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Arrive in Rome, Discover Vatican Treasures and the Colosseum, Rome to Pisa: Riviera Bound, Monterosso to Portofino: Ligurian Coast, Journey to Baveno and Lake Maggiore, Soave to Venice: Northern Italy, Lagoon to Glassworks: Venice in Motion, Discover Florence’s Renaissance Squares, Florence Craft: Leather, Gold and Sculpture, Pompeii and Sorrento: Ancient Streets, Cross the Bay of Naples to Capri, Matera to Alberobello: UNESCO Wonders, Discover Trulli Craft and Puglian Flavors, Gulf of Taranto: Calabria to Taormina, Sicily’s Countryside: Taormina to Palermo, Explore Palermo Cathedral and Palatine Chapel, Palermo Farewell: Airport Transfer and Goodbyes
This 17-day guided tour takes you from the cool hush of Vatican corridors to the salt-touched air of the Ligurian coast. In Rome, you stand beneath Michelangelo’s painted ceiling in the Sistine Chapel, walk through the Vatican Museums and follow your Local Specialist through the Colosseum. Cinque Terre colors the coast in a wash of fishing boats, cliffside houses and sea spray as you pause in a village by the water, then cruise along the rugged Ligurian coastline. In Florence, Neptune watches over the piazza and dinner arrives with local wine, steak and the deep savor of Tuscan cooking. From Sorrento you glide towards Capri by boat with a Local Specialist, before you ascend to Capri town ...