Day-1. DEPARTURE CITY – ROME: Overnight flight to Rome.

Day-2. ROME: Arrive in Rome and transfer to your centrally located hotel. After a short break join your tour director on a walking tour of the Renaissance and Baroque Rome See: Piazza Navona, Trevi Fountain, Pantheon, Pinzio Hill, and the Spanish Steps.

Day-3. ROME: Guided tour of Ancient Rome. Visit/See the Colosseum, Titus Arch, Constantine’s Arch, Forum Romanum, Foro Traiano, Campidoglio, Victor Emanuel Monument. In the afternoon visit the Capitoline Museums housing ancient Roman artifacts, such as the statue of the bronze She-wolf which according to legend nursed Romulus and Remus the founders of Rome, as well as the famous statue of The Dying Gaul. Enjoy some free time.

Day-4. ROME – NAPLES – POMPEII – ROME: In the morning travel by bus to Naples and visit the Archeological Museum of Naples. Continue to Ancient Pompeii the ancient city that was buried in ashes after the huge eruption of volcano Mt. Vesuvius in 79 AD. Uncovered from the ashes the city is very well preserved. Later return to Rome.

Day-5. ROME – VATICAN- FLORENCE: Take the metro to visit the Vatican Museum one of the best museums in the world. End the visit in the Sistine Chapel the seat of the Conclave for electing Popes. View the magnificent ceilings painted by Michelangelo. Continue on to the St. Peter’s Basilica the largest Catholic Church in the world. Admire another of Michelangelo’s masterpieces the sculpture of La Pieta. Then visit the Catacombs of St. Peter’s Basilica housing tombs of several late Popes. Late in the afternoon transfer to Florence to your centrally located hotel for overnight.

Day-6. FLORENCE: Start your day with a guided city tour of the birthplace of the Renaissance. Visit / see Giotto’s Bell Tower, the Baptistry’s bronze doors, Piazza de la Signoria with the Neptune’s Fountain, Santa Maria del Fiore-il Duomo with its famous cupola built by Brunelleschi, Church of Santa Croce, and more. Then walk to Ponte Vecchio a unique bridge over the Arno river. Later optional visit to Uffizi Gallery housing masterpieces of exceptional value. Starting as a portrait gallery it grew into one of the best galleries in the world with a tradition that artists like Chagall, would go to Florence themselves to hand over their portrait to the gallery. Have a guided tour. Our local tour guide will give a short course in the history of art and show you the masterpieces following a historical timeline.