12 Days, 13 Meals
Day 1 TORONTO - PARIS
Board your overnight transatlantic flight.
Day 2 Arrive in PARIS, FRANCE
You are free to rest or start exploring the French capital. At 6 P.M. meet your Tour Director and traveling companions for a welcome dinner.
Hotel: ovel Hotel or equivalent first class. (D)
Day 3 PARIS
Discover the world capital of chic and style and admire its most famous sights: the Opera House, Arc de Triomphe, Champs Elysées, Notre Dame Cathedral, and Paris’ most famous landmark, the Eiffel Tower. An optional excursion to the lavish baroque Palace of Versailles is available. You may wish to try out one of Paris’ fine restaurants and explore the City of Lights! That night a lively cabaret show might just be the ticket.
Hotel: Hotel Astoria or equivalent first class. (BB)
DAY 4 - PARIS- LUCERNE (SWITZERLAND)
An early start as you drive through the Auxerrois and Burgundy vineyards. After passing the remains of the Maginot Line at Belfort you will reach the Swiss border at Basel and continue to lakeside Lucerne, where an orientation tour shows you the wooden covered Chapel Bridge and Lion Monument. After dinner at your hotel, perhaps enjoy a walk along the banks of the River Reuss.
Hotel: Novotel Hotel or equivalent first class. (BB,D)
Day 5 LUCERNE - MILAN - VENICE
An easy drive takes you to the commercial capital of Milan, Italy. This exciting city tour of Milan is famous for its La Scalla Theatre. Later, view Sforza Castle and continue to Duomo Cathedral Square and walk the Victor Emmanuel Galleria, a pedestrian mall with a large arched glass ceiling built in the 1800s. That night you will be in Venice, a powerful magnet for romantics and art lovers from around the globe.
Hotel: Acadamia Palace Hotel or equivalent first class. (BB)
DAY 6 VENICE - SAN MARINO
Start the morning sightseeing in style by Private Boat to meet your local guide. Highlights of your walking tour are St. Mark’s Square, the Byzantine Basilica, lavish Doges’ Palace, and the Bridge of Sighs. Also watch skilled Glassblowers fashion their delicate objects in an age-old traditional manner. Then enjoy Venice at your own pace. Your overnight stay will be in San Marino.
Hotel: Mercure Hotel or equivalent first class. (BB)
Day 7 SAN MARINO - ROME
According to tradition, San Marino is the oldest existing constitutional republic in the world. There is a half-day tour of the Country of Stamps and the Old Castle & Sweet Winery. A comfortable motor coach will transfer you to Rome.
Hotel: Park Hotel or equivalent first class (BB,D)
DAY 8 ROME - VATICAN - FLORENCE
Sightseeing starts with a visit to the monumental St. Peter’s Square and Basilica. Cross the Tiber and visit the Coliseum and the Roman Forum, where Roman Legions marched in triumph. Later continue through the wooded Apennine Mountains into Florence, Tuscany, the cradle of the Renaissance. You will be given plenty of free time to wander through the city or to check out the enticing shops with Florentine leather goods and gold jewelry.
Hotel: Hotel I Ciliegi or equivalent first class. (BB)
DAY 9 FLORENCE - PISA - SAVONA
Follow your tour director to the magnificent Cathedral, Giotto’s Bell Tower, the Baptistry’s heavy bronze “Gate of Paradise,” and the sculpture-studded Signoria Square. Focus your cameras on Pisa’s amazing Leaning Tower, 180 feet high and 12 feet out of the perpendicular. Your overnight stay will be in Savona.
Hotel: Riviera Suisse Hotel or equivalent first class. (BB)
DAY 10 SAVONA - MONACO - NICE - CANNES (FRANCE)
A scenic drive past a string of Italian and French Riviera resorts towards the principality of Monaco. You will leave the highway for the panoramic Moyenne Corniche and visit Royal Casino. Before arriving in Nice, visit one of the Perfume Factories for which the area is famous. Leisure time lets you get acquainted with the “Queen of the Riviera.” Follow the glittering shores of the C?te d’Azur to Cannes of film festival fame.
Hotel: Amarante Hotel or equivalent first class. (BB)
DAY 11 CANNES - PARIS
Today will be a lazy morning just for you to play in the blue Mediterranean or stroll along the elegant Promenade des Anglais. After lunch off for a scenic drive to Paris. (BB)
DAY 12 PARIS - TORONTO
Your homebound flight arrives in Canada the same day. (BB)
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