Day 1:    SATURDAY MAY 30

 

Meet in Florence (Hotel Mario’s):  5:00 pm., reception  

Group Dinner

evening stroll & visit to Gelateria Perche No?

 

 

Day 2: SUNDAY MAY 31

 

Breakfast: 7-8:00 am

Depart Hotel Mario’s 9:30 am.

Biblioteca Laurenziana (San Lorenzo): 10:15 am (45 minutes)

Medici Chapel, New sacristy (SanLorenzo): 11 am

Depart San Lorenzo at 12 pm.

Palazzo de Medici (exterior)

Ospedale degli Innocenti (exterior)

Lunch (not included): 12:00 – 1:30 pm.,

Accademia: 2:00 pm (1-1.5 hours)

Return to Hotel Mario’s: 3:30 – 4:00 pm.

 

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Day 3: MONDAY JUNE 1

 

Breakfast: 7-8:00 am

Depart Hotel Mario’s 9:30 am. Walk to Duomo

Duomo: 10:00 am (1 hour)

Museo dell’Opera del Duomo: 11:30 am (1 hour)

Lunch (not included)

Baptistry: 2:00 pm entrance (30 minutes)

 

REMAINDER OF AFTERNOON: OPEN

 

 

Day 4: TUESDAY JUNE 2

 

Breakfast: 7:00-8:00 am.

SAN GIMIGNANO & SIENA: (Bus departure 8:30 AM)

San Gimignano (9:30am; 1.5 hours visit)

Depart San Gimignano, 11:00 am; Winetasting lunch outside city

Depart for Siena, 1:30

Arrive Siena: 2:30; Walk to Palazzo Pubblico; Arrive Duomo; 4:00 (museum, baptistry, Piccolomini Library and Dome / Transept)

Group Dinner: San Desiderio 7:00 pm

(evening - return by bus to Florence)

 

 

Day 5: WEDNESDAY JUNE 3

 

Breakfast: 7-8:00 am

Depart Hotel Mario’s 9:30 am.

Walk to National Museum of Bargello: 10:30 am (1 hour visit)

Lunch (not included): 12:00 pm

Meet as group at designated location in Bargello area 1:30

Walk to Uffizi. Group entry, 2:30 (1.5 – 2 hours)

 

 

Day 6: THURSDAY JUNE 4

 

Santa Maria Novella (Masaccio’s Trinita; Strozzi Chapel; Spanish Chapel): 10:00 am (1 hour)

Walk to Carmine; Lunch in Santo Spirito area (not included)

Meet at Carmine: enter Brancacci Chapel: 1:00 pm (20 minutes)

1:30 pm, begin leisurely walk to Santa Croce

Gelato stop at Vivoli on way

Group entry to Santa Croce: 3:30 pm:  Michelangelo’s Tomb; Bardi Chapel; Pazzi Chapel (1 hour)

 

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Day 7: FRIDAY JUNE 5 (Bus departure 9:00 AM)

 

VAL D’ORCIA; ROME

Scenic Drive through Val d’Orcia

Lunch: 11:30-1:00

Depart for Rome

Arrival at Residence Candia

Group Dinner (evening)

 

 

Day 8:  SATURDAY JUNE 6

Breakfast: 7:00-8:00 am.

Colosseum and Forum (exterior only)

St. Peter’s (afternoon)

Group Dinner (evening)

 

 

Day 9:  SUNDAY JUNE 7: DEPART