1. Arrival in Paris. || 48.857833889518496, 2.3521731971489785

Paris, France's capital, is a major European city and a global center for art, fashion, gastronomy and culture. Its 19th-century cityscape is crisscrossed by wide boulevards and the River Seine. Beyond such landmarks as the Eiffel Tower and the 12th-century, Gothic Notre-Dame cathedral, the city is known for its cafe culture and designer boutiques along the Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré.

2. Paris City Tour 

4 Hours

3. Notre-Dame. || 48.853317386523415, 2.350707205868259 

Notre-Dame de Paris, referred to simply as Notre-Dame, is a medieval Catholic cathedral on the Île de la Cité, in the 4th arrondissement of Paris, France. The cathedral, dedicated to the Virgin Mary, is considered one of the finest examples of French Gothic architecture.

4. Champs-Élysées. || 48.87311541818166, 2.2978579615710575

The Avenue des Champs-Élysées is an avenue in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, France, 1.9 kilometres long and 70 metres wide, running between the Place de la Concorde in the east and the Place Charles de Gaulle in the west, where the Arc de Triomphe is located.

5. Trocadéro. || 48.86278256885953, 2.287593792260064 

The Trocadéro, site of the Palais de Chaillot, is an area of Paris, France, in the 16th arrondissement, across the Seine from the Eiffel Tower. It is also the name of the 1878 Trocadéro Palace which was demolished in 1937 to make way for the Palais de Chaillot.

6. Hotel check in. || 48.85001556996191, 2.2833013480782993

7. Lunch at Eiffel Tower. ||  48.858483011101356, 2.2945081192425985

This is walking distance from the hotel.

8. Free time

9. Dinner Cruise on Seine River 

This is walking distance or a 10 minute Uber from the hotel.

10. Night in Paris

1. Breakfast at hotel. || 48.84995909055729, 2.283258432733504

2. Transfer from hotel to airport

3. Flight from Paris to Naples

4. Arrival in Naples. || 40.85086983073832, 14.27217417807591 

Naples is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 909,048 within the city's administrative limits as of 2022.

5. Taxi to Sorrento hotel. || 40.625995143228856, 14.374933008289167

6. Night in Amalfi

1. Breakfast at hotel. || 40.625995143228856, 14.374933008289167

2. 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM - Pompeii. || 40.75038365506745, 14.503895154008982 

Pompeii is a vast archaeological site in southern Italy’s Campania region, near the coast of the Bay of Naples. Once a thriving and sophisticated Roman city, Pompeii was buried under meters of ash and pumice after the catastrophic eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 A.D. The preserved site features excavated ruins of streets and houses that visitors can freely explore.

3. Free time

4. Night in Amalfi

1. Breakfast at hotel. || 40.626125429959735, 14.37682128346014

2. Taxi to train station

3. 8:30 AM - 11:00 AM - Train from Sorrento to Rome

4. Arrival in Rome. || 41.90448949788862, 12.48032680734039

Rome is the capital city of Italy. It is also the capital of the Lazio region, the centre of the Metropolitan City of Rome Capital, and a special comune named Comune di Roma Capitale.

5. Transfer to hotel

6. 1/2 Day Rome Tour 

4 Hour private tour with local certified tour guide and transportation.

7. Piazza di Spagna. || 41.90630464828817, 12.482391373109454 

Piazza di Spagna, at the bottom of the Spanish Steps, is one of the most famous squares in Rome, Italy. It owes its name to the Palazzo di Spagna, the seat of the Embassy of Spain to the Holy See. There is also the famed Column of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

8. Trevi Fountain. || 41.90147551031671, 12.483420288448087

The Trevi Fountain is an 18th-century fountain in the Trevi district in Rome, Italy, designed by Italian architect Nicola Salvi and completed by Giuseppe Pannini in 1762 and several others.

9. Pantheon. || 41.89928160117102, 12.47689435776803

The Pantheon is a former Roman temple and, since AD 609, a Catholic church in Rome, Italy. It was built on the site of an earlier temple commissioned by Marcus Agrippa during the reign of Augustus, then after that burnt down, the present building was ordered by the emperor Hadrian and probably dedicated c. AD 126.

10. Piazza Navona. || 41.89977021039453, 12.4732673191244

Piazza Navona is a public open space in Rome, Italy. It is built on the site of the Stadium of Domitian, built in the 1st century AD, and follows the form of the open space of the stadium. The ancient Romans went there to watch the agones, and hence it was known as "Circus Agonalis".

