Tour: Venice and Tuscany

Tour Summary

Our explorations of Venice and across Tuscany are designed to provide clients with memories that last a lifetime. In Venice, our boutique hotel is located an easy five minute walk from either the Rialto Bridge or St. Mark’s Square. Clients are based in a restored 13th-Century villa near Florence, with olive grove framed pool.
Tuscany is the most famous region in Italy; Italian Cypresses line gorgeous villa gardens, the Chianti area vintners create world-famous wines and the art of Florence entrances visitors. For the past eight years, Condé Nast travelers have overwhelmingly voted Florence and Tuscany their number one travel destination in the world. Join us for a remarkable visit to an unforgettable land.

Info

Basics

Price: $6750
Duration: 12 days.
Travel: Arrive into Venice Marco Polo Airport Depart from Florence Peretola Airport

Tour Dates

Jun 08 - Jun 19, 2013
Sep 07 - Sep 19, 2013
May 17 - May 29, 2014
May 31 - Jun 12, 2014
Sep 06 - Sep 18, 2014

Accommodations

In Venice clients enjoy the hospitality and peace of a lovely restored family palazzo, located only a five minute walk from either St. Mark’s Square or the Rialto Bridge. The hotel’s exceptional location, close to the Basilica of Saint John and Saint Paul, offers a lovely shaded courtyard for breakfast or afternoon glass of wine. Our water taxi service, which transports clients from Marco Polo airport to the hotel, brings our clients directly to the front door of the hotel; no worries about public transportation, carrying your bags or getting lost.

Our villa is located only thirty minutes from Florence’s city center. From the property, clients can take in views across the working estate’s olive trees and vineyards into the cities far below. The villa hosts clients in four bedrooms, all with private baths, a large terrace, swimming pool and tennis court.

Included Services

Meet and Greet/Departure private transfers
All museum entrance tickets in Florence and Siena
Accommodations in private villa near Florence
Private dedicated guides in all sites visited
Private dedicated transportation throughout the tour with our group
Bi-Lingual staff
Meals prepared at your villa by local cooks
Custom bound itineraries created by Private Italy Tour’s staff for each client which feature details of each day’s activities, sites visited and services provided

Itinerary

(Note: Letters within parenthesis indicate meals included with your tour – B: Breakfast, L: Lunch, D: Dinner)

Day One: Arrival. Meet and Greet at Venice airport and transfer to hotel in city center. Afternoon at leisure. Welcome dinner. (D)

Day Two: Torcello and Murano (B)

Day Three: Morning tour of Venice. Afternoon at leisure. Late afternoon First Class train transfer (included with tour) to Florence. Private transfer to villa upon arrival. (B,D)

Day Four: Florence with private guide, including Accademia to view the David by Michelangelo. (B,D)

Day Five: San Gimignano and Monteriggione in central Tuscany. (B,D)

Day Six : Lucca with private guide. (B,D)

Day Seven: Siena with private guide. (B,D)

Day Eight: Private guided tour family winery in Chianti region of Tuscany. (B,L,D)

Day Nine: Florence free day for clients to shop/explore on own. (B,D)

Day Ten: Settignano and Fiesole. Villa Gamberaia. (B,D)

Day Eleven: Montelupo and Tuscan ceramics. (B,D)

Day Twelve: Free day at Villa. (B,L,D)

Day Thirteen: Departure