What's included

• Full-time services of a professional Rick Steves guide and local experts who will make Europe's fascinating history, art and culture come alive for you
• All tours and admissions, covering at least 21 group sightseeing events • Louvre Museum tour • Paris walking tour • Notre-Dame • Seine river cruise • Orsay Museum orientation • Sainte-Chapelle • Wine tasting in Burgundy • Hiking orientation in the Swiss Alps • Mountain luge ride (season and weather permitting) • Hohenschwangau Castle • Neuschwanstein Castle • Venice walking tour • Florence walking tour • Uffizi Gallery • Florence's Accademia Gallery including Michelangelo's David • Floodlit night walk through Rome • Colosseum • Forum • Pantheon • St. Peter's Basilica • Vatican Museum, including the Sistine Chapel...and more
• All group transportation by bus and boat from Paris to Rome
• 13 nights accommodations (all stops but one are for 2 nights) in memorable, centrally-located hotels
• All breakfasts and half your dinners
• A small, friendly group of 24-28 people — half the size of most tour groups
• All tips for guides, driver and hotel staff
• Free stuff including Rick Steves' Best of Europe guidebook, French-Italian-German phrase book, Best of Europe Tour Sightseeing Supplement, map, moneybelt and earplugs
• Guaranteed tour price, locked in the moment you make your deposit
• Optional single supplements — this tour has a limited number of private rooms for solo travelers for an additional fee
• Tour alum discount of $50 for each tour you've taken prior to 2010
• 50% discount on a consulting appointment with our in-house experts to assist with your pre- or post-tour travel plans
• Flexibility should you need to transfer, cancel or interrupt your tour
• Fine print: You are responsible for the cost of your drinks and free-time sightseeing. See our Tour Conditions Agreement for important details regarding everything listed above

$3,995 + air • 24-28 people • Begins in Paris and ends in Rome • Optional Single Supplement $625