DEPART FOR EUROPEAN PILGRIMAGE FROM YOU RESPECTIVE I INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT IN INDIA CLEAR THE AIRPORT FORMALITIES OF CHECK IN AND IMMIGRATION ETC.

UPON ARRIVAL IN ROME CLEAR ALL YOUR IMMIGRATIONS AND CUSTOMS, AIRPORT FORMALITIES MEET YOUR TOUR MANAGER AND PROCEED TO THE COACH PARKING TO BOARD YOUR COACH FOR THE DRIVE TO THE CITY TO COMMENCE YOUR GUIDED TOUR OF THE ASTOUNDING ANCIENT BEAUTY THAT IS THE ETERNAL CITY OF ROME. BE IT THE DRIVE PAST THE MIGHTY TRIUMPHAL ARCH OF CONSTANTINE OR PAST THE CIRCUS MAXIMA- THE BIGGEST STADIUM IN ANCIENT ROME- OR THE DRIVE THROUGH PIAZZA VENEZIA- A BUSY HUB OF THE CITY-ONE CAN'T HELP BUT MARVEL OVER THE SHEER GRANDIOSE OF ROMAN ARCHITECTURE. FURTHER REMINDERS OF THE SAME COME ON OUR WAY AS WE PASS BY THE CAPITOL HILL, THE COLOSSEUM AND THE RUINS OF THE ROMAN FORUM.

VISIT THE CITY'S MOST ICONIC PIECE OF ART, THE TREVI FOUNTAIN, WHICH SIMPLY PUT IS A DREAMY AND MAGICAL SIGHT. WHAT ADDS TO THE ETHEREAL VIBE OF THIS MAGNANIMOUS STRUCTURE ARE THE GREAT EXAMPLES OF BAROQUE ART- THE SEA-GOD NEPTUNE, WINGED HORSES AND ALLEGORICAL FIGURES.

YOU WILL STOP FOR LUNCH DURING YOUR CITY TOUR. AFTER THE TOUR DRIVE TO YOUR HOTEL TO CHECK IN AND RELAX BEFORE DINNER.

DINNER

NOTE: "DUE TO ROME CITY REGULATIONS, CERTAIN ROADS MAY BE OFF LIMITS FOR LONG DISTANCE COACHES. THIS MAY RESULT IN THE ROME SIGHTSEEING BEING DONE PARTLY BY FOOT /

PUBLIC TRANSPORT.

OVERNIGHT STAY AT THE HOTEL IN ROME

TODAY BEFORE BREAKFAST WE VISIT THE VATICAN CITY, ATTEND PAPAL AUDIENCE (POPE VISIT).

THE PAPAL AUDIENCE IS HELD ON WEDNESDAYS GIVING PILGRIMS THE CHANCE TO RECEIVE THE PAPAL BLESSING OR APOSTOLIC BLESSING FROM THE SUCCESSOR OF THE APOSTLE OF PETER DURING THEIR VISIT.

PROCEED TO THE VATICAN MUSEUM WITH OUR EXPERT LOCAL GUIDE STROLL THROUGH THE MANY GALLERIES BEFORE ARRIVING IN THE FAMOUS SISTINE CHAPEL.

NOTE: "DUE TO ROME CITY REGULATIONS, CERTAIN ROADS MAY BE OFF LIMITS FOR LONG DISTANCE COACHES. THIS MAY RESULT IN THE ROME SIGHTSEEING BEING DONE PARTLY BY FOOT / PUBLIC TRANSPORT.

**SLEEVELESS CLOTHING, SHORTS, MINISKIRTS AND HATS / CAPS ARE NOT ALLOWED IN VATICAN."!-

OVERNIGHT STAY AT THE HOTEL IN ROME.

