England, France, Spain & Italy

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Length: 16 Days. Group educational tours for 12 or more students or adults. Self-designed custom tours typically led by teachers of high school juniors and seniors.

Highlights: London City Tour, Westminster Abbey, Covent Garden Dinner, Paris City Tour, Notre Dame, Palace of Versailles, Madrid City Tour, Prado Museum, Toledo City Tour, Barcelona City Tour, Las Ramblas Walking Tour, Nîmes Amphitheatre and Maison Carrée, Monaco Tour, Èze, Perfume Factory, Pisa, Florence City Tour, Accademia, Rome Walking Tour, Rome City Tour, Colosseum, Vatican City, Vatican Museum

Itinerary: London (2), Paris (3), Madrid (2), Barcelona (2), Nîmes (1), Nice (2), Florence (2), Rome (2)

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Day 1 – USA - London

Fly to London.

Day 2 – London

Welcome to the largest city in Europe! Take a London City Tour with an expert guide to see Trafalgar Square, Buckingham Palace, Big Ben, and other highlights. Also visit historic Westminster Abbey, scene of royal weddings and coronations.

Day 3 – London

Today is free for adventure and discovery with your advisors. Option: Tour Stratford-upon-Avon, birth place of William Shakespeare. Also visit the magnificent 14th century Warwick Castle. This evening, enjoy dinner in lively Covent Garden.

Day 4 – Paris

Travel by Chunnel under the Channel to France. Arrive in Paris, the glorious City of Lights.

Day 5 – Paris

Bon jour! Your day begins with a Paris City Tour. See the Arc de Triomphe, the Place de la Concorde, the Eiffel Tower, and tour the cathedral of Notre Dame. Option: Take a twilight Bateau Mouche cruise along the romantic Seine this evening.

Day 6 – Paris - Madrid

Tour the magnificent Palace of Versailles to see its formal gardens, State apartments and the luxurious Hall of Mirrors. Transfer to the airport for your one-way flight to Spain’s vibrant capital of Madrid.

Day 7 – Madrid

A guided Madrid City Tour takes you to the Plaza de España, the Royal Palace, Plaza Mayor, and the Prado Museum to view the art treasures of Spain including Goya’s Majas and Spain’s favorite painting, Las Meninas by Velázquez.

Day 8 – Madrid

Tour the historical walled city of Toledo to see the El Greco paintings in the Cathedral, the Old Synagogue, the Church of Santo Tomé, the Royal Palace, and visit a sword workshop.

Day 9 – Barcelona

Transfer by train to Barcelona, a Mediterranean seaport and capital of Catalonia.

Day 10 – Barcelona

Explore Barcelona on a City Tour. See the Barrio Gotico, Plaza de España, Palacio Nacional, then visit the breathtaking Church of the Sagrada Familia. In the evening, your courier will guide you on a walking tour of Las Ramblas, the vibrant avenues of flower vendors, bird sellers, acrobats and musicians.

Day 11 – Nîmes

Travel through Narbonne, an ancient Mediterranean city in France. In Nîmes visit the Amphitheatre built by Romans in the first century AD, and the Maison Carrée, a Roman temple dating from the time of Augustus.

Day 12 – Nice

Travel through Arles and Aix-en-Provence, the charming city filled with hundreds of fountains. Arrive in Nice, Queen of the French Riviera.

Day 13 – Nice

Bonjour! Take a guided tour of Monaco to see the casinos, the Palais du Prince and tour the Musée Océanographique. Visit a perfume factory near the hilltop village of Èze, then back to Nice for free time.

Day 14 – Florence

Stop in Pisa to view the famous architectural wonder, the Leaning Tower. Arrive in Florence, birthplace of the Renaissance.

Day 15 – Florence

Take a guided Florence City Tour to see the highlights including Ghiberti's Gates of Paradise. Proceed to Accademia, home to Michelangelo's David. Shop for bargains at the Straw Market or visit Mercato Nuovo this afternoon. Option: Tour the Uffizi Gallery.

Day 16 – Rome

Travel to the Eternal City via Siena, an authentic Tuscan hill-town. Discover Rome on this evening's walking tour with your courier to the beautiful Trevi Fountain, Piazza Navona and the Spanish Steps.

Day 17 – Rome

On today's guided Rome City Tour visit the Colosseum, and see the Imperial Forums, Piazza Venezia, the Pantheon, the Spanish Steps and more. Continue to Vatican City to visit St. Peter’s and the Vatican Museums including the Sistine Chapel.

Day 18 – Depart

Return home with the languages and treasures of England, France, Spain and Italy echoing in your memory.