11. Trastevere. || 41.88464641928417, 12.47036752096681 

Colorful Trastevere is a funky, bohemian area that clings to its centuries-old, working-class roots. It's known for traditional and innovative trattorias, craft beer pubs and artisan shops, as well as simple B&Bs and budget hotels. From the pre-dinner passeggiata (promenade) until late, a young crowd buzzes around Piazza di San Calisto and Piazza Santa Maria in Trastevere, the site of a gilded, mosaic-filled church.

12. Transfer to hotel. || 41.90368669018821, 12.494916384232205

13. Free time

14. Night in Rome

1. 6:30 AM - 7:00 AM - Breakfast at the hotel. || 41.90365474963881, 12.494948570741087

2. Lunch at St. Peter's Square (not included) 

Saint Peter's Square is a large plaza located directly in front of St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City, the papal enclave in Rome, directly west of the neighborhood of Borgo. Both the square and the basilica are named after Saint Peter, an apostle of Jesus whom Catholics consider to be the first Pope

3. 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM - Vatican Museums. || 41.90665545150404, 12.453689576559821 

The Vatican Museums are the public museums of Vatican City. They display works from the immense collection amassed by the Catholic Church and the papacy throughout the centuries, including several of the most well-known Roman sculptures and most important masterpieces of Renaissance art in the world.

4. 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM - Sistine Chapel. || 41.9036814367389, 12.454504957747455 

The Sistine Chapel is a chapel in the Apostolic Palace, the pope's official residence in Vatican City. Originally known as the Cappella Magna, the chapel takes its name from Pope Sixtus IV, who had it built between 1473 and 1481.

5. Transfer to hotel. || 41.90367870505236, 12.494884197723325

6. Free time

7. Night in Rome

1. Breakfast at the hotel. || 41.90379848198523, 12.494948570741087

2. 8:30 AM - 1:30 PM - Colosseum. || 41.8903858810506, 12.492225532377514 

The Colosseum is an elliptical amphitheatre in the centre of the city of Rome, Italy, just east of the Roman Forum. It is the largest ancient amphitheatre ever built, and is still the largest standing amphitheatre in the world, despite its age.

3. 8:30 AM - 1:30 PM - Roman Forum. || 41.89297343644967, 12.485260627033712 

The Roman Forum, also known by its Latin name Forum Romanum, is a rectangular forum surrounded by the ruins of several important ancient government buildings at the center of the city of Rome. Citizens of the ancient city referred to this space, originally a marketplace, as the Forum Magnum, or simply the Forum.

4. Transfer to hotel. || 41.90370266045691, 12.494916384232205

5. Free time

6. Night in Rome

1. Breakfast at the hotel. || 41.90370266045691, 12.494916384232205

2. 9:10 AM - 10:45 AM - High speed train to Florence

3. Arrival in Florence. || 43.7704195490057, 11.248164824772013

Florence, capital of Italy’s Tuscany region, is home to many masterpieces of Renaissance art and architecture. One of its most iconic sights is the Duomo, a cathedral with a terracotta-tiled dome engineered by Brunelleschi and a bell tower by Giotto. The Galleria dell'Accademia displays Michelangelo’s “David” sculpture. The Uffizi Gallery exhibits Botticelli’s “The Birth of Venus” and da Vinci’s “Annunciation.”

4. 2:00 PM - 7:00 PM - Florence Academy of Fine Arts. || 43.77754758166434, 11.259363211695097 

The Accademia di Belle Arti di Firenze is an instructional art academy in Florence, in Tuscany, in central Italy. It was founded by Cosimo I de' Medici in 1563, under the influence of Giorgio Vasari. Michelangelo, Benvenuto Cellini and other significant artists have been associated with it.

5. 2:00 PM - 7:00 PM - Uffizi Gallery. || 43.76791728390861, 11.255391263165505 

The Uffizi Gallery is a prominent art museum located adjacent to the Piazza della Signoria in the Historic Centre of Florence in the region of Tuscany, Italy.

6. 2:00 PM - 7:00 PM - Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore. || 43.7737957551052, 11.255981657573507 

Florence Cathedral, formally the Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Flower, is the cathedral of Florence, Italy. It was begun in 1296 in the Gothic style to a design of Arnolfo di Cambio and was structurally completed by 1436, with the dome engineered by Filippo Brunelleschi.

7. 2:00 PM - 7:00 PM - Walking Florence Tour

8. Transfer to hotel. || 43.773028302790195, 11.249834565019869

9. Free time

10. Night in Florence

1. Breakfast at the hotel. || 43.773028302790195, 11.249834565019869

2. 9:00 AM - Rental car pick up

3. 9:30 AM - 5:30 PM - San Gimignano. || 43.46768737630477, 11.042790517377641 

San Gimignano is an Italian hill town in Tuscany, southwest of Florence. Encircled by 13th-century walls, its old town centers on Piazza della Cisterna, a triangular square lined with medieval houses. It has a skyline of medieval towers, including the stone Torre Grossa. The Duomo di San Gimignano is a 12th-century church with frescoes by Ghirlandaio in its Santa Fina Chapel.

