A CULINARY JOURNEY THROUGH TUSCANY & FLORENCE - Featuring 5 Nights in Tuscany & 2 Nights in Florence

OCTOBER 6-14, 2026 (9 DAYS)

HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE: 

2 Nights in Florence • 5 Nights in Tuscany • Tuscan Estate Dinner • Pasta Making Cooking Class • Wine Tasting • Siena Walking Tour • Dinner at Tuscan Farmhouse & Winery • San Gimignano • Gelato Tasting • Lunch at a Local Farmhouse • Lake Trasimeno Boat Excursion • Island Maggiore with Lunch & Wine • Florence Guided Walking Tour • Academy Gallery & the Statue of David • Full Day Optional Tour to Lucca & Pisa • Optional 3-Night Rome Extension

INCLUSIONS:

Roundtrip Airfare - BUF & ROC • 14 Meals (7 Breakfasts, 3 Lunches, 4 Dinners) • Professional Tour Director • Motorcoach Transportation •  Hotel Transfers • Admissions per Itinerary • Comprehensive Sightseeing • Baggage Handling at Hotel

PRICE PER PERSON:

Booking Discount*: $5,249 pp double
Regular Rate: $5,349 pp double
Single Supplement: +$1,000

BOOKING DISCOUNT: Save $100 Per Person ($200 Per Couple*) Make your final payment by check prior to the final payment due date & receive a $100 per person / $200 per couple booking discount! • Initial deposit can be made by check or credit card to be eligible. • Payments after the initial deposit are considered part of the final payment & must be made by check.

DEPOSIT & FINAL PAYMENT: A deposit of $600 per person is due with the Reservation Form to secure reservations. The final payment due date is July 8, 2026

PREMIER’S TRAVEL PROTECTION PLAN (TPP): $425 per person (must purchase with initial deposit)

TENTATIVE ITINERARY:

Day One – DEPART USA: Board your overnight flight to Europe.

Day Two – ARRIVE FLORENCE - TUSCANY: Arrive in Florence, meet your Tour Director and transfer to your hotel in Tuscany for a five-night stay. The Chianti and Umbria Regions of Tuscany are filled with picturesque landscapes, rolling hills, olive groves, beautiful vineyards and charming Tuscan hilltop towns. Enjoy a Welcome Dinner this evening.

Day Three – ORGANIC COOKING CLASS - OLIVE OIL EXPERIENCE: Today enjoy an Organic cooking & pasta making class and lunch. Enjoy a welcome drink while the chef discusses the class, recipe and food to be made. The restaurant staff will assist you with putting on your aprons and the cooking fun begins! At the end of the cooking class you will get to eat and enjoy what you have prepared for lunch. Later this afternoon visit a local Olive Oil producing farm to learn how olive oil is produce. Sample some organic extra virgin olive oil, along with vinegar and Chianti Classico wine. Dinner is included this evening.

Day Four – VOLTERRA & SAN GIMIGNANO: Today we travel to Volterra, another ancient and beautiful hilltop Italian city. Enjoy some free time in Volterra then continue to a family-run farmhouse that specializes in saffron production for lunch. This afternoon we visit San Gimignano, the epitome of a Tuscan hill town, where nobles built more splendid towers to outdo one another and indulge in their need for status. The medieval structures of this city have largely remained intact and San Gimignano, with its large number of art treasures, is truly considered an open-air museum. Next enjoy a delicious gelato ice cream in one of the oldest gelateria in Italy that produces unique flavors of gelato which are famous world-wide. Later, visit a local Tuscan Farmhouse and enjoy dinner featuring typical Tuscan dishes paired with local wine.

Day Five – LAKE TRASIMENO - ISLAND MAGGIORE - UMBRIA REGION: Begin your morning with breakfast and journey to Lake Trasimeno located in the Umbria Region of Tuscany. The heart shaped Lake Trasimeno is surrounded by rolling hills, olive groves, woods of oak and cypress trees, vineyards and sunflower fields that frame castle-topped medieval towns and villages. Next enjoy a boat cruise to the Island Maggiore, where we will have lunch at a traditional restaurant located on the lake. Return to your hotel with the evening at leisure.

