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Provence and Italy Unveiled
Travel with Tauck World Discovery and you'll see more and do more than you ever could on your own. Play boules with the locals in Provence. Live like a local and learn to make pasta in Lucca. Savor Tuscan cuisine paired with locally produced wines in a monastery osteria in the Chianti Hills. Book now and receive a generous $100 Mastercard gift card. |
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7 Nights • Departs April 8 – October 21, 2012
Aix-en-Provence • Provençal • Luberon • Bonnieux • Ménerbes • Roussillon • River Sorgue • Avignon • St-Remy-de-Provence • Marseille
Seven nights' accommodation
Breakfast daily and some lunches and dinners
Chef hosted cooking class in Avignon
Sample locally produced olive oil at a visit to an olive oil mill
Learn the finer points of wine tasting with a local sommelier
Meet Vincent van Gogh through the eyes of a learned scholar
Play a game of boules in Joucas with the locals
Picnic in a tranquil meadow at Abbaye de Sénanque
Experience a sensorial tasting and tour at a truffle museum
Walk atop the Pont du Gard, a UNESCO World Heritage Site
$100 Mastercard gift per booking
Virtuoso rates from $3,990 per person, double occupancy
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7 Nights • Departs April 14 – October 20, 2012
Florence • The Uffizi • Galleria dell'Accademia • Basilica of Santa Croce • Cinque Terre • Village of Monterosso • Tuscany • Lucca
Seven nights' accommodation
Breakfast daily and some lunches and dinners
Visit an artisian's workshop with a Restoration Specialist
Sample street food of Florentine market
Guided tour of the mountain quarries where Carrara marble has been mined since Roman times
Bike ride atop the walls of Lucca
An Italian language lesson
Lecture hosted by a Florentine art historian
Experience a sensorial tasting and tour at a truffle museum
Cooking class in the art of making pasta with wine and olive oil tasting in the Ligurian Hills
$100 Mastercard gift per booking
Virtuoso rates from $3,990 per person, double occupancy
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7 Nights • Departs March 11 – November 18, 2012
Florence • The Uffizi • Galleria dell'Accademia • Basilica of Santa Croce • Cinque Terre • Village of Monterosso • Tuscany • Lucca
Seven nights' accommodation
13 meals (7 breakfasts, 3 lunches & 3 dinners)
After-hours guided visit to the Vatican Museums and the Sistine Chapel
Special cellar tour, wine-pairing lunch & olive oil tasting at the Osteria of a monastery in the Chianti Hills
A tour of Old Rome's key sites with a local guide
A lecture by an art historian and a guided visit to the Uffizi in Florence
A serenaded gondola ride on the canals of Venice
Travel by high-speed train Venice to Florence and Florence to Rome
Airport transfers upon arrival and departure
Service charges, gratuities to local guides, admission fees, taxes and porterage
$100 Mastercard gift per booking
Virtuoso rates from $3,790 per person, double occupancy
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Trip Highlights
Provence
- Attend a chef-hosted cooking class in Avignon
- Sample locally produced olive oil at an olive oil mill
- Enjoy wine tasting with a local sommelier
- Play a game of boules in Joucas with the locals
- Walk atop the Pont du Gard, a UNESCO World Heritage Site
Tuscany & Cinque Terre
- Go inside an artisan's workshop and studio with a restoration specialist
- Take a guided tour of the mountain quarries where Carrara marble is mined
- Bike ride atop the walls of Lucca
- Learn about Michelangelo from a Florentine art historian
- Live like a local in the Ligurian hills; take a pasta making class
A Week in Venice, Florence & Rome
- Enjoy an after-hours guided visit to the Vatican Museums and Sistine Chapel
- Indulge in a special cellar tour, wine-pairing lunch and olive oil tasting at a monastery
- Tour Old Rome's key sites with a local guide
- Take a day trip to Badia di Passignano's vineyards and olive groves
- Travel by high-speed train Venice to Florence, Florence to Rome
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Fares, schedules, Virtuoso exclusives, events and amenities are subject to availability and blackout dates and may change without notice. Unless otherwise stated, prices are in U.S. dollars, per person and based on double occupancy. Restrictions may apply. See your Virtuoso travel advisor for more details and applicable restrictions. Virtuoso is not responsible for any errors in pricing. Virtuoso CST#2069091-50 351024 12/11
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