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Venetian and Roman splendor
DAY 1:
Business Class flight New York-Rome. Dinner on board
DAY 2: Breakfast on board. Arrival in Rome. Private transfer to your
hotel.
Accommodation at a legendary luxury hotel in the Roman country-side.
V.I.P. welcome by the Hotel Manager. Junior suite accommodation. Fresh fruit and
chocolates in your room.
Lunch on the terrace, surrounded by the beautiful landscape celebrated
by ancient poets and painters alike.
Three treatments of your choice at the hotel spa, one of the best in
Italy.
Meet your guide, a Sicilian Princess whose lineage dates back to the
10th century A.D. Her husband is a Roman Duke who is descended from the Renaissance rulers
who created one of the most magnificent courts in Italy.
Enjoy the rare privilege of a private visit to the Vatican, bypassing
the crowds, in the company of an art scholar who will lead you through centuries of art
and history in the oldest state in the world.
View the latest collections at the boutiques of Bulgari and Salvatore
Ferragamo boutiques, two names synonymous with Italian style. Your V.I.P. reception
includes cocktails, hors-d'oeuvres, and special surprises.
Formal dinner at the magnificent Renaissance palazzo of a Princess
whose family, the oldest in Europe, dates back to the third century B.C.
DAY 3: Breakfast a la carte at your hotel.
In the company of your guide, visit the country estate of a Duke which
encompasses the only private archaeological site in Italy, including Emperor Trajan's
ancient port.
Lunch at the most exclusive club in Italy, in the company of European
royalty.
After lunch, enjoy an exhilarating walk in subterranean Rome in the
company of an archaeologist.
Dinner at the medieval castle of a charming Prince who will entertain
you with the fascinating history of his family throughout the centuries.
DAY 4: Breakfast a la carte at your hotel.
Free morning
After lunch at an award-winning restaurant with untrammeled views of
ancient Rome, private transfer to Rome airport and flight to Venice.
Arrival and private transfer to Abano Terme , an ancient and renowned
thermal spa. Junior suite accommodation at a legendary luxury hotel built in 1825.
Dinner at one of the most famous Italian restaurants, where the owner
will organize a special wine tasting in his cellar that contains more than 600 vintages.
DAY 5: Breakfast a la carte at your hotel.
Morning at your disposal, to swim, play tennis or simply relax, after three rejuvenating
treatments of your choice.
Lunch in the hotel's garden.
In the afternoon exclusive visits to two magnificent Villas, one a
sixteenth century masterpiece by Palladio, the other a spectacular Baroque mansion built
at the beginning of the eighteenth century.
Dinner in the beautiful garden of the hotel.
DAY 6: Breakfast a la carte at your hotel.
Visit to a Renaissance Villa in the company of its owner, a Venetian
Count whose family hired Palladio as their architect.
Visit to a fascinating Museum of the grappa, in the company of a wine
connoisseur. Grappa tasting. Lunch at a renowned restaurant to savor the best local
cuisine and its rare vintages.
Continue to Asolo, one of the most beautiful Medieval-Renaissance towns
in Italy. Walk in the company of your guide to the castle, the piazza with the
sixteenth-century fountain and the museum dedicated to Queen Caterina Cornaro and Robert
Browning, who lived in Asolo where he wrote Asolando, his last collection of poems.
Junior suite accommodation at a luxurious and romantic Renaissance
hotel, where you dine in the rose garden.
DAY 7: Breakfast a la carte at your hotel.
Visit to the elegant villa of a Count who will invite you to taste his
exquisite vintages in his superb cellar. After the wine tasting, lunch in the garden.
Stop in Treviso and walk in the medieval streets of a beautiful town generally overlooked
by travelers.
Overnight and dinner at a superb 18th-century villa recently turned
into a grand hotel.
DAY 8: Breakfast a la carte at your hotel.
Stop in Vicenza, to visit Palladio's Teatro Olimpico, a masterpiece of
Renaissance architecture and the oldest operational indoor theater in the world (1580).
Continuation to Soave, to taste the homonymous wine. Then, off to
Verona, a magnificent city with breathtaking monuments from all ages. Visit and lunch at
its most famous restaurant.
Late afternoon transfer to a charming village and junior suite
accommodation at a Renaissance villa turned into an elegant hotel. Wine tasting with the
owner before dinner.
DAY 9: Breakfast a la carte at your hotel.
Transfer to Garda and San Vigilio, two charming towns on Garda Lake.
Then on to an old and picturesque town, to visit a charming Medieval church and the Wine
Museum.
Lunch at a lakeside restaurant in Malcesine.
In the afternoon, transfer to Gargagnano di Valpolicella . Visit to the
winery of Count Pieralvise Serego Alighieri, whose ancestor, Dante Alighieri, wrote the
Divine Comedy at the beginning of the fourteenth century. Count Alighieri will invite you
to taste his wine and oil.
Transfer to Sirmione. Junior suite accommodation at a luxury hotel on
the lake.
Dinner in the garden overlooking the lake.
DAY 10: Breakfast a la carte at your hotel.
Full day tour of the lake in the comfort of your private boat.
Lunch at the beautiful restaurant of the Grand Hotel in Gardone.
Dinner at the hotel.
DAY 11: Breakfast a la carte at your hotel.
Free morning to swim, play tennis or simply relax.
Lunch at the hotel.
In the afternoon visit to beautiful Sigurta' Gardens.
Transfer to Mantua, one of the most splendid Renaissance courts in Europe.
Junior suite accommodation at a late-Renaissance palace turned into an elegant hotel.
Dinner at one of Mantua's top restaurants.
DAY 12: Breakfast a la carte at your hotel.
Full day visit to Mantua, in the company of a descendant of the Gonzaga family, who ruled
Mantua and northern Italy in the Renaissance.
Lunch at a local
restaurant.
Dinner at Il
Pescatore, one of Italy's best, both for the excellent cuisine and its superb vintages.
DAY 13: Breakfast a la carte at your hotel.
Transfer to Bergamo. Visit to this beautiful Medieval town.
Lunch at award-winning Da Vittorio.
Arrival at Villa d'Este on Lake Como in the late afternoon. Junior suite accommodation
facing the lake and the mountains.
Time to relax before dinner in the garden.
After dinner, listen to some music or dance the night away.
DAY 14: Breakfast a la carte at your hotel.
Morning at your disposal, to play golf or tennis, swim or simply walk and relax in the
gorgeous gardens.
Lunch at the Renaissance villa of a Countess who will personally show you her Renaissance
garden, often featured in art books.
Dinner at the hotel.
DAY 15: Breakfast a la carte at your hotel
Private transfer to Milan airport.
Business Class flight Milan-New York. Lunch on board
End of services.
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