9 days · 8 nights
Switzerland, Italy
Switzerland, Italy
Tuscany and the Lakes: Como, Florence and Siena
Nine days between the lakes and Tuscany: Lucerne, the St Gotthard Pass, Lugano, Lake Como and Bellagio, Florence, Chianti and Siena, San Gimignano, the Borromean Islands and Montreux.
- Duration
- 9 days · 8 nights
- Departure and return
- Luxembourg
- Countries visited
- Switzerland, Italy
Day-by-day itinerary
- Day 1Lucerne — welcome of your group at the airport or station, drive through Alsace and Basel, Chapel Bridge and old town of Lucerne, Lion Monument, night in Lucerne
- Day 2St Gotthard and Lugano — St Gotthard route to Ticino, lakeside promenade and lanes of Lugano, arrival in Lombardy, night in Como
- Day 3Lake Como — boat trip to Bellagio, pearl of the lake, Villa Carlotta and its gardens in Tremezzo, village of Varenna, night in Como
- Day 4Florence — drive across the Po plain and the Apennines, sunset from Piazzale Michelangelo, Tuscan dinner, night in Florence
- Day 5Florence — Santa Maria del Fiore Cathedral and Brunelleschi’s dome, Baptistery, Uffizi Gallery, Ponte Vecchio, Pitti Palace and Boboli Gardens, night in Florence
- Day 6Chianti and Siena — Chianti wine roads, lunch and tasting at a wine estate, Piazza del Campo and Siena Cathedral, night in Siena
- Day 7San Gimignano and Lake Maggiore — medieval towers of San Gimignano and Vernaccia wine, drive north, arrival on Lake Maggiore, night in Stresa
- Day 8Borromean Islands and Simplon — boat to Isola Bella and its Baroque gardens, Simplon Pass, Rhône valley in Valais, night in Montreux
- Day 9Montreux — flower-lined lakeshore of Montreux and Chillon Castle, drive via Bern and Basel, return to Luxembourg, then transfer to the airport or station
Services
- Welcome and transfers at the airport or station of your choice
- Coach with driver throughout the tour, two drivers when needed
- 8 hotel nights with breakfast
- Optional: guide speaking the language of the group and of the countries visited, half board, cruises, tickets
Indicative programme: the order of visits may be adapted to opening hours, the weather and flight times.