What's included

• Full-time services of a professional Rick Steves guide and local experts who will make Italy's fascinating history, art and culture come alive for you
• All tours and admissions covering at least 19 group sightseeing events • Renaissance Florence walking tour • Uffizi Gallery • Florence's Accademia Museum (Michelangelo's David) • Florence's Mercato Centrale • Lucca walking tour • Pesto demonstration • Volterra walking tour • Volterra's Guarnacci Etruscan Museum • Volterra's Pinocoteca • Alabaster workshop visit • Wine tasting • Evening walk through Rome's piazzas • Ancient Rome walking tour • Colosseum • Roman Forum • Pantheon • St. Peter's Basilica • Vatican Museum • Sistine Chapel...and more
• All group transportation by bus and train from Florence to Rome
• 8 nights accommodations 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' Italy guidebook, Italy Sightseeing Supplement, Italian phrase book, 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

$2,695 + air • 24-28 people • Begins in Florence and ends in Rome • Optional Single Supplement $525