Description:

LUXURY COACH TOUR highlights include Rome, Orvieto, Florence, Pisa, Venice, Assisi, Pompeii, Naples, Capri and Soreento.
Coach Tour includes Full buffet Breakfast - 5 Three Course Dinners including welcome & farewell Dinners

FIVE STAR ROYAL CARIBBEAN 12 DAY CRUISE includes ports of call at Venice, Monenegro, Athens, Ephesus, Bodrum, Mykonos, Santorini and Split.
Includes all on board Meals & Entertainment.

INCLUSIONS
• Return Flights Perth Europe with Emirates including 30 kilos baggage
• 11 Day Globus Best of Italy Tour (departs 11 Jun)
• Luxurious Seats on your Luxury Globus Coach Tour
• Various Meals on your Coach Tour
• Services of a Fully Experienced Tour Guide
• One Night in Rome at a 4 Star Hotel (21 Jun)
• Rail Travel; Rome to Venice (22 Jun)
• 11 Day Cruise on the Grandeur Of The Seas (departs 22 Jun)
• Choice of Cabin on board your luxurious Royal Caribbean cruise
• All on Board Meals & Entertainment
• All Port & Air Taxes

BEST OF ITALY COACH TOUR - OVERVIEW

Start in Rome on this unforgettable holiday with a welcome dinner at a local restaurant and enjoy highlight visits like St. Peter’s Square and Basilica, the Vatican Museums and Sistine Chapel, the Colosseum and the Roman Forum. In Orvieto, atop a volcanic rock, ride a funicular to the cathedral, before continuing to your spa resort in Tuscany. Enjoy an excursion to Florence, where guided sightseeing includes visits to the Academy of Fine Arts to admire Michelangelo’s David, the cathedral, and Signoria Square. Stop in Pisa, to marvel at the Leaning Tower, and arrive in Venice, where you will visit St. Mark’s Basilica and lavish Doges’ Palace with a Local Guide, and watch Venetian glassblowers at work. Stay overnight in St. Francis’ Assisi. Next, visit the excavations of Pompeii with a Local Guide, drive through lively Naples and board your jetfoil to the charming Isle of Capri where you will stay for two nights. Guided sightseeing includes a visit to Villa San Michele in Anacapri. Via Sorrento return to Rome, where a farewell dinner at a local restaurant has been included.

Standard Features

ROME: Welcome and farewell dinners at a local restaurant; guided sightseeing, visit the Vatican Museums and Sistine Chapel, St. Peter's Square and Basilica, the Colosseum and Roman Forum
ORVIETO: Ride a funicular though the ramparts and visit the cathedral
FLORENCE: Guided walking tour, visit Michelangelo's David, and Signoria Square
PISA: Take pictures of the Leaning Tower
VENICE: Private boat ride; guided walking tour, visit St. Mark's Square and Basilica, Doges' Palace and the Bridge of Sighs; glassblowers' demonstration
ASSISI: Guided sightseeing, visit St. Clare's Church and St. Francis' Basilica
POMPEII: Guided walking tour of the excavations
NAPLES-CAPRI-SORRENTO: By jetfoil
CAPRI: Funicular ride; guided sightseeing, visit Villa San Michele in Anacapri
MEALS: Full buffet breakfast (B), 5 three-course dinners (D), including special welcome and farewell dinners with wine in Rome
Inside visits and special features are shown in UPPERCASE in the tour description, including admission charges where applicable.

