2018 BELLA ITALIA TOUR WITH ROSA MATTO
‘The Sacred and The Sublime’
Expressions of Interest for the 2018
Bella Italia tour with Rosa Matto (The Sublime and the Sacred) can
be forwarded to Julie Reece Tours during the ‘Early-bird’ promotional period.
As with this year’s tour, we will be touring in October, a wonderful time of
the year for travel in Italy. The summer crowds will be gone and the autumn
weather will be mild and very comfortable for touring. Departure from Adelaide
will be on the first Monday of the school holidays thus appealing to teachers.
However, as the tour will be 3 weeks, some extra time for those in schools will
need to be arranged with employers and line managers. The 2018 tour will head
north flying into Venice for 4 incredible nights. Emirates fly directly from
Dubai thus making this link very convenient. We will stay in a boutique hotel
looking over one of the smaller canals, very close to the centre of Venice
within easy walking distance to Saint Mark’s Square. Highlights of our Venetian
experience include a cookery school in a private villa, accompanied tours of
the lesser known islands, and optional extras such as a night at the Opera
(either La Fenice, depending on the season OR Música Palazzo) and specialised
interest tours such as Venice’s secret gardens OR ‘In the footsteps of Donna
Leon’s Commissario Brunetti’ OR Venice’s Jewish history OR a trip to Lido. The
optional extras allow each group member to follow their individual passions and
interests with the benefit of local guides. If you don’t want to take up any of
the optional extras, there are many wonderful walks in and around the centre
and smaller canals where you can soak up the atmosphere of this unique Italian
gem.
From
Venice a fast train journey (first class) across magnificent landscapes will
take you to Florence for 3 glorious nights. The famous art treasures of the
western world will be yours to admire and prepaid tickets to L’Accademia and
Galleria delgi Uffizi will make your visit one to remember. We will wander
around Oltrano and the Boboli Gardens and enjoy a scrumptious picnic prepared
by Rosa. For the shoppers in the group, the markets are a must. With so many
magnificent options, you will be spoilt for choice in your days in Florence.
Hotel accommodation is being negotiated and we will be selecting a centrally
based, boutique style hotel so that the ‘flaneurs’ of the group can wander at
leisure within close distance of our hotel.
Leaving
Florence, the group will meet our professional coach driver who will take care
of us for the next 11 days. In the comfort of our coach we travel to the
iconic regions of Tuscany and Umbria where a luxurious villa awaits us. The
village of Cetona south east of Siena, will be our centre and our villa is just
a few kilometres from this village. With exclusive use of the magnificent Villa
Palazzo Bello, our whole group will enjoy the comforts of home in and amongst
the Tuscan rural countryside. Self -contained apartments with en-suite
facilities for most of the bedrooms plus lounge rooms and well supplied
kitchens will maximise comfort in this fine example of Tuscan ‘agri-turismo’.
From our villa day trips will take us to the hilltop towns of Chianti for
private tastings, Pisa, Lucca, Siena and dinner in San Gimignano. For
Umbrian specialties, a trip to Lake Trasimeno near Perugia will be on offer.
Rosa will cater for many of our meals and ‘happy hours’ will be a chance for
relaxed sharing of the day’s adventures.
To
complete our ‘Sacred and Sublime’ Bella Italia tour, we will spend a couple of
days (3 nights) in Rome prior to the journey home or to the next leg of your
individual travel.
2018 BELLA ITALIA TOUR: ‘The Sacred & The Sublime’
EARLYBIRD SPECIAL (2017
rates valid to January 31st, 2018)
$8,950 twin share (single
supplement TBC)
1.
Meet & greet Venice hotel – Tuesday
2/10/18-tour ends Rome Tuesday 23/10/18 (21 nights)
2.
Contact Julie via email initially to register
for the 2018 Bella Italia Tour EARLYBIRD DEAL. A $500 deposit is required to
secure your place in the tour.(NB. If guaranteed departure of 6 pax is
NOT achieved the deposit is fully refunded).
3.
Group size will not exceed 12 pax.
4. At the point of guaranteed departure, you
will be notified and a NON-REFUNDABLE
commitment payment of $1,000
is required to guarantee the 2017 price. Following receipt of the
commitment payment you will receive a detailed daily itinerary including
confirmation of specific hotels and other accommodation plus the optional extra
activities on offer.
5.
Tour deposits received AFTER 31/1/18 will be
set at 2018 rates.
6.
N.B. The twin share price excludes flights.
Designated flights are available through Anna Byrne at ‘Adelaide Travel’ or you
may choose to book using your preferred agent.
7.
The final
balance for the tour minus all deposit and commitment payments, is due August 1st,
2018
MOBILE: 0407 711 549 (I will be on tour from 14/10 – 1/11/17 &
22/11/17- 21/12/17 so the preferred contact in this period is via email)
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