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TITA101: 11 Days Private Tour of Venice - Florence - Rome - Pompeii - Sorrento - Rome
Tour Type: Private tailor-made tour
Guide: English-speaking chaperons & guides, experienced and knowledgeable
Driver: Private driver with a spacious air-conditioned car
Accommodation: 4-star handpicked hotels, also be open to your own choice
Meals: Authentic local cuisines and western-style food for your choice
This trip can be customized to meet your individual needs!
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Day 1 Venice Arrival, Airport pick-up
When you arrive at Marco Polo Airport, you will see our chaperon waiting for you at the Baggage Claim Area with your name board. Then you will take a water taxi together to the 4-star hotel in the downtown. On the way, your chaperon will introduce the following days' itinerary for you.

Accommodation: Locanda Al Leon or similar
Day 2 Venice Highlights - Doge's Palace & St Mark's Basilica, Water Taxi Grand Canal Tour
After breakfast, you'll walk to Doge's Palace to take part in the Doge's Palace & St Mark's Basilica Tour which starts at 10:00 am. The attraction is only 250 meters away from the hotel and the guide will be waiting for you under the Winged Lion's Column in St Mark's Square. He will show you around the 15th century Gothic building, where you will see the world's largest oil painting. Then you will have the skip-the-line access to St Mark's Basilica, which was once the largest church in Europe in the Middle Age. At 6:00 pm, our guide and the driver will pick you up at the hotel to take you on a tour of Water Taxi Grand Canal, where you can enjoy the charming night view of Venice.

Meals: Breakfast
St Mark's Basilica, Venice
St Mark's Basilica, Venice
Bridge of Sighs
Bridge of Sighs
Day 3 High Speed Train from Venice to Florence, Florence Walking Tour
At around 8:30 am, we will arrange a Water Taxi to pick you up from the hotel to Venice Train Station. Upon arrival, please take the Fast Train to Florence at around 9:00 am. Arriving in about 2.5 hours, our chaperon will pick you up at the Santa Maria Novella Train Station and send you to the hotel. It will take a few minutes for the chaperon to present the travel app, points of interest and itinerary for you in the hotel lobby. At 2:00 pm, please go to Meeting Point on your own (in front of Cafe Rivoire in Piazza Della Signoria) and take the Florence Walking Tour with David with optional Dome Climb, to visit "David di Michelangelo".

Meals: Breakfast
Accommodation: Hotel Plaza Lucchesi or similar
Day 4 Florence Highlights - Early Uffizi Gallery Tour and Pisa Half Day Tour
After breakfast you will take the Private Early Uffizi Gallery Tour at 8:00 am. Uffizi Gallery is only 650 meters away from your hotel and you can walk along the Arno River for about 8 minutes. The tour guide will meet you in front of Cafe Rivoire in Piazza Della Ssignoria and then show you around the featuring works by Masters like Botticelli, Titian, Michelangelo, and Da Vinci. After the tour, you will have 2 hours' free time. After lunch, meet the chauffeur at the hotel and join the Pisa Half Day Tour. The chauffeur will escort you back to the hotel finally.

Meals: Breakfast
Piazza della Repubblica, Florence
Piazza della Repubblica, Florence
Piazza della Repubblica, Florence
Leaning Tower of Pisa
Day 5 High speed train from Florence to Rome, Rome Golf Cart Tour in the afternoon
The chauffeur or chaperon will pick you up from your hotel at 8:30 am and send you to Santa Maria Novella Train Station where you can take the Fast Train with Premium Ticket leaving at 9:00 am to the Eternal City Rome. In about 1.5 hours you will arrive at Rome Termini Train Station where the chauffeur will pick you up and escort you to the hotel. In the hotel lobby he will introduce to you the main attractions of Rome and the activities you can choose in your free time. Please have a self-paid lunch. At 4:00 pm the tour guide will pick you up in the lobby and start the Golf Cart Tour, which will show you over 20 well known landmarks of Rome in a leisure way.

Meals: Breakfast
Accommodation: Hotel Atlante Star or similar
Day 6 Rome Highlights with Vatican Tour, Colosseum and Ancient Rome
We will arrange the Early Entrance Vatican Tour for you this morning. The chauffeur or chaperon will pick you up from the hotel at 7:00 am and boxed breakfast will be served before entry into the Museum. At 7:30 am the tour guide will take you have a VIP personalized tour to the Vatican Museums, the Sistine Chapel and St. Peter's Basilica. After that, you will have about 3 hours for lunch and rest before making your own way to Rome's most popular tourist attraction - Colosseum. It is about 4 km from Vatican City, so please arrive at the Meeting Point (in front of the SOS sign outside of the Colosseum Metro Station) before 2:30 pm to take part in the Colosseum Underground & Ancient Rome Tour and visit the 2,000 year old Roman Forum.

Meals: Boxed Breakfast
Ceiling of the Sistine Chapel by Michelangelo
Ceiling of the Sistine Chapel by Michelangelo
The Colosseum in Rome
The Colosseum in Rome
Day 7 Catacombs & Underground Rome Tour, Free afternoon
The chauffeur or chaperon will pick you up at the hotel at 9:00 am and you will go to Basilica of San Clemente to join the private Catacombs & Underground Rome Tour at 9:30 am. You can explore one of the largest Catacombs in Rome here.

Meals: Breakfast
Day 8 Train Transfer from Rome to Sorrento, Pompeii Highlights Tour
We will arrange a transfer service for you at 8:30 am from the hotel to Rome Termini Train Station. Then you will take the Fast train to Naples at 9:00 am. Upon arrival, the chauffeur will wait for you at Naples Central Train Station and drive to Pompeii, for you to take the Pompeii Highlights Tour. Pompeii is an ancient city built in the 6th century BC that was destroyed by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. After the visit, we will head to the Bosco de Medici to have lunch and wine tasting. In the afternoon we will drive through the coast to get to Sorrento.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Accommodation: Hotel Plaza or similar
Pompeii Archaeological Park
Pompeii Archaeological Park
Capri Island, Sorrento
Capri Island, Sorrento
Day 9 Private Capri Island Day Tour
The tour guide will pick you up from the hotel at 8:30 am and we'll walk to the pier for a ferry to beautiful Capri Island. It has been a famous resort since Roman times, and Blue Grotta is a must-see on the island. Return to the Sorrento Hotel around 4:30 pm.

Meals: Breakfast
Day 10 High Speed Train from Sorrento back to Rome, Free Afternoon
The chauffeur will pick you up from the hotel at 8:00 am and then you will be transferred to Naples Central Train Station for the Fast Train with Premium tickets to Rome Termini Train Station around 9:30 am. Arrive in Rome around 11:00 am, and the chauffeur will send you to Rome Hotel. You can move freely in the afternoon.

Meals: Breakfast
Accommodation: Hotel Atlante Star or Similar
Piazza Venezia, Rome
Piazza Venezia, Rome
The Pantheon in Rome
The Pantheon in Rome
Day 11 Rome Departure, Airport See-off
Your best Italy tours will be over today. You can enjoy a private transfer service to FCO (Leonardo da Vinci-Fiumicino Airport) and take flight home.

Meals: Breakfast
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