Discover the history, influence, culture, and artistic tradition of Italy through this incredible journey to Venice, Florence, Pisa, and Rome!
DAY ONE | Fly Overnight to Italy
DAY TWO | Milan | Venice
- Meet your Tour Director at the airport
- Travel to Venice, the Floating City. Crisscrossed with romantic bridges that are laced with history, the city boasts some of the world’s finest art and architecture.
DAY THREE | Venice
- Take an expert-led tour of Venice. Walk through St. Mark’s Square, and look for the golden weather vane, which resembles archangel Gabriel, atop the 323–foot Campanile (Bell Tower).
- Travel by water taxi to Burano island, known for its brightly colored homes and lace work.
- Attend a glassblowing demonstration.
- Enjoy a gondola ride.
>DAY FOUR | Venice | Florence
- Travel to Florence, the birthplace of the Italian language, opera, and the Renaissance, where works of art like Michelangelo’s statue of David and Botticelli’s The Birth of Venus still reside.
- Take an expert-led tour of Florence. Pass by classical statues at the Piazza della Signoria and walk across the Ponte Vecchio, a Medieval bridge where many of Florence’s famed leather and gold artisans keep shop. Then see the Basilica of Santa Croce, the largest Franciscan church in the world, and site of funerary monuments to famous figures like Leonardo da Vinci, Dante, and Galileo. See the domed cap of the Santa Maria del Fiore Cathedral, better known as the Duomo, which dominates the skyline. Opposite the Duomo, look for the bronzed doors of Ghiberti’s Gates of Paradise at the Baptistry.
DAY FIVE | Florence | Pisa
- Journey to Pisa on this half-day excursion. Enjoy a guided tour of the city’s Field of Miracles, where you can snap a picture of the 12th-century Leaning Tower, aslant ever since the third floor was built. This is where Galileo was said to have developed his laws of gravity. Also visit the adjacent cathedral and baptistery, which contain exquisite marble pulpits carved in the Gothic style.
>DAY SIX | Florence | Rome
- Continue on to Rome, a city that integrates its past into the present better than any other.
- Take guided tour of Vatican City. With your expert local guide you will visit the Sistine Chapel and St. Peter’s Basilica.
>DAY 7 | Rome
- Take an expert-led tour of Rome, where you will see the Colosseum, the Roman Forum, Capitoline Hill, and the Jewish Ghetto.
- Explore more of Rome during an Immersive Scavenger Hunt designed exclusively for EF.
>DAY EIGHT | Depart for Home
This tour will be organized by EF Educational Tours.
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