Paris

Paris city tour
Paris by Night tour
Notre Dame Cathedral
Sainte-Chapelle
Eiffel Tower (2nd or 3rd Level)
Bateaux Mouches river cruise
Seine River dinner cruise
Louvre Museum
Musee d’Orsay
Rodin Museum
Opera Garnier
Pere Lachaise Cemetery
Montmartre dinner
Moulin Rouge show
Sacre-Coeur Basilica
Paris Catacombs
Paris Sewers Tour
Latin Quarter tour
Le Marais tour
Centre Pompidou

Saint-Malo

Saint-Malo city tour
Musée du Château
Jacques Cartier Manor House
Le Grand Aquarium
Fort National
St. Vincent Cathedral

Lyon

Lyon city tour
Basilica Notre Dame de Fourvière
Gallo-Roman Museum and Ruins
St-Jean Cathedral

Aix-en-Provence

Aix city tour
Cézanne’s Studio
Cathedral of the Holy Saviour

Nice

Nice city tour
Monaco city tour
Eze perfume factory
Language homestay
Matisse Museum
Le Chateau
Theatre de la Photographie et de l’Image
Russian Cathedral
Nice Archaeology Museum

Caen

Caen city tour
Abbaye aux Dames
Abbaye aux Hommes
Musée de Normandie
Musée des Beaux-Arts

Tours

Tours city tour
Tours Cathedral
Musée des Beaux-Arts
Château d’Amboise
Château de Chambord
Château de Chenonceau
Château de Chantilly

Normandy

D-Day tour
Mont Saint-Michel
Bayeux Tapestry

Marseille

Marseille city tour
Notre Dame de la Garde
Mediterranean Archaeology Museum
Longchamp Castle
Château d’If

Rome

Rome city tour
Ancient Rome tour with Colosseum
Vatican City tour with Sistine Chapel
St. Peter’s Basilica
Basilica of St. John Lateran
Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore
Evening walking tour – Spanish Steps, Piazza Navona
Borghese Gallery
Pantheon
Appian Way and the Catacombs
Castel Sant’Angelo
Nero’s Palace
Baths of Caracalla
Capitoline Museums
National Roman Museum
National Gallery of Roman Art

Florence

Florence city tour
Santa Maria del Fiore (Duomo)
Campanile
Baptistery of San Giovanni
Basilica di Santa Croce
Basilica di San Lorenzo
Pitti Palace
Uffizi Gallery
Galleria Dell’Accademia
San Miniato al Monte
Bargello
Medici Riccardi Palace

Bologna

Bologna city tour
Torre degli Asinelli
Archaeological Museum
Jewish Museum
National Picture Gallery
University Museums
Lamborghini Museum
Sanctuary of the Madonna di San Luca

Naples

Naples city tour
Duomo
Santa Chiara Monastery
San Lorenzo Maggiore
Castel Nuovo
Capodimonte Museum
Teatro San Carlo

Cinque Terre

Cinque Terre tour

Venice

Venice city tour
Doges’ Palace
St. Mark’s Bascilica
Galleria Dell’Accademia
Ca’ d’Oro
Museo Correr
Ca’Rezzonico
Peggy Guggenheim Collection
Murano glass-making demonstration
Burano
Torcello

Genoa

Genoa city tour
Aquarium of Genoa
Palazzo Bianco Gallery
Palazzo Rosso Gallery
Galata Seafaring Museum
National Gallery
Palazzo Ducale
Museum of Sant’Agostino

Sorrento

Sorrento city tour
Teatro Tasso tarantella show
Correale di Terranova Museum
Isle of Capri
Pompeii archaeological site
Herculaneum archaeological site
Amalfi
Positano

Milan

Milan city tour
Duomo
Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II
Castello Sforzesco
Teatro alla Scala
Santa Maria della Grazie (The Last Supper)

Pisa

Pisa city tour
Leaning Tower
Duomo and Baptistery
Museo dell’Opera del Duomo

Siena

Siena city tour
Duomo
Pinacoteca Nazionale
Torre del Mangia
Museo dell’Opera Metropolitana

London

London city tour
Westminster Abbey
St. Paul’s Cathedral
Buckingham Palace
Changing of the Guard
Hop-on, Hop-off bus tour
West End play
Shakespeare’s Globe tour
Globe theatre performance
Behind the Stage tour
Thames River cruise
Tower of London
Covent Garden
Greenwich
London Eye
Madame Tussauds
Afternoon tea at Harrods
London Dungeon
Jack the Ripper tour
British Museum
The National Gallery
Victoria & Albert Museum
Imperial War Museum
Churchill War Rooms
Charles Dickens Museum

Edinburgh

Edinburgh city tour
Edinburgh Castle
Holyrood Palace
The National Museum
The National Gallery
Scottish folk dinner show
Witchery tour
The Writers’ Museum
The Royal Yacht Britannia
Our Dynamic Earth science museum

Dublin

Dublin city tour
Dublin Castle
Trinity College – Book of Kells
St. Patrick’s Cathedral
Dublin Writers Museum
Guinness Storehouse

Limerick

Rock of Cashel
Bunratty Castle and Folk Park
Adare Village
Glenstall Abbey

Killarney

Ring of Kerry
Blarney Castle
Muckross Abbey
Ross Castle
Torc Waterfall

Madrid

Madrid city tour
Prado Museum
Reina Sofia Museum
Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum
Flamenco show
Casa Botin dinner
Tapas dinner

