Coach Tours 2009 UK Europe
Flavours of Italy - 10 Days
Trafalgar - Europe
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Description:
2009 Trafalgar Coach Tour - Irish Highlights - 7 Days
ITINERARY
Day 1- Arrive Rome (2 nights)
On arrival at Rome Fiumicino Airport you are met and transferred to your hotel, where you will have time to relax and unwind before we meet with our Tour Director and fellow travellers this evening. Find out more about your tour and your travelling companions as you all enjoy a Welcome Drink together with your Tour Director.
Day 2- Rome sightseeing & at leisure
This morning we will enjoy an included sightseeing tour with a local guide using our effective audio system, which shows us the Forum, the Colosseum and Circus Maximus and includes a visit to St Peterís Basilica. Then sometime at leisure. Later, we enjoy an evening drive during which we discover a Hidden Treasure with our Tour Director before continuing to Piazza Navona where we will be treated to a drink or ice-cream of our choice! Then time to try out the local restaurants. (Buffet Breakfast)
Day 3- Rome – Greve in Chianti – Florence (4 nights)
This morning we travel into the northern Lazio and continue over the border into the rolling hills of Umbria and into Tuscany where we visit the capital of its food and wine ñ the charming town of Greve. Here we visit a wine and olive oil outlet, where we can taste a plethora of excellent Chiantis and extra virgin olive oils. On the town's main square are some of the finest food shops in Europe where you have the chance to taste the 'salumi'. Finally after an exhilarating drive through the Chianti hills we arrive at our hotel in Florence. This evening, over a glass of wine in a well known restaurant, we will have a short lecture on the basic principals of Italian cuisine and learn a few words of Italian, in preparation for our shopping and cooking day! Tonight we will have dinner at the hotel. (Buffet Breakfast / Dinner)
Day 4- Tuscan lifestyle experience
Our day begins first at a fruit and vegetable market where we buy fresh produce for our cooking lesson. Having selected the best produce available at this time of year, we will proceed to the restaurant where we have use of the kitchen and where we will all participate in the preparation of today's midday meal and the purchasing of the wine to go with it! After a hopefully delicious meal washed down with the chiantis which we have selected, we return to our hotel for the night. Your evening is at leisure to do as you please. (Buffet Breakfast / Highlight Lunch)
Day 5- Florence sightseeing
After breakfast, we will enjoy a walking tour with a local guide, using our effective audio system, which takes us to the Accademia to see the recently restored 'David' of Michelangelo as well as Piazza Signoria and the multi-coloured marble Duomo. The afternoon is free to relax or to perhaps visit some of the other fine museums the city has to offer. This evening we enjoy a Tuscan style barbecue in a farmhouse restaurant. (Buffet Breakfast / Highlight Dinner)
Day 6- Excursion to Pisa
Today we will travel into the Tuscan countryside and to the once maritime city of Pisa, where we visit the Square of Miracles with its monumental Cathedral and famous Leaning Bell Tower. Time to explore the other monuments in the square or enjoy a glass of wine before driving to a nearby olive-oil mill for a delicious lunch and an olive-oil tasting. We return to our hotel with the evening at leisure. Your Tour Director will be happy to suggest dining options. (Buffet Breakfast / Highlight Lunch)
Day 7- Florence - Venice (Grand Canal) (3 nights)
Enjoy the morning at leisure with time to participate in various optional activities which you can book through your Tour Director. Choose from either more sightseeing in Florence or an excursion to San Gimignano, known as ëa medieval Manhattaní because of its many tall towers. Later, we will drive to the floating city of Venice. This evening we have dinner at our hotel located by the Grand Canal. (Buffet Breakfast / Dinner)
Day 8- Venice orientation & at leisure
After breakfast this morning our visit to the magical city of Venice would not be complete without an orientation cruise by private motor launch along the Giudecca and over to St. Mark's Square. Here we will witness a demonstration of the ancient art of Murano glass-blowing in one of the city's oldest workshops. Then there's time on your own to perhaps join the various optional activities on offer. (Buffet Breakfast)
Day 9- Secret Venice walking tour & visit to the market
Today with our local guide we enjoy a guided commentary using our effective audio system, which will bring the city to life, as we cruise along the Grand Canal to the Rialto Bridge. We cross the Rialto and visit the colourful fish market which has existed for centuries, and then enjoy a walking tour through the 'calle' seeing sites such as the house of Marco Polo and other curious as well as beautiful architectural works of art. The balance of the day is at leisure to perhaps take a trip to Burano and enjoy eating some of the local seafood. This evening we gather together with our Tour Director and fellow companions to celebrate our last night with a Farewell Dinner at a local restaurant. (Buffet Breakfast / Farewell Dinner)
Day 10- Depart Venice (Grand Canal)
It's time to say 'arrivederci Italia' and 'till we meet again' to our newly made friends. Your Trafalgar Tour Director organises your transfer to Venice Airport arriving at approximately 8.00am for your return flight home. (Buffet Breakfast)
Please note: Provisional Itinerary 2009
Prices, itineraries and tour content mentioned in this Preview are based on tours as featured in Trafalgar's Europe & Britain 2008 brochure.
