April 2025 - A Culinary Journey Through Tuscany & Florence

April 22, 2025 (9 Days)

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Wenatchee Valley Senior Center
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BOOKING DISCOUNT!
Save $100 Per Person
$200 Per Couple*

Featuring Five Nights in Tuscany & Two Nights in Florence

DAY 1: DEPART USA
Board your overnight flight to Europe.

DAY 2: ARRIVE FLORENCE - TUSCANY
Arrive in Florence, meet your Tour Director and transfer to your hotel in Tuscany for a five-night stay. The Chianti and Umbria Regions of Tuscany are filled with picturesque landscapes, rolling hills, olive groves, beautiful vineyards and charming Tuscan hilltop towns. Enjoy a Welcome Dinner this
evening. Overnight: Tuscany. Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner Included.

DAY 3: ORGANIC COOKING CLASS – OLIVE OIL EXPERIENCE
Today enjoy an Organic cooking & pasta making class and lunch. Enjoy a welcome drink while the chef discusses the class, recipe and food to be made. The restaurant staff will assist you with putting on your aprons and the cooking fun begins! At the end of the cooking class you will get to eat and enjoy what you have prepared for lunch. Later this afternoon visit a local Olive Oil producing farm to learn how olive oil is produce. Sample some organic extra virgin olive oil, along with vinegar and Chianti Classico wine. Overnight: Tuscany. Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner Included.

DAY 4: VOLTERRA & SAN GIMIGNANO
Today we travel to Volterra, another ancient and beautiful hilltop Italian city. Enjoy some free time in Volterra then continue to a family-run farmhouse that specializes in saffron production for lunch. This afternoon we visit San Gimignano, the epitome of a Tuscan hill town, where nobles built more splendid towers to outdo one another and indulge in their need for status. The medieval structures of this city have largely remained intact and San Gimignano, with its large number of art treasures, is truly considered an open-seum. Next enjoy a delicious gelato ice cream in one of the oldest gelateria in Italy that produces unique flavors of gelato which are famous world-wide. Later, visit a local Tuscan Farmhouse and enjoy dinner featuring typical Tuscan dishes paired with local wine. Overnight: Tuscany. Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner Included

DAY 5: LAKE TRASIMENO - ISLAND MAGGIORE - UMBRIA REGION
Begin your morning with breakfast and journey to Lake Trasimeno located in the Umbria Region of Tuscany. The heart shaped Lake Trasimeno is surrounded by rolling hills, olive groves, woods of oak and cypress trees, vineyards and sunflower fields that frame castle-topped medieval towns and villages. Next enjoy a boat cruise to the Island Maggiore, where we will have lunch at a traditional restaurant located on the lake. Return to your
hotel with the evening at leisure. Overnight: Tuscany. Breakfast and Lunch Included.

DAY 6: TUSCANY AS YOU WISH - PISA & LUCCA OPTIONAL
Today is a full day at leisure to explore on your own or join the full day optional tour to Pisa & Lucca. See the remarkable Leaning Tower of Pisa and more of Pisa’s “field of miracles,” such as the Duomo and the Baptistry. Visit Lucca and explore the Old Town filled with quaint shops and Gothic palaces. Lucca’s great era was in the Gothic time just before the Renaissance, and the city contains stunning architecture from that period. Overnight: Tuscany. Breakfast Lunch Included.

DAY 7: SIENA - TUSCAN ESTATE DINNER - FLORENCE
This morning travel to Siena, the heart of Tuscany, where a local guide awaits you for a walking tour in the Old Town. The highlight is the Piazza del Campo, the seashell-shaped square on which the famous horserace, the Palio, takes place each year. Enjoy lunch on your own. Later this afternoon travel to a lovely Tuscan Estate. Learn about truffles followed by delicious tastings of oil and truffle butter bruschetta, salami, pecorino cheese, and wines from the estate with and included dinner to follow. Later, travel to Florence and check into your hotel for a two-night stay. Overnight: Florence. Breakfast and Dinner Included.

