ESPRESSO ITALY 2027 WINTER (FCO-BLQ) PC
DAY 1 ISTANBUL – ROME
We meet you, our valued guests, in front of the Pegasus Airlines counter at the International Departures Terminal of Sabiha Gökçen Airport. After baggage and ticket procedures, we fly on Pegasus Airlines scheduled service. Upon arrival, we take our panoramic Rome city tour with our private bus waiting for us at the airport. In our city tour, Castel Sant’Angelo, where Cem Sultan was imprisoned, Piazza Venezia where Mussolini addressed the public and the Vittorio Emanuele II monument, the Colosseum that hosted gladiator battles, the Trevi Fountain, made famous by the film La Dolce Vita, the Spanish Steps consisting of 135 steps, and the Spanish Steps with the ship fountain will be among the places to see. After the tour, transfer to our hotel. Accommodation at our hotel.
DAY 2 ROME
After the breakfast we will have at the hotel, free time. Guests who wish can join the Outlet & Lakes Region & Vatican Tour (80€ per person), organized as an extra by our guide. After visiting the area of natural beauty where the popes spend the summer months and the village of Nemi, famous for its wild strawberries, where you will want to live forever, there will be free time for shopping in Italy's most famous shopping area, Castel Romano Outlet. Then we head to St. Peter's Square, considered the center of Christianity. Upon arrival, free time for the Basilica and Square visit. Guests who wish can join the Rome by Night Tour (35€ per person), organized as an extra by our guide. Accommodation at our hotel.
*The extra tours offered today are extra tours whose operation is carried out jointly. If purchased separately, transportation to the tour start/end points will be at your own expense.
DAY 3 ROME – FLORENCE
After the breakfast we will have at the hotel, we set off for Florence. Guests who wish can join the Orvieto Tour (35€ per person), which our guide will organize as an extra en route. After seeing the ancient city center and Orvieto Duomo in Orvieto, which has an important place in Italy's art and general history and has extraordinary natural beauty, we set off for Florence. Upon arrival, panoramic Florence city tour. In our tour, the Arno River, which divides Florence into two, Ponte Vecchio bridge, famous for its jewelers, Palazzo Vecchio, where the Medici Family ruled Florence, Piazza Della Signoria, home to the Hercules and David statues, one of the masterpieces of the Renaissance, Santa Maria del Fiore Duomo, which has the 3rd tallest dome in Italy, and the Baptistery famous for its door are among the places to see. At the end of the tour, transfer to our hotel in Montecatini. Accommodation at our hotel.
DAY 4 FLORENCE
After the breakfast we will have at the hotel, free time. Guests who wish can join the Tuscany Tour (120 Euros), organized as an extra by our guide. Our first stop is Pisa, where we will see the Leaning Tower of Pisa, which has become the symbol of Italy, and the Piazza dei Miracoli right next to it, and then we head to San Gimignano. In San Gimignano, where you will feel like you are in the Middle Ages, we will see the 13 towers built by rival noble families in the 12th and 13th centuries and Piazza Cisterno. After our tour, we head to Siena. Siena has a total of 17 districts, where neighborhood culture is strongly felt. Campo Square, where the Palio horse races are held with the participation of the districts, the unfinished Siena Duomo, and the narrow streets of the city are among the places to see in our Siena city tour. After the tour, transfer to our hotel. Overnight at our hotel.
DAY 5 FLORENCE – VENICE
After the breakfast we will have at the hotel, we set off for Venice. Guests who wish can join the Bologna Tour (35€ per person), which our guide will organize as an extra en route. In our tour, Piazza Maggiore (Great Square), considered the center of Bologna, the Neptune Fountain located right behind the square, the Old Stock Exchange Building, the first university building in Europe, Quadrilatero (old market), and the Garisenda and Asinelli towers, which have become symbols of Bologna, are among the places to see. After our tour, we head to Venice. Upon arrival, panoramic Venice city tour. After arriving at Tronchetto Square, we reach St. Mark's Square by a short ferry ride. In our city tour, the famous St. Mark's Square and Church, the Bridge of Sighs where prisoners took one last look at Venice 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 places to see. Free time after the tour. Guests who wish can join the optional activity organized by our guide, the Gondola Tour, the symbol of Venice (40€ per person). After free time, transfer to the hotel. Accommodation at our hotel.
DAY 6 VENICE – BOLOGNA – ISTANBUL
After the breakfast we will have at the hotel, transfer to Bologna Airport depending on the flight time. After completing the baggage and check-in procedures, depart for Istanbul on Pegasus Airlines scheduled service. With our arrival, the end of our tour and services.
What's Included
- Economy class airline ticket on Pegasus Airlines scheduled flights on the Istanbul (SAW) – Rome (FCO) / Bologna (BLQ) – Istanbul (SAW) routes
- Airport taxes
- 5 nights room-and-breakfast accommodation in 3- and 4-star hotels
- Airport-hotel-airport transfers
- All intercity transfers
- Panoramic city tours of Venice, Florence and Rome
- Professional Turkish-speaking guiding services
Not Included
- City taxes (35€ per person) *To be paid to the tour guide during the tour.
- Vaporetto fee (20€ per person) *To be paid to the tour guide during the tour.
- Visa fee and service charge
- Travel Health Insurance
- Departure tax fee
- Lunch, dinner and other meals
- Hotel extras and personal expenses
- Extra tours, extra tours along the route and optional activities
- Museum and archaeological site entrance fees
- All services not specified as included in the price
- Driver and guide gratuities (agency recommends 15 euros per person)