Seville

Seville city tour
Mezquita in Cordoba
Alhambra in Granada
Gibraltar tour

Salamanca

Salamanca city tour
San Esteban monastery
Casa Lis Art Museum

Bilbao

Bilbao city tour
Guggenheim Museum
Museo de Bellas Artes

Barcelona

Barcelona city tour
Pueblo Español
Picasso Museum
Flamenco show
Tapas dinner
Language homestay

Valencia

Valancia city tour
Albufera wildlife boat tour
City of the Arts and Sciences
Bioparc Valencia (zoo)

Córdoba

Córdoba city tour
Mezquita

San Sebastián

San Sebastian city tour
Language homestay

Granada

Granada city tour
Alhambra

Paris

Normandy WWII sites
Arromanche 360 cinema
Monet’s Gardens at Giverny
Chartres Cathedral
Palace of Fontainebleau
Palace and Gardens of Versailles
Disneyland Paris
Loire Valley chateaux
Intensive Language Classes
Provins

Rome

Rome city tour
Ancient Rome tour with Colosseum
Vatican City tour with Sistine Chapel
St. Peter’s Basilica
Basilica of St. John Lateran
Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore
Evening walking tour – Spanish Steps, Piazza Navona
Borghese Gallery
Pantheon
Appian Way and the Catacombs
Castel Sant’Angelo
Nero’s Palace
Baths of Caracalla
Capitoline Museums
National Roman Museum
National Gallery of Roman Art

Florence

Florence city tour
Santa Maria del Fiore (Duomo)
Campanile
Baptistery of San Giovanni
Basilica di Santa Croce
Basilica di San Lorenzo
Pitti Palace
Uffizi Gallery
Galleria Dell’Accademia
San Miniato al Monte
Bargello
Medici Riccardi Palace

Bologna

Bologna city tour
Torre degli Asinelli
Archaeological Museum
Jewish Museum
National Picture Gallery
University Museums
Lamborghini Museum
Sanctuary of the Madonna di San Luca

Naples

Naples city tour
Duomo
Santa Chiara Monastery
San Lorenzo Maggiore
Castel Nuovo
Capodimonte Museum
Teatro San Carlo

Cinque Terre

Cinque Terre tour

Venice

Venice city tour
Doges’ Palace
St. Mark’s Bascilica
Galleria Dell’Accademia
Ca’ d’Oro
Museo Correr
Ca’Rezzonico
Peggy Guggenheim Collection
Murano glass-making demonstration
Burano
Torcello

Genoa

Genoa city tour
Aquarium of Genoa
Palazzo Bianco Gallery
Palazzo Rosso Gallery
Galata Seafaring Museum
National Gallery
Palazzo Ducale
Museum of Sant’Agostino

Sorrento

Sorrento city tour
Teatro Tasso tarantella show
Correale di Terranova Museum
Isle of Capri
Pompeii archaeological site
Herculaneum archaeological site
Amalfi
Positano

Milan

Milan city tour
Duomo
Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II
Castello Sforzesco
Teatro alla Scala
Santa Maria della Grazie (The Last Supper)

Pisa

Pisa city tour
Leaning Tower
Duomo and Baptistery
Museo dell’Opera del Duomo

Siena

Siena city tour
Duomo
Pinacoteca Nazionale
Torre del Mangia
Museo dell’Opera Metropolitana

London

Windsor Castle
Leeds Castle
Hampton Court Palace
Kew Palace
Kensington Palace
Stratford-upon-Avon
Shakespeare’s Birthplace
Anne Hathaway’s Cottage
Warwick Castle
Stonehenge
Bath
Canterbury
Salisbury
Oxford
Cambridge
White Cliffs of Dover

Edinburgh

Stirling Castle
National Wallace Monument
St. Andrews
Glasgow
Loch Ness
Loch Lomond
Trossachs National Park
Lake District National Park

Dublin

Malahide Castle & Dublin Bay
Blarney Castle
Cliffs of Moher
Aran Islands
Galway Bay
Connemara
Powerscourt Estate
Waterford Crystal Tour

Madrid

Toledo city tour
Aranjuez city tour
Segovia & Avila tour
El Escorial Palace
Valley of the Fallen

Barcelona

Montserrat tour
Girona tour
Sitges beaches
Tarragona tour
St. Miguel del Fai Monastery
Dali Museum in Figueres

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United Kingdom

Currency: Pound Sterling (GBP)

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Country Calling Code: 44

Capital: London

Official Language(s): English

France

Currency: Euro (EUR)

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Country Calling Code: 33

Capital: Paris

Official Language(s): French

Italy

Currency: Euro (EUR)

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Country Calling Code: 39

Capital: Rome

Official Language(s): Italian

Spain

Currency: Euro (EUR)

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Country Calling Code: 34

Capital: Madrid

Official Language(s): Spanish