DAY 8: FLORENCE SIGHTSEEING
Today enjoy a Florence City Tour featuring a visit to the Academy Gallery to see Michelangelo’s original Statue of David, an incredible sight. View the Cathedral to see Giotto’s Bell Tower and Baptistry with its impressive ‘Gates of Paradise.’ Buildings that demonstrate the traditions of Florentine art and architecture from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance. Also see the open-air museum of Piazza Della Signoria & Santa Croce, which houses the tombs of Michelangelo and Galileo. The evening is at leisure for dinner on your own. Overnight: Florence. Breakfast Included.

DAY 9: FLORENCE - CIAO AND HOMEWARD BOUND
Ciao! Transfer to Florence Airport for your flight home with wonderful memories of your Culinary Journey Through Tuscany. ​Breakfast Included.

HIGHLIGHTS
> S2 Night Stay in Florence
> 5 Night Stay in Tuscany
> Tuscan Estate Dinner
> Pasta Making Cooking Class
> Wine Tasting
> Sienna Walking Tour
> Dinner at Tuscan Farmhouse & Winery
> San Gimignano
 >Gelato Tasting
> Lunch at a local Farmhouse
> Lake Trasimeno Boat Excursion
> Island Maggiore with Lunch & Wine
> Florence Guided Walking Tour
> Academy Gallery & the Statue of David
> Full Day Optional Tour to Lucca & Pisa

INCLUSIONS
​> Roundtrip Airfare From - SEA
> Air Departure Taxes, Fuel, Fees
> 7 Nights First Class Hotel Accommodations
> 14 Meals: 7B - 3L - 4D
> Professional Tour Director
> Motorcoach Transportation
> Admissions & Sightseeing Per Itinerary
> Baggage Handling at the Hotels - One
> Checked bag per person
> Roundtrip Hotel Transfers

TOUR RATES:

Booking Discount:* $5,225 pp double
Regular Rate: $5,325 pp double
Single Supplement: +$950
*See Reservation info for Booking Discount details

OPTIONAL 3-NIGHT ROME EXTENSION

DAY 9: FLORENCE - ASSISI - ETERNAL ROME
Travel south today into the Umbrian countryside to the beautiful hilltop town of Assisi, a well-preserved medieval hill town designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site for its art and architecture, and the hometown of St. Francis, the revered patron saint of animals and founder of the Franciscan order. Enjoya guided walking tour to visit both the upper and lower parts of the great Basilica of St. Francis. St. Francis was born here in 1182. Later travel to the ‘Eternal City’ of Rome and the capitol of Italy. Check into your hotel for a 3-night stay. The evening is at leisure.  Overnight: Rome. Breakfast Included.

DAY 10: ROME SIGHTSEEING - VATICAN MUSEUM - SISTINE CHAPEL
Enjoy a Rome City Tour to see some of the highlights of the city such as, the Colosseum, The Arch of Constantine, Circus Maximus, Piazza Venezia, the Pantheon and more. Next it’s off to visit another country – Vatican City. With our expert local guide, tour the Vatican Museums - a massive collection of ancient Greek sculptures, medieval tapestries and Renaissance paintings. See the Sistine Chapel, its ceiling painted by Michelangelo between 1508 and 1512. This room, receives more than five million visitors each year and is also where the Pope is elected. Next, visit St. Peter’s Square in Vatican City for a tour of St. Peter’s Basilica to view the art and architecture of one of the largest and most famous churches in the world. We’ll see Michelangelo’s Pieta as well as Bernini’s seven story bronze canopy located above the main altar. The evening is at leisure to explore Rome on your own. ​Overnight: Rome. Breakfast Included.

DAY 11: ROME - FREE DAY AS YOU WISH
The entire day is free to explore Rome on your own. Perhaps a tour inside the Colosseum, a walk on Via Veneto, climb the Spanish Steps, indulge in an espresso or cappuccino in the Piazza Navona at a local café or shop for souvenirs. Overnight: Rome. Breakfast Included.

DAY 12: ROME - CIAO - FLIGHT HOME
Transfer to the airport for your flight home with wonderful memories of Tuscany, Florence and Rome. Breakfast Included.

Rome Extension: $1,199 pp dbl / +$450 Single supplement

*Extension must be booked with your initial tour deposit. Due to group air
policies, outbound air could be a different schedule than the rest of your
group for Rome extension passengers. • 20 travelers minimum