Essential Tour from Rome to Venice

Private vehicle and Italian speaking driver disposal: transfer-in only

Welcome to Rome! Upon arrival at Fiumicino Airport (FCO | Your Arrival by TBA ) please proceed through Passport Control and collect your luggage inside the customs area. Then meet your driver and transfer to Rome. The balance of the day is at leisure.

English Speaking Guide Disposal: half day
Meeting Point: to be advised
Included Transfer: from the Vatican to the Colosseum
Skip the line tickets: Vatican and Colosseum

This 5-hour tour tackles both of Rome's must-see sites. Explore the vast collections of art on the way to the magnificent Sistine Chapel with skip-the-line entrance to the Vatican Museums. From the Sistine Chapel, explore the expanse of St. Peter's Square with spectacular views of St. Peter's Basilica before being driven across the city to the ancient world's most iconic amphitheater. Enjoying skip-the-line entrance to the Colosseum, the knowledge of an expert guide will accompany this captivating experience that finishes with a stunning view over the Roman Forum.

The balance of the day is at leisure.

Private vehicle and English speaking driver disposal for full day

Today pick up at your hotel and departure to Tuscany. On the way, we will stop in Siena and San Gimignano, two of the region’s most picturesque towns! Set in a beautiful landscape, surrounded by vineyards and olive groves, Siena is one of the most enchanting medieval cities in Italy. Explore Siena’s picturesque streets, admire Piazza del Campo, where twice a year dashing horses compete in the heart-rendering Palio race and visit the city’s awe-inspiring Duomo: it boasts one of the most beautiful floors in the world. Then continue to Florence.

English Speaking Guide Disposal: half day
Skip the line tickets: included
Meeting Point: to be advised

Discover Florence as you pleasantly walk through it and then visit the main Florence museums with a professional English speaking guide: meet David, the greatest Michelangelo’s masterpiece, then enjoy a variety of artists (Giotto, Botticelli, Leonardo da Vinci and many others) at the Uffizi Gallery; Walk through the amazing center of Florence and discover its unique secular heritage and breathtaking beauty with an expert and fun tour guide. Our tour explores the historic and architectural evolution factors from the Roman foundation through medieval centuries and its Renaissance glorious period up to modern time Florence. Our guide will take you to some of the most important spots where the greatest minds and artists have stood and been inspired: Piazza della Signoria, the Duomo, the Baptistery, Santa Trinita and Orsanmichele Church, Pontevecchio Bridge, the secret Vasari Corridor and much much more. Then enter the Accademia Gallery museum with a fast-track priority entrance ticket and discover the original Michelangelo's masterpiece that has become the symbol of Renaissance splendor: The David. Admire it from every perspective, gaze in awe at David, that dominates the central gallery of the museum. The David was sculpted by a very young Michelangelo (in his twenties) entirely from a single block of local Carrara marble and it's 5.17 metres tall (17 ft). It represents the biblical hero David that killed Goliath and when it was unveiled, in 1504, it soon came to symbolize the defense of the civil liberties embodied in the Florentine Republic. Admire also Michelangelo's famously unfinished sculptures - Prigioni and San Matteo. The Accademia Gallery Florence houses also many other masterpieces, both paintings and sculptures, from the Middle Ages to Renaissance, by the greatest artists, like Botticelli, Paolo Uccello, Andrea del Sarto and many more, which you will discover with your knowledgeable English-speaking guide. Then move toward to Signoria Square and enter the beautiful Uffizi Gallery, where you will enjoy a guided tour of the main rooms of the Uffizi Gallery, skipping the usual long lines.

The balance of the day is at leisure.

Round Trip Transportations with English speaking driver
English speaking guide in the Cinque Terre district
Cinque Terre Train Card: included
Liguarian Boat Ride up to 2 hours: included

Step into a postcard and discover the magic of the Cinque Terre, a UNESCO World Heritage site featuring five colorful fishing villages perched dramatically along the rugged Italian Riviera coastline. This full-day guided tour combines scenic train travel with an exclusive private boat experience, offering the best perspectives of this breathtaking region.

Morning: Sea Views and Village Life

Monterosso al Mare: Travel by train to Monterosso, the largest and northernmost of the five villages, and enjoy a guided visit to soak in its vibrant atmosphere.
Private Boat Tour (2 Hours): Board a typical Ligurian boat in Monterosso for a private, two-hour cruise. You will navigate along the beautiful Cinque Terre coastline, giving you an unparalleled view of the villages from the sea. The tour includes optional stops for swimming in the crystal-clear water.

Private vehicle and basic English speaking driver disposal: full day
Tastings in the Food Valley area: included as shown below

Eager to indulge in the branded luxury of the Italian lifestyle for one day?
Come try the tastiest PDO gourmet foods of Emilia combined with the most iconic car of all times: Parmigiano-Reggiano, Traditional Balsamic Vinegar and Ferrari!
Meet the staff guide directly at a family-run Acetaia and join your private tour of the magic ageing lofts where Balsamic Vinegar is created and aged, with final tasting of their full production of aceti, from the two Traditional grades (the one and only original product) to the “regular” ones (a sort of by-product) and the so-called condiments. Move on to the second stop.
Private guided visit at a family-run Parmigiano-Reggiano producer’s, stepping in all the production areas from the milk heaters to the drying, salting and ageing rooms, which are also known as the “wheel cathedrals”: once there, as a kind of magic, you will be the privileged witnesses of something special...
A final rich brunch, including 4 different ageings of Parmigiano paired with other local deli foods and a glass of Lambrusco, will almost make you full for the rest of the day! Later transfer to Venice.

English speaking guide disposal: half day
Skip the line tickets: St. Mark Basilica and Dodge's Palace
Gondola Ride up to 30 minutes


This is an introductory sightseeing tour of Venice visiting St. Mark’ s Square, the Basilica and the Doge’ s Palace.
St. Mark's square was the political and religious centre of the Republic of Venice; since ancient times it has been a place extraordinarily rich in historical and artistic value. A tour of the sumptuous halls of power in the Doge’s Palace, once the seat of the Serenissima government, offers an insight of Venice efficient and fascinating political life. Admire the paintings extolling the Myth of Venice, its conquests and diplomatic successes. Relivethe pomp and ceremony of one of Europe’s most prestigious capitals. The Basilica of Saint Mark, now the city’s cathedral, was once both the Ducal Chapel and a reflection of State magnificence. You’ll be dazzled by its golden mosaics and precious marbles, works of art that have turned the church into one of the most beautiful monuments in the world.
At the end of walking tour, the guide will leave you on the Gondola station from where you start a 30 minutes ride. The gondola is certainly the most photographed craft in the world and its image has become, for millions of tourists, the main symbol of Venice.

Private water-taxi and English speaking assistant: included

Today transfer to Marco Polo Venice Airport (VCE) on time for your departure flight.