The exact final composition of your tour will be published in Trafalgar's Europe & Britain 2009 Brochure, due for release in October 2008. By paying your deposit, you are agreeing to accept the finalised version of your tour itinerary, as published in Trafalgar's Euroe and Britain 2009 Brochure, In return, Trafalgar will honour the tour prices listed in this brochure, even should the final tour price listed in Trafalgar's Europe & Britain 2009 Brochure, increase. In the event that your finalised tour price is lower, Trafalgar will refund the difference to you.
This guarantee excludes fuel surcharges and does not apply to any taxes, charges or levies imposed by any goverment or its agencies.
ITINERARY
Day 1- Arrive Rome (2 nights)
On arrival at Rome Fiumicino Airport you are met and transferred to your hotel, where you will have time to relax and unwind before we meet with our Tour Director and fellow travellers this evening. Find out more about your tour and your travelling companions as you all enjoy a Welcome Drink together with your Tour Director.
Day 2- Rome sightseeing & at leisure
This morning we will enjoy an included sightseeing tour with a local guide using our effective audio system, which shows us the Forum, the Colosseum and Circus Maximus and includes a visit to St Peterís Basilica. Then sometime at leisure. Later, we enjoy an evening drive during which we discover a Hidden Treasure with our Tour Director before continuing to Piazza Navona where we will be treated to a drink or ice-cream of our choice! Then time to try out the local restaurants. (Buffet Breakfast)
Day 3- Rome – Greve in Chianti – Florence (4 nights)
This morning we travel into the northern Lazio and continue over the border into the rolling hills of Umbria and into Tuscany where we visit the capital of its food and wine ñ the charming town of Greve. Here we visit a wine and olive oil outlet, where we can taste a plethora of excellent Chiantis and extra virgin olive oils. On the town's main square are some of the finest food shops in Europe where you have the chance to taste the 'salumi'. Finally after an exhilarating drive through the Chianti hills we arrive at our hotel in Florence. This evening, over a glass of wine in a well known restaurant, we will have a short lecture on the basic principals of Italian cuisine and learn a few words of Italian, in preparation for our shopping and cooking day! Tonight we will have dinner at the hotel. (Buffet Breakfast / Dinner)
Day 4- Tuscan lifestyle experience
Our day begins first at a fruit and vegetable market where we buy fresh produce for our cooking lesson. Having selected the best produce available at this time of year, we will proceed to the restaurant where we have use of the kitchen and where we will all participate in the preparation of today's midday meal and the purchasing of the wine to go with it! After a hopefully delicious meal washed down with the chiantis which we have selected, we return to our hotel for the night. Your evening is at leisure to do as you please. (Buffet Breakfast / Highlight Lunch)
Day 5- Florence sightseeing
After breakfast, we will enjoy a walking tour with a local guide, using our effective audio system, which takes us to the Accademia to see the recently restored 'David' of Michelangelo as well as Piazza Signoria and the multi-coloured marble Duomo. The afternoon is free to relax or to perhaps visit some of the other fine museums the city has to offer. This evening we enjoy a Tuscan style barbecue in a farmhouse restaurant. (Buffet Breakfast / Highlight Dinner)
Day 6- Excursion to Pisa
