Italy Architecture Tour

  Visit Italy: Architecture Tour

9 Days/8 Nights

 

DAY 1: HOME – ITALY

Board your transatlantic flight and fly through the night to Italy.

DAY 2: ROME

Benvenuti in Italia! Meet your Prométour Tour Director upon arrival at the airport.

Transfer to the hotel to drop off your luggage.

While in Rome, travel as the locals do by walking, or taking public transport.

Admire the spectacular Altar of the Fatherland. Climb the many steps to the top and get a glimpse of Rome from high above.

Visit the Chiesa del Gesu – its facade is the first truly baroque facade, introducing the baroque style into architecture.

Enter the Pantheon, one of Rome’s best-preserved ancient buildings.

Dinner with your group at a local restaurant.

Overnight accommodation in Rome.

DAY 3: ROME

Breakfast at the hotel with your group.

With a local guide, visit St. Peter’s Basilica and the Vatican Museum including the Raphael Rooms, Tapestry Gallery & Sistine Chapel. Then have time to discover St. Peter’s Square.

Enjoy lunch on your own.

Visit the MAXXI – The National Museum of XXI Century Arts. It was design by famous architect Zaha Hadid.

Have some time to discover Rome at your own pace.

Dinner with your group at a local restaurant.

Overnight accommodation in Rome.

DAY 4: ROME

Breakfast at the hotel with your group.

Go to the Ara Pacis Museum, designed by Richard Meier, the building is the first great architectural and urban intervention in the historic centre of Rome since the Fascist Era. It is also home to the Altar of Augustus inaugurated in 9 B.C.

Enjoy lunch on your own.

Discover the complex Auditorium Parco della Musica. The area was the former location of the 1960’s Summer Olympics; make sure to stop by the Arte Museum.

Have some time to discover Rome at your own pace.

Dinner with your group at a local restaurant.

Overnight accommodation in Rome.

DAY 5: ROME – FLORENCE

Breakfast at the hotel with your group.

Board your bus and head to Florence.

Enjoy lunch on your own.

With your group, explore the Loggia del Mercato Nuovo.

Visit the Palazzo Vecchio – it now houses the Town Hall of Florence and the Museo dei Ragazzi.

Stroll the Ponte Vecchio and browse the many goldsmith and silversmith shops.

Dinner with your group at a local restaurant.

Overnight accommodation in Florence.

DAY 6: FLORENCE

Breakfast at the hotel with your group.

Meet your local guide for a walking tour of Florence; you’ll see the Duomo, the bronze doors of The Baptistry and Santa Croce Basilica where some of the most illustrious Italians are buried; Michelangelo, Galileo, Machiavelli, and Rossini to name a few.

Then visit the Palazzo Pitti, which was formerly the residence of the grand-dukes of Tuscany and later of the King of Italy.

Enjoy lunch on your own.

Visit the Basilica Santa Maria Novella, the first great basilica in Florence, and the city’s principal Dominican church.

Enter the impressive Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore and then climb the 463 steps for the incomparable panorama from the dome.

Dinner with your group at a local restaurant.

Overnight accommodation in Florence.

DAY 7: FLORENCE – VENICE

Breakfast at the hotel with your group.

Board your bus and travel to Venice.

Enjoy lunch on your own.

Meet a local guide and follow him/her on a 3-hour guided walking tour of Venice. Enter St. Mark’s Basilica and the Doge’s Palace.

Enjoy some leisure time to explore the city at your own pace.

Dinner with your group at a local restaurant.

Overnight accommodation in Venice.

DAY 8: VENICE

Breakfast at the hotel with your group.

Visit The Peggy Guggenheim Collection, the important museum in Italy for European and American art of the 20th century. It is housed in the Palazzo Venier dei Leoni, built by Venetian architect Lorenzo Boschetti.

Pick up souvenirs at the local markets or enjoy an espresso or gelato.

Enjoy lunch on your own.

Enter the Teatro la Fenice known worldwide for its dramatic beauty. It is also known for being the cradle of many great operas.

Embark on a gondola ride through the canals of Venice.

Dinner with your group at a local restaurant.

Overnight accommodation in Venice.

DAY 9: VENICE – FLY BACK HOME

Breakfast at the hotel with your group.

Transfer to the airport.

Say Arrivederci to your Prométour Tour Director.

Board your transatlantic flight from Venice and fly back home.

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