ITALY ICONS TOUR WITH PEGASUS AIRLINES 4 NIGHTS Morning Bergamo Departure – Morning Rome Return || 17053||22632

ISTANBUL – BERGAMO – MILAN – (Verona Tour) – VENICE
After completing baggage drop, ticketing, and passport control procedures at Sabiha Gökçen Airport International Terminal 3 hours before departure, we fly to Bergamo on Pegasus Airlines’ scheduled flight PC1211 at 08:50. Upon arrival at Bergamo Airport at 10:40 local time, we board our private coach waiting for us at the airport and depart for Milan city center to begin our city tour. Upon arrival in Milan, we start our city tour. Milan, one of Europe’s fashion capitals, also stands out with its cuisine, opera, churches, and priceless artworks such as the Last Supper fresco by the great master Leonardo da Vinci. Although it is Italy’s business and finance capital, it is also the right destination for shopping, nightlife, and dining experiences. During our city tour in Milan, we will see the famous opera house La Scala, Duomo Square and Cathedral, La Galleria where you can enjoy shopping among many famous brands, and Porta Romano. After the Milan city tour, we continue towards Venice. En route, guests who wish may join the optional Verona Tour (50 Euro). Verona, listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is also home to Italy’s second-largest amphitheater after the Colosseum and to Juliet’s House, the setting of Shakespeare’s famous Romeo and Juliet, the world’s best-known love story. We complete our tour in Verona with a visit to Erbe Square and continue our journey to our hotel in the Venice region. Transfer to our hotel in Venice region. Check-in to rooms and free time to rest.
VENICE – (Venice Masterpieces & Hidden Venice Walking Tour) – (Outlet Tour) – FLORENCE
After breakfast and check-out from the hotel, we depart for Florence. En route, guests who wish may join the optional Venice Masterpieces and Hidden Venice Walking Tour (80 Euro – “including vaporetto and city entrance fees”). During our tour in Venice, we will see the main iconic structures such as St. Mark’s Square, built of stone and marble and with its columns brought from Istanbul, St. Mark’s Basilica, the Doge’s Palace, designed and used as a symbol of magnificence and power, the Clock Tower, the Bridge of Sighs, and the historic Campanile Bell Tower, then enjoy a pleasant walk through the streets of Venice connected by bridges and stretching along narrow canals. After free time at the end of the tour, we continue our journey to Florence. En route, guests who wish may join the optional Outlet Tour (25 Euro). After some enjoyable free time for quality and affordable shopping at the outlet center, which hosts stores of Italy’s most prestigious brands that shape the fashion trend of the world, as well as cafes, restaurants, and personal activity areas, we transfer to our hotel in the Florence region. Check-in to rooms and free time to rest.
FLORENCE – PISA – (Siena Tour) – ROME
After breakfast and check-out from the hotel, we depart for Pisa. Upon arrival in Pisa, we will visit the Leaning Tower of Pisa, the cathedral, the baptistery, and Miracle Square during our tour. After a short free time to see and photograph the world-famous Leaning Tower of Pisa, we continue to Florence for a panoramic city tour. In Florence, the capital of the Renaissance and the hometown of Pinocchio, we will first see the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore from the outside, which immediately draws attention with its orange-colored dome and is the 4th largest church in Europe. One of the cathedral’s most notable features is the bronze doors known as the “Gate of Paradise,” depicting the stories of prophets mentioned in the Quran as well. Next, we will see Giotto’s Bell Tower, once used to call the people to parliament, Signoria Square, which was the political and social center of Florence for centuries and where Michelangelo’s famous Statue of David is located, and Ponte Vecchio, famous for its antique and jewelry shops. After the Florence city tour, we depart for Rome. En route, guests who wish may join the optional Siena Tour (50 Euro). Siena is famous for its narrow streets from the Middle Ages, small lanes, and Campo Square, considered one of the largest squares in Europe. After a pleasant walk through Campo Square and the historic narrow streets leading to it in Siena, we continue our journey to Rome. Upon arrival at our hotel in the Rome region, check-in to rooms and free time to rest.
ROME – (Rome Icons & Nemi Strawberry Village Tour) – (Vatican and Rome Local Neighborhoods Tour)
After breakfast, we offer a full day at leisure. Guests who wish may join the optional Rome Icons & Nemi Strawberry Village Tour (85 Euro). Our first stop on this tour is Nemi. Known for its wild strawberries and therefore called the “Strawberry Village,” Nemi hosts an annual strawberry festival. In Nemi, where narrow streets open onto squares and the enchanting lake and valley views blend with the scent of strawberries in the air, we enjoy a sightseeing tour before continuing to Rome, the “city at the center of the world” or Urbs aput mundi, which welcomes you on a historical journey with its art, history, music, shopping, sunshine, and cuisine, and its buildings in different styles ranging from antiquity to the Renaissance. While the masterpieces created by architects competing with one another attract thousands of tourists to the city in every season, Rome carries all this crowd without overwhelming the visitor, with all its beauty and elegance. During our tour in Rome, a city witnessing 23 centuries of history that shaped European civilization, we will first see the Colosseum, the ancient theater that became the symbol of the city and hosted gladiator fights throughout the Roman Empire, the Roman Forum, the ceremonial center of the city during imperial times, the Trevi Fountain, where it is believed that those who throw a coin into it will return to Rome, the Spanish Steps, famous for street artists, and the Piazza Pietra and Piazza Popolo areas panoramically. At the end of the tour, we offer free time in Pantheon in the city center of Rome. During this free time, guests who wish may join the optional Vatican and Rome Local Neighborhoods Tour (65 Euro). Starting with views of Castel Sant’Angelo and Navona Square, this tour takes us to Vatican / San Pietro, the center of the Catholic branch of Christianity and the world’s smallest country by area. We offer free time in St. Peter’s Square, where thousands of Catholics gather for worship every year and where the Pope greets the public from his residence on special occasions, and where St. Peter’s Basilica, the world’s largest cathedral with 140 statues of saints, is located. Guests may also visit the cathedral section for free, subject to availability. After the free time, we begin our Rome Local Neighborhoods tour. In this excursion, we mingle with the people of Rome and feel like locals ourselves, experiencing the real Italian atmosphere in Trastevere, Piazza Trilussa, Ponte Sisto, and the Ghetto area, with its naturalness and simplicity as well as its cafes, small family restaurants, boutiques, greengrocers, butchers, and many other small and charming shops, and the ancient Tiber Island, connected to the city by two bridges. After our walk through the small tables and maze-like backstreets, we complete our tour and return to our hotel in the Rome region.
ROME – ISTANBUL
After breakfast and check-out from the hotel, we depart for Rome Fiumicino Airport for our return flight to Istanbul. Upon arrival at the airport, after completing baggage drop, check-in, and passport control procedures, we fly to Istanbul on Pegasus Airlines’ flight PC1224 at 11:35. Arrival at Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen Airport at 16:05 local time, and the end of our tour.