Day 1: Venice
Private motor launch transfer with assistant from Venice Airport to Hotel in Venice
Check in at the hotel
Free time to explore Venice on your own.
Overnight at hotel
Day 2: Venice
Breakfast in the Hotel in Venice
Best of Venice with the Doge’s Palace
Get acquainted with the city of canals with this walking tour of Venice. A professional guide will lead you through the most characteristic and important places, imparting the great history and culture of the city. Stops include: Basilica San Marco, the Bell Tower, Procuratie, the “Pantheon” of Venice (Great School of Charity), Marco Polo’s House and Malibran Theater. Then, tour the impressive Doge’s Palace to witness the power Venice once had. See the halls and golden staircase, the famous Bridge of Sighs, where prisoners crossed into the prisons you will walk through.
Gondola Tour
Overnight at hotel
Day 3: Venice - Padua - Lake Garda
Breakfast in the Hotel
Private motor launch transfer with assistant from Hotel to Venice P.le Roma
Private Transfer from Venice P.le Roma to Lake Garda area Hotel with a 3 hours stop in Padua
Private Padua walking tour
Guided walking tour in the historical city center that starts at St. Anthony’s Basilica, the Padua shrine with the tomb and the reliquary of the saint, takes you through narrow streets right to the medieval heart of the city with its squares: Piazza delle Erbe, della Frutta, dei Signori. Here the tour guide will point out the finest and symbolic monuments at you. The guided walking continues in Palazzo della Ragione and Piazza dei Signori. On the western side rises up the Clock Tower, probably the first to be created in Italy. The City Hall that houses the magnificent Upper Court. Right opposite the Municipal Palace stands Palazzo del Bo, the ancient university seat, the oldest in Italy after Bologna. Next to the “Bo” stands one of the most important European coffee-houses, the historical Caffè Pedrocchi, the “Café with no doors”. It actually remained open day and night. Here you can have a taste of its famous and delicious Espresso with mint cream!
Overnight at hotel
Day 4: Lake Garda
Breakfast in the Hotel in Lake Garda area
Day at leisure. Take the chance to enjoy the area and the peace of this wonderful lake surrounded by mountains and hills.
Overnight at hotel
Day 5: Lake Garda
Breakfast in the Hotel
Private Lake Garda Excursion
Private car and an English-speaking Driver at your disposal for a Lake Garda Tour. First stop in Sirmione, a picturesque village, its two main tourist attractions are the castle and the Roman ruins. You can have a panoramic walk around the promontory and on a clear day you can enjoy great views over the lake and towards the mountains in the north. Optional you could have a boat tour of the Lake. Second Stop Bardolino where, after a walking tour of the village, you cannot renounce to a glass of the famous Bardolino wine. Last stop of the tour will be in Garda.
Overnight at hotel
Day 6: Lake Garda - Milan
Breakfast in the Hotel
Private Transfer from Hotel in Lake Garda area to Milan Hotel
Free time to explore Milan on your own.
Overnight at hotel
Day 7: Milan
Breakfast in the Hotel in Milan
Highlights of Milan
Enjoy an exciting 3 hour tour of Milan including a viewing of the La Scala Opera House with a private English-speaking guide. Suggested sights: Arco della Pace, Cadorna, Churches of Santa Maria delle Grazie and Sant'Ambrogio, Corso Venezia, Piazza San Babila, Galleria Vittorio Emanuele, Duomo and Castello Sforzesco.
Afternoon at leisure in Milan.
Overnight at hotel
Day 8: Milan
Breakfast in Hotel
Private transfer from Hotel in Milan to Milan Malpensa Airport