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Schedules and Accommodations |
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Depart Home
- Depart gateway city for overnight flight to Paris, France
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2
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Arrive Paris, France
- Upon arrival in Paris, you will be required to clear Immigration
and Customs; after you clear Customs you will be met by a Vantage
Representative who will assist with your luggage and transfer to the
hotel
- Check in to the hotel
- Welcome Reception & Briefing
- Evening at leisure
- Accommodations for 3 nights at a Superior First-Class hotel
Le Méridien Etoile  |
3
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Paris
- Buffet breakfast
- Morning panoramic city tour including views of Champs Elysee, Arc
d’Triomphe, Invalides, and the Eiffel Tower; a guided tour of Notre
Dame Cathedral; and free time to stroll the winding streets of
Montmartre, the colorful artists’ section of Paris
- Afternoon at leisure
- Welcome Dinner at the hotel
Le Méridien Etoile (B,D) |
4
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Paris
- Buffet breakfast
- Day at leisure — or — Optional half-day Versailles tour — or — Optional full-day French Impressionism tour
- Dine Around Paris Dinner at a local brasserie
- Paris by Night illumination tour
Le Méridien Etoile (B,D) |
5
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Paris / Embark the Exclusively Chartered Orient Express
- Buffet breakfast
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Morning at leisure
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Check out of the hotel
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Your choice of afternoon museum tour:
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The Louvre — or —
- the Museum Orangerie
- Motorcoach transfer to train station
- Embark the exclusively chartered Venice Simplon Orient Express
- Depart Paris
- Roaring ‘20s Dinner on board the train
- Accommodations for 1 night aboard the exclusively chartered Orient Express in a double or single sleeping compartment
Venice Simplon-Orient Express  (B,D) |
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Arrive Venice, Italy / Disembark Orient Express
- Continental breakfast in cabin
- Morning at leisure as train rolls through countryside
- Lunch
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Afternoon tea served in your cabin
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Arrive Venice
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Disembark the Orient Express
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Transfer by water taxi from the Venice train station to your hotel
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Check in to the hotel
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Dinner at the hotel
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Accommodations for 2 nights at a Deluxe hotel
Hilton Molino Stucky Venice (B,L,D) |
7
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Venice
- Buffet breakfast
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Morning walking tour of Venice with a visit to a glass workshop,
beginning with an exclusive water taxi to San Marco Square
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Afternoon at leisure
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Evening at leisure — or — Optional Evening Gondola and Dinner Tour
Hilton Molino Stucky Venice (B) |
8
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Venice / Florence, Italy
- Buffet breakfast
- Motorcoach transfer to Florence
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Arrive Florence and check in to the hotel
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Welcome Drinks and snacks
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Dine Around Dinner in Florence for a “Festival de Pasta” at a local restaurant
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Accommodations for 3 nights at a Superior First-Class hotel
Hilton Florence Metropole (B,D) |
9
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Florence
- Buffet breakfast
- Your choice of morning walking tours:
- Renaissance Florence including a visit to the Galleria del Accademia to see Michelangelo’s David — or —
- Artists of Florence walking tour with a visit to the Uffizi Gallery, home of the Mona Lisa
- Visit to Leonardo Leather Works for a demonstration and time for shopping
- Afternoon at leisure with complimentary shuttle service between city center and hotel
- Gala Presidential Dinner at the Palazzo Borghese (Please note:
For the Gala Dinner men may opt for black tie, but a suit will be
sufficient.)
Hilton Florence Metropole (B,D) |
10
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Florence
- Buffet breakfast
- Your choice of full-day tours:
- Siena & San Gimignano tour — or —
- Pisa & Lucca tour
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Evening at leisure with complimentary shuttle service between Florence city center and hotel
Hilton Florence Metropole (B) |
11
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Florence / Rome, Italy
- Buffet breakfast
- Motorcoach transfer to Rome
- Included pizza lunch en route
- Arrive Rome at Borghese Park, transfer to hotel in smaller motorcoach, and check in to the hotel
- Evening at leisure
- Accommodations for 3 nights at a Deluxe hotel
InterContinental De La Ville Roma (B,L) |
12
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Rome
- Buffet breakfast
- Morning at leisure
- Afternoon visit to Villa Borghese Gallery
- Farewell Dinner at the hotel
InterContinental De La Ville Roma (B,D) |
13
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Rome
- Buffet breakfast
- Morning “Ancient Rome Wandering Tour” visiting an ancient home site never open to the public before
- Afternoon at leisure — or — optional Pope’s Summer Residence Tour
- Dine Around Rome Dinner at a local restaurant near Piazza Navona
- Rome by Night illumination tour including the Trevi Fountain
InterContinental De La Ville Roma (B,D) |
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Rome / Return Home
- Buffet breakfast
- Transfer to the airport for return flight or begin your 3-night optional extension to Sorrento and the Amalfi Coast
- You will be required to clear Immigration and Customs at your first point of entry into the United States
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Please note: For the Gala dinner in Florence and our evening on the Orient Express, men may opt for black tie, but a suit will be sufficient. On the Orient Express, there is a roaring '20s theme for dinner.
IMPORTANT NOTICE: The above
day-by-day itineraries are preliminary and therefore subject to change.
If any major changes occur in advance of your departure, you will be
notified in writing by Vantage Deluxe World Travel. If changes occur
while on tour, you will be notified by your Vantage Program Manager.
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