Rome and Greece

Day 1:

Overnight Flight to Rome

Day 2:

Welcome to Italy!

• Meet your Tour Director at the airport
  
• Explore Rome on foot with your Tour Director, walking from Piazza Navona to the Pantheon, tossing a coin into the Trevi Fountain, and climbing the Spanish Steps with views over the Eternal City

Day 3:

Explore Rome

• Guided by a local expert, explore Vatican City, the world’s smallest country and a sanctuary of Renaissance genius.
• Visit the Vatican Museums and the Sistine Chapel, where Michelangelo’s ceiling continues to awe.
  
• Step into St. Peter’s Basilica to see masterpieces like the Pietà and Bernini’s towering Baldachin.
  
• Guided by a local expert, explore Ancient Rome, exploring the epicenter of a vast empire where emperors ruled, gladiators fought, and temples anchored everyday life
• Visit the Colosseum, stepping into the arena where thousands once gathered to witness gladiator battles and Roman spectacle on a monumental scale
  
• Visit the Roman Forum, walking pathways once traveled by Julius Caesar and Cicero, surrounded by the remains of temples, basilicas, and the heart of public life in ancient Rome
  

Day 4:

Explore Florence

• Free time or Optional Guided excursion to Florence by train
• Opt to take a full-day guided trip to Florence by train. Walk across the Ponte Vecchio, pass through Piazza della Signoria, and see Santa Croce, Brunelleschi’s soaring dome, and the bronze Gates of Paradise on the Baptistery

Day 5:

Rome - Sorrento

• Travel via Capri to Sorrento
  
• Take an excursion to Capri and the Blue Grotto, ferrying across turquoise waters to explore this glamorous island and - weather permitting - enter the glowing sea cave that’s inspired poets and emperors alike
  

Day 6:

Sorrento - Overnight ferry

• Travel via Pompeii to your overnight ferry to Greece, with a stop among ancient ruins before boarding for a journey across the Ionian Sea
  
• Guided by a local expert, visit the ruins of Pompeii. Walk the stone streets of this once-thriving Roman city, frozen in time by volcanic ash, and glimpse the lives of those who lived, worked, and worshipped here
  
• Overnight ferry to Greece
  

Day 7:

Patras - Delphi

• Disembark overnight ferry in Patras
  

Day 8:

Delphi - Athens

• Guided by a local expert, visit the ancient sanctuary of Delphi, where pilgrims once sought wisdom from Apollo’s oracle. Walk the Sacred Way, stand before the Temple of Apollo, and take in views where myth meets mountains
• Travel to Athens
  

Day 9:

Explore Athens

• Guided by a local expert, follow the footsteps of philosophers and revolutionaries through Athens. Pass Syntagma Square and the Olympic Stadium, wander streets where ancient debates shaped democracy, and see where modern Athens still carries echoes of its past
• Visit the Acropolis and climb the slopes of the ancient citadel. Stand before the Parthenon, visit the Temple of Athena Nike, and see the Erechtheion’s Porch of the Caryatids while taking in sweeping city views.
  
• Explore Athens on foot with your Tour Director, wandering through the Plaka district’s shops and cafés, past Hadrian’s Arch, and to the Temple of Olympian Zeus rising quietly beside modern streets
• Enjoy a special farewell dinner to celebrate your journey and share a final meal with your group
  

Day 10:

Depart for home