İSTANBUL – MILAN – (Como Tour)
After completing baggage drop-off, ticketing, and passport control procedures that you will carry out 3 hours before the flight at Sabiha Gökçen Airport International Terminal, we fly to Bergamo at 08:50 with Pegasus Airlines scheduled flight PC1211. Upon our arrival at Bergamo Airport at 10:40 local time, we head to Milan city center with our private bus waiting for us at the airport to carry out our city tour. On the way, guests who wish may join our extra Como Tour program (50 Euro). In our tour, we will visit Lake Como, famous for its luxurious lifestyle and natural beauty, home to summer residences of Hollywood celebrities, European millionaires, and the world jet set, and we will take a photo break accompanied by the lake’s unique view. After the free time to be offered in Como, we continue our journey toward Milan city center. Milan, one of Europe’s fashion capitals, also stands out with its cuisine, opera, churches, and priceless works of art such as the fresco of Leonardo da Vinci’s Last Supper. Although it is Italy’s business and financial capital, Milan is also the right address for shopping, nightlife, and dining, and during our city tour we will see the famous opera house La Scala, Piazza del Duomo and the Cathedral, La Galleria where many famous brands are located and where you can enjoy shopping, and Porta Romano among the places to be seen. After the city tour, transfer to our hotel in the Milan region. Check-in and free time to rest.
MILAN – (Verona Tour) – VENICE – (Venice Masterpieces & Hidden Venice Walking Tour) – (Venice Colorful Islands & Gondola Tour)
After breakfast and check-out from the hotel, we head to our hotel in the Venice region. On the way, guests who wish may join our extra Verona Tour (50 Euro) program. Verona, which is on the UNESCO World Cultural Heritage List, is also home to Italy’s second-largest amphitheater after the Colosseum and to the house of Shakespeare’s famous work Romeo and Juliet, which tells the greatest love story known in the world today. After our panoramic sightseeing tour, which we will carry out on foot along Via Mazzini (main square) and Erbe Square, surrounded by many shops, cafes, and stores, and where we will also see Verona Cathedral, we complete our tour and continue our journey to our hotel in the Venice region. On the way, guests who wish may join our extra Venice Masterpieces and Hidden Venice Walking Tour program (80 Euro – “including vaporetto transportation fees”). During our tour in Venice, we will see major iconic structures such as St. Mark’s Square, built of stone and marble and whose columns were brought from Istanbul, St. Mark’s Basilica, the Doge’s Palace designed and used as a symbol of magnificence and power, the Clock Tower, the Bridge of Sighs, and the historic Campanile Bell Tower; then we will enjoy a pleasant walk through the streets of Venice connected by bridges and stretching along narrow canals. In the free time to be offered at the end of the tour, guests who wish may join our extra Venice Colorful Islands and Gondola Tour program (75 Euro) (can be arranged for guests who purchase the Venice Masterpieces and Hidden Venice Walking Tour). 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 Lido and Murano islands from the sea and visit Burano Island, the fishing village famous for its lace and known as one of the 10 most colorful places in the world. After the sightseeing and free time for shopping, we return to Venice and complete our tour with the gondola ride that has become the symbol of the city. After our Venice Colorful Islands and Gondola Tour program, we arrive at our hotel in the Venice region. Upon arrival at the hotel, check-in and free time to rest.
VENICE – FLORENCE – (Siena Tour) – ROME
After breakfast and hotel check-out, we depart for Florence. Upon arrival in Florence, we arrange our city tour. In Florence, the capital of the Renaissance and the hometown of Pinocchio, we will first see from the outside the Santa Maria Del Fiore Cathedral, the 4th largest church in Europe, which immediately attracts attention with its orange dome. One of the most striking features of the cathedral is its bronze door, called the “Gate of Paradise,” where biblical stories, some of which are also mentioned in the Quran, are represented symbolically. Later, Giotto’s Bell Tower, once used to summon the people to parliament, Piazza della Signoria, the political and social center of Florence for centuries and home to Michelangelo’s famous Statue of David, and the Old Bridge (Ponte Vecchio), famous for its antique and jewelry shops, are among the places to be seen. After the Florence city tour, we depart for Rome. On the way, guests who wish may join our extra Siena Tour (50 Euro) program. Siena is famous for its narrow streets and small alleys dating back to the Middle Ages, and for Campo Square, considered the largest square in Europe. After our pleasant walk in Siena along Campo Square and the narrow, historic streets leading to this square, we continue our journey to Rome. Upon arrival at our hotel in the Rome region, 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 free time. Guests who wish may join our extra Rome Icons & Nemi Strawberry Village Tour program (85 Euro). Our first stop on the tour will be Nemi. Known for its wild strawberries and called the “Strawberry Village” for this feature, Nemi hosts an annual strawberry festival. After our sightseeing tour in Nemi, where its narrow streets opening onto squares and the enchanting lake and valley view blend with the scent of strawberries in the air, we take you on a historical journey through Rome and its icons, known as Urbs aput mundi, meaning “the city at the center of the world,” where art, history, music, shopping, sunshine, and cuisine come together, 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 manages to carry even these crowds with all its beauty and aesthetics without overwhelming people. In our tour, in the imperial city of Rome, which 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 during the imperial period, 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 as panoramic sights. At the end of the tour, we offer free time in Rome city center, at the Pantheon. During this free time, guests who wish may join our extra Vatican and Rome Local Neighborhoods Tour program (65 Euro). Starting with a view of Castel Sant’ Angelo – the Castle of Angels – and Navona Square, we visit Vatican / San Pietro, the center of the Catholic branch of Christianity and the smallest country in the world by area. We offer free time at St. Peter’s Square (San Pietro Square), where thousands of Catholics come every year for worship and where, on special occasions, the Pope comes out of his office to greet the public, and where St. Peter’s Basilica, the largest cathedral in the world with 140 statues of saints, is located. Guests who wish may visit the cathedral section “free of charge,” subject to availability. After the free time offered, we start our Rome Local Neighborhoods tour. In this tour, where we will mingle with the people of Rome and feel like residents of the city, among the places to be seen are Trastevere, Piazza Trilussa, Ponte Sisto, and the Ghetto districts, where we will experience the real Italy with its cafés, small family restaurants, boutiques, greengrocers, butchers, and many other small and charming shops, as well as the Ancient Tiber Island, connected to the city by two bridges. After the walking tour through its back narrow streets resembling a labyrinth, with small tables set out, we complete our tour and return to our hotel in the Rome region.
ROME – (Outlet Tour) – ISTANBUL
After breakfast and hotel check-out, we depart for Rome Fiumicino Airport for our return flight to Istanbul. On the way, guests who wish may join our extra Outlet Tour (40 Euro) program. After the pleasant free time we will offer at the outlet center, which hosts stores of Italy’s most prestigious brands that shape the world and fashion trend, as well as cafes, restaurants, and personal activity areas, we continue our journey to the airport. After completing baggage drop-off, check-in, and passport control procedures upon our arrival at the airport, we fly to Istanbul at 14:50 with Pegasus Airlines flight PC1224. Arrival at Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen Airport at 18:20 local time and end of the tour.