BEST OF ITALY COACH TOUR - DAY BY DAY ITINERARY

Day 1 ARRIVE IN ROME, ITALY.
After arrival check into your hotel. At 5pm, meet your Tour Director and traveling companions and leave the hotel for a special welcome dinner with wine at one of Rome's lively restaurants. (D)

Day 2 ROME.
Sightseeing with your Local Guide starts with a visit to the VATICAN MUSEUMS and SISTINE CHAPEL, world famous for Michelangelo's ceiling paintings and The Last Judgement. Continue to monumental ST. PETER'S SQUARE and BASILICA. Cross the Tiber and visit the COLOSSEUM and the ROMAN FORUM, where Roman legions marched in triumph. Then, time for independent activities and exciting optional excursion possibilities. (B)

Day 3 ROME-ORVIETO-TUSCANY.
Following the Tiber Valley, reach Orvieto, perched high atop a volcanic rock. Access, denied to many a would-be conqueror through the ages, is easy for you. Ride a modern FUNICULAR right through the forbidding ramparts. Time to browse through tempting shops in the lanes off Piazza del Duomo and to find the right angle for a picture of the fabulous gothic facade of the CATHEDRAL with its San Brisio Chapel. Next, drive through the Chianti wine area to the spa resort of Montecatini in Tuscany. (B)

Day 4 TUSCANY. EXCURSION TO FLORENCE.
All day dedicated to Florence, "Cradle of the Renaissance." Your guided walking tour includes visits to Michelangelo's David in the ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS and the magnificent CATHEDRAL. Admire Giotto's Bell Tower, the Baptistry's heavy bronze "Gate of Paradise," and sculpture-studded SIGNORIA SQUARE. Afternoon for independent sightseeing and browsing through the many shops. Florentine leather goods and gold jewelry sold by the ounce are attractive buys. (B,D)

Day 5 TUSCANY-PISA-VENICE.
A short drive to Pisa. Take your pictures of the amazing Leaning Tower, 180 feet high and no less than 3.6m (12 feet) out of the perpendicular. Next, enjoy a comfortable drive north to Venice, a powerful magnet for romantics and art lovers from around the world. (B)

Day 6 VENICE.
Enter in style by PRIVATE BOAT to meet your Local Guide. Highlights of your walking tour are ST. MARK'S SQUARE and its byzantine BASILICA, lavish DOGES' PALACE and the BRIDGE OF SIGHS. Also watch skilled GLASSBLOWERS fashion their delicate objects in an ageold traditional manner. Then, enjoy Venice at your own pace or join an optional excursion to the island of Burano. (B)

Day 7 VENICE-ASSISI.
Through the Apennine Mountains to peaceful Assisi. Meet your Local Guide and visit ST. CLARE'S CHURCH and ST. FRANCIS' BASILICA built above the Saint's grave. (B,D)

Day 8 ASSISI-POMPEII-NAPLES-CAPRI.
South on the Highway of the Sun to famous POMPEII. Meet your Local Guide and start your highlight visit of this Roman city both destroyed and preserved by an eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. See a patrician home, public baths, and shops that give a striking picture of what day-to-day life was like in Rome at its apex of power. Next, drive to Naples, cross the blue bay by JETFOIL to the beautiful Isle of Capri for your two-night stay, and ride the FUNICULAR to Capri village. (B,D)

Day 9 CAPRI.
This morning, enjoy sightseeing with a Local Guide. Highlight is a visit to VILLA SAN MICHELE in Anacapri. Afternoon and evening are at leisure to stroll around and discover the beauty of this famous island. (B)

Day 10 CAPRI-SORRENTO-ROME.
Speed across the bay to the charming resort of Sorrento. Enjoy time to stroll around and check out the local shops before returning to Rome. This evening, enjoy a farewell dinner with wine in a local restaurant to celebrate the success of your vacation. (B,D)

Day 11 ROME.
Your holiday ends with breakfast this morning. (B)

CRUISE ITINERARY

22-Jun Venice, Italy 17:00
23-Jun Split, Croatia 07:30 16:00 Tendered
24-Jun Corfu, Greece 10:00 18:00 Docked
25-Jun Cruising
26-Jun Chania (Souda), Crete, Greece 07:00 18:00 Docked
27-Jun Piraeus (Athens), Greece 06:00 17:00 Docked
28-Jun Mykonos, Greece 07:00 19:00 Tendered
29-Jun Santorini, Greece 07:00 17:00 Tendered
30-Jun Katakolon, Greece 09:00 17:00 Docked
01-Jul Cruising
02-Jul Venice, Italy 06:45