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CIAO ITALIA! - 2010

8 days incl. travel, or 7 days from Rome to Venice (ZHF)

Vacation Overview

Spend a week in Italy with your family! Start in Rome with guided sightseeing that visits the Vatican Museum, Sistine Chapel, St. Peter’s Square and Basilica, and the Colosseum, where you get a family picture with a gladiator (if available). Continue to the famous spa town of Montecatini, where you will stay for two nights and will enjoy homemade gelato at a local gelateria. Spend time in nearby Florence, “Cradle of the Renaissance,” for guided sightseeing that features Michelangelo’s David, the Cathedral, the Baptistry’s “Gate of Paradise,” and sculpture-filled Signoria Square. A festive pizza party lunch reveals the secrets behind authentic Italian pizza-making! Visit Pisa to take pictures of the famed Leaning Tower. Finally, enter Venice by private boat and join a Local Guide for visits of St. Mark’s Square and Basilica as well as Doges’ Palace and the Bridge of Sighs. Other unique included experiences: create your own Venetian mask, take a gondola ride, and enjoy a farewell dinner on Burano Island!

Take A Break getaway

If you want to see and do it all but have limited time, Globus offers these fulfilling vacations that are one week or less. You can still get the best that your destination has to offer.

Things to see on your vacation: View Vacation Photo Slideshow
  • Vatican City in Italy
  • The Ponte Vecchio at night
  • The Bridge of Sighs in Venice
  • Leaning Tower of Pisa
  • The Vatican City in Italy
  • Enjoy the beautiful architecture in Rome
  • Visit the great Colosseum in Rome
  • The statue of Laocoön and His Sons can be seen at the Vatican Museums
  • Enjoy the gorgeous views of Rome
  A Vacation Story  La Piazza Della Signoria

"What’s the best vantage point to ponder the most illustrious town square in Florence, the Signoria? An outdoor table in the venerable Caffè Rivoire – preferably over a delicious, if not painfully expensive cioccolata con pane, a dark and mud-thick hot chocolate. Late at night, when the crowds have gone, you can search the long shadows and imagine that very little has changed here since the 1400s. The Signoria is the most elegant sculpture garden in Europe. Masterpieces include the splendid Neptune Fountain by Ammannati, Hercules and Cacus by Bandinelli and a precise copy of Michelangelo’s David, all strategically poised in front of the Palazzo Vecchio. This grand public space has been the centerpiece of Florence since the 15th Century, the golden age when the city was established as the most beautiful in Europe. Eminent merchants in their ostentatious finery met here to discuss business in the midst of Florence’s raucous daily life."

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