Day 1 Rome
Arrival at Rome Fiumicino Airport and meeting with our Tour escort.
Transfer by private coach to your hotel. Accommodation at hotel.
Rome by night with local guide and visit of Trevi Fountain, Spanish Steps, Pantheon,
Navona Square with the Four River Fountain, Bernini’s masterpiece.
Welcome dinner at restaurant close to Piazza Navona and overnight.
Day 2 Rome
After breakfast you will meet the local guide for a full day visit of Rome including St. Mary Major Basilica, St. John’s in Lateran Basilica and Holy Stairs, Vatican Museum with Sistine Chapel and St. Peter’s Basilica. Back to hotel for dinner and overnight.
Day 3 Rome/ Greccio/Assisi
After breakfast departure for the visit of the small village of Greccio. Visit of the Shrine of the Nativity, the place where St. Francis, on the night of Christmas 1223 represented the nativity with persons. This is a complex of buildings where the nucleus goes back to the years in which there lived a poor man of Assisi.
In the afternoon you will reach Assisi. Accommodation , dinner and overnight at hotel.
Day 4 Assisi
After breakfast half day visit with local guide of St. Mary of the Angel’s Basilica, St.
Francis’ and St. Clare’s Basilicas . Time free for personal activities.
Dinner and overnight at hotel
Day 5 Assisi/Siena/San Gimignano /Florence (220 km )
After breakfast departure for Siena and half day visit of the city with local guide.
The city is famous for the Piazza del Campo and its Cathedral. Free time for lunch and
In the afternoon visit of San Gimignano, the medieval village with its 13 towers.
In the evening arrival in Florence. Accommodation at the hotel. Dinner and overnight
Day 6 Florence
After breakfast you will meet the local guide for a full day visit of Florence including,
Santa Maria Novella Church, the Duomo, the Baptistery, Santa Croce Basilica and the
Uffizzi Gallery. Dinner at hotel and overnight.
Day 7 Florence/Padua (220 km)
After breakfast departure for Padua. Arrival and accommodation in hotel.
In the afternoon half day visit , with local guide , of Padua including of St. Anthony’s Basilica.
Free time for personal activities. Overnight and dinner at hotel.
Day 8 Padua/ Venice/Padua (80 km)
After breakfast departure for the visit of Venice. Transfer by private boat to St. Mark’s
Square where you will meet the local guide . Half day visit of St. Mark Square, St. Mark Basilica
and the Doge’s Palace. Time free for personal activities and transfer by private boat to reach
the coach. Transfer back to Padua for dinner and overnight
Day 9 Padua/ Verona/ Lake Maggiore (310)
After breakfast departure for Verona. You will meet the local guide for an half day guided visit of the historic centre where you will see the famous Arena amphitheatre, used for the open air Opera Festival, the Church of San Zeno, Piazza delle Erbe and the Romeo & Juliet ‘s balcony.
In the afternoon on to the Lake Maggiore . Accommodation at hotel, dinner and overnight.
Day 10 Lake Maggiore / Malpensa airport for departure ( 45 km)
After breakfast transfer to Malpensa airport for departure.
Masses can be organized every day and Papal Audience in Rome will take place on Wednesday.