İZMİR – VERONA – MILAN
We fly to Verona at 09:00 with Freebird Airlines’ direct and special flight after completing ticketing, baggage drop-off, and passport procedures, which we will carry out by being present 3 hours before the flight at İzmir Adnan Menderes Airport International Terminal. After our arrival at Verona Airport at 10:50 local time, we depart with our private bus waiting for us to organize our Verona city tour. Verona, which is on the UNESCO World Cultural Heritage List, is also home to Italy’s second-largest amphitheater after the Colosseum, as well as the home of Shakespeare’s famous work Romeo and Juliet, which tells the world’s greatest love story known today. After our panoramic sightseeing tour, which we will carry out on foot in Via Mazzini (main square) and Erbe Square, surrounded by many shops, cafes, and stores, and where we can also see Verona Cathedral, we complete our tour and set off for Milan. Milan, one of Europe’s fashion capitals, also stands out with its cuisine, opera, and churches. Although known as Italy’s business and financial capital, Milan is also the right address for a shopping and dining experience. During our tour in Milan, which is also among the main attractions, are the famous opera house La Scala, Duomo Square and Cathedral, and Porta Romano. After the free time to be given at the end of the tour, we arrive at our hotel in the Milan region. Room check-in and free time to rest.
MILAN – (Portofino Tour by Boat) – (Cinque Terre Tour by Train) – PISA – FLORENCE
After breakfast and hotel check-out, we depart for Pisa. Along the way, guests who wish may join our extra Portofino Tour by Boat program (65 Euro). Portofino, surrounded by colorful houses and inspiring songs with all its beauty, enchants visitors with its narrow streets, colorful houses, green hills, and turquoise Mediterranean view. After our Portofino tour, we continue our journey to Pisa. Along the way, guests who wish may join our extra Cinque Terre Tour by Train program (65 Euro). Cinque Terre is a region located on Italy’s Ligurian coast, known for its colorful houses, terraced slopes running parallel to the coast, and seaside towns. With its narrow streets, coastal views, and preserved architecture, it is on the UNESCO World Heritage list. The region offers easy transportation between villages with hiking trails and train connections. After completing our tour and sightseeing in one of the 5 villages that gave Cinque Terre its name, we continue our journey to Pisa. In our tour to be carried out upon arrival in Pisa, the Leaning Tower of Pisa, Cathedral, baptistery, and Miracoli Square are among the places to be visited. After the short free time to be given for a photo break, transfer to our hotel in the Florence region, room check-in, and free time to rest.
FLORENCE – (San Gimignano & Siena Tour) – ROME
After breakfast and hotel check-out, we depart for Rome. Along the way, guests who wish may join our extra San Gimignano & Siena Tour program (80 Euro). Our first visit point on the tour will be San Gimignano. San Gimignano, which has found its place on the UNESCO World Cultural Heritage List because it has preserved its medieval architecture and appearance to this day, is also known as the “Town of Beautiful Towers” thanks to the 14 architectural marvel towers that survived from 76 towers as a result of wars and natural disasters. After our sightseeing tour in San Gimignano’s narrow streets, where time seems to have stopped and gives visitors the feeling of a time journey to the medieval period, and in its squares where we can see the 14 magnificent towers panoramically, each opening onto the town square, we arrive at Siena, the next stop on our tour. Siena is famous for its narrow streets from the Middle Ages, small avenues, and Campo Square, considered the largest square in Europe. After an enjoyable tour in Siena, in Campo Square and the narrow historical streets leading to this square, we complete our tour and continue our journey to our hotel in the Rome region. With our arrival at the hotel, room check-in and free time to rest.
ROME – (Rome Icons & Nemi Strawberry Village Tour) – (Vatican and Rome Local Neighborhoods Tour)
After breakfast, we offer a full day of free time. Guests who wish may join our extra Rome Icons & Nemi Strawberry Village Tour program (85 Euro). Our first visit point on the tour will be Nemi. Known for its mountain strawberries and called the “Strawberry Village” for this feature, Nemi hosts the annual strawberry festival. After our sightseeing tour in Nemi, where its tiny streets opening onto squares and the enchanting lake and valley view combine with the scent of strawberries in the air, we take you on a historical journey through Rome and its icons, called Urbs aput mundi, meaning “the city at the center of the world,” where art, history, music, shopping, sunshine, and food await you, with buildings in different styles ranging from antiquity to the Renaissance. While the works created by architects competing with one another attract thousands of tourists to the city in every season, Rome can carry even these crowds with all its beauty and aesthetics without overwhelming people. On our tour, in the imperial city of Rome, which has shaped European civilization and witnessed 23 centuries of history, we will first see the Colosseum, the ancient theater that became the symbol of the city and hosted gladiator fights throughout the Roman Empire, the Roman Forum, which was the ceremonial center of the city in imperial times, the Fountain of Love, where, according to legend, anyone who throws a coin into it will return to Rome, the Spanish Steps, famous for street performers, and Piazza Pietra and Piazza Popolo panoramically among the places to be seen. At the end of the tour, we offer free time in Rome city center Pantheon. Within this free time, guests who wish may join our extra Vatican and Rome Local Neighborhoods Tour program (65 Euro). Beginning with a view of Castel Sant’Angelo – the Castle of the Angels and Piazza Navona, our tour continues with a visit to Vatican / San Pietro, the center of the Catholic branch of Christianity and the world’s smallest country by area. We offer free time in San Pietro Square (St. Peter’s Square), where thousands of Catholics come and gather for worship every year, and where, on special occasions, the Pope steps out from his office to greet the public, and where the San Pietro Cathedral, the largest cathedral in the world with 140 saints’ statues, is located. After the free time provided, we begin our Rome Local Neighborhoods tour. In this tour, where we mingle with the people of Rome and feel like residents of the city ourselves, we will experience the real Italian atmosphere with its naturalness and simplicity, as well as its cafes, small family-run restaurants, boutiques, greengrocers, butchers, and many more small and charming shops. Trastevere, Piazza Trilussa, Ponte Sisto and the Ghetto areas, and the ancient Tiber Island, connected to the city by two bridges, are among the places to be seen panoramically. After a walking tour through its narrow, maze-like back streets with small tables set out, we complete our tour and return to our hotel in the Rome region.
