Discover Paris, the Alps, and Italy: Your Perfect European Adventure

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TRAVEL THROUGH EUROPE: DISCOVER PARIS, THE ALPS, AND ITALY (SP)
10 DAYS – 4 Meals – Daily Breakfasts.

Valid from April 2025 to February 2026
Tour
FRANCE: 3 nights Paris
SWITZERLAND: 1 night Zurich
ITALY: Milan, Padua, 1 night Venice, 1 night Florence, 3 nights Rome

Departures every Thursday

Day 1 Travel through Europe: CITY OF ORIGIN – PARIS

Travel through Europe: We will arrive in Paris and transfer to the hotel. In the evening, we will take the “Paris Illuminations” tour, where you can discover this city with its most emblematic buildings lit up.
Accommodation and dinner.

Day 2: DISCOVER PARIS

After breakfast, we will have a panoramic tour with a local guide to see places such as: Place de la Concorde and Place de l’Opéra, the Champs-Élysées, the Arc de Triomphe, the Saint Germain district, the grand boulevards, and more.
You will have the rest of the day free. If you wish, you can take one of our optional tours, such as the Montparnasse Tower, the Latin Quarter, and a boat trip on the Seine. First, we will head to the Montparnasse Tower, which we will ascend using one of Europe’s fastest elevators to the 56th floor, offering breathtaking views of the city.
Next, we will go to the famous Latin Quarter, the center of Parisian intellectual life, and end the tour with a boat trip on the Seine. Accommodation and breakfast.

Day 3: DISCOVER PARIS

Breakfast. Visit the Palace of Versailles, a symbol of the French monarchy in its splendor and a model for royal residences throughout Europe. You will discover, in addition to its wonderful gardens, the most famous rooms of the palace such as the renowned Hall of Mirrors, the Royal Chapel, the private apartments, etc.
In the afternoon, you can take the optional tour to Montmartre, where you will discover the bohemian district of Paris with its cobbled streets and steep gardens where Impressionist painters lived.
You will stroll through old Paris to the Sacré-Cœur Basilica, a 19th-century masterpiece with its impressive view over the city, and to finish, you will savor a crêpe and a drink at a typical restaurant.
Accommodation and breakfast.

Day 4: PARIS – ZURICH

Breakfast. Departure to Switzerland, traveling through central France, crossing the regions of Champagne-Ardenne and Franche-Comté.
After border formalities, we will continue to Zurich, which, with its 430,000 inhabitants, is the most populous center in Switzerland. You will have free time in what is today the financial and economic capital of the Swiss Confederation and home to the country’s largest banks.
Accommodation and breakfast.

Day 5: ZURICH – MILAN – PADUA – VENETO REGION

Breakfast. Departure to Italy. First, we will head towards the Italian-speaking Swiss canton: Ticino, passing beautiful towns like Bellinzona, before entering Italy and arriving in Milan.
Free time to discover the beauty of the Lombardy capital, where, in addition to seeing the most important sites such as Sforza Castle, Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II, and the Duomo (a masterpiece of universal art), you can explore the grandeur of its elegant buildings along the fashion streets or savor a delicious cappuccino in one of its traditional cafes from the late 19th and early 20th centuries, such as Zucca, Taveggia, or Cova.
Continue to Padua, where you will have brief free time to visit the Basilica of Saint Anthony, built between the 13th and 14th centuries, a wonderful work of Italian Gothic art, which houses the Saint’s remains in addition to its excellent sculptural works. We will then proceed to our hotel in the Veneto Region.
Accommodation, breakfast, and dinner.

Day 6: VENETO REGION – VENICE – FLORENCE

Breakfast. We will enter Venice with a panoramic boat trip, where we can see the Church of Santa Maria della Salute, the island of San Giorgio, and the Customs House, among others. Disembark.
We will continue walking past the majestic exterior of the Doge’s Palace and the Piazzetta, the access point to St. Mark’s Square (Piazza San Marco), and visit a Murano glass factory. Free time.
If you wish, you can take the optional excursion “Gondolas with Hidden Venice,” one of the most special experiences you will have in Italy. You will take a guided walking tour with a local guide through some of its squares, narrow streets, palaces, and canals, where you will find countless details that make Venice a unique city in the world. As a finishing touch, you will enjoy a romantic gondola ride to see the city’s most picturesque canals.
At the scheduled time, we will take the vaporetto (water bus) to Tronchetto and continue by bus to our hotel in Florence, the capital of Tuscany, the birthplace of the Renaissance, and today one of the world’s leading artistic centers.
Accommodation, breakfast, and dinner.

