Tour Details - European Delight 2012

Welcome to Rome! Unwind after your journey. Meet later with your Travel Director and fellow travellers.

Your expert Local Guide takes you on a fantastic sightseeing tour. Visit St. Peter's Basilica and admire Michelangelo's Renaissance masterpiece, the Pietà. Your guided tour continues across the Tiber in ancient Rome where you see the Forum, the mighty Colosseum and Circus Maximus. Spend time afterwards seeing more sights or shopping for souvenirs.(Buffet Breakfast)

Head north through the Chianti wine-producing region to the beautiful medieval city of Siena in Tuscany. Stroll through ancient cobbled streets to Campo Square where the colourful Palio horse race takes place every year. Marvel at the striped marble cathedral and shop for attractive ceramic pottery. Arrive later in Florence, birthplace of the Renaissance and your home for the next two nights.(Buffet Breakfast / Dinner)

Florence is a treasure trove of art and history! Enjoy spectacular views from Piazzale Michelangelo, then spend time exploring the delights of this amazing city. Visit Piazza Signoria featuring many statues and palazzos, and don't miss the Duomo or Giotto's Bell Tower. Florence is also renowned for high quality leather goods and 18-carat gold .(Buffet Breakfast)

Cross the forested Apennines via Forli to Ravenna. Visit the Basilica of Saint Apollinaris in Classe, featuring famous Byzantine mosaics. Continue along the Strada Romea, across the Po Delta and into the Venice region – Queen of the Adriatic.(Buffet Breakfast / Dinner)

Admire the many sights of this Byzantine city as you cruise by private launch to St. Mark’s Square. See the Palladian Churches of the Redeemer and St. George, the ornate Doge’s Palace, the Bridge of Sighs and part of the Grand Canal. Marvel at the Basilica and Campanile and visit one of the oldest glass-blowing workshops on the island to admire a demonstration of this ancient craft. In your free time, take an optional cruise across the lagoon to the Island of Burano for a fresh seafood lunch!(Buffet Breakfast / Dinner)

Follow the Veneto plains to Verona and stop to see the Roman Arena and Juliet’s balcony. Pass Milan and head north to the Italian and Swiss Lake Districts via Como and Lugano. Drive along the scenic alpine St. Gotthard route through central Switzerland to the picturesque town of Lucerne.(Buffet Breakfast)

Enjoy the sights of Lucerne during your orientation tour, including the 14th century wooden Chapel Bridge and a visit to the Lion Monument commemorating the heroic Swiss Guards during the French Revolution. In your free time, take an exhilarating mountain excursion, shop for Swiss watches and chocolate or perhaps explore the flower bedecked squares and fortified towers in the quaint old town.(Buffet Breakfast / Dinner)

Drive across the French border past Belfort and the remains of the Maginot Line, and through the Burgundy wine region. View the sprawling vineyards that stretch across the hillsides. Arrive later in Paris, the City of Light, where this evening you might like to experience a world-famous cabaret show!(Buffet Breakfast)

The Eiffel Tower, Champs Élysées, Arc de Triomphe, Notre Dame Cathedral – your expert Local Guide shows you all this and more during your sightseeing tour! Spend free time exploring the banks of the Seine or visit the magnificent Palace of Versailles. Tonight, why not dine at a cosy Parisian bistro and finish with a dazzling tour of the city's illuminations?(Buffet Breakfast)

Traverse northern France past World War I battlefields. Cross the English Channel to Dover where you see the famous White Cliffs. In London, say goodbye to your Travel Director and newfound friends at the end of your spectacular European holiday!(Buffet Breakfast)