4. 9:30 AM - 5:30 PM - Visit Siena. || 43.31838140755313, 11.329108321586459

Siena, a city in central Italy’s Tuscany region, is distinguished by its medieval brick buildings. The fan-shaped central square, Piazza del Campo, is the site of the Palazzo Pubblico, the Gothic town hall, and Torre del Mangia, a slender 14th-century tower with sweeping views from its distinctive white crown. The city’s 17 historic “contrade” (districts) extend outward from the piazza.

5. Drive to hotel. || 43.77297407277265, 11.249780920838402

6. Free time

7. Night in Florence

1. Breakfast at the hotel. || 43.772943084169086, 11.249587801785118

2. 9:30 AM - 1:30 PM - Pisa. || 43.723252605279335, 10.399755515488451

Pisa is a city in Italy's Tuscany region best known for its iconic Leaning Tower. Already tilting when it was completed in 1372, the 56m white-marble cylinder is the bell tower of the Romanesque, striped-marble cathedral that rises next to it in the Piazza dei Miracoli. Also in the piazza is the Baptistry, whose renowned acoustics are demonstrated by amateur singers daily, and the Caposanto Monumentale cemetery.

3. 9:30 AM - 1:30 PM - Lucca. || 43.84351921764367, 10.503410261081243

Lucca is a city on the Serchio river in Italy’s Tuscany region. It’s known for the well-preserved Renaissance walls encircling its historic city center and its cobblestone streets. Broad, tree-lined pathways along the tops of these massive 16th- and 17th-century ramparts are popular for strolling and cycling. Casa di Puccini, where the great opera composer was born, is now a house museum.

4. Rental car drop off

5. Transfer to hotel. || 43.77298181992103, 11.249727276656934

6. Free time

7. Night in Florence

1. Breakfast at the hotel. || 43.77298181992103, 11.249727276656934

2. 9:20 AM - 11:45 AM - High speed train to Venice

3. Arrival in Venice. || 45.443097402114866, 12.31351845877103

Venice, the capital of northern Italy’s Veneto region, is built on more than 100 small islands in a lagoon in the Adriatic Sea. It has no roads, just canals – including the Grand Canal thoroughfare – lined with Renaissance and Gothic palaces. The central square, Piazza San Marco, contains St. Mark’s Basilica, which is tiled with Byzantine mosaics, and the Campanile bell tower offering views of the city’s red roofs.

4. Transfer to hotel. || 45.43414716107154, 12.330645533826047

5. Free time

6. Night in Venice

1. Breakfast at the hotel. || 45.43412457487497, 12.330677720334927

2. 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM - Saint Mark's Basilica. || 45.43467234700338, 12.339741141578617

The Patriarchal Cathedral Basilica of Saint Mark, commonly known as St Mark's Basilica, is the cathedral church of the Patriarchate of Venice; it became the episcopal seat of the Patriarch of Venice in 1807, replacing the earlier cathedral of San Pietro di Castello.

3. 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM - Doge's Palace. || 45.43409499571458, 12.340539603797929 

The Doge's Palace is a palace built in Venetian Gothic style, and one of the main landmarks of the city of Venice in northern Italy. The palace was the residence of the Doge of Venice, the supreme authority of the former Republic of Venice. It was built in 1340 and extended and modified in the following centuries.

4. 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM - Bridge of Sighs (Puente de Los Suspiros). || 45.434207674469924, 12.340881219073564

The Bridge of Sighs is a bridge in Venice, Italy. The enclosed bridge is made of white limestone, has windows with stone bars, passes over the Rio di Palazzo, and connects the New Prison to the interrogation rooms in the Doge's Palace.

5. Free time

6. 3:00 PM - 6:00 PM - Torcello and Burano. || 45.49679745220938, 12.415623195135161 

Tiny Torcello island has few residents but it's often busy with sightseers in summer. They come to visit the Basilica di Santa Maria Assunta, with its Venetian-Byzantine mosaics and views of nearby Burano from the bell tower, or to check out the Ponte del Diavolo, a bridge with no parapets, and the stone seat known as Trono di Attila. A handful of eateries along the main canal serve lunch.

