Italy Seven-Day Adventure

DAY ONE

  • Arrive in Milan
  • Meet Grand Classroom representatives at baggage claim
  • Board coach and depart for Venice Mestre
  • Stop in Verona for lunch and enjoy free time
  • Continue to Venice Mestre
  • Check into hotel
  • Welcome dinner

DAY TWO

  • Hotel breakfast
  • Arrive in Piazzale Roma to catch your vaporetto that will take you to the centre of Venice for your guided tour of the city
  • Visit the Palazzo Ducale or Doge's Palace, the residence of the Doge - Venice's elected leader
  • Lunch
  • Take a stroll over the Rialto Bridge, the first one to be built over the Grand Canal, and the Academia Bridge, the second, built in 1854
  • Dinner
  • Return to hotel

DAY THREE

  • Hotel Breakfast
  • Check out of hotel
  • Board coach and depart for Florence
  • Stop in Bologna for lunch
  • Continue to Florence
  • Arrive in Florence and check into hotel
  • Dinner
  • Return to hotel

DAY FOUR

  • Hotel brekafast
  • Enjoy a guided walking tour of Florence
  • Visit the Basilica di Santa Maria del Fiore, Florence's cathedral, known simply as the 'Duomo'
  • Visit the Baptistery of Saint John, one of the oldest buildings in the city
  • Visit Giotto's Campanile, a bell tower housing seven enormous bells
  • Lunch
  • Visit the Uffizi Gallery, one of the oldest and most famous art museums of the Western World
  • Free time in the afternoon
  • Admire the grand Palazzo Vecchio, still the site of Florence's city hall.
  • Take a stroll over the Ponte Vecchio, the oldest surviving bridge in Florence
  • Dinner
  • Return to hotel

DAY FIVE

  • Hotel breakfast
  • Check out of hotel
  • Board coach and depart for Rome
  • Lunch in Rome
  • Visit the Colosseum
  • Dinner
  • Check into hotel

DAY SIX

  • Hotel breakfast
  • Enjoy a guided tour of the Vatican, the Vatican Museums, the Sistine Chapel, and St Peter's Basilica
  • Lunch
  • Enjoy a walking tour in Rome's "centro storico". Visit the Spanish Steps, the Trevi Fountain, the Pantheon, Piazza Colonna, and Piazza Navona
  • Attend a cooking class. All recipes will be made from scratch and you will then sit in the dining room and enjoy your creation
  • Return to hotel

DAY SEVEN

  • Hotel breakfast
  • Check out of hotel
  • Board your coach and transfer to Rome airport
  • Flight home