Today we will travel into the Tuscan countryside and to the once maritime city of Pisa, where we visit the Square of Miracles with its monumental Cathedral and famous Leaning Bell Tower. Time to explore the other monuments in the square or enjoy a glass of wine before driving to a nearby olive-oil mill for a delicious lunch and an olive-oil tasting. We return to our hotel with the evening at leisure. Your Tour Director will be happy to suggest dining options. (Buffet Breakfast / Highlight Lunch)
Day 7- Florence - Venice (Grand Canal) (3 nights)
Enjoy the morning at leisure with time to participate in various optional activities which you can book through your Tour Director. Choose from either more sightseeing in Florence or an excursion to San Gimignano, known as ëa medieval Manhattaní because of its many tall towers. Later, we will drive to the floating city of Venice. This evening we have dinner at our hotel located by the Grand Canal. (Buffet Breakfast / Dinner)
Day 8- Venice orientation & at leisure
After breakfast this morning our visit to the magical city of Venice would not be complete without an orientation cruise by private motor launch along the Giudecca and over to St. Mark's Square. Here we will witness a demonstration of the ancient art of Murano glass-blowing in one of the city's oldest workshops. Then there's time on your own to perhaps join the various optional activities on offer. (Buffet Breakfast)
Day 9- Secret Venice walking tour & visit to the market
Today with our local guide we enjoy a guided commentary using our effective audio system, which will bring the city to life, as we cruise along the Grand Canal to the Rialto Bridge. We cross the Rialto and visit the colourful fish market which has existed for centuries, and then enjoy a walking tour through the 'calle' seeing sites such as the house of Marco Polo and other curious as well as beautiful architectural works of art. The balance of the day is at leisure to perhaps take a trip to Burano and enjoy eating some of the local seafood. This evening we gather together with our Tour Director and fellow companions to celebrate our last night with a Farewell Dinner at a local restaurant. (Buffet Breakfast / Farewell Dinner)
Day 10- Depart Venice (Grand Canal)
It's time to say 'arrivederci Italia' and 'till we meet again' to our newly made friends. Your Trafalgar Tour Director organises your transfer to Venice Airport arriving at approximately 8.00am for your return flight home. (Buffet Breakfast)
Please note: Provisional Itinerary 2009
Prices, itineraries and tour content mentioned in this Preview are based on tours as featured in Trafalgar's Europe & Britain 2008 brochure.
The exact final composition of your tour will be published in Trafalgar's Europe & Britain 2009 Brochure, due for release in October 2008. By paying your deposit, you are agreeing to accept the finalised version of your tour itinerary, as published in Trafalgar's Euroe and Britain 2009 Brochure, In return, Trafalgar will honour the tour prices listed in this brochure, even should the final tour price listed in Trafalgar's Europe & Britain 2009 Brochure, increase. In the event that your finalised tour price is lower, Trafalgar will refund the difference to you.
This guarantee excludes fuel surcharges and does not apply to any taxes, charges or levies imposed by any goverment or its agencies.
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EARLYBIRD COACH TOUR DISCOUNTS-2009
Save up to 15 %
EARLY PAYMENT DISCOUNT
Book/pay 12 Months in advance 10%
Discount
Book/pay 10-12 Months in advance 7.5% Discount
Book/pay 7-9
Months in advance 5% Discount
Book/pay 4-6 Months in advance 2.5%
Discount
HOLIDAY PLANET EXTRA BONUS
Book by 30 September 2008 and receive an additional 5% off your tour cost in addition to the above early payment discounts!
