Top Destinations to Visit in Europe
Sep 01, 2022 · By Vacations By Rail
Discover a sampling of some of the most impressive of these destinations in Europe
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2025 Tour code: ST-FLSS-25
About the tour
Experience the birthplace of the Italian Renaissance and one of the world's most celebrated gastronomical regions in beautiful, artistic Tuscany. This central Italian expedition follows a roundtrip course from Rome and includes visits to widely known Tuscan cities and smaller towns alike. Spend several nights in Florence and Siena and your days exploring the intoxicating Cinque Terre, the beautiful Chianti region, and other delightful locales, such as Pisa and Lucca. Each day brings a new opportunity to delve into Italian culture and the rich historical essence of Tuscany.
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What’s included
Itinerary
Set in the heart of Italy, Rome oozes history and exudes culture, making it the perfect place to begin your Italian exploration. As your flight arrives at Rome's international airport, a driver greets you to provide a private transfer to your 4-Star hotel. Take some time to settle into your room, and then enjoy a chance to begin exploring. Rome is exceptionally walkable, putting many great attractions within reach of your hotel. Rather than walking around and getting a first look at the sites, you could instead grab a gelato and find a seat in one of the piazzas, getting your bearings while soaking in local life.
Tonight, enjoy your first look at the city's incredible architecture and age-old sites on a small group tour. A local guide leads the way, offering fascinating insight as the group meanders between sites dating to the ancient Romans, pretty buildings, and other quintessential Roman points of interest. Overnight Rome.
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Reviews
4.6 / 5 · 5 reviews
MARY EIDSON
Submitted 14/Aug
Wonderful tour guides. Beautiful and comfortable accommodations. Our bed and breakfast had a fabulous view of Siena. We had a wonderful trip.
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AMANDA ZEHRER
Submitted 17/Apr
I think the tours were really well planned out and we were very happy with the private transfers. we had issues with our luggage fitting on the train (limited space for large bags). Like most European hotels, not all of them had A/C, so just something to keep in mind. We LOVED our hotel in Florence (spacious, more modern, and had A/C. only down fall was kind of noisy).
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DAVID STEVENSON STILLWELL
Submitted 19 Oct 2023
Had a great time exploring Italy and really enjoyed the walks and side trips planned for us by Vacations by Rail.
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SUSAN KAY ARNDT
Submitted 09 Oct 2023
The hotel accommodations, transfers and rail tickets were great. Some of the included tours were great and others, not so great. The private walking tour and the food tour in Florence were terrific- knowledgeable guides all to ourselves but the two wine tours and the panoramic Rome by night had only drivers and no guides so the information we received from them was minimal. The two wine tours were late in arriving, then we were rushed at our stops. One wine tour was just 4 of us and there were generous wine and food samples and the other was two 8 passenger vans with skimpy taste with almost no food. Both tours had stops that the drivers could not tell us why we were there or what we were supposed to see. We stopped at a monastery that was closed at that time of day. The final Siena tour was late getting started and the guide kept allowing more people to join until there were 16 people, no headsets and was Italian and English speaking. It was so hard to hear and it seemed that more than half of the time the tour was in Italian. Very disappointing. The photo is the view from our hotel room- best hotel ever!
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KAREN LEE POISSON
Submitted 08 Sep 2023
Loved the tours we had and any snafus were quickly resolved. Would use again.
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