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Best of Italy & Greece 2009

Highlights

• Rome
• Venice
• Florence
• Assisi
• Monte Cassino
• Pompeii
• Sorrento
• Isle of Capri
• Olympia
• Delphi
• Athens

Hotels
Aran Mantegna (2 nights)
Novotel Mestre (2 nights)
Astoria
Giotto
Johanna Park (2 nights)
Amalia
Amalia
Zafolia (3 nights)

What's Included

Sightseeing Highlights

• Rome: Views of the Forum and Circus Maximus plus visits to St. Peter's Basilica, the Sistine Chapel and the Colosseum.
• Venice: Canal cruise viewing St. Mark's Square, Bridge of Sighs and Doge's Palace. Visit a glass-blowing factory. Travel along the Brenta Canal seeing the Palladian villas.
• Florence: See the Baptistery, Piazza della Signoria, Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore, and visit Santa Croce Basilica. Views from Piazzale Michelangelo.
• Assisi: Orientation including Santa Maria degli Angeli and a visit to St. Francis Basilica.
• Monte Cassino: Visit the Commonwealth cemetery.
• Pompeii: A guided tour of the excavations.
• Sorrento: Orientation tour, plus witness the art of inlaid woodwork.
• Isle of Capri: Orientation of this charming isle includes the Piazzetta and funicular to Capri town.
• Olympia: Visit the Olympic Stadium and Temples of Zeus and Hera.
• Delphi: Visit the home of the Oracle.
• Athens: See the Acropolis and Parthenon plus the Royal Palace and Hadrian's Arch.

• 14 hot buffet breakfasts.
• 5 three-course dinners.
• 1 dinner on overnight cruise.
• Local highlight restaurant dinner with wine in Florence.
• "Be My Guest" local speciality dinner of local produce with wine in restaurant on working lemon farm.
• Farewell Dinner with wine in Athens.

• All hotel service charges and tips, baggage handling fees and local taxes included.
• Touring by luxury air-conditioned coach with reclining seats and a washroom onboard.
• The services of one of Trafalgar's top professional multi-lingual Tour Directors.
• A qualified local city guide in Rome, Florence, Assisi, Pompeii, Olympia, Delphi and Athens.
• Cruise to the Isle of Capri and overnight cruise from Bari to Patras.
• You'll stay in twin-bedded rooms with private facilities.
• Airport transfers are provided on Day 1 and Day 15.
• A stylish wallet, tour documents and map book journal.

• London Gateways: Transfers can be expensive, particularly between the airport and your London hotel. But when you book your Trafalgar tour and take advantage of our land and air packages, we have included a FREE transfer to and from London's airports and your Trafalgar London hotel. For passengers who have their own flight arrangements we offer you the opportunity to purchase inexpensive transfers to and from London's Heathrow — Trafalgar has negotiated special rates for the Dot2Dot transfer from London's Heathr
• Important — Please Note: Passengers will only be entitled to transfers to and from London Airports providing the following conditions are met:
• For included transfers: Your flights must be booked directly by Trafalgar no fewer than 21 days prior to departure. For chargeable transfers: Your Travel Agent provides detailed flight information to Trafalgar no fewer than 21 days prior to departure. Once transfers are booked they cannot be changed.
• For London arrivals, you must stay at a London hotel booked by Trafalgar on the night of arrival and the night prior to your departure date.
• Trafalgar only includes one inbound and one outbound transfer.
• In the event of flight delays outside of Trafalgar's control, the transfers will be deemed to be cancelled.
• All transfers are based on group transfers. No refund is therefore available for missed transfers, or passengers not using this service.
• In the event of unforeseen events (such as road or rail works, strikes or demonstrations), Trafalgar will not be responsible for delayed or cancelled transfers.
• Heathrow Airport: National Express Dot2Dot will pick up and drop off in time to meet all flights to/from London's Heathrow Airport. For guests arriving at the Dot2Dot desk after 22.00 hrs please make use of the courtesy phone to arrange your transfer to your Trafalgar hotel.
• Gatwick Airport: Passengers who have booked Trafalgar's Land and Air packages arriving at London's Gatwick Airport are provided with a Gatwick Express train voucher. The Gatwick Express train journey from Gatwick Airport to London's Victoria Station takes 30 minutes. Guests then need to make their way from Victoria Station to their Trafalgar hotel.
• European Gateways: With Trafalgar all passengers will receive complimentary arrival and departure transfers on the scheduled arrival and departure day of their tour at the times specified below. Please ensure your Travel Agent reserves your flight to co-ordinate with the transfer times shown
• Trafalgar Bonus - Passengers who book Trafalgar's Land+Air package and who arrive or depart outside of these specified times on the scheduled arrival and departure day of the tour will also be provided with a transfer.
• Passengers arriving before or leaving after the scheduled tour days are not entitled to a transfer but may book and purchase one through Trafalgar providing that they also purchase the additional pre and/or post tour hotel night(s) from Trafalgar. Please ask for prices of transfers at the time of booking your extra night accommodation.
• Land only passengers arriving or departing on the scheduled tour arrival or departure days but whose flights don't coincide with the listed transfer times below may also book and purchase these transfers. Flight details must be provided to Trafalgar not less than 21 days before the flight departure.
• Click here to see scheduled transfer times.