Rome to Florence
8 Days - 7 Nights

Itinerary

• Day 1: ROME (ON)
  Meet at arrival and transfer to hotel. Enjoy the rest of the day of the day to explore Rome.
  Hotel Nord Nuova or similar.
• Day 2: ROME (ON) (B,D)
  This morning you are in treat of a Rome tour on foot (regular tour with pick up at your hotel) , visiting Spanish Steps, Trevi Fountain, Pantheon and Piazza Navona. Don’t forget to throw a coin at Trevi Fountain to ensure your return to Rome! You can join an optional tour in the afternoon of Ancient Rome that stops at the Colosseum. Tonight enjoy a dinner at a restaurant renowned for its pasta.
  Hotel Nord Nuova or similar.
• Day 3: ROME - SPOLETO (ON) (B,D)
  Transfer on your own to Rome train station. Train to Spoleto in Umbria. Meet at arrival and transfer to hotel. Enjoy the Umbrian hospitality with a welcome drink and a short presentation on your cooking course from the hotel’s chef. This evening, enjoy a welcome dinner at the hotel Clitunno.
• Day 4: SPOLETO (ON) (B)
  After breakfast, start your introduction to classic Umbrian cooking with the presentation and preparation of some typical appetizers. Enjoy lunch preparing and tasting the dishes you have prepared. In the afternoon, the emphasis will be on pasta, with the preparation of such dishes as strangozzi (home made pasta) with truffle sauce, gnocchi (potatoes dumplings) and many more. Rest of the afternoon free, enjoy dinner to celebrate your graduation at the San Lorenzo restaurant.
• Day 5: SPOLETO (ON) (B,L)
  After breakfast the day will be dedicated to the visit, tasting and shopping of the best Umbrian gastronomy products. An English speaking guide will escort you to discover old olive oil farms and tasting the Sagrantino di Montefalco red wine, visiting a beautiful winery in Montefalco. Lunch in Montefalco. Return to the hotel in the early afternoon, free time and dinner on your own.
• Day 6: SPOLETO - FLORENCE (ON) (B)
  After breakfast, transfer to Spoleto train station to board train to Florence. Join the hotel shuttle bus for a transfer to the hotel.
  Relais Certosa Hotel or similar.
• Day 7: FLORENCE (ON) (B,D)
  Relax at the large swimming pool of the hotel or enjoy Florence, the most beautiful Renaissance city, on an optional tour to visit the Duomo, the Baptistery, Ponte Vecchio, Giotto’s Bell Tower. Farewell dinner at the restaurant of the hotel Relais Certosa includes Tuscan cuisine specialties and wines.
  Hotel Relais Certosa or similar.
• Day 8: FLORENCE - RETURN (B)
  Breakfast, join the hotel shuttle for transfer to Florence station or airport.

INCLUDES: Transfers as per itinerary, train tickets, 7 nights accommodation at 3*+ and 4* hotels, 8 buffet breakfasts (B), 2 lunches (L) and 4 dinners (D) , drinks included at Rome and Florence dinners only, English speaking local guide in Montefalco, regular tour visit of Rome, culinary course, taxes and service charges, porterage at hotels.

EXCLUDES: Customary tips to guide and driver, drinks during meals in Spoleto.

DEPARTURES: April to November - Daily Departures

RATES: Upon request