Italy on a Budget 8 Day Self Guided Tour

Day 1 & 2 : Arrival to Venice- Welcome to Italy

+ Included: Pensioni Accommodations with Private Bath and Breakfast, 1 Group Sightseeing

 Welcome to Italy! Let the romance begin! This package is designed for traveling on your own through the most romantic areas of Italy on a modest budget.  Once you arrive to Venice and check into your hotel, its time to relax and explore. 

On day two you will experience a tour you must take if you only have enough time to take one. This tour features the majority of classic sights in Venice including Saint Marks Square, Bridge of Sighs, St. Marks Basilica interior, Campo Santa Maria Formosa, Scuola di San Marco, Cannaregio district, church of San Giovanni e Paolo, Marco Polo's house and the Rialto Bridge. 

This tour includes headphones so you will be able to hear the guide at all times. A perfect start to a great trip! 

Day 3, 4, 5 - Florence! 

+ Included: Pensioni Accommodations with Private Bath and Breakfast

Make your way to Florence and check into your accommodations. Later today enjoy an optional sightseeing tour that is dedicated to exploring Florence, the cradle of the Renaissance.

Visit the beautiful Piazza del Duomo, the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore, Giotto’s Bell Tower, the Baptistery of St. John, Campanile Tower, and Santa Croce, the 13th-century Franciscan church with Cimabue’s famous crucifix just to name a few. (sample program)

Lunch is on your own; perhaps sit at an outdoor café for a typical Italian mid-day meal. Be sure to save room for some exquisite gelato!

With your afternoon at leisure, you may want to check out the many shops and stalls at the Ponte Vecchio, where you can browse for Italian leather goods and other souvenirs.

Your afternoon is free . Enjoy the free days in Florence just to relax or let us help you with an optional sightseeing tour of Florence, Tuscany or day trips to Pisa or Cinque Terre, the choice is yours! 

Day 6 & 7 – Rome

+ Included: Pensioni Accommodations with Private Bath and Breakfast, 1 Group Sightseeing

Make your way to Rome today and upon arrival check into your accommodations; grab a gelato and take to the streets to explore Italy's captivating capital. Start at the Colosseum then head to the breathtaking Sistine Chapel.  Stop for a pizza and a coffee at the Piazza Navona then throw a coin in the Trevi Fountain and make a wish to return. Once you arrive to Rome you check in and start relaxing. A sightseeing tour will introduce you to the highlights of the city. 

Your tour will leave from Piazza San Bernardo, adorned by Moses’Fountain, heading to Piazza della Repubblica, previously known as “dell’Esedra” as its central area also called Esedra of the Diocletian Baths is hidden now by the Fountain of Naiadi. You will continue towards Via Sistina where we’ll leave the bus to start our walking trough the ages, starting from the Spanish Steps and reaching Piazza di Spagnawith the famous fountain “la Barcaccia” realized from Pietro Bernini. 

Then the guided tour will lead you to the Trevi Fountain, a baroque jewel, and to the Pantheon (meaning "Temple of all the Gods"), a building in Rome which was originally built as a temple to the seven deities of the seven planets in the state religion of Ancient Rome. It is the best preserved of all Roman buildings, and perhaps the best preserved building of its age. At the end of the tour we will finally reach the gorgeous Piazza Navona built on the ruins of the Domitian’s Circus adorned by the famous Fountain of the Four Rivers, masterpiece of Gian Lorenzo Bernini realized in 1651. 

Tour will end reaching the church of St. Peter with a description of his marvelous square. The afternoon is yours to enjoy the city.  (sample program)

Day 8 – Depart from Rome

Depart from Rome. We suggest our optional airport transfers to the Rome airport. Ask your Travel Expert when booking.

What type of Accommodations? What is a Pensioni? 

Staying in a good pensione is like being a guest in a private house or like staying with grandmother. The accommodations are simple, clean and welcoming. Don’t expect any frills, room service, front desk or swimming pool; but what you can expect is a down home, genuine experience with Italian locals that you will remember for a lifetime. Rooms vary depending on the facility; they will have private baths and be comfortable and clean. They will not typically have air conditioning and will offer simple but good breakfasts.