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Italy for Orchestras Day 1 Depart performance. Return to Florence for your overnight.
Day 6 Florence/Rome via Gregorian chants in
Depart from the USA on your overnight flight to Italy!
Day 2 Venice Monte Oliveto
Benvenuti in Italia! Meet your Encore Tour Manager and Depart Tuscany this morning and enjoy a lovely drive to
transfer your hotel. Venice, known as the Queen of the Monte Oliveto
Adriatic, consists of an archipelago carved by nearly Maggiore to hear the Gregorian chants by the monks at
150 canals into 118 different islands, and is simply Vespers! Continue on to Rome, the “Eternal City”. Built
incomparable. On arrival, check into the hotel and enjoy on seven hills, Italy’s capital is renowned for its history,
dinner together. architecture, art, culture, culinary delights and exquisite
Venice Day 3 Venice – concert shopping. After checking into your hotel, have dinner
together in a local restaurant.
Enjoy breakfast at the hotel, provided each morning
Cremona of your tour. Your Tour Manager will then take you on Day 7 Rome
a city tour through downtown Venice, including St. Today, enjoy panoramic city sightseeing of Rome with
Mark’s Square and the Basilica. See the famous “Bridge a local guide including the Circus Maximus, the Imperial
of Sighs” which connects the Doge’s Palace to the old Forum, the Pantheon, and the Monument of Vittorio
prison. During your free time, you may wish to take a Emanuele (Rome’s “Wedding Cake monument”).
gondola ride through the city’s beautiful canals or visit Entrance is included to the Colosseum. Imagine the
Florence the Peggy Guggenheim museum. This afternoon come bloody battles that once took place in this awe-inspiring
together to rehearse for your debut concert this evening! structure and marvel at the nearby richly decorated
Day 4 Venice/Cremona/Florence - visit to violins Arch of Constantine! More than just a monument, this
and Stradivari audition arch marks the end of pagan Rome and the beginning of
This morning depart Venice and transfer to Florence, Christian Europe. This afternoon, have time to explore at
Rome the Cradle of the Renaissance. En route, stop to visit your leisure, followed by dinner together.
Cremona to visit the Stradivarius Museum and the Day 8 Rome – concert
Artisan violin-making workshops. Here, you will Your local guide will accompany you through the
Sorrento learn the history of the Stradivari violins as well as Vatican Museums today to see the Sistine Chapel and
magnificent Raphael rooms. Continue to St. Peter’s
the intricate techniques used in making these world-
renowned instruments! To highlight the incredible Basilica, the largest and most prominent church of the
workmanship, you will then have the opportunity catholic faith. Stroll across the Piazza San Pietro towards
to listen to a violin recital performed on an original the dome, designed by Michelangelo and almost as large
Stradivarius! Continue to Florence where you will as that of the Pantheon. This afternoon, begin rehearsal,
check into your next hotel. This evening enjoy some followed by dinner together. Tonight, perform your final
Tuscan culinary specialties with dinner in a restaurant. concert in Rome!
Afterward, you might wish to visit the Boboli Gardens Day 9 Depart
for its panoramic views of Florence and the Tuscan hills - Depart for the USA.
the ideal place to end your day!
Day 5 Florence - concert in Lucca Extension Options:
Today’s sightseeing tour with a local guide and headsets – Add 2 nights in Sorrento with a concert between Florence
shows you the splendid Duomo, Ghiberti’s famous and Rome
Baptistry Doors, Santa Croce and the Piazza della – Add 2 nights in Cremona with a concert in the beginning
Signoria, the political center of the Renaissance city. of the tour.
Also, enjoy a timed entrance to the Accademia to see
Michelangelo’s David. This afternoon, travel to Lucca
where you will assemble for rehearsal and tonight’s