ROME – NAPLES – (Sorrento, the Pearl of Amalfi, or Lunch Included Pompei Tour) – ROME
After breakfast, we depart for Naples. In our panoramic city tour to be organized after our arrival in Naples, Castel Nuovo, Palazzo Reale di Napoli, Galleria Umberto, Teatro di San Carlo, Via Toledo, Piazza del Plebiscito, and Basilica Reale Pontificia San Francesco da Paola are among the places to be seen. After the city tour, during the free time to be given, guests who wish may join our extra Lunch Included Pompei Tour program (80 Euro). Starting with lunch at a local restaurant, in our tour we will visit Pompei, which lies on the slopes of Mount Vesuvius, whose eruption in 79 AD destroyed the city, and which was uncovered in all its vitality as a result of archaeologists’ long excavations in 1748. We complete our tour with a visit to the ancient city of Pompei.
Or guests who wish may join our extra Sorrento, the Pearl of Amalfi Tour program (80 Euro). After the city tour and sightseeing in Sorrento on the Amalfi coast, famous for its small tourist boutiques, eye-catching beaches, breathtaking views, and Limoncello, the Italian lemon liqueur, which enchants visitors by combining its history dating back to prehistoric times with the Italian character and charm in a Mediterranean style, we offer free time.
After the tour, we return to our hotel in the Rome region.
ROME – (Lunch Included Florence Masterpieces Tour) – VENICE
After breakfast and hotel check-out, we set off for Venice. Along the way, guests who wish may join our extra Lunch Included Florence Masterpieces Tour program (65 Euro). With our arrival in Florence, we begin our tour with lunch at a local restaurant. In Florence, the capital of the Renaissance and the hometown of Pinocchio, we will first see the Santa Maria Del Fiore Cathedral, Europe’s 4th largest church, which immediately draws attention with its orange-colored dome, from the outside. One of the most striking features of the cathedral is the bronze door called the “Gate of Paradise,” where scenes from the stories of the prophets, some of whom are also mentioned in the Holy Quran, are depicted. Later, Giotto’s Bell Tower, which was once used to summon the people to parliament, Signoria Square, the political and social center of Florence for centuries and home to Michelangelo’s famous David Statue, and the Old Bridge (Ponte Vecchio), famous for its antique and goldsmith shops, are among the places to be seen. After the Lunch Included Florence Masterpieces Tour, we continue our journey to our hotel in the Venice region. Upon arrival at the hotel, room check-in and free time to rest.
VENICE – (Venice Masterpieces and Outlet Tour) – (Venice Colorful Islands & Gondola Tour)
After breakfast, we offer a full day of free time. Within this free time, guests who wish may join our extra Venice Masterpieces and Outlet Tour program (90 Euro – including Vaporetto and city entrance fees). In the first part of our tour in Venice, we will see the main iconic structures such as St. Mark’s Square, built of stone and marble with its columns brought from Istanbul, St. Mark’s Basilica, the Doge’s Palace, designed and used as a symbol of grandeur and power, the Clock Tower, the Bridge of Sighs, and the historic Campanile Bell Tower, then we will take an enjoyable walk through the streets of Venice connected by bridges and extending along narrow canals. At the end of the tour, during the free time to be provided only for passengers joining the Venice Masterpieces and Outlet Tour, guests who wish may join our extra Venice Colorful Islands and Gondola Tour program (75 Euro). In this tour, where we will have the chance to observe the Venice island from different angles by passing through the lagoons, we will see the Lido and Murano islands from the sea and visit Burano Island, a fishing village famous for its lace, known as one of the 10 most colorful places in the world. After free time for sightseeing and shopping, we return to Venice and complete our tour with a Gondola ride, which has become the symbol of the city. With the end of our Venice Colorful Islands and Gondola Tour program, we depart for Outlet Design Center for the final part of our Venice Masterpieces and Outlet Tour program. At Outlet Design Center, one of Italy’s most famous shopping centers, which shapes the world fashion trend and hosts stores of many famous brands, as well as many restaurants and activity areas, we offer free time for enjoyable and affordable shopping, after which we return to our hotel in the Venice region.
VENICE – VERONA – IZMIR
After breakfast and hotel check-out, we head to Verona Airport for our return flight to Izmir. After completing luggage drop-off, check-in, and passport control procedures upon arrival at the airport, we fly to İzmir at 13:40 with Freebird Airlines’ direct and special flight. Arrival at İzmir Adnan Menderes Airport at 17:05 local time and the end of our tour.