Private arrival transfer.
After breakfast, you will meet your guide and depart for a private half-day walking tour.
Cradle of the Renaissance and considered to be the birthplace of modern western society, Florence (Firenze) is magnetic, romantic and busy. Its urban fabric has hardly changed since the Renaissance. Its narrow streets evoke a thousand tales, and its food and wine are so wonderful the tag 'Fiorentina' has become an international label of quality assurance.
Michalangello, Dante Alighiere, da Vinci and Machiavelli were just a few of the artisits and intellectuals patronized by La Familia Medici which made Florence a powerful force during the Rennaissance.
After breakfast, depart for your walking tour along San Lorenzo Market with an English speaking chef and,where you will buy some ingredients for lunch.
You will test your ability to prepare typical Tuscan dishes: from the appetizer to the dessert, everything based on typical Tuscan cuisine. An authentic Italian experience!
After preparing the meal, savor the fruits of your handiwork.
The balance of the day at your leisure.
Today you are met and transferred to Borgo San Felice. (2 hours drive through the Chianti Valley).
Borgo San Felice is a "albergo diffuso" hotel, The Albergo Diffuso is an innovative concept of hospitality that was launched in Italy in the early 1980s as a means of reviving small, historic Italian villages and town centres off the usual tourist track.
Spend your afternoon walking around the village.
Optional:Today you are met and transferred to Siena (40 minutes away) where you will meet your guide for a 2-hour walking tour.
In the afternoon you are transferred to San Gimignano for a leisure afternoon before the early evening transfer back to the hotel.
Morning at your leisure.
This afternoon you are transferred to the northern part of Tuscany. (2 hour drive)
Check-in at your charming Hotel. Set on the hills outside Lucca, Tenuta San Pietro is a former Tuscan farmhouse renovated with design furnishings. The property is surrounded by vineyards and olive groves, and features an outdoor swimming pool overlooking Lucca and the countryside.
You will visit today with your english speaking driver Lucca old town and Pisa.
Lucca- lovely Lucca is a precious pearl of a city that endears itself to everyone who visits. Hidden behind imposing Renaissance walls, its cobbled streets, handsome piazzas and shady promenades make this city a gem of Tuscany.
Pisa - the world-famous Leaning Tower is just one of many noteworthy sights in this compact and compelling city.
Today you will be transferred to Monterosso, the heart of Cinque Terre. (90 Km / 1.5 hour).
The reminder of your day is at your leisure.
After breakfast you will meet your English speaking local guide and departure for a full day private guided tour of Cinque Terre. (7 hours in total)
During the tour, you will visit the cinqueterre villages: Monterosso, Riomaggiore, Vernazza, Corniglia by train and by ferry. You will also learn more about “pesto sauce” in a lovely location overlooking the sea. You will collect basil in a local garden, and make pesto with marble mortar.
A light lunch will follow with focaccia, cheese, cold cuts and wine.
In the afternoon you will continue your visit and return back to Monterosso.
Day at your leisure enjoy the private beach (part of the hotel).
Today you will take the train to Verona. (5 hours - 1 stop)
Upon your arrival, take a taxi to the hotel located in the historic city center.
Day at your leisure in Verona.
We reccomend and half day tour to the famous Valpolicella Wine Region.
Today you will take a train to Venice. (40 minutes).
Upon your arrival in Venice, you will take a water taxi to the hotel.
The balance of the days is at your leisure.
Morning you will meet you private guide for a walking guided tour of Venice. (2 hours)
Walk outdoors through the most characteristic and important places for history in Venice. Route: Piazza San Marco - Origins, history and description of the main monuments: Basilica San Marco, Palazzo Ducale, Bell Tower, Clock Tower and Procuratie. Santa Maria Formosa - History and anecdotes related to this wonderful and characteristic square. Campo SS. Giovanni e Paolo - The "Pantheon" of Venice, the Great School of Charity, the Captains of fortune. Marco Polo’s House and Malibran Theatre - Anecdotes and past and recent history cross each other in this beautiful corner of Venice. Return to San Marco through the Mercerie, vital connection between Rialto and San Marco and the main street for the city shopping.
You will farewell Italy tonight on a romantic sunset Gondola Ride.
Private water taxi transfer to Venice Airport.
