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Florence • Assisi • Rome • Sorrento


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  • 10 Days - THIS PRICE INCLUDES AIRFARE FROM ANYWHERE IN THE U.S.

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Trip Includes

 

  • Flights from anywhere in the United States and flights between countries as per your itinerary. (all necessary flights on your trip are included)
  • Daily Mass will be scheduled.
  • Airport Taxes, Security Fees & Fuel Surcharges Saving you an average of $400-$600!
  • Transfers as per itinerary.
  • 4 or 5 star hotels in downtown areas.
  • Transportation with luxury bus.
  • All breakfasts and all dinners. Wine included with all dinners.
  • All tips to driver, hotel, and tour guide. If you feel that the tour guide did a great job, offering them extra tips is greatly appreciated.
  • Guided Tours and Tour Fees ~ Our tour guides are very caring, licensed, and well educated. Many of our guides have their PhD's.
  • Luggage handling (1 suitcase and 1 carry-on per person)
  • Single Supplement (as long as the passenger is willing to room with someone and allows us to provide them with a roommate. If the passenger wants a guaranteed room to of their own, then they have to pay the $900 single supplement)
  • Remember: Our trips are not more expensive during high season ~ Passengers will never be expected to pay extra for anything while on the trip.

Trip Does Not Include

 

  • Lunch (unless noted in the itinerary).
  • Trip Insurance. Work directly with Travel Guard to protect your investment and insure your money. There are different packages to choose from depending on what your travel needs are. Use the above link or the link right below the picture of the Pope on our home page to visit their site.

Steps For Registration

 

  1. Call us (855) 842-8001 or register online with a credit card and pay your $500 deposit per person to save your spot. The $500 deposit is part of the total price of the trip.
  2. A $1,000 Additional Deposit (AD) per person is due one month from the registration. The AD is paid ONLY in the form of Check (personal, money order, or bank check).
  3. The balance is due 4 months before the trip departure date. The balance is paid ONLY in the form of Check (personal, money order, or bank check).

 

  • Mail all checks and correspondence to:

 

Proximo Travel
PO Box 561
Auburn, MA 01501

 

  • NOTE: If you sign up for a trip within 4 months of the departure date, you pay the deposit of $500 with a credit card and the balance is required to be overnighted in the form of a personal check, money order or bank check.

 


Hotels
Hotels listed below are our preferred hotels. If reservations cannot be made at one or more of these locations, a comparable hotel will be reserved. We only use 4 or 5 star accommodations.

Rome


Trip Itinerary

June 13: Departure from USA on a direct flight to Rome.

June 14: Arrival in Florence. Tour of Florence in the region of Tuscany. Tour of the Ponte Vecchio and the Piazza della Signoria. Opening group dinner and overnight in Florence.

June 15: Florence: After breakfast, visit the Piazza Santa Croce and the church containing the tomb of Michelangelo, Galileo, and Machiavelli. Tour the Uffizzi, Michelangelo's masterpiece, The David, Flea Market, Duomo (Cathedral), and the Baptistery. Tour Guide will show to those interested the location Medici Chapel , Basilica della Santa Croce. Dinner on your own (20 Euros) and overnight in Florence.

June 16: After breakfast, stop in Assisi. See the tombs of St. Francis and St. Clare;. Visit the Porziuncula located inside the Basilica of Santa Maria degli Angeli. Stop for lunch and then visit the Rocca Maggiore Castle which dominates the entire skyline with its impressive battlements. Spectacular views of the Spoleto valley and Assisi itself can be found at the piazza located in front of the castle. Depart around 3 or4. Arrive in Rome around 7, welcome group dinner and overnight in Rome.

June 17: Morning visit for Mass at St. Mary Major, the main Basilica dedicated to Mary in Rome. Visit the Scala Sancta right after we experience St. John Lateran, the first Basilica ever to be built in the Roman Empire the Seat of the Successor of St. Peter: the Pope’s Cathedral. Dinner on your own (20 Euros) in Trastevere and overnight in Rome.

June 18: Start the day by visiting the Vatican Museums, the Sistine Chapel (the Pope's private Chapel) and St. Peter's in the Vatican. Then we will travel to the town where the Pope's Summer Residence is located: the charming Castel Gandolfo with its spectacular Lake Albano. Tour the Popes Gardens and have an early group dinner. Return to the Piazza Navonna for the evening in Rome. Overnight in Rome.

June 19: Day trip to Sorrento. Lunch on your own. Dinner at Piazza Del Poppolo (20 Euros).

June 20: Head to the Vatican to experience the 10:00 am Audience with the Pope. We will visit the Catacombs of St. Sebastian. Visit the Pantheon and will end the day at the Trevi Fountain for dinner and shopping. (20 Euros).Overnight in Rome.

June 21: Visit the Coliseum, Jewish Quarter, Spanish Steps, farewell group dinner at an underground restaurant near the Coliseum.

June 22: Our private bus brings us to the airport in Rome to fly back to USA.

Please note: We do our best to ensure that all sites listed in this itinerary will be seen. However, due to scheduling conflicts, or other circumstances beyond our control, sites may be visited on a different day than listed. If this happens it will also necessitate a change in the restaurant for dinner. However, we will never sacrifice the quality of the meal, all restaurants will meet Proximo Travel's very high standards. Since we have several different trip configurations touring at the same time, it is likely that groups on different tours will be combined when their itineraries overlap in certain areas.

 

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