CLASSIC ITALY 2027 WINTER (BGY-FCO) PC

DAY 1                ISTANBUL – BERGAMO – MILAN

We meet our valued guests in front of the Pegasus Airlines counter at the Domestic Departures Terminal of Sabiha Gökçen Airport. After baggage and ticket procedures, we depart on a scheduled Pegasus Airlines flight. Upon arrival, we set off with our private bus waiting for us at the airport for the panoramic Milan city tour. On our tour, Milan Duomo, the 2nd largest church in Italy, whose completion took approximately 500 years, Fortezza Castle, and the Vittorio Emanuele Gallery, which houses the world’s most famous fashion stores, are among the sights to be seen. After the tour, transfer to our hotel. Accommodation at our hotel.

DAY 2                MILAN – VENICE

After breakfast at the hotel, we depart for Venice. Guests who wish may join the en route extra Verona & Lake Garda Tour (55€ per person), organized by our guide. On our tour, Romeo & Juliet’s house, which is the subject of the greatest love story in history, Verona Arena, the Scaligero Bridge with its distinctive architecture, and Verona Cathedral are among the sights to be seen. After our Verona tour, we will visit Lake Garda, one of the most beautiful lakes in Northern Italy. After the tour, departure for Venice. After arriving at Tronchetto Square, we reach St. Mark’s Square by a short ferry ride and continue with the panoramic Venice city tour. On our city tour, the famous St. Mark’s Square and Church, the Bridge of Sighs where prisoners looked at Venice one last time before entering prison, the Grand Canal and the Rialto Bridge on it, the Doge’s Palace, the Bell and Clock Tower, and the Church of San Giorgio Maggiore are among the sights to be seen. Free time after our city tour. After the tour, transfer to our hotel. Accommodation at our hotel.

DAY 3                VENICE – FLORENCE

After breakfast at the hotel, we depart for Florence. Guests who wish may join the en route extra tour of Bologna Tour (35€ per person), organized by our guide. On our Bologna city tour, Piazza Maggiore (the Great Square), considered the center of Bologna, the Fountain of Neptune located right behind the square, the Old Stock Exchange Building, Europe’s first university building, Quadrilatero (the old market), and the Garisenda and Asinelli towers, which have become symbols of Bologna, are among the sights to be seen. After our tour, we depart for Florence. Upon arrival, the panoramic Florence city tour begins. On our tour, the Arno River, which divides Florence into two, the Ponte Vecchio bridge famous for its jewelers, Palazzo Vecchio, where the Medici Family ruled Florence, Piazza Della Signoria, home to the statues of Hercules and David, masterpieces of the Renaissance, Santa Maria del Fiore Duomo, which has Italy’s 3rd highest dome, and the Baptistery famous for its door are among the sights to be seen. At the end of the tour, transfer to our hotel in Montecatini. Accommodation at our hotel.

DAY 4                FLORENCE

Guests who wish may join the Tuscany Tour (120 Euro), organized as an extra by our guide. Our first stop on the tour is Pisa, where, after seeing the Leaning Tower of Pisa, which has become a symbol of Italy, and the nearby Miracle Square, we continue to San Gimignano. In San Gimignano, where you will feel as if you are in the Middle Ages, we will see the 13 towers built by rival noble families in the 12th and 13th centuries and Cisterno Square. After our tour, we depart for Siena. In Siena, where neighborhood culture is strongly present, there are a total of 17 neighborhoods. Campo Square, where the Palio horse races are held with the participation of the neighborhoods, the unfinished Siena Duomo, and the city’s narrow streets are among the places to be seen on our Siena city tour. After the tour, transfer to our hotel. Overnight at our hotel.

DAY 5                FLORENCE – ROME        

After breakfast at the hotel, we depart for Rome. Guests who wish may join the en route extra Orvieto Tour (35€ per person), organized by our guide. After visiting Orvieto, a city with an important place in Italian art and general history and extraordinary natural beauty, and seeing the ancient city center and Orvieto Duomo, we depart for Rome. Upon arrival, the panoramic Rome city tour begins. On our city tour, Castel Sant’Angelo, where Cem Sultan was imprisoned, Venice Square and the Victor Emmanuel II Monument, from where Mussolini addressed the public, the Colosseum, which hosted gladiator fights, the Lovers’ Fountain made famous by the film La Dolce Vita, the Spanish Steps consisting of 135 steps and the Spanish Steps with the sunken ship fountain are among the places to be seen. After the tour, transfer to our hotel. Accommodation at our hotel.

DAY 6                ROME

After breakfast at the hotel, free time. Guests who wish may join the extra Outlet & Lakes Region & Vatican Tour (80€ per person), organized by our guide. After visiting the region with natural beauties where the Popes live during the summer months, and the village of Nemi, famous for its wild strawberries and a place you will want to live in permanently, free time for shopping at the famous Castel Romano Outlet shopping area. Then we depart for St. Peter’s Square, considered the center of Christianity. Upon arrival, free time to visit the Basilica and the Square. Guests who wish may join the extra Rome by Night Tour (35€ per person), organized by our guide. Accommodation at our hotel.

*The extra tours offered today are combined-operation extra tours. If purchased separately, transportation to the tour start/end points will be made individually.  

DAY 7                ROME   

After breakfast at the hotel, free time. Guests who wish may join the extra Naples & Pompeii Tour (105€ per person), organized by our guide. Pompeii, the first stop of our tour, remained under 7 meters of earth until the 18th century as a result of the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. After the excavations carried out at this date, we will have the opportunity to see the houses, palaces, and petrified people that emerged. After visiting the Pompeii open-air museum, we set off for Naples. Upon arrival, panoramic Naples city tour. On our city tour, Piazza Plebiscito, the central square of Naples, the Royal Palace built in the 17th century, Castel Nuovo (New Castle), the Basilica of San Francesco di Paola, inspired by St. Peter’s Square and the Pantheon in Rome, the Galleria Umberto I with its shops, the San Carlo Theatre built in 1737 and listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and Naples Port are among the sights to be seen. After the tour, transfer to our hotel. Accommodation at our hotel.

DAY 8                ROME – ISTANBUL   

After breakfast at the hotel, transfer to Rome Airport depending on the flight time. After completing baggage and check-in procedures, departure for Istanbul on a scheduled Pegasus Airlines flight. With our arrival, the end of our tour and services.