Alumni Trip to Italy
Travel with your PLNU alumni friends through Rome, Florence and Venice!
March 7 - 15th, 2009
Cost:
$3,698 (with airfare from San Diego or Los Angeles)
$2,798 (tour rate for those making their own flight arrangements)
Cost Includes:
- Round Trip Air Transportation from San Diego or Los Angeles (flights to be determined)
- Hotel Accommodations
- Breakfast every day & 3 dinners
- Motor Coach, Bus Driver, Tour Guide
- Entrance to all the sights listed on the itinerary
- All Gratuitities and Taxes (air taxes are suject to change if the price of fuel fluctuates)
NOTE: There is a Single Supplement rate for those staying in a room by themselves in the
amount of $700.
*Airfare is based on at least 10 people flying in and out of San Diego and at least 10 people
flying in and out of LAX.
Point Loma Nazarene University Italy Tour
Itinerary
| Saturday March 7, 2009 - USA |
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| Time |
Activity |
Location |
| TBD |
Depart for Rome, Italy |
San Diego Int'l Airport (SAN) or
Los Angeles Int'l Airport (LAX) |
| Sunday March 8, 2009 - Rome |
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| Time |
Activity |
Location |
| TBD |
Flight arrives in Rome, Italy |
Rome Leonardo de Vinci Fiumicno |
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Airport (FCO) |
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Transfer to hotel |
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Arrive & Check-in to hotel |
Sheraton Roma |
| Afternoon |
Rome orientation and walk |
Fontana Di Trevi |
| 7:00 - 8:30pm |
Dinner |
Sheraton Roma |
| Monday March 9, 2009 - Rome |
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| Time |
Activity |
Location |
| 7:30am |
Wake-Up Call |
Sheraton Roma |
| 8:00 - 9:00am |
Breakfast |
Sheraton Roma |
| 9:00 - 12:30pm |
Group Touring of Rome |
The Colloseum |
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The Forum |
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Mamertina Prison |
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Palatino Hill |
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Pantheon |
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Piazza Navona |
| 12:30pm on |
Free Time |
Via Condotti (shopping area) |
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*Option to be transferred back to |
|
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hotel by motor coach at 3:00pm |
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Dinner on your own |
Rome |
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*Tour guide will suggest restaurants |
| 10:00pm |
Transfer back to Hotel |
Piazza de Spania, Spanish Steps |
| Tuesday March 10, 2009 - Rome |
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| Time |
Activity |
Location |
| 6:30am |
Wake-up Call |
Sheraton Roma |
| 7:00 - 8:00am |
Breakfast |
Sheraton Roma |
| 8:00am - 12:00pm |
Group Touring of Rome |
Vatican Museums |
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Sistene Chapel |
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St. Peter's Square |
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St. Peter's Basilica |
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Via Veneto (fashionable part of town) |
| 12:00pm on |
Free time |
Via Veneto (fashionable part of town) |
|
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*Option to be transferred back to |
|
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hotel by motor coach at 3:00pm |
|
Dinner on your own |
Rome |
| 10:00pm |
Transfer back to Hotel |
Via Veneto |
| Wednesday March 11, 2009 - Tuscany toward Florence |
| Time |
Activity |
Location |
| 7:30am |
Wake-up Call |
Sheraton Roma |
| 8:00am |
ID luggage in Lobby & Check |
Sheraton Roma |
|
out of hotel |
|
| 8:00 - 9:00am |
Breakfast |
Sheraton Roma |
| 9:00am - 2:00pm |
Group Tourning of Tuscany |
Drive through Tuscany Forteresse- |
|
toward Florence |
town of Siena |
| 2:00pm |
Check-in to hotel |
Starhotel Tuscany |
| Afternoon |
Free time in Florence |
|
| 7:00 - 8:30pm |
Buffet Dinner |
Starhotel Tuscany |
| Thursday March 12, 2009 - Florence |
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| Time |
Activity |
Location |
| 7:30am |
Wake-up Call |
Starhotel Tuscany |
| 8:00 - 9:00am |
Breakfast |
Starhotel Tuscany |
| 9:00 - 12:30pm |
Group Touring of Florence |
Uffizi Gallery |
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Duomo |
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Acadmeia Gallery |
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Ponte Veccio (Old Market Bridge) |
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*Leather goods workshop optional |
| 12:30pm |
Free time |
Tour director will provide directions |
|
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back to hotel |
|
Dinner on your own |
Florence |
| Friday March 13, 2009 - Venice |
|
| Time |
Activity |
Location |
| 7:00am |
Wake-up calls |
Starhotel Tuscany |
| 7:30am |
Bring luggaget to bus & check |
Starhotel Tuscany |
|
out of hotel |
|
| 7:30 - 8:30am |
Breakfast |
Starhotel Tuscany |
| 8:30am - 12:30pm |
Group Touring to Venice |
Drive to Venice |
| Afternoon |
Vaparetto ride through Venice |
Venice |
| TBD |
Check-in to hotel |
Golden Tulip Tritone |
| 7:00 - 8:30pm |
Buffet Dinner |
Golden Tulip Tritone |
| Saturday March 14, 2009 - Venice |
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| Time |
Activity |
Location |
| 7:00am |
Wake-up Call |
Golden Tulip Tritone |
| 7:30 - 8:30am |
Breakfast |
Golden Tulip Tritone |
| 8:30am - 12:30pm |
Group Touring of Venice |
San Marco's Square & Church |
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Doge's Palace |
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Murano Glass Factory through canal |
| 12:30pm |
Free time |
Your tour direction will provide |
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directions back to the hotel |
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Dinner on your own |
Venice |
| Sunday March 15, 2009 - Depart for USA |
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| Time |
Activity |
Location |
| TBD |
Depart for USA |
Aeroporto di Venezia Marco Polo (VCE) |
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