Milan is the main industrial, commercial, and financial centre of Italy and a leading global city. Its business district hosts the Borsa Italiana (Italy's main stock exchange) and the headquarters of the largest national banks and companies.
The city is a major world fashion and design capital. Milan's museums, theatres and landmarks (including the Milan Cathedral, the fifth largest cathedral in the world, and Santa Maria delle Grazie, decorated with Leonardo da Vinci paintings, a UNESCO World Heritage Site) attracts over 8 million annual visitors.
The city is also well known for several international events and fairs, including Milan Fashion Week and the Milan Furniture Fair, the largest of its kind in the world, and hosted for the second time an Universal Exposition, the Expo 2015.
Points of interest: Castello Sforzesco, La Scala, Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II, Duomo and Shopping in Fidenza Village Outlet.
A fascinating tour around of the city-museum, one of the most famous and ancient cultural centers in Europe, which often referred to as the birthplace of the Italian Renaissance. You will visit the most important sightseeing such as: Santa Maria del Fiore, Duomskuyu Area, Ponte Vecchio, Piazza della Signoria.
For those ones who want to see the Uffizi Gallery (one of the greatest and most important museums of European art) or the Pitti Palace (the greatest of the existing Florentine palaces) there is the optional excursion.
It is one of the most famous seaside resorts in Europe, thanks to its 15-kilometre-long sandy beach, over 1000 hotels, and thousands of bars, restaurants and discos. The first bathing establishment opened in 1843. An art city with ancient Roman and Renaissance monuments, Rimini is the hometown of the famous film director Federico Fellini as well.
Points of interest: The Arch of Augustus, Tiberius bridge, Tempio Malatestiano and Piazza Cavour.
Points of interest: The Arch of Augustus, Tiberius bridge, Tempio Malatestiano, Piazza Cavour.
Early departure to Ravenna with russian-speaking assistant. Arrival to the city and sightseeing with Russian-speaking guide. Ravenna is the location of eight UNESCO World Heritage Sites. The guide walks you through the main attractions of the city and tells you about the history and local features. You will see Basilica San Vitale - one of the most important examples of early Christian Byzantine art and architecture in Western Europe, The Mausoleum of Galla Placidia - a Roman building defined “the earliest and best preserved of all mosaic monuments, and at the same time one of the most artistically perfect", and Dante's Tomb. Free time.
Departure to Bologna - the seventh most populous city in Italy. Bologna is home for numerous prestigious cultural, economic and political institutions as well as one of the most impressive trade fair districts in Europe. In 2000 it was declared European capital of culture and in 2006, a UNESCO “city of music”. You will meet with a Russian-speaking guide and walk through the main sightseeing: Bologna Cathedral builded from the 16-17th centuries.
You'll see the most famous of the towers of Bologna - the central "Due Torri" (Asinelli and Garisenda), whose iconic leaning forms provide a popular symbol of the town - built in the 12-13th centuries, Piazza Maggiore that was created in its present appearance in the 15th century, and many palaces around. Free time in the city and return to Rimini.
Full day excursion to "Eternal City" Rome. Rome has the status of a global city. In 2011, Rome was the 18th-most-visited city in the world, 3rd most visited in the European Union, and the most popular tourist attraction in Italy.
Its historic centre is listed by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site. Monuments and museums such as the Vatican Museums and the Colosseum are among the world's most visited tourist destinations with both locations receiving millions of tourists a year.
The route starts from Piazza Navona. Then you can see the Pantheon, Venice Square, Capitoline Hill, Imperial and Roman Forum - the main square of Ancient Rome. The excursion ends near the Triumphal Arch of Constantine and Colosseum (outside) - the largest theater of ancient Rome amphibole accommodating once 50 thousand people.
This tour is your chance to see the ancient and the largest opera stage in the world at Verona and also enjoy the picturesque setting of Lake Garda. Upon arrival in Verona you will join an interesting 2 hours walking tour in city centre. You will discover that Verona is one of Italy's loveliest towns, a major stop on the Shakespearean tourist trail. The city is so rich in archaeological sites, with a beautiful medieval centre.
The Roman Arena, where concerts and operas are performed in summer, is the city's grandest sight, then the adjacent Piazza Bra lined with cafes, government buildings and fashionable shops and, last but least, the famous 'Juliet's Balcony' is the principal point of interest for lovers of Shakespeare where Juliet is believed to have waited for her lover Romeo! After visit in Verona and free time for lunch, we will be transferred to the enchanting south part of South area of Garda Lake.
The beautiful lakeside towns have charmed foreign visitors for centuries as this area was a summer resort area for the ancient Romans. The pretty town of Sirmione is on the southern shore of Lake Garda, perched on the end of a long promontory. You will see narrow medieval streets bustling with life and colour, the famous summer residence of Roman poet Catullus and the ancient castle Rocca Scaligera.
Take home some great pictures of the serene blue waters of Lake Garda surrounded by mountains and lots of greenery. After stop in Sirmione we will departure to back again in Rimini.
All day at your disposal to explore this enchanting and unique city walking through a labyrinth of small streets with hump-backed bridges spanning over 180 typical canals. Our walking tour is a journey spent between the best known sights of Venice along with some unassuming gems. We’ll visit Piazza San Marco. We’ll stand in front of the impressive Doge’s Palace where Venice’s famous lover and writer, Casanova was held in an attic prison before he managed to escape.
Then the main event – the stunning Basilica San Marco. Marvel at the diversity of Venetian culture as your guide points out the spots where eastern architecture and western design have blended to create a structure with an onion dome that could only have been created in Venice. In a rare extended tour of the basilica you’ll hear about how St. Mark’s remains arrived here illegally and see all sorts of treasures, molded in this very city or plundered during the crusades.
Possibility for extra payment: a trip on a gondola or excursion to Doge's Palace. Free time for walk or lunch.
Visit of the ancient republic located on the famous "Rocca" with Russian speaking assistant. Free time for walk. San Marino claims to be the oldest surviving sovereign state and constitutional republic in the world, as the continuation of the monastic community founded on 3 September 301, by stonecutter Marinus of Arba.
Legend has it that Marinus left Rab, then the Roman colony of Arba, in 257 when the future emperor, Diocletian, issued a decree calling for the reconstruction of the city walls of Rimini, which had been destroyed by Liburnian pirates.