Classic Italy Express with Turkish Airlines 4 nights Morning Milan Departure – Morning Rome Return

İSTANBUL – MILAN – (Como Tour)
After the baggage drop-off, ticketing, and passport control procedures that you will complete 3 hours before departure at Istanbul Airport International Terminal, we fly to Milan at 06:55 on Turkish Airlines scheduled flight TK1873. Upon our arrival at Milan Malpensa Airport at 08:40 local time, we head to Milan city center to conduct our city tour with our private bus waiting for us at the airport. En route, guests who wish may join our optional Como Tour program (50 Euro). On our tour, we will visit Lake Como, famous for its luxury lifestyle and natural beauty, hosting the summer homes of Hollywood celebrities, European elites, and the world jet set, and we will take a photo break accompanied by the lake’s unique view. After the free time 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 The Last Supper by the great master Leonardo da Vinci. Although it is Italy’s business and financial capital, Milan is also the right address for shopping, nightlife, and dining experiences. During our city tour in Milan, famous sights such as the renowned opera house La Scala, Duomo Square and Cathedral, La Galleria where you can enjoy shopping among many famous brands, and Porta Romano are 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 – (Venetian Masterpieces & Hidden Venice Walking Tour) – (Venice Colorful Islands & Gondola Tour)
After breakfast and hotel check-out, we depart for our hotel in the Venice region. En route, guests who wish may join our optional Verona Tour program (50 Euro). Verona, listed on the UNESCO World Cultural Heritage List, is also home to Italy’s second-largest amphitheater after the Colosseum, and to the home of the famous work Romeo and Juliet by the renowned English writer Shakespeare, which tells the world’s greatest love story known today. After our panoramic sightseeing tour on foot through Via Mazzini (main square) and Erbe Square, surrounded by many shops, cafes, and stores, where we will also see Verona Cathedral, we complete our tour and continue our journey to our hotel in the Venice region. En route, guests who wish may join our optional Venetian Masterpieces and Hidden Venice Walking Tour program (80 Euro – “transportation by Vaporetto included”). During our tour in Venice, we will see major 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; afterward, 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 given at the end of the tour, guests who wish may join our optional Venice Colorful Islands and Gondola Tour program (75 Euro) (can be arranged for guests who purchase the Venetian Masterpieces and Hidden Venice Walking Tour). On this tour, where we will have the chance to observe 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, 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. 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 – (Outlet Tour) – FLORENCE – (Siena Tour) – ROME
After breakfast and hotel check-out, we depart for Florence. En route, guests who wish may join our optional Outlet Tour program (40 Euro). After the pleasant free time we will offer for quality and affordable shopping at the outlet center, which hosts stores of Italy’s most prestigious brands shaping the world and fashion trends, as well as cafes, restaurants, and personal activity areas, we continue our journey to 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, which immediately attracts attention with its orange dome and is the 4th largest church in Europe. One of the cathedral’s most remarkable features is the bronze door known as the “Gate of Paradise,” where scenes of prophetic stories, some of which are also mentioned in the Quran, are depicted as representations. Later, Giotto’s Bell Tower, once used to call the people to parliament, Piazza della Signoria, 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 jewelry shops, are among the places to be seen. After the Florence city tour, we depart for Rome. En route, guests who wish may join our optional Siena Tour program (50 Euro). Siena is famous for its narrow streets and small avenues from the Middle Ages, and for Campo Square, considered the largest square in Europe. After our pleasant tour in Siena, where we will visit Campo Square and the narrow historic streets leading to it, 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 at leisure. Guests who wish may join our optional Rome Icons & Nemi Strawberry Village Tour (85 Euro). Our first stop on the tour will be Nemi. Known for its wild strawberries and called the “Strawberry Village” for this reason, 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 smell 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,” offering art, history, music, shopping, sun, and cuisine, with buildings in different styles stretching from antiquity to the Renaissance. While the works created by architects competing with each other attract thousands of tourists to the city in every season, Rome manages to host even these crowds without overwhelming the visitor, with all its beauty and aesthetics. In 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 has become the symbol of the city and hosted gladiator fights throughout the Roman Empire, the Roman Forum, the ceremonial center of the city in imperial times, the Fountain of Love, where, according to legend, those who throw 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 optional Vatican and Rome Local Neighborhoods Tour program (65 Euro). Starting by seeing Castel Sant’ Angelo – the Castle of Angels and Navona Square, we visit the Vatican / San Pietro, which is the center of the Catholic denomination of Christianity and the smallest country in the world by area. We offer free time in San Pietro Square (St. Peter’s Square), where thousands of Catholics come to worship each year and gather, and where, on special occasions, the Pope выходит from his office to greet the people, and where St. Peter’s Cathedral, 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 begin our Rome Local Neighborhoods tour. In this tour where we mingle with the people of Rome and feel like residents of the city, Trastevere, where, in addition to its naturalness and simplicity, we experience the real Italian atmosphere with its cafes, small family restaurants, boutiques, greengrocers, butchers, and many more small and cute shops, Piazza Trilussa, Ponte Sisto, and the Ghetto districts, as well as the Ancient Tiber Island connected to the city by 2 bridges, are among the places to be seen. After the 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 – ISTANBUL
After breakfast and hotel check-out, we proceed to Rome Fiumicino Airport for our return flight to Istanbul. Upon arrival at the airport, after baggage drop-off, check-in, and passport control procedures, we fly to Istanbul at 10:45 on Turkish Airlines scheduled flight TK1862. Arrival at Istanbul Airport at 14:35 local time and end of the tour.