A&A HOLIDAYS — Travel in Confidence
Duration: 8 DAYS
Location: ITALY
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Rome & Florence

Highlights on Rome

Begin your very own Italian Roman Holiday; Take a private walking tour to discover the ancient capital. You may want to make a wish at the Trevi Fountain to ensure you’ll return to the Eternal City. Marvel at the iconic Colosseum which was the biggest of its time in 70–80 AD.

Explore the Imperial Forums, the historic centres of the Roman Empire, and be immersed in the extensive art collections of the Vatican Museums. Don’t forget to do as the Romans do; enjoy an espresso or an aperitivo breaks between your sights.

Day 1: Arrival

Meet & Greet with our English speaking driver to be transferred to your Hotel. Time at leisure to relax.

Day 2: Spanish Steps and the Baroque Splendour

Breakfast at the Hotel and meet your private guide. Today you will discover the glory of ancient Rome through wonders like the Colosseum and the Imperial Forums.

Cross 135 glistening 18th-century Spanish Steps, admiring the adjacent Piazza di Spagna from above. Amble along the chic shopping street of Via del Corso, before taking in the Baroque splendour of 15th-century Piazza Navona. Stop to make a wish at the Trevi Fountain. Colourful marketplace by day, alfresco party central by night, Campo de’ Fiori.

Day 3: Visit of Vatican City Art Collection

After breakfast, the day will be dedicated to the exploration of the impressive art collections of Vatican City. Overnight in Rome.

Day 4: Heading to Florence

After breakfast transfer to Rome main Train Station and departure to Florence on board of a first-class fare on the high-speed train. After about one hour’s journey, meet and greet with your English speaking driver and go to the designated Hotel.

Free time to enjoy lunch and the walking distance nice local shops. Overnight in Florence

Highlights on Florence

Florence comes with many prestigious titles: it’s the picture-perfect capital of romantic Tuscany but also the “capital of art” and the “cradle of the Renaissance.”

Discover the city with a private guided tour of Florence historic centre. While admiring the iconic medieval Ponte Vecchio, a bridge that spans the Arno River. Shop your way through Florence’s chic Tornabuoni street and admire the white-and-green marbled façade of the recently restored 13th-century Santa Maria Novella Basilica.

Visit the world’s third largest church, the Santa Maria del Fiore Cathedral, built from the 13th to 15th centuries (also recently restored), and keep an eye out for the Gothic Giotto bell tower. Continue your cultural immersion at the Uffizi Gallery, home to masterpieces like Botticelli’s Birth of Venus and Allegory of Spring Take in the world-class Accademia Gallery and the crown jewels it showcases, like Michelangelo’s over-16-foot-tall David sculpture.

Tuscany Landscape Food and Wine

End your tour of Italy by exploring by explore the beautiful vineyards and lavender fields woven into the storied rolling hills reevoking the popular Under the Tuscany Sun film.

This day you will start off your adventure from San Gimignano a 13th-century medieval village located in the hilltop and part of UNESCO World Heritage. This city is fittingly dubbed the “town of fine towers.” The local cuisine is an invitation to savour a typical Italian lunch on a family-run organic farm, featuring traditional dishes created with locally grown ingredients like the popular Italian saffron.

To make your day even special experience a Tuscan cooking class on a lovely farm in Chianti, led by a chef who provides insights into the secrets of Tuscan cuisine.
While enjoying this unique culinary experience you may taste your hand-made dishes with a wine tasting of Chianti wines. Wrap it up by laying out under the glowing Tuscan sun and enjoying the dreamy landscape.

Day 5: Uffizi Gallery, Ponte Vecchio and Santa Maria Del Fiore Cathedral

After breakfast, meet and greet with your local guide and ready to enjoy a day to admire one of the world’s most famous museum, the Uffizi Gallery, and see the works by Renaissance masters and Michelangelo for a half day tour.

The Accademia Gallery is our first stop for one of Florence’s many show-stoppers. Housed in a bright open space beneath a roof that had to be raised to accommodate him, is Michelangelo’s great sculptural masterpiece, ‘David” quick visit! After, we continue our tour on the narrow streets and squares of the outstanding Florence , getting in love with it Cathedral , Santa Maria del Fiore (from outside), the Republic Square , the most Florentin church :Orsa Michele , the political district :Signoria Square , can miss the symbol of the city :Ponte Vecchio. Break between Best of Florence and Uffizi tour if you would like. The second part of the day will be the imposing Uffizi Gallery . Navigating all of this immense gallery would take days, so I crafted the perfect route to visit all the highlights of the Uffizi collection and a few lesser-known gems: Leonardo, Botticelli and Raphael. Not to miss today is the unique experience of a private walking tour of Florence’s landmarks like the iconic Ponte Vecchio and Santa Maria Del Fiore Cathedral.

Day 6: UNESCO World Heritage Site of San Gimignano

Breakfast at the Hotel and departure to Explore the UNESCO World Heritage Site of San Gimignano.

To reach Siena and San Gimignano we will cross the territory of the Chianti, not only the district of wine and extra virgin olive oil, but also where once lived in there castles the noble families, in the monasteries friars, where the Republic of Siena and Florence were fought. During our tour we will walk in the maze of charming narrow alleys, little squares through the houses-towers of San Gimignano , through charming palaces of Siena that with its breathtaking Cathedral, its unique political square, where still run the centuries-old race the Palio, it’s identification of noble Republic. And, of course, in the middle of our tour Tuscan lunch accompanied by a wine and extra olive oil tasting in a family winery in the Chianti district.

The Republic of Siena, ancient rival of Florence, is the most elegant and Gothic city of Italy of the 13th-14th century. – Lunch in a family winery in the Chianti district where you can taste wines, extra virgin olive oil and Tuscan food.

Day 7: Leisure time to enjoy “La Dolce Vita”

Back to Rome by first business class train, leisure time and overnight in Rome

Day 8: Arrivederci Italia

Private transfer to Airport and departure