(PACKED BREAKFAST & DINNER)

TODAY AFTER BREAKFAST CHECKOUT FROM THE HOTEL AND PROCEED TO THE BASILICA OF SAINT FRANCIS OF ASSISI, WHICH IS THE MOTHER CHURCH OF THE ROMAN CATHOLIC ORDER OF FRIARS MINOR CONVENTUAL IN ASSISI, UMBRIA WHERE SAINT FRANCIS WAS BORN AND DIED. IT IS A PAPAL MINOR BASILICA AND ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PLACES OF CHRISTIAN PILGRIMAGE IN ITALY.

YOUR GUIDED CITY TOUR WILL COVER THE BASILICA OF ST. FRANCIS (TOMB OF ST. FRANCIS), THE BASILICA OF ST. CHIARA (TOMB OF ST. CHIARA AND ORIGINAL CROSS WHICH SPOKE TO ST. FRANCIS), ST. RUFINO CATHEDRAL (BAPTISMAL FONT OF ST. FRANCIS AND HEART OF BLESSED CARLO ACUTIS), SANTUARIO DELLA SPOLIAZIONE (BODY OF BLESSED CARLO ACUTIS), CHIESA NUOVA HOUSE OF ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI, ST. MARY OF ANGEL (ROSE GARDEN).

NO TOUR OF ITALY CAN BE COMPLETE WITHOUT A VISIT TO THE LEANING TOWER IN PISA, AN ICONIC ITALIAN MONUMENT. THE SQUARE OF MIRACLES WITH ITS EXEMPLARY PISAN-ROMANESQUE ARCHITECTURAL STRUCTURES- THE BAPTISTERY, THE CATHEDRAL AND THE LEANING BELL TOWER WITH ITS CHARACTERISTIC TILT WHICH MARKS THIS SQUARE AS UNIQUE. IN BETWEEN ABSORBING THE MAGNIFICENCE OF THESE ARCHITECTURAL WONDERS, WE MAKE FREE TIME FOR A SCRUMPTIOUS LUNCH.

WE THEN DRIVE THROUGH A PICTURESQUE STRETCH OF OLIVE GROVES AND VINEYARDS TO FLORENCE. CHECK INTO YOUR HOTEL.

OVERNIGHT AT THE FLORENCE HOTEL.

(BREAKFAST, DINNER)

TODAY AFTER BREAKFAST CHECKOUT FROM THE HOTEL AND TRANSFER TO THE MEETING POINT IN FLORENCE FOR A WALKING TOUR.

A SHRINE TO THE WONDERS OF THE RENAISSANCE, WITH MORE ARTISTIC TREASURES PER SQUARE METER THAN ANY OTHER CITY IN THE WORLD. ON OUR GUIDED CITY TOUR OF FLORENCE WE MOVE ON TO EXPERIENCE THIS ARTISTIC MARVEL UP-CLOSE AS WE MAKE A PHOTO STOP AT THE WORLD'S FOURTH LARGEST CATHEDRAL AND FLORENCE'S TALLEST BUILDING, THE DUOMO. THE MAGNANIMITY OF ITS SCALE JUXTAPOSED WITH THE BEAUTY OF ITS DESIGN GIVES THIS MONUMENT ITS OVERWHELMING CHARACTER. STANDING BESIDE THIS IS THE FLORENCE BAPTISTERY WITH ITS ICONIC 'GATE TO PARADISE A PAIR OF GILDED BRONZE DOORS THAT HAVE NOW BECOME AN ICON OF RENAISSANCE ART AND ALSO THE OPEN-AIR GALLERY IN THE SIGNORIA SQUARE. WE CONTINUE THIS JOURNEY TO THE PAST WANDERING BY THE CITY'S OLDEST STANDING BRIDGE, PONTE VECCHIO.