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tour
TRIPLE ROOM
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CHILD DISCOUNTS
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SINGLE ROOM
Can offer share accommodation at no extra cost
Tour departure dates and prices below. Prices below are based on twin share.
| Length of Stay | Price | |
|---|---|---|
| Ex Adelaide | ||
| Departing May 1st 2009 | $ 3075 |  |
| Departing May 8th 2009 | $ 3075 | |
| Departing May 15th 2009 | $ 3075 | |
| Departing May 22nd 2009 | $ 3075 | |
| Departing May 29th 2009 | $ 3075 | |
| Departing Jun 5th 2009 | $ 3075 | |
| Departing Jun 12th 2009 | $ 3325 | |
| Departing Jun 19th 2009 | $ 3075 | |
| Departing Jun 26th 2009 | $ 3075 | |
| Departing Jul 3rd 2009 | $ 2999 | |
| Departing Jul 10th 2009 | $ 2950 | |
| Departing Jul 17th 2009 | $ 2899 | |
| Departing Jul 24th 2009 | $ 2899 | |
| Departing Jul 31st 2009 | $ 2899 | |
| Departing Aug 7th 2009 | $ 2899 | |
| Departing Aug 14th 2009 | $ 2899 | |
| Departing Aug 21st 2009 | $ 2899 | |
| Departing Aug 28th 2009 | $ 2950 | |
| Departing Sep 4th 2009 | $ 3075 | |
| Departing Sep 11th 2009 | $ 3075 | |
| Departing Sep 18th 2009 | $ 3075 | |
| Departing Sep 25th 2009 | $ 3075 | |
| Departing Oct 2nd 2009 | $ 3075 | |
| Departing Oct 9th 2009 | $ 3075 | |
| Departing Oct 16th 2009 | $ 3075 | |
| Departing Oct 23rd 2009 | $ 3075 | |
| Ex Brisbane | ||
| Departing May 1st 2009 | $ 3075 | |
| Departing May 8th 2009 | $ 3075 | |
| Departing May 15th 2009 | $ 3075 | |
| Departing May 22nd 2009 | $ 3075 | |
| Departing May 29th 2009 | $ 3075 | |
| Departing Jun 5th 2009 | $ 3075 | |
| Departing Jun 12th 2009 | $ 3325 | |
| Departing Jun 19th 2009 | $ 3075 | |
| Departing Jun 26th 2009 | $ 3075 | |
| Departing Jul 3rd 2009 | $ 2999 | |
| Departing Jul 10th 2009 | $ 2950 | |
| Departing Jul 17th 2009 | $ 2899 | |
| Departing Jul 24th 2009 | $ 2899 | |
| Departing Jul 31st 2009 | $ 2899 | |
| Departing Aug 7th 2009 | $ 2899 | |
| Departing Aug 14th 2009 | $ 2899 | |
| Departing Aug 21st 2009 | $ 2899 | |
| Departing Aug 28th 2009 | $ 2950 | |
| Departing Sep 4th 2009 | $ 3075 | |
| Departing Sep 11th 2009 | $ 3075 | |
| Departing Sep 18th 2009 | $ 3075 | |
| Departing Sep 25th 2009 | $ 3075 | |
| Departing Oct 2nd 2009 | $ 3075 | |
| Departing Oct 9th 2009 | $ 3075 | |
| Departing Oct 16th 2009 | $ 3075 | |
| Departing Oct 23rd 2009 | $ 3075 | |
| Ex Melbourne | ||
| Departing May 1st 2009 | $ 3075 | |
| Departing May 8th 2009 | $ 3075 | |
| Departing May 15th 2009 | $ 3075 | |
| Departing May 22nd 2009 | $ 3075 | |
| Departing May 29th 2009 | $ 3075 | |
| Departing Jun 5th 2009 | $ 3075 | |
| Departing Jun 12th 2009 | $ 3325 | |
| Departing Jun 19th 2009 | $ 3075 | |
| Departing Jun 26th 2009 | $ 3075 | |
| Departing Jul 3rd 2009 | $ 2999 | |
