Florence and Venice from Rome: 2-Day Private Tour by Fast Train

Overview

Day by day itinerary

1. 1Rome - Venice - Florence⌄

   Transfer from your hotel or apartment to the train station, meet your assistant and departure by fast train to Venice.

   Arrival after 4 hours at the Santa Lucia train station, inside the Venice lagoon. Construction of Santa Lucia railway station began in 1860 under the Austrian Empire. In order to make room for both the station building and its forecourt, a convent and the Church of Santa Lucia were demolished in 1861. The station in turn took up the name of this church. The current station building is one of the few modernist buildings facing the Grand Canal.

   Your assistant will make you experience the thrill of traveling on board the boat, the city bus, which will take you to San Marco. The Grand Canal constitutes one of the main traffic corridors in Venice. The canal flows on one side into the lagoon near the Santa Lucia railway station and on the other into the San Marco basin; in the middle, it forms a large inverted S shape through the central neighbourhoods (sestieri) of Venice. It is 3.8 km (2.4 mi) long and 30 to 90 m (98 to 295 ft) wide, with an average depth of 5 meters (16 ft).

   Stop at The Rialto Bridge is the oldest of the four bridges spanning the Grand Canal in Venice, Italy. Connecting the sestieri of San Marco and San Polo, it has been rebuilt several times since its first construction as a pontoon bridge in the 12th century, and is now a significant tourist attraction in the city.

   Piazza San Marco, the nerve center of the city. the most important monuments are gathered here: the Basilica, the Bell Tower, the Ducal Palace, the Bridge of Sighs. You will be able to admire the magnificence of this imposing square which contains history, culture, folklore and religion. Here in the prisons the famous writer Silvio Pellico wrote the masterpiece "My Prisons".

   The Patriarchal Cathedral Basilica of Saint Mark, commonly known as St Mark's Basilica, is the cathedral church of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Venice, northern Italy. It is the most famous of the city's churches and one of the best known examples of Italo-Byzantine architecture.

   The Doge's Palace is a palace built in Venetian Gothic style, and one of the main landmarks of the city of Venice in northern Italy. The palace was the residence of the Doge of Venice, the supreme authority of the former Venetian Republic. It was founded in 1340, and extended and modified in the following centuries.

   The bell tower of San Marco is one of the most important symbols of the city of Venice. Together with the basilica of the same name and the square below, from which it takes its name, it is the main monument of Venice and one of the symbols of Italy. The Venetians affectionately call it El parón de casa

   The Bridge of Sighs is considered "the Bridge of Lovers", but the reason why it has this name is really different. It is a structure built to connect the prisons with the Doge's Palace. All prisoners had to pass through this narrow passage to receive the final sentence that could have condemned them to a bitter fate. From those grates, perhaps for the last time, they could observe, sighing, the sea and the stupendous view of the lagoon.

   Goditi un tour in gondola (facoltativo non incluso), la tradizionale barca a remi veneziana a fondo piatto, che ben si adatta alle condizioni della laguna veneziana. È simile ad una canoa. La propulsione è affidata a un gondoliere, che utilizza un remo non fissato allo scafo, a mo' di coppia, che funge da timone.

   In the afternoon departure by fast train to Florence. Arrival after 2 hours and transfer to the 4 stars hotel, accommodation in the rooms, overnight stay.

   Overnight: Florence, overnight stay in a 4-star hotel, including continental breakfast. City taxes included.

2. 2Florence - Rome⌄

   Full day dedicated to visiting this wonderful city full of history, culture and folklore. After breakfast, time to visit all the attractions that are not included in the guided tour, go shopping or walk through the streets of Florence admiring the shops and monuments outdoors. Your assistant will accompany you and will try to satisfy all your needs. In the afternoon, meeting with the guide to visit the city, we will visit the famous work of Michelangelo, the David, custome inside the Accademia Gallery.

   Florence Cathedral, formally the Cattedrale di Santa Maria del Fiore, is the cathedral of Florence, Italy. It was begun in 1296 in the Gothic style to a design of Arnolfo di Cambio and was structurally completed by 1436, with the dome designed by Filippo Brunelleschi.

   Giotto's Campanile is a free-standing campanile that is part of the complex of buildings that make up Florence Cathedral on the Piazza del Duomo in Florence, Italy

   Enjoy the Galleria dell'Accademia di Firenze, or "Gallery of the Academy of Florence", is an art museum in Florence, Italy. It is best known as the home of Michelangelo's sculpture David.

   Piazza della Signoria is an L-shaped square in front of the Palazzo Vecchio in Florence, Italy. It was named after the Palazzo della Signoria, also called Palazzo Vecchio. It is the main point of the origin and history of the Florentine Republic and still maintains its reputation as the political focus of the city.

   The Ponte Vecchio is a medieval stone closed-spandrel segmental arch bridge over the Arno River, in Florence, Italy. It is noted for its shops built along it, as was once common. Butchers initially occupied the shops; the present tenants are jewelers, art dealers, and souvenir sellers.

   At the end of this day, departure from Florence by fast train to Rome. Arrival after about 2 hours, transfer to the hotel and end of our services.