Package Cost at $ 2558 per person
Price based on:
- Economy class airfare Dubai – Rome / – Milan Dubai.
- Private car arrival transfers between Rome FCO Airport and Rome Hotel
Accommodation at 4* selected hotels:
- Rome: 2 nights at Hotel Gambrinus or similar
- Florence: 2 nights at Hotel Adriatico or similar
- Venice: 2 nights at Hotel Villa Mabapa / Hotel Biasutti or similar
- Milan: 1 night at Hotel Antares Concorde or similar
- Daily Breakfast
- 4 dinners (beverages not included)
- Ground transportation by deluxe motor coach with air conditioning
- Monolingual escorted tour (English)
- Sightseeing tours as per itinerary
- English speaking local guides
Scenic Drives Through:
- The beautiful Autostrada del Sole
- The Tuscan countryside and medieval towns
- Emilia Romagna region, land of world famous “prosciutto” and parmesan cheese
- The Veneto region and its Villas of Palladio.
- The Italian Alps
Culture
About 96 percent of the population of Italy is Italian, though there are many other ethnicities that live in this country. North African Arab, Italo-Albanian, Albanian, German, Austrian and some other European groups fill out the remainder of the population. Bordering countries of France, Switzerland, Austria, and Slovenia to the north have influenced Italian culture, as have the Mediterranean islands of Sardinia and Sicily and Sardinia.
Italy has given rise to a number of architectural styles, including classical Roman, Renaissance, Baroque and Neoclassical. Italy is home to some of the most famous structures in the world, including the Colosseum and the Leaning Tower of Pisa. The concept of a basilica — which was originally used to describe an open public court building and evolved to mean a Catholic pilgrimage site — was born in Italy. The word, according to the Oxford Dictionary, is derived from Latin and meant “royal palace.” The word is also from the Greek basilikē, which is the feminine of basilikos which means “royal” or basileus, which means “king.”
Italy also is home to many castles, such as the Valle d’Aosta Fort Bard, the Verrès Castle and the Ussel Castle. Florence, Venice and Rome are home to many museums, but art can be viewed in churches and public buildings. Most notable is the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel of the Vatican, painted by Michelangelo sometime between 1508 and 1512.
Opera has its roots in Italy and many famous operas — including “Aida” and “La Traviata,” both by Giuseppe Verdi, and “Pagliacci” by Ruggero Leoncavallo — were written in Italian and are still performed in the native language. More recently, Italian tenor Luciano Pavarotti made opera more accessible to the masses as a soloist and as part of the Three Tenors.
Italy is home to a number of world-renowned fashion houses, including Armani, Gucci, Benetton, Versace and Prada.
Shopping and Entertainment
Via Condotti and the Spanish Steps is the main Rome’s designer shopping area. Here you will be able to find shops of famous fashion designers from all over the world. Look out for any celebrities as they love to hang out here. What’s more, alongside high-end boutiques, you will be able to find amazing restaurants and dining areas.
Make sure you don’t miss Caffe Greco as this historical place was loved by Goethe, Stendhal and Byron. And, you know, whenever you eat out at such places, you get goosebumps and feel this special connection with the history and people who made an impact on our literature and art.
Galleria Commerciale Porta di Roma(Via Alberto Lionello 201, 00139 Rome) is one of the biggest shopping centres in Rome with more than 200 shops housed there. On two floors you will be able to find everything you might possibly need from electronics to sporting goods.
Mercatino del Borghetto Flaminio (32 Piazza della Marina) is a mecca for devout fashionistas on Sunday. It’s all about bargain hunting, exclusively barely worn fashion clothes, vintage things and handmade furnishings and accessories. It’s open from 10am to 7pm on Sunday so make sure you don’t miss it during your shopping hunt in Rome.
Romantic Getaway
Monterosso al Mare Commonly known as the last town in Cinque Terre (as it is the northernmost town), Monterosso offers visitors a vastly different experience from the other 4 towns in Cinque Terre.
Being the only town of the 5 with ample room to lay on the beach and relax with a glass of wine, Monterosso is a couple’s perfect paradise destination. The town is also home to our favorite restaurant on the Ligurian Coast, Da Eraldo which is a bit of a hidden gem having only 5 tables in the entire place.
The town seems almost to be a cliché of what one would have in mind about an Italian coastal town. The side streets have laundry hanging from clothes lines, there are a few local cats that interact with all of the visitors, and the wine is delivered to the restaurants by bicycle on a daily basis!
Positano is the spectacle of the Amalfi Coast and is arguably the most picturesque and most romantic city in the whole of Italy.
We tend to have three simple standards by which we decide upon the favorability of locations we visit: aesthetic beauty, food, and people. Positano hits the trifecta on this scale.
The natural beauty of the town is not only physical but also metaphorical as the locals are incredibly hospitable and the food is Michelin Star worthy. Be sure to plan a date night at Da Vincenza. You can thank us later.
