September 4-15, 2007

TOUR FEATURES

FLORENCE
• Five nights at the first-class Hotel Brunelleschi
• Walking tour to view the city’s main sites with Dan and Donna Taylor
• Welcome dinner at the hotel
• Visit the Uffizi Museum
• Visit the Accademia Museum and view Michelangelo’s David statue
• Full-day Tuscany sightseeing, including visits to Siena and San Gimignano, as well as wine tastings
• Cocktail reception
• Time at leisure for additional sightseeing and shopping

ROME
• Five nights at the first-class Ponte Sisto Colonna Palace Hotel
• Lunch and wine tasting at Fattoria Barbi winery
• View the Orvieto Cathedral façade
• Orientation motorcoach tour of Rome by Dan Taylor
• Tour of the Forum and Colosseum
• Tour the Vatican Museums and Sistine Chapel
• Visit St. Peter’s
• Full-day coach tour to Monte Cassino and Pompeii
• Time at leisure for additional sightseeing and shopping

LAND TOUR INCLUDES:
• Study leaders, Dan and Donna Taylor, throughout
• Breakfast daily, four lunches, and five dinners, on buffet or table d’hôte basis, including water, coffee or tea, and house wine; one cocktail reception
• Deluxe air-conditioned motorcoach transportation when required
• All transfers and handling of one regular-sized piece of luggage per person
• All entrance fees, taxes, and service charges for group functions
• Gratuities to drivers, porters, waiters, and site guides
• Travel portfolio with packing tips, brochures, maps, baggage tags, and Italy Travel Guide

OPTIONAL FEATURES:
• Round-trip economy class air transportation from Detroit to Florence and Rome to Detroit
• Additional gateways and airline upgrades available at published fares
• Comprehensive insurance coverage for trip cancellation, interruption, baggage, illness, and accident at special group rates

COSTS
$3,265 land only cost, per person, double occupancy
Cost is based on a minimum of 30 participants. If the minimum 30 participants is not met, the tour cost will be adjusted slightly.
Single Supplement: $890
Round-trip, economy-class airfare from Detroit to Florence, and Rome to Detroit including U.S. tax: $1,300
Alternate gateway, business-class, and first-class fares are available on request. The group airfare is based on a minimum of 10 participants flying together from Detroit on the same departure date. Airfares are subject to change until time of ticketing.

ANTICIPATED GROUP FLIGHT ITINERARY
(Subject to Change)

September 4
7:00 p.m. Depart Detroit via Air France flight #373

September 5
8:45 a.m. Arrive Paris Charles de Gaulle and change planes
9:55 a.m. Depart Paris CDG via Air France flight #5040
11:50 a.m. Arrive Florence

September 15
7:20 a.m. Depart Rome via Air France flight #2305
9:30 a.m. Arrive Paris Charles de Gaulle
10:20 a.m. Depart Paris CDG via Air France flight #374
1:05 p.m. Arrive Detroit

The group airfare is based on a minimum of 10 participants flying together from Detroit to Florence and from Rome to Detroit on the same departure dates. Airfares are subject to change until time of ticketing.