Umbria And Tuscany: The Heart Of Italy
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Trip at-a-glance
| Price: | From $2,840* per person |
| Lodging: | hotel |
| When: | April, September |
| Number of days: | 11 |
| Group size: | 24 |
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Trip details
Day 1: Departure
Afternoon: Overnight Flight
Day 2: Arrivals and Welcome
Afternoon: Arrive and check-in. Welcome meeting and orientation.
Dinner: Dine in a lively bistro within walking distance of the hotel.
Evening: At leisure.
Accommodations: Hotel Locanda della Posta
Meals Included: Dinner
Day 3: Explore Perugia, Italian Language and Culture
Breakfast: In the hotel breakfast room.
Morning: A guided walk explores Perugia, including the Guild Building, Main Corso, the Cathedral, Etruscan Arch, and Roccaforte.
Lunch: Your choice to explore local fare.
Afternoon: A class on Italian language and culture initiates you to the country.
Dinner: Your choice to explore local fare.
Evening: At leisure.
Accommodations: Hotel Locanda della Posta
Meals Included: Breakfast
Day 4: Medieval Hill Town of Gubbio and the National Gallery of Umbrian Art
Breakfast: In the hotel breakfast room.
Morning: An excursion to Gubbio, an evocative hill town explores the realities of life in the Middle Ages. Visit the City Hall and market and experience a living medieval village.
Lunch: Your choice to explore local fare.
Afternoon: Free Time
Dinner: Your choice to explore local fare.
Evening: At leisure.
Accommodations: Hotel Locanda della Posta
Meals Included: Breakfast
Day 5: Orvieto
Breakfast: In the hotel breakfast room.
Morning: A guided excursion explores the ancient Roman settlement and Umbrian hill town of Todi.
Lunch: Enjoy traditional Umbrian cuisine in a local trattoria.
Afternoon: After some time to explore Orvieto on your own, return to Perugia.
Dinner: Your choice to explore local fare.
Evening: At leisure.
Accommodations: Hotel Locanda della Posta
Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch
Day 6: Assisi
Breakfast: In the hotel breakfast room.
Morning: Travel to Assisi, home of St. Francis and one of the loveliest, most mystical places in Europe. Explore the town at your leisure with a printed self-guided visit.
Lunch: Your choice to explore local fare.
Afternoon: Continue your exploration of Assisi.
Dinner: Your choice to explore local fare.
Evening: At leisure.
Accommodations: Hotel Locanda della Posta
Meals Included: Breakfast
Day 7: Cortona & Siena's Piazza del Campo
Breakfast: In the hotel breakfast room.
Morning: Depart to Siena with stop in Cortona, the town portrayed in the film "Under the Tuscan Sun." Walk through this charming town learning its history and exploring its alleys and boutiques.
Lunch: At the hotel in Siena.
Afternoon: A guided walk ventures to Siena's historic center and explores the city hall museum, Piazza del Campo and the imposing Gothic cathedral.
Dinner: Your choice to explore local fare.
Evening: At leisure.
Accommodations: Jolly Hotel Siena
Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch
Day 8: Palio Museum and Winetasting
Breakfast: In the hotel breakfast room.
Morning: Discuss the civic rivalries and pageantry embodied in the Palio horse race, run twice a year around the main square of Siena. Visit a special-access Palio museum, which displays some of the prizes from centuries past.
Lunch: Your choice to explore local fare.
Afternoon: Free Time
Dinner: Your choice to explore local fare.
Evening: Learn about and enjoy Italian wine at a winetasting at the former Medici fortress, now one of Italy's largest repositories of fine wine.
Accommodations: Jolly Hotel Siena
Meals Included: Breakfast
Day 9: The Production of Olive Oil and Pienza
Breakfast: In the hotel breakfast room.
Morning: Travel to the countryside south of Siena, famed for its rugged, sweeping farmland, monasteries, and walled hilltop villages to experience rural Italy. Visit the monastery of Monte Oliveto Maggiore to view the fresco cycle of the life of Saint Benedict by Sodoma.
Lunch: At a local restaurant.
Afternoon: An afternoon excursion visits Pienza, a historic former papal summer home known for its superb pecorino (sheep's) cheese.
Dinner: Your choice to explore local fare.
Evening: At leisure.
Accommodations: Jolly Hotel Siena
Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch
Day 10: Independent Exploration and Farewell Dinner
Breakfast: In the hotel breakfast room.
Morning: Free Time
Lunch: Your choice to explore local fare.
Afternoon: Free Time
Dinner: Enjoy a farewell dinner in the hotel dining room, with views of the city's outskirts and the Tuscan hills.
Evening: Farewell evening continues.
Accommodations: Jolly Hotel Siena
Meals Included: Breakfast, Dinner
Day 11: Departure
Breakfast: In the hotel breakfast room.
Morning: Independent departures.
Meals Included: Breakfast
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