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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 and 2022
travellers, taking in beautiful Assisi and Perugia.

Perugia

Assisi Gubbio

HIGHLIGHTS Day 1 Home Connect service, then drive evidence of its medieval past, with its bell
• Visit the ‘Perugina’ chocolate factory – through the night towards Italy. towers and town walls, still intact in many
home of famous ‘Baci’ chocolate Day 2 Continue Across Switzerland and into places. B,D
• Explore typical medieval Umbrian towns Italy, to Umbria, where we stay for six nights in Day 6 Perugina House of Chocolate A day for
Cannara, near Perugia. D chocolate lovers! We visit the Perugina House
Included Excursions of Chocolate, where we learn the history of
Day 3 Perugia and City Tour Included
• Perugia and Guided Tour excursion to Perugia, capital of Umbria, where 100 years of this brand, a symbol of the Italian
• Visit Perugina chocolate factory we include a guided walking tour. Perugia chocolate craft. The tour concludes with a taste
of delicacies. Return to the hotel for a relaxing
• Gubbio and Città di Castello • Assisi was founded centuries ago and still has its afternoon. B,D
Optional Excursion preserved old Etruscan gates and city walls. Day 7 Assisi Today will see us exploring
B,D
• Deruta and Torgiano the exquisite town of Assisi, famous for
Day 4 Deruta and Torgiano being the birthplace of St. Francis. This
Also Includes Optional excursion to Deruta famous for its town boasts many fascinating sights, and
• 6 nights hotel with continental breakfast pottery and ceramics production among the we’ll get to explore many of them during
and 6 evening meals most beautiful and precious of Italy. Deruta our time here. Spend time discovering the
• No single room supplement ceramics are famous for their decorative vases, Franciscan structures of Assisi, which have
plates and other objects of various shapes and
• Sole use of your own room the oldest are now kept in the best museums been designated as a UNESCO site since
2000. These include the stunning Basilica of
• Porterage at the hotel in the world. Visit one of the famous ceramic San Francesco d’Assisi, as well as the Church
shops to learn about this ancient art and crafts.
• Home Connect (see page 4 for details) of San Pietro, the Santa Maria Maggiore, and
In the afternoon, we enjoy a tasting of two Assisi Cathedral. B,D
YOUR HOTEL of the region’s specialities, as we continue to Day 8 After breakfast, we begin our homeward
You will stay for six nights at the 3-star vineyard land Torgiano village to visit the olive journey and travel north overnight. B
Phi Hotel Hortensis in Cannara. This oil and wine museums. B,D
well-appointed hotel offers a spacious Day 5 Gubbio and Città di Castello Included Day 9 Return home.
garden, bar and restaurant. excursion, as we enjoy the lush countryside, Included Meals: B=Breakfast, D=Dinner
beautiful landscapes and scenery and see
these typically Umbrian medieval towns.
Marvel at the evident cultural and artistic Tour Code: W9ITS
heritage. We head to Gubbio, where you can May 15 2021 £649 Jun 11 2022 £699
admire the cathedral, the panoramic Piazza Sep 11 2021 £679 Jul 09 2022 £699
Grande, and the Palazzo dei Consoli. In the May 14 2022 £669 Sep 10 2022 £699
afternoon we head to Città di Castello. See Optional excursions are at extra cost.

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