European Highlights: France to Italy – 14-Day Signature Tour

Activities:

- Visit the magnificent Palace of Versailles
- Explore the King's chambers, Queen’s quarters, Hall of Mirrors, Royal gardens
- Return to Paris to visit:

• Notre-Dame Cathedral area
• Concorde Square
• Champs-Élysées (shopping time at Samaritaine Mall)

Eiffel Tower photo stops

Overnight in Paris.

Activities:

• Transfer to Brussels
• Walk through Grand-Place, Manneken Pis, Royal Galleries
• Visit Atomium, symbol of Belgium
• Continue to Bruges, the “Venice of the North”
• Overnight in Bruges region.

Activities:

• Depart for Amsterdam
• Visit a Diamond Factory to learn about Dutch diamond crafting
• Take an Amsterdam Canal Cruise
• Explore Dam Square and Old Town
• Overnight in Amsterdam.

Activities:

• Visit Zaanse Schans Windmill Village
• Cheese farm & wooden clogs workshop
• Visit fishing village Volendam for lunch
• Drive to Germany → Cologne
• Visit Cologne Cathedral (UNESCO)
• Overnight in Cologne.

Activities:

- Visit Bonn – Beethoven’s birthplace (exterior)
- Continue to Trier

• Porta Nigra (Roman Gate)
• Trier Cathedral
• Karl Marx House (exterior)
• Transfer to Strasbourg

- Overnight in Strasbourg.

Activities:

• Explore Strasbourg Old Town, Petite-France & Strasbourg Cathedral
• Visit Colmar, famous for colorful half-timber houses
• Continue to Eguisheim, one of France’s most beautiful villages
• Transfer to Mulhouse
• Overnight in Mulhouse.

Activities:

- Transfer to Switzerland → Engelberg
- Ride the Titlis Rotair Cable Car to 3,020 m
- Explore glacier, ice cave, and Alpine viewpoint
- Continue to Lucerne

• Chapel Bridge
• Lion Monument
• Free time by Lake Lucerne
• Overnight in Lucerne area.

Activities:

- Transfer to Italy → Milan
- Visit:

• Duomo Cathedral
• Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II
• Sforza Castle
• Optional visit: Starbucks Reserve Roastery
• Continue to Venice Mestre
• Overnight in Mestre.

Activities:

- Boat ride from Tronchetto to San Marco Island
- Visit:

• San Marco Square & Basilica
• Bridge of Sighs
• Rialto Bridge
• Optional Gondola Ride
• Afternoon transfer to Prato
• Overnight in Prato.

Activities:

- Visit Leaning Tower of Pisa
- Transfer to Florence:

• Michelangelo Square (panoramic view)
• Ponte Vecchio
• Florence Cathedral
• Piazza della Signoria
• Leather workshop visit & shopping time

- Evening transfer to Assisi
- Overnight in Assisi.

Activities:

- Visit Assisi, birthplace of Saint Francis
- Explore Assisi Old Town & Basilica of Saint Francis
- Transfer to Rome
- Photo stops:

• Colosseum
• Arch of Constantine
• Roman Forum area
• Overnight in Rome.

Activities:

Visit Vatican City:

• St. Peter’s Basilica
• Papal tombs
• St. Peter’s Square

- Continue Rome city tour:

• Trevi Fountain (coin toss)
• Pantheon
• Piazza Navona
• Spanish Steps (free time for shopping)

- Overnight in Rome.

Transfer to Rome Airport (FCO) for flight back to the USA.
End of tour.