The Italy portion of this tour was September 9 – September 13. Following, was a Globus sponsored bus tour from Cinque Terra to Rome. At the end of the Rome portion an additional cruise to the Greek Islands was available.
Options:
- Option A: Piedmont, Cinque Terre, Florence & Rome. This option does not include the cruise. Sorry, but Piedmont only is not an option. (10 nights)
- Option B: Cinque Terre, Florence, Rome and Greek Isles cruise. (16 nights)
- Option C: Rome and Greek Isles cruise. (11 nights)
- Option D: Greek Isles cruise only. (9 nights)
- Possible Option E: Piedmont, Cinque Terre, Florence, Rome, Greek Isles cruise. (A long time!)
Option A is the only group visiting the Piedmont region. You will fly into Milan and depart in rented vans on Friday, Sept. 9 for Torre Pellice. Sites to see include the Cardon Borgata (abandoned family village), Rora, and Waldensian sites such as the School of the Barba, Chanforan, etc. You will return on Tuesday, Sept. 13 to Milan. There we will meet up with those arriving for Option B and continue on to Cinque Terre, Florence and Rome. Option A will fly home from Rome.
Option B includes two nights in Cinque Terre, two nights in Florence and two nights in Rome prior to the cruise. We will have a walking tour in Cinque Terre followed by a full free day. In Florence we will have a walking tour, see Michelangelo’s statue of David followed by a free day. In Rome we will see the Rome Temple (optional temple session), visit the Vatican, see the Sistine Chapel, and have a walking tour to see the Pantheon, Trevi Fountain and more. After Rome, our motor coach will take us to the port to set sail on our Royal Caribbean Greek Isles cruise. We fly home from Rome following the cruise.
Option C will fly into Rome and back home from Rome. You will have two nights in Rome seeing the sites mentioned in Option B prior to our Greek Isles cruise.
Option D will be on your own should you want some pre-cruise days in Rome. You will officially start with us after boarding the ship for our cruise.
Possible Option E – This would be options A & B combined.
Ancestral Homes and Waldensian Sites