| Departing Jul 10th 2009 | $ 2950 | |
| Departing Jul 17th 2009 | $ 2899 | |
| Departing Jul 24th 2009 | $ 2899 | |
| Departing Jul 31st 2009 | $ 2899 | |
| Departing Aug 7th 2009 | $ 2899 | |
| Departing Aug 14th 2009 | $ 2899 | |
| Departing Aug 21st 2009 | $ 2899 | |
| Departing Aug 28th 2009 | $ 2950 | |
| Departing Sep 4th 2009 | $ 3075 | |
| Departing Sep 11th 2009 | $ 3075 | |
| Departing Sep 18th 2009 | $ 3075 | |
| Departing Sep 25th 2009 | $ 3075 | |
| Departing Oct 2nd 2009 | $ 3075 | |
| Departing Oct 9th 2009 | $ 3075 | |
| Departing Oct 16th 2009 | $ 3075 | |
| Departing Oct 23rd 2009 | $ 3075 | |
| Ex Perth | ||
| Departing May 1st 2009 | $ 3075 | |
| Departing May 8th 2009 | $ 3075 | |
| Departing May 15th 2009 | $ 3075 | |
| Departing May 22nd 2009 | $ 3075 | |
| Departing May 29th 2009 | $ 3075 | |
| Departing Jun 5th 2009 | $ 3075 | |
| Departing Jun 12th 2009 | $ 3325 | |
| Departing Jun 19th 2009 | $ 3075 | |
| Departing Jun 26th 2009 | $ 3075 | |
| Departing Jul 3rd 2009 | $ 2999 | |
| Departing Jul 10th 2009 | $ 2950 | |
| Departing Jul 17th 2009 | $ 2899 | |
| Departing Jul 24th 2009 | $ 2899 | |
| Departing Jul 31st 2009 | $ 2899 | |
| Departing Aug 7th 2009 | $ 2899 | |
| Departing Aug 14th 2009 | $ 2899 | |
| Departing Aug 21st 2009 | $ 2899 | |
| Departing Aug 28th 2009 | $ 2950 | |
| Departing Sep 4th 2009 | $ 3075 | |
| Departing Sep 11th 2009 | $ 3075 | |
| Departing Sep 18th 2009 | $ 3075 | |
| Departing Sep 25th 2009 | $ 3075 | |
| Departing Oct 2nd 2009 | $ 3075 | |
| Departing Oct 9th 2009 | $ 3075 | |
| Departing Oct 16th 2009 | $ 3075 | |
| Departing Oct 23rd 2009 | $ 3075 | |
| Ex Sydney | ||
| Departing May 1st 2009 | $ 3075 | |
| Departing May 8th 2009 | $ 3075 | |
| Departing May 15th 2009 | $ 3075 | |
| Departing May 22nd 2009 | $ 3075 | |
| Departing May 29th 2009 | $ 3075 | |
| Departing Jun 5th 2009 | $ 3075 | |
| Departing Jun 12th 2009 | $ 3325 | |
| Departing Jun 19th 2009 | $ 3075 | |
| Departing Jun 26th 2009 | $ 3075 | |
| Departing Jul 3rd 2009 | $ 2999 | |
| Departing Jul 10th 2009 | $ 2950 | |
| Departing Jul 17th 2009 | $ 2899 | |
| Departing Jul 24th 2009 | $ 2899 | |
| Departing Jul 31st 2009 | $ 2899 | |
| Departing Aug 7th 2009 | $ 2899 | |
| Departing Aug 14th 2009 | $ 2899 | |
| Departing Aug 21st 2009 | $ 2899 | |
| Departing Aug 28th 2009 | $ 2950 | |
| Departing Sep 4th 2009 | $ 3075 | |
| Departing Sep 11th 2009 | $ 3075 | |
| Departing Sep 18th 2009 | $ 3075 | |
| Departing Sep 25th 2009 | $ 3075 | |
| Departing Oct 2nd 2009 | $ 3075 | |
| Departing Oct 9th 2009 | $ 3075 | |
| Departing Oct 16th 2009 | $ 3075 | |
| Departing Oct 23rd 2009 | $ 3075 | |
What's Included
- Coach tour as shown in above itinerary
- Sightseeing as shown in itinerary
- Meals (if applicable) are shown in itinerary
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