow-capped mountains. It’s the perfect Insta backdrop! 
• Lake Bled: Take it easy with your new besties as you walk around the scenic lake, framed by the Julian Alps. 
• Ljubljana: Join your new gang for an orientation of Slovenia’s fairytale-like capital. Get your fix of rainbow architecture, Insta-friendly bridges and epic mountain backdrops.
• Venice: Speed across the lagoon to the aqueous island of Venice.
• Rome: Stroll around the Italian capital, ticking off some sights on your bucket list! 

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Discover Kraków’s medieval core as you join an orientation walk through the UNESCO-listed Old Town. Take in the vast Main Market Square (Rynek Glówny), the Cloth Hall arcades and the twin spires of St Mary’s Basilica. Stroll up to Wawel Hill and Royal Castle for river views and hear the city’s tales, from trade routes to the legend of the Wawel Dragon.

Learn how Kraków blended Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque styles after centuries as Poland’s royal capital. This concise walk helps you get your bearings, spot photo stops and note cafés and pierogi joints for later explorations.

Visit the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum for a sober, reflective encounter with 20th-century history. Walk the railway approach and between preserved barracks and watchtowers, learning about prisoners’ lives and the machinery of persecution. Time here encourages space to reflect at the memorial and consider the imperative of remembrance.

Contextual commentary traces the camps’ role in the history of the Holocaust and Europe. Museum access is controlled by timed-entry regulations; on some departures, if tickets cannot be secured, an alternative included experience of equal value will be arranged.

Pause in central Slovakia to stroll the pastel main square framed by café terraces and mountain light. Capture snapshots around SNP Square (Námestie SNP), the clock tower and arcaded houses that echo the town’s mining wealth and Habsburg-era polish.

Soak up the easy pace and pause for photos and reflection beneath the Low Tatra foothills. It’s a brief but scenic window onto everyday Slovak life and Central Europe’s layered townscapes.

Walk the shoreline to admire emerald-green waters, the clifftop silhouette of Bled Castle and the church-topped islet of Bled Island and Church of the Assumption. The gentle lakeside path offers countless angles for photography amid the Julian Alps.

When weather permits, take a refreshing dip or simply perch on a jetty to breathe in alpine air. This is Slovenia’s poster-child panorama—tranquil, photogenic, and made for unrushed moments.

Explore Slovenia’s capital as you join an orientation walk past candy-colored baroque facades and riverside willow trees. Cross the iconic Dragon Bridge and Triple Bridge into Prešeren Square, tracing the footprint of architect Jože Plecnik’s human-scaled city.

Hear how Ljubljana blends Central European elegance with creative student energy and riverside café culture. The walk spotlights vantage points, street-art lanes and local snacks to revisit in your own time.

Skim the water by private launch as you speed across the Venetian Lagoon toward the marble campanili and domes of the historic center. Glide into the heart of the city near St Mark’s Square, where palazzi line narrow canals and laundry flutters above stone bridges.

Feel Venice unfold at water level—its light, reflections and timeless rhythm—before stepping ashore to wander calli and campos shaped by centuries of maritime power and artistry.

Get your bearings in the Eternal City on a guided stroll to Trevi Fountain, the perfectly proportioned Pantheon and the Baroque theatre of Piazza Navona. Stroll Rome’s historic heart along cobbled lanes scented with espresso and citrus.

Hear how ancient temples became churches and fountains became civic stages. This walk spotlights classic vistas, gelato stops and golden-hour photo angles you can return to during your time in Rome.

Glide beneath the Chain Bridge on an evening Danube river cruise, dining as floodlights trace the gilded dome of the Hungarian Parliament and the ramparts of Buda Castle. The city’s twin banks glow while the water mirrors Art Nouveau facades.

Onboard commentary adds context to bridges, baths and cafés that shaped Central Europe’s “Pearl of the Danube.” This experience is at additional cost and bookable on tour.

Unwind in mineral-rich pools as you soak in thermal baths cherished since Ottoman times. Choose the grand courtyards of Széchenyi or the Art Nouveau halls of Gellért, moving between saunas, steamy outdoor pools and cooling plunge baths.

Learn how Budapest’s spa culture blends wellness and sociability, with chessboards, mosaics and century-old rituals. This experience is at additional cost and bookable on tour.

Drift beneath arched bridges as you ride a traditional gondola along quiet rii and the backwaters of San Polo or Dorsoduro. Hear the creak of oars and the echo of footsteps from alleys above, sliding past weathered brick and flower-box balconies.

It’s Venice at water level—intimate, slow and attuned to the slower Venetian rhythm that locals know best. This experience is at additional cost and bookable on tour.

Follow a local guide into tucked-away bacari to join a guided cicchetti tour, pairing small bites with a glass of local ombra. Nibble on creamy baccalà, polpette and seasonal treats near the Rialto markets, where traders once fed a maritime republic.

Between stops, cross stone bridges and learn how Venice eats—standing, chatting and savoring—inside atmospheric bacari wine bars. This experience is at additional cost and bookable on tour.

Step inside the Colosseum to hear stories of the arena of Emperors and Gladiators and the crowds that once roared in its shade. Trace arches, corridors and ingenious ancient engineering that still shapes Rome’s skyline.

A guide brings imperial Rome to life with vivid detail from everyday spectacles to imperial propaganda. This experience is at additional cost and bookable on tour; timing and availability can vary by departure, with some slots offered later in the day.