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HOLIDAYS IN ITALY

Green Heart of Italy for Solo

Travellers by Express Coach 9 Days from £649
Departures
Visit Italy’s beautiful region of Umbria on this fascinating tour for solo May to Sep 2021
travellers, taking in beautiful Assisi and Perugia.

Perugia

Assisi Gubbio
HIGHLIGHTS Day 1 Home Connect service, then drive afternoon we head to Città di Castello. See
• Visit the “Perugina” chocolate factory – through the night towards Italy. evidence of its medieval past, with its bell
home of famous “Baci” chocolate Day 2 Continue Across Switzerland and into towers and town walls, still intact in many
• Explore typical medieval Umbrian towns Italy, to Umbria, where we stay for six nights in places. B,D
Cannara, near Perugia. D Day 6 Perugina House of Chocolate A day for
Included Excursions chocolate lovers! We visit the Perugina House
• Perugia and Guided Tour Day 3 Perugia and City Tour Included of Chocolate, where we learn the history of
excursion to Perugia, capital of Umbria, where
• Visit Perugina chocolate factory we include a guided walking tour. Perugia 100 years of this brand, a symbol of the Italian
chocolate craft. The tour concludes with a taste
• Gubbio and Città di Castello was founded centuries ago and still has its of delicacies. Return to the hotel for a relaxing
• Assisi preserved old Etruscan gates and city walls. afternoon. B,D
B,D
Optional Excursion Day 4 Deruta and Torgiano Optional Day 7 Assisi Today will see us exploring
• Deruta and Torgiano excursion to Deruta famous for its pottery the exquisite town of Assisi, famous for
being the birthplace of St. Francis. This
Also Includes and ceramics production among the most town boasts many fascinating sights, and
beautiful and precious of Italy. Deruta ceramics we’ll get to explore many of them during
• 6 nights hotel with continental breakfast are famous for their decorative vases, plates our time here. Spend time discovering the
and 6 evening meals and other objects of various shapes and the Franciscan structures of Assisi, which have
• No single room supplement oldest are now kept in the best museums in the been designated as a UNESCO site since
• Sole use of your own room world. Visit one of the famous ceramic shops 2000. These include the stunning Basilica of
• Porterage at the hotel to learn about this ancient art and crafts. In San Francesco d’Assisi, as well as the Church
the afternoon, we enjoy a tasting of two of the
• Home Connect region’s specialities, as we continue to vineyard of San Pietro, the Santa Maria Maggiore, and
Assisi Cathedral. B,D
(see pages 6 & 7 for your nearest) land Torgiano village to visit the olive oil and Day 8 After breakfast, we begin our homeward
YOUR HOTEL wine museums. B,D journey and travel north overnight. B
You will stay for six nights at the 3-star Day 5 Gubbio and Città di Castello Included Day 9 Return home.
Phi Hotel Hortensis in Cannara. This excursion, as we enjoy the lush countryside,
well-appointed hotel offers a spacious beautiful landscapes and scenery and see Included Meals: B=Breakfast, D=Dinner
garden, bar and restaurant serving typical these typically Umbrian medieval towns.
Umbrian specialities. Marvel at the evident cultural and artistic Tour Code: W9ITS
heritage. We head to Gubbio, where you can
admire the Cathedral, the panoramic Piazza May 15 2021 £649 Jul 10 2021 £679
Grande, and the Palazzo dei Consoli. In the Jun 12 2021 £679 Sep 11 2021 £679
Optional excursions are at extra cost.

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