Day 7: FLORENCE – ROME

Breakfast. A panoramic tour will guide us through the city’s most emblematic sites, such as: the Duomo of Santa Maria del Fiore, with its marvelous dome designed by Brunelleschi, which served as a model for Michelangelo’s dome at St. Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican; Giotto’s Campanile (bell tower); the Baptistery with Ghiberti’s famous Gates of Paradise; the Ponte Vecchio; Piazza della Signoria with Palazzo Vecchio and its collection of artistically rich statues and fountains, etc.
Free time to explore the famous Florentine markets. Departure to Rome.
In the evening, we will visit “Rome by Night,” where you can tour some of the most characteristic places of this ancient city, seeing its most emblematic squares and representative fountains, such as Piazza Navona with the Fountain of Four Rivers, the Trevi Fountain, etc.
Accommodation and breakfast.

Day 8: ROME

Breakfast. Surely, one of the reasons for your trip is to visit the Vatican Museums, the Sistine Chapel, and St. Peter’s Basilica.
Today we will head to Vatican City State, the smallest country in the world, the spiritual and administrative center of the Catholic Church.
We will visit the Vatican Museums, one of the most important museums in the world; St. Peter’s Square; St. Peter’s Basilica, where we can admire Michelangelo’s “La Pietà” sculpture and which is dominated from above by his grand and evocative dome; and the Sistine Chapel, where we can observe the majestic frescoes on the barrel-vaulted ceiling and “The Last Judgment.”
Next, we will take a panoramic tour of Rome, during which we will pass through emblematic areas such as Vatican City, Castel Sant’Angelo, the Lungotevere, Tiber Island, Porta Portese, the Mouth of Truth, etc., and see some of its grandiose monuments like the Circus Maximus, the Baths of Caracalla, the Pyramid of Cestius, Caelian Hill, the Basilicas of St. John Lateran and St. Mary Major (exteriors), Termini Station, Piazza della Repubblica, Via Veneto, and Villa Borghese, among others. Rest of the day free.
Optional excursion not included: “Ancient Rome” tour, where, accompanied by our local guide, you will travel back in time to Imperial Rome, visiting some of the most representative places of that era.
Accommodation, breakfast, and dinner.

Day 9 Travel through Europe: ROME

Breakfast. Free day.
If you wish, you will have the option to take the full-day optional excursion “Naples, Pompeii, and Capri.”
We will head to the Campania region, where we will visit Pompeii and the magnificent archaeological remains of this Roman city, frozen in time by the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD. We will continue with a brief panoramic tour of Naples, the regional capital, whose historic center has been declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Lastly, we will visit the island of Capri, a paradisiacal and exclusive island, a place desired by emperors and kings in antiquity, a refuge for the privileged, and one of the most charming places in the world with Marina Grande, the Faraglioni rocks, the grottoes, etc. Arrival on the island. Weather permitting, we will take a boat trip. Afterwards, we will ascend to the small town for a visit, strolling through its elegant streets and squares. Finally, we will embark for Naples to continue our journey to Rome. Accommodation and breakfast.

Day 10: ROME – CITY OF ORIGIN

Concluding your travel through Europe:
Breakfast. Free time until the indicated transfer time to the airport for your flight to your destination city.

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INCLUDES

• Product: Classic
• Arrival and departure transfers from the main airport. Consult for supplement for transfers from/to the train station and/or port.
• Lunches and dinners as indicated in the itinerary.
• Modern coaches equipped with top safety measures.
• Visit to the Palace and Gardens of Versailles.
• Paris Illuminations tour.
• Rome by Night tour.
• Visit to the Vatican Museums, Sistine Chapel, and St. Peter’s Basilica.
• Medical assistance for passengers under 70 years of age (Additional cost for those over 71).
• Spanish-speaking tour escort.
• Local Spanish-speaking guides for visits indicated in the itinerary.
• Daily breakfast, Buffet (in most hotels).

NOT INCLUDED

• Unspecified expenses.
• Local taxes / City fees.
• Excursions not indicated.
• International airfare.

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