ESPRESSO ITALY 2027 SUMMER (BLQ-FCO) PC

DAY 1                ISTANBUL – BOLOGNA – VENICE

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, flight on the Pegasus Airlines scheduled service. Following our arrival, we depart to the city of Venice by our private bus waiting for us at the airport. Upon arrival panoramic Venice city tour. After arriving at Tronchetto Square, we reach San Marco Square by a short ferry ride. In our city tour, the famous San Marco Square and Church, the Bridge of Sighs, where prisoners looked back at Venice one last time 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 be seen. Free time after the tour. Guests who wish can join the optional activity organized by our guide as the symbol of Venice, the Gondola Tour (40€ per person). After free time, transfer to the hotel. Accommodation at our hotel.

DAY 2                VENICE – FLORENCE

After breakfast at the hotel, we depart for Florence. Guests who wish can join the Bologna Tour (35€ per person), which our guide will organize as an extra en route. On our tour, Piazza Maggiore (the Great Square), considered the center of Bologna, the Neptune Fountain located just behind the square, the Old Stock Exchange Building, the first university building in Europe, Quadrilatero (the old market), and the Garisenda and Asinelli towers, which have become symbols of Bologna, are among the places to be seen. After our tour, depart for Florence. Upon arrival, panoramic Florence city tour. In our tour, the Arno River, which divides Florence into two, the 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 Italy's 3rd highest dome, and the famous Baptistery with its gate are among the places to be seen. At the end of the tour, transfer to our hotel in Montecatini. Accommodation at our hotel.

DAY 3                FLORENCE

After breakfast at the hotel, free time. Guests who wish can join the Pisa & Portofino Tour (120€ per person), which our guide will organize as an extra. In our tour, after seeing the Leaning Tower of Pisa and the Miracle Square, we will travel by boat to the world-famous town of Portofino, which has been the subject of songs. You will never get enough of this small town located in a national park. After the tour, transfer to the hotel. Accommodation at our hotel.

DAY 4                FLORENCE – ROME        

After breakfast at the hotel, we depart for Rome. Guests who wish can join the Orvieto Tour (35€ per person), which our guide will organize as an extra en route. In Orvieto, which has an important place in Italy's artistic and general history and possesses extraordinary natural beauty, after seeing the ancient city center and Orvieto Duomo, we depart for Rome. Upon arrival, panoramic Rome city tour. In our city tour, Castel Sant'Angelo, where Cem Sultan was imprisoned, Venice Square and the monument of II. Vittorio Emanuele, where Mussolini addressed the public, the Colosseum, which hosted gladiator fights, the Fountain of Love made famous by the film La Dolce Vita, the Spanish Steps consisting of 135 steps, and the Spanish Steps containing the sunken ship fountain are among the places to be seen. After the tour, transfer to our hotel. Accommodation at our hotel.

DAY 5                ROME

After breakfast at the hotel, free time. Guests who wish can join the Outlet & Lakes Region & Vatican Tour (80€ per person), which our guide will organize as an extra. After visiting the region of natural beauty where the Popes spend their summers and the village of Nemi, famous for its wild strawberries, a place you will want to live in forever, there will be free time for shopping at Castel Romano Outlet, Italy's most famous shopping area. Then we depart for San Pietro Square, considered the center of Christianity. Upon arrival, free time to visit the Basilica and the Square. Guests who wish can join the Rome by Night Tour (35€ per person), which our guide will organize as an extra. Accommodation at our hotel.

*Today's extra tours are tours that are operated jointly. If purchased separately, transportation to the tour starting/ending points will be arranged independently.  

DAY 6                ROME – ISTANBUL

After breakfast at the hotel, transfer to Rome Airport depending on the flight time. After completing baggage and check-in procedures, depart for Istanbul on the Pegasus Airlines scheduled service. Upon our arrival, the end of our tour and services.