Marry in the same place you're honeymooning! A Wedding in Italy can only be topped by a Honeymoon in Italy. Just make a list of the places you'd like to see the most and we'll put together a personalized package just for you.
You can include anything you want: guided tours, chauffeur driven excursions, cooking classes, a day at the spa. Or if you need some hints on what there is to do, we can send you endless options.
Take a look at this 10 day honeymoon specially designed for bride and groom!
10nights / 11 days
from 3,000 euros pp
10 nights in charming hotels
with buffet breakfast, centrally located
3 nights in Venice; 4 nights in Florence; 3 nights in Rome;
- Champagne or fruit basket upon arrival in Rome
- Transfer from airport to hotel in Rome Real
- Train tickets in first class reserved seating on the High Speed train (where available)
- Private English-speaking guide for a full day in Rome, tour to include the Vatican, Sistine Chapel and Castel S. Angelo, plus Piazza Navona, Pantheon and Trevi Fountain areas.
- Reserved tickets to the Uffizi in Florence;
- Florence Countryside Walk– 4 hours: Walking tour in the hills surrounding Florence, overlooking the Arno Valley. Visit a Villa and its monumental garden, walk by a stupendous castle, end at a local wine bar in the center of a small village. Wine tasting and lunch not included, but available in the village.
- Private Cooking Course in Florence – Conducted in English, this expert Tuscan chef introduces you to typical Tuscan flavors and guides you through the menu you learn to prepare….and enjoy!
- Extra Special: Private full day chauffeur driven excursion in the Tuscan Countryside – lunch included; visiting private wineries, medieval hill towns, palaces, abbeys and visiting local farmers and cheese manufacturers to taste olive oil etc… Pick up direct at hotel with expert local guide/chauffeur. Itineraries are tailor made.
- Walking Tour of “secret Venice”
- Personal travel planner available 24/7 while you are in Italy
Here is a sample of the first two days .....
- EN ROUTE TO ROME - ARRIVE NEXT DAY
- ARRIVE IN ROME - ORIENTATION
AM
Arrive in Rome Fiumicino Airport and either take a taxi or we can make arrangements for a private transfer. The ride takes about 40 minutes.
Check-in, relax and freshen up, then head for an orientation walk of Rome; your location will be central to all sights
PM
Walk around the Spanish Steps and Piazza del Popolo, along with the many streets around this bustling historic area. This is the very heart of historic Rome and wherever you walk, you are sure to find famous monuments, palaces or museums. Everything is within a 2-mile walking radius making sightseeing easy.
The world-famous Piazza di Spagna owes its present name to the establishment of the Spanish Embassy in the early 17th century; it was previously called, in fact, Piazza di Francia from the Church of Trinita dei Monti built in 1720 by the kings of France. On the square is the Keats and Shelley library, part of a small museum where the English poet Keats died and in the middle of the square is the Fontana della Barcaccia (Fountain of the Old Boat), designed by Gian Lorenzo Bernini's father, Pietro.
Just up from the library is Babington’s Tea room, a must at 5:00 pm for British inhabitants and tourists: enjoy a cup of tea and scones! Opposite the Spanish Steps is the number one shopping/cruise street in Rome - Via Condotti, so called from the conduits built by Gregory XIII to carry the waters of the Acqua Vergine to the lower part of town. Italian and international stars make an afternoon cruise here a must! The Antico Caffe' Greco (n.86)- over 200 years old, is where Lord Byron, Goethe and Liszt would stop for their morning break, an espresso and a croissant - and this is where Casanova is said to have waited for his assignments!
WHERE TO EAT IN ROME….
Our list of special places to eat including restaurants, trattorias and pizzerias, cafes and clubs
- VATICAN - ST. PETER - THE SISTINE CHAPEL – Piazza Navona, Fontana di Trevi
AM
Morning tour of the VATICAN, ST. PETERS, and SISTINE CHAPEL together with your private guide, meeting arrangements to be made at your convenience either at your hotel or directly at the Vatican.
St. Peter’s is certainly the most well-known basilica in the world, made even more famous in recent novels and films by popular writer Dan Brown in his Da Vinci Code and Angels and Demons. Within these religious walls lie works of art (including Michelangelo’s “Pieta”) covering almost 2000 years of history. The Basilica was originally built where the Apostle Saint Peter was believed to have been buried. The current basilica was inaugurated in 1626 and only later the square in front was planned and completed with its colonnade by Bernini.
Open 7 a.m.-7 p.m. Climb into the dome, entrance from the portico: open 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Explore the Vatican Museums’ collection of Egyptian, Etruscan, Roman, Renaissance and Baroque art, works by Michelangelo, Raphael, Caravaggio and Canova as well as the awe-inspiring Sistine Chapel.
LUNCH – Your guide will suggest a lovely lunch venue for you all to enjoy!
PM
CASTEL SANT'ANGELO was the Pope's wartime fortress. An underground passageway connected the Vatican with the Castle. It is built on the ruins of Emperor Hadrian's tomb and very unusual in shape and content, used for over 1,000 years by Popes. A climb to the very top offers an unforgettable view of the city including St. Peter's dome, the Tiber River and the terracotta roof tiles of Rome.
From Castel Sant’Angelo you’ll walk across the bridge and venture into the Campus Martius area, in 7 B.C. wonderful fields of grass and buildings and hills which reached the river’s edge. Here you’ll visit Piazza Navona, Circus Agonalis, once a stadium now a setting for people to gather and admire the two great works dominating the square: Borromini’s S. Agnese church and Bernini’s fountain of the four rivers with the Nile covering its face in horror!
One more stop: the Trevi fountain. I will leave all details to your guide of this monument made international by Federico Fellini.
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