DISCOVER EUROPE:
LONDON - PARIS
- ITALY
Florence, Assisi, Rome,
Vatican, Sorrento, Pompeii, Island of Capri
Itinerary: June 14 - 25, 2012
Contact Information
How much does this cost?
What is included?
What is not included?
How do I sign up?
Itinerary:
Day 1
Flight Detroit - London
Day 2
Meet your Tour Director and check into your first hotel.
London City Walk: Thames River, Trafalgar Square, National Gallery Visit,
Piccadilly Circus, Covent Garden, Leicester Square, Soho.
We'll finish our first day with a typical Fish & chips dinner.
Day 3
London Guided Sightseeing Tour:
Buckingham Palace, Big Ben, Houses of Parliament, Westminster Abbey, Tower
Bridge,
Hyde Park, St. Paul’s Cathedral.
Optional Windsor Castle guided excursion $80
Day 4
London - Paris
Eurostar Chunnel crossing
Paris City Walk: Ile de la Cité, Notre Dame Cathedral visit, Ile
St. Louis,
Latin Quarter visit, Louvre visit
Dinner in Latin Quarter
Day 5
Paris Guided Sightseeing Tour:
Arc de Triomphe, Champs-Élysées, Eiffel Tower, Champ de
Mars, École Militaire, Les Invalides, Conciergerie, Tuileries,
Place Vendôme, Opera House.
Optional Versailles Guided Excursion $70 (State Apartments, Hall of Mirrors,
Gardens of Versailles)
Seine River Sightseeing Cruise
Day 6
Paris - Florence: Overnight train to Florence (This is much more comfortable
than with a bus. Everyone will have a "couchette" (small bed)
and when you'll wake up, you'll be in Italy!)
Day 7
Florence Guided Walking Sightseeing Tour with Whisper headsets:
Palazzo Vecchio, Piazza della Signoria, Chiesa di Santa Croce, Ponte Vecchio,
Duomo visit,
Leather workshop, Gates of Paradise, Giotto’s Bell Tower, Dante's
house.
Italian Pizza dinner
Day 8
Florence - Rome
Travel to Rome by coach
St. Francis of Assisi Basilica visit
Rome City Walk: Spanish Steps, Trevi Fountain, Pantheon, Piazza Navona
Day 9
Rome Guided Walking Sightseeing Tour with Whisper headsets:
Vatican Museums & Sistine Chapel visit, St. Peter’s Basilica
visit, Colosseum visit, Piazza Venezia,
Forum Romanum visit
Authentic Trattoria Dinner
Day 10
Travel to Sorrento and visit of this Italian gem
Cameo workshop
Pompeii guided excursion (UNESCO world heritage site)
Day 11
Sorrento - Rome
Visit of the island Capri (also called the "Pearl of the Meditteranean
Sea") & its Blue Grotto
Day 12
Your tour director assists with the transfer to
the airport in Rome, where you will check in for your return flight to
Detroit.
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Contact Information:
Anita Süess Kaushik, Ph. D.
Phone: 734-462-4400 #5668
E-mail: asuess@schoolcraft.edu
How much does this cost?
Travelers under 23 years old (students) > $ 3749.00
Travelers 23 years old and above (adults) > $ 4194.00
The price difference is due to the rooming arrangements: under
23 will room in triple or quadruple rooms; 23 and over in double rooms.
Prices will likely increase, so do sign up early!
- Round-trip airfare: Detroit > London and Rome > Detroit
- All hotel accomodation with private bathrooms
- Complete European breakfast and dinner daily
- Full-time bilingual Tour Director
- All transportation in Europe
- All sightseeing tours, special attractions & walking tours
- Admission to all sites
Additional options:
$12 per day Travel-protection plan / $18 per day Travel protection
plan Plus (please see the Explorica website for more
information)
What is not included?
- Passport application and photos
- Soft drinks, bottled water, or other beverages during meals
- Lunch > usually we are on the go and pick something up along the way
- Transportation cost during free time
- Tips to tour director $5/day, tour guides $1/tour and bus driver $2-3/day
How do I sign up?
Visit www.explorica.com
Select: Students and then click on Sign
up or Find a Tour
Enter the Tour Center ID: SuessKaushik-7909 and click
Go.
Here you will find all the information you'll need like pricing, payment
details, dates, exact itinerary, a picture gallery, etc.
Once you have decided to join us, click on Sign up now.
Or contact Explorica by phone: 1.888.310.7120
Deadline is March 7th, 2012. After that you can still sign up,
but a late fee will apply.