7. Transfer to hotel. || 45.434079402454664, 12.330752822188984

8. Night in Venice

1. Breakfast at the hotel. || 45.434094459932105, 12.330731364516394

2. Transfer from hotel to Venice Airport. || 45.50558671054179, 12.346608042383547

3. Flight to Athens, Greece. || 37.93635276933756, 23.94801165421158

Athens International Airport Eleftherios Venizelos, commonly initialised as AIA, is the largest international airport in Greece, serving the city of Athens and region of Attica. It began operation on 28 March 2001 and is the main base of Aegean Airlines, as well as other smaller Greek airlines.

4. Athens Panoramic Tour

5. Ancient Agora of Athens. || 37.974962059859166, 23.722077175274357

The ancient Agora of Athens is the best-known example of an ancient Greek agora, located to the northwest of the Acropolis and bounded on the south by the hill of the Areopagus and on the west by the hill known as the Agoraios Kolonos, also called Market Hill.

6. Hadrian's Library (Biblioteca de Adriano). || 37.975645845239924, 23.72601966759971

Hadrian's Library was created by Roman Emperor Hadrian in AD 132 on the north side of the Acropolis of Athens.

7. Temple of Olympian Zeus. || 37.969435299429136, 23.73312145410621

The Temple of Olympian Zeus, also known as the Olympieion or Columns of the Olympian Zeus, is a former colossal temple at the centre of the Greek capital, Athens. It was dedicated to "Olympian" Zeus, a name originating from his position as head of the Olympian gods.

8. Roman Forum of Athens (Roman Agora) (Ágora romana). || 37.97440130508336, 23.72600926575048

The Roman Agora at Athens is located to the north of the Acropolis and to the east of the Ancient Agora.

9. Archaeological Site of the Lyceum of Aristotle. || 37.97533295937701, 23.743297465767867

The Lyceum was a temple in Athens dedicated to Apollo Lyceus. It was best known for the Peripatetic school of philosophy founded there by Aristotle in 334 BC.

10. Kerameikos Archaeological Site. || 37.97828320865928, 23.717443461166233

Kerameikos also known by its Latinized form Ceramicus, is an area of Athens, Greece, located to the northwest of the Acropolis, which includes an extensive area both within and outside the ancient city walls, on both sides of the Dipylon Gate and by the banks of the Eridanos River.

11. Lunch (not included)

12. Visit Acropolis. || 37.97281551595255, 23.72549138611136

The Acropolis of Athens is an ancient citadel located on a rocky outcrop above the city of Athens, Greece, and contains the remains of several ancient buildings of great architectural and historical significance, the most famous being the Parthenon. The word Acropolis is from the Greek words ἄκρον and πόλις.

13. Transfer to hotel

14. Hotel check in. || 37.97387967630925, 23.731794427119908

15. Free time

16. Night in Athens

1. 7:00 AM - 7:30 AM - Breakfast at the hotel. || 37.97394733586544, 23.731805155955502

2. 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM - Walking Food Tour

3. Free time

4. 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM - Olive Oil Tasting Tour

5. Transfer to hotel. || 37.97397270818293, 23.73170859643516

6. Free time

7. Night in Athens

1. 6:00 AM - 6:30 AM - Breakfast at the hotel. || 37.973930420982235, 23.731697867599568

2. 7:30 AM -8:00 AM - Transfer from hotel to airport. || 37.93631892224832, 23.947947281091146

3. 10:00 AM - 10:55 AM - Flight from Athens to Santorini

4. Arrival in Santorini. || 36.40908801619526, 25.446380055912034

Santorini is one of the Cyclades islands in the Aegean Sea. It was devastated by a volcanic eruption in the 16th century BC, forever shaping its rugged landscape. The whitewashed, cubiform houses of its 2 principal towns, Fira and Oia, cling to cliffs above an underwater caldera (crater). They overlook the sea, small islands to the west and beaches made up of black, red and white lava pebbles.

5. Transfer to hotel

6. Hotel check in. || 36.46190884631958, 25.382537127079086

7. Oia Sunset Walking Tour. || 36.46234915097914, 25.374894483679263

8. Night in Santorini

1. 7:00 AM - Breakfast at the hotel. || 36.461831188078854, 25.382472754065525

2. Free day 

Today will be a free day to relax at the hotel or discover Santorini on your own.

3. Night in Santorini

1. 7:00 AM - Breakfast at the hotel. || 36.461943361068265, 25.382558584750274

2. Transfer from hotel to airport. || 36.40054299602859, 25.47757249451342

3. 8:30 AM - 9:25 AM - Flight from Santorini to Athens. || 37.93635276933756, 23.947990196433516

4. 12:50 PM - 9:21 AM - Flight back to USA. || 40.78753385881831, -111.98532768808252