Day Six – TUSCANY AS YOU WISH - PISA & LUCCA OPTIONAL: Today is a full day at leisure to explore on your own or join the full day optional tour to Pisa & Lucca. See the remarkable Leaning Tower of Pisa and more of Pisa’s “field of miracles,” such as the Duomo and the Baptistry. Visit Lucca and explore the Old Town filled with quaint shops and Gothic palaces. Lucca’s great era was in the Gothic time just before the Renaissance, and the city contains stunning architecture from that period.

Day Seven – SIENA - TUSCAN ESTATE DINNER - FLORENCE: This morning travel to Siena, the heart of Tuscany, where a local guide awaits you for a walking tour in the Old Town. The highlight is the Piazza del Campo, the seashell-shaped square on which the famous horse-race, the Palio, takes place each year. Enjoy lunch on your own.Later this afternoon travel to a lovely Tuscan Estate. Learn about truffles followed by delicious tastings of oil and truffle butter bruschetta, salami, pecorino cheese, and wines from the estate with and included dinner to follow. Later, travel to Florence and check into your hotel for a two-night stay.

Day Eight – FLORENCE SIGHTSEEING: Today enjoy a Florence City Tour featuring a visit to the Academy Gallery to see Michelangelo’s original Statue of David, an incredible sight. View the Cathedral to see Giotto’s Bell Tower and Baptistry with its impressive ‘Gates of Paradise’. Buildings that demonstrate the traditions of Florentine art and architecture from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance. Also see the open-air museum of Piazza Della Signoria & Santa Croce, which houses the tombs of Michelangelo and Galileo. The evening is at leisure for dinner on your own.

Day Nine – FLORENCE - CIAO AND HOMEWARD BOUND: Ciao! Transfer to Florence Airport for your flight home with wonderful memories of Tuscany and Florence OR join the 3-night optional tour extension to Rome.

OPTIONAL 3 NIGHT ROME EXTENSION

PRICE PER PERSON:
Regular Rate: $1,250 pp double
Single Supplement: +$450 

EXTENSION INCLUSIONS:

Three Nights Hotel in Rome • 3 Breakfasts • Tour Director • Deluxe Motorcoach • Assisi Walking Tour • Rome City Tour • Entrance into Vatican Museum/Sistine Chapel • Sightseeing & Admissions per Itinerary • Baggage Handling • Airport Transfers

DAY 9: FLORENCE - ASSISI - ETERNAL ROME: Travel south today into the Umbrian countryside to the beautiful hilltop town of Assisi, a well-preserved medieval hill town designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site for its art and architecture, and the hometown of St. Francis, the revered patron saint of animals and founder of the Franciscan order. Enjoya guided walking tour to visit both the upper and lower parts of the great Basilica of St. Francis. St. Francis was born here in 1182. Later travel to the ‘Eternal City’ of Rome and the capitol of Italy. Check into your hotel for a 3-night stay. The evening is at leisure.

DAY 10: ROME SIGHTSEEING - VATICAN MUSEUM - SISTINE CHAPEL: Enjoy a Rome City Tour to see some of the highlights of the city such as, the Colosseum, The Arch of Constantine, Circus Maximus, Piazza Venezia, the Pantheon and more. Next it’s off to visit another country – Vatican City. With our expert local guide, tour the Vatican Museums - a massive collection of ancient Greek sculptures, medieval tapestries and Renaissance paintings. See the Sistine Chapel, its ceiling painted by Michelangelo between 1508 and 1512. This room, receives more than five million visitors each year and is also where the Pope is elected. Next, visit St. Peter’s Square in Vatican City for a tour of St. Peter’s Basilica to view the art and architecture of one of the largest and most famous churches in the world. We’ll see Michelangelo’s Pieta as well as Bernini’s seven story bronze canopy located above the main altar. The evening is at leisure to explore Rome on your own.

DAY 11: ROME - FREE DAY AS YOU WISH: The entire day is free to explore Rome on your own. Perhaps a tour inside the Colosseum, a walk on Via Veneto, climb the Spanish Steps, indulge in an espresso or cappuccino in the Piazza Navona at a local café or shop for souvenirs.

DAY 12: ROME - CIAO - FLIGHT HOME: Transfer to the airport for your flight home with wonderful memories of Tuscany, Florence and Rome.