AFTER LUNCH DRIVE TO PADOVA. PROCEED FOR A SHORT VISIT TO THE BASILICA OF ANTHONY PATRON SAINT OF LOST CASES. ENJOY A WALK IN PRATO DELLA VALLE WITH THE STATUTES OF THE FAMOUS LUMINARIES OF PADOVA. LATER DINNER AT THE RESTAURANT AND THEN DRIVE TO YOUR HOTEL

OVERNIGHT AT THE HOTEL IN PADOVA

(BREAKFAST, DINNER)

TODAY AFTER BREAKFAST IT'S NOW TIME TO PLUNGE INTO THE WORLD OF ART AND RELIGIOUS HISTORY AS WE CONTINUE OUR WAY IN ITALY. IF YOU EVER FANCIED TIME TRAVEL, TODAY WOULD BE THE CLOSEST YOU COME TO LIVING UP TO YOUR FANTASY AS WE HEAD FOR THE CITY OF CANALS AND ALSO PALACES, VENICE. WITH ITS

APPEARANCE VIRTUALLY UNCHANGED FOR THE LAST 600 YEARS, VENICE IS MORE A CITY OUT OF A TYPICAL FAIRY-TALE THAN A MODERN-DAY METROPOLIS.

ARRIVE AT TRONCHETTO WHERE WE THEN BOARD A CRUISE TO GLIDE ROMANTICALLY PAST DREAMY PALACES, THROUGH INCREDIBLE MINIATURE CANALS TO THE PIAZZA SAN MARCO (ST. MARK'S SQUARE), WHILE FEASTING ON A WONDERFUL LUNCH ABOARD.

ONCE AT THE SQUARE, WITNESS THE MOORS WHO HAVE STRICKING THE BELL FOR THE LAST 500 YEARS. GO ON YET ANOTHER WATER VOYAGE WITH THE GONDOLA RIDE ALONG THE BRIDGE OF SIGHS THAT CONNECTS THE DOGE'S PALACE AT THE SQUARE TO ITS PRISON.

AND WE NOW HAVE SOME TIME TO EXPLORE THE SQUARE ITSELF, DUBBED AS THE FINEST DRAWING ROOM IN EUROPE BY NAPOLEON, COURTESY OF THE FOREVER CARNIVAL-LIKE VIBE IT GAVE OFF, WITH IT BEING THE ONLY PUBLIC SQUARE IN THE CITY, NAPOLEON'S PHRASE IS STILL AN APT DESCRIPTION FOR THE SQUARE.

WE THEN RETURN TO TRONCHETTO BY BOAT AND PROCEED TO CHECK INTO OUR HOTEL IN GRUMELLO DEL MONTE. TONIGHT DINNER IS IN THE HOTEL

OVERNIGHT AT THE HOTEL IN GREMELLO DEL MONTE.

(BREAKFAST, DINNER)

TODAY AFTER BREAKFAST CONTINUE YOUR VISUAL DELIGHT AS YOU DRIVE TO TURIN.

ALONG WITH YOUR WELL INFORMED GUIDE VISIT THE CATHEDRAL AND VIEW THE IMAGES OF THE HOLY SHROUD. EXPLORE THE CITY AND ENJOY LUNCH.

CONTINUE YOUR DAY DRIVING TO MILAN WHERE ON ARRIVAL YOU WILL HAVE DINNER AND THEN CHECK INTO YOUR HOTEL

OVERNIGHT AT THE HOTEL IN MILAN

(BREAKFAST, DINNER)

AFTER BREAKFAST LEAVE TO MEET YOUR LOCAL GUIDE WHO WILL ENTHRAL YOU WITH STORIES OF THIS STUPENDOUS CITY INCLUDING THE SFORZA CASTLE, THE ENORMOUS MILAN CATHEDRAL AND THE VITTORIO EMMANUEL SHOPPING GALLERY CLOSE TO IT.

AFTER FREE TIME FOR LUNCH IN THE SQUARE PROCEED

RETURN TO THE SQUARE AND BROWSE FOR YOUR LAST MINUTE SOUVENIRS BEFORE LEAVING FOR DINNER.

ITS TIME TO BID ADIEU AND RETURN HOME WITH BLESSINGS, ADVENTURES AND MEMORIES

PROCEED TO MILAN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT FOR OUR RETURN FLIGHT TO INDIA