Great Italian Cities
Featuring Rome, Florence, and Venice
Your glorious exploration of the great Italian cities takes you from the Papal magnificence of Rome to the Renaissance splendors of Florence and Pisa, the beauty of Assisi and the romantic waterways of Venice. All this and more with three nights in every city.
AAA Vacations® Amenities
- 24/7 Member Care
- Best Price Guarantee1
- Member Benefit: $25 per person optional excursion credit to be used during your guided vacation
- AAA Complimentary Inclusion: Visit to San Gimignano – Drive to the hilltop town of San Gimignano, with tall watch-towers built by rival families. This is Italy’s best-preserved medieval city
Engaging Experiences
- Be welcomed by the owners of a magnificent castle in the Tuscan hills and taken on a tour of the castle and the cellars. Enjoy a memorable Be My Guest dinner and taste some delicious Chiantis
- In Venice, enjoy a walking tour of ‘Secret Venice’ and the Rialto fish market
- Enjoy at least one Hidden Treasure experience, unique to your itinerary, courtesy of your expert Travel Director
- Visit a total of 5 UNESCO World Heritage Sites
The Details
From $2,685* land only
11 Days, 12 Meals, Guided
- Comprehensive sightseeing with your Travel Director including all entry fees to included sightseeing
- 9 breakfasts, 3 dinners
- 9 nights of first class hotel accommodations featuring two-bedded rooms and private facilities
- All hotel service charges and tips, baggage handling fees and local taxes
- Travel by luxury, air-conditioned coach with reclining seats and an on-board restroom
- The services of a professional Travel Director
- Audio headsets to clearly hear your guide’s commentary on all included sightseeing
- A travel wallet with y our documentation
- Complimentary keepsake photo and map
- Airport transfers at specified times on arrival and departure days (conditions apply)
Departure Dates:
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2013 |
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April 18 - June 20 June 27 July 4 - 11 July 18 - 25 August 1 - 22 August 29 September 5 - 26 October 3 - 24 |
To book your AAA Vacations® Tour, contact a AAA Travel professional toll-free 1-888-870-9408 or stop by your local AAA office.
1 If you make a booking with us for a qualifying AAA Vacations® cruise or tour vacation, and you find a valid better rate for the exact same itinerary within 24 hours of booking, AAA Vacations® will match the lower rate and send you a $50 AAA Vacations® future travel credit certificate. Certain restrictions apply. For complete terms and conditions for the AAA Vacations® Best Price Guarantee and AAA Vacations® 24/7 Member Care, contact your AAA branch or click here. Best Price Guarantee valid only for new bookings made through a participating AAA motor club and/or AAA travel agency.
* Pricing is per person, double occupancy, land only. Single Supplement from $590. Airfare is additional. Call AAA for economy or business airfare. Vacation operated by Trafalgar.
Day 1: Depart USA
Take an overnight flight to Rome.
Day 2: Arrive in Rome
Welcome to Rome, the Eternal City! Relax after your journey or explore this fascinating city on your own. Later, meet your traveling companions and Travel Director for a Welcome Reception. It’s the perfect opportunity to get to know everyone! An orientation drive will take you to view St. Peter’s Basilica, the perfect start to your Italian vacation.
Day 3: Rome
Your included sightseeing tour with a Local Guide begins at the Vatican Museums. Engaging Experience: Experience a Unique Insight in the Vatican when you ascend the smooth and step-less spiral staircase designed by the famous architect Donato Bramante. Admire Michelangelo’s magnificent fresco ceiling in the Sistine Chapel and then visit St. Peter’s Basilica to see his famous Pieta. Later, view the Forum, center of daily life in ancient Rome as well as visit the impressive Colosseum, the largest in the Roman Empire. See the circus Maximus where Ben Hur-style racing took place. Spend free time discovering more of the city or relax at a sidewalk café and watch the world go by.
Breakfast included
Day 4: Rome at Leisure
Spend today as you please. Your Travel Director will be able to help you get the most from your day at leisure. Alternative, consider joining an excursion to the renowned excavations at Pompeii, close to the Bay of Naples.
Breakfast included
Day 5: Rome, Assisi, and Florence
Drive north to the mystical town of Assisi on the slopes of Mount Subasio. Your Local Guide shows you all the sights. Visit St. Francis’ Basilica and see Giotto’s enchanting frescoes. Visit the Church of Santa Maria degli Angeli, which stands on the site where St. Francis died. Arrive later in Florence, birthplace of the Renaissance.
Breakfast included
Day 6: Florence
Learn about Florence’s rich cultural history during your sightseeing tour with your Local Guide. See Piazza Signoria, with its impressive sculptures and imposing palazzo, and the multi-colored marble Duomo and Baptistery, famous for its bronze doors with relief sculptures. View the Ponte Vecchio, one of the city’s most famous landmarks. Engaging Experience: This evening, travel to a Tuscan wine and olive oil estate for a special Be My Guest dinner in a historic castle.
Breakfast and dinner included
Day 7: Florence and Pisa Excursion
AAA Complimentary Inclusion: Drive to the nearby hilltop town of San Gimignano, the “medieval Manhattan’ of Tuscany, which tall watchtowers built by rival families. Surrounded by sunflower fields, vineyards and olive groves, this is Italy’s best-preserved medieval city. A local guide takes you through the streets for an authentic view of daily life during the Middle Ages. Cross the Amo Valley to Pisa, a former maritime city on the Ligurian Sea. In the Square of Miracles, home to some of the city’s most famous sights, see the incredible Leaning Tower and the beautifully sculpted marble Cathedral. See the Baptistery and the cemetery built on soil brought from Calvary in the Holy Land. Spend free time shopping for souvenirs in Florence, renowned for high quality leather and 18-carat gold jewelry.
Breakfast included
Day 8: Florence, Bologna, and Venice
Travel through the Apennines to Bologna, home to one of the oldest universities in Europe and famous for sausages and salamis! Your sightseeing tour with a Local Guide includes views of the Kissing Towers, which lean toward each other, seemingly poised to embrace. Later, cross the Veneto plains to Venice. This Byzantine city, constructed in a lagoon, has an incredibly rich cultural and artistic heritage. This evening, you might like to take a gondola ride along enchanting canals – it’s the perfect introduction to this magical city! Dine tonight at your hotel.
Breakfast and dinner included
Day 9: Venice
Engaging Experience: Savor the unique sights of Venice as you cruise by private launch to St. Mark’s Square. See the Bridge of Sighs, Palladian Churches, Customs House, Grand Canal, St. Mark’s Basilica, and the ornate Doge’s Palace. Watch the Venetian craftsmen at work creating local specialties at a glassblowing workshop on Giudecca Island. Enjoy free time to visit the Fine Arts Academy, simply relax at a café on St. Mark’s Square, or consider a boat trip to the Island of Burano for a delicious seafood lunch.
Breakfast included
Day 10: Secret Venice Walking Tour and Market Visit
Engaging Experience: Enjoy a boat trip along the Grand Canal to the Rialto Bridge to join your Small Group Sightseeing walking tour of the colorful, centuries-old fish market and narrow ‘calle’ or streets. See the beautiful architecture, including Marco Polo’s house. For the rest of the day you are free to visit the sights of your choice. Celebrate this evening with your fellow travelers at a Farewell Dinner in a local restaurant.
Breakfast and dinner included
Day 11: Depart Venice
Say ‘arrivederci’ to Italy and your new friends at the end of your memorable Italian vacation!
Breakfast included
To book your AAA Vacations® Tour, contact a AAA Travel professional toll-free 1-888-870-9408 or stop by your local AAA office.