France, Switzerland, Italy and Greece 15 Days

Inclusions:

• Return economy class international airfares and taxes flying Etihad or a European Airline (subject to availability), departing Sydney, Melbourne and Perth. Please Note: Flight itineraries are not available until approximately 2 weeks before departure. Some flights may depart one day later and may involve up to 2 transits per leg
• 12 nights accommodation in comfortable three-star hotels, twin rooms with private facilities. Double rooms and Triple share are not available.
  Note: Hotels will vary depending on group sizes and hence hotel information can only be ascertained within 5-7 days prior to departure.
• Insurance: Basic insurance cover is provided for our clients during the land component of this tour. See below for details.
• City tours: Paris, Rome, Florence, Venice.
• Ticket Admission: Funicular in Montmartre in Paris, 2nd Floor Eiffel Tower in Paris, Coliseum of Rome, Saint Mark´s Basilica and Murano Glass Factory in Venice.
• Boating: River Seine in Paris, Zurich lake, Vaporetto in Venice.
• Evening Transfers: Montmartre Dictrict in Paris, Quartier Latin in Paris, Via Cavour in Rome.
• Trains: Rapperswil / Zurich, Piazza dei Miracoli in Pisa.
• Funicular: Cable Car to Grindelwald First.
• Daily breakfast and one (1) lunch or dinner included in Lucerne.
• Dedicated coach transportation
• Return airport-hotel transfers
• English speaking tour guide(s)

Exclusions:

• All optional activities, tours and attraction tickets not included in the itinerary (please see below for more detailed information)
• Travel insurance (strongly recommended)
• Visas (if applicable)
• Personal expenses

MSC Sinfonia 7 night cruise with 2 nights in Venice – Venice, Split, Santorini, Mykonos, Dubrovnik, Ancona from $1,499

Post Tour – Extension.

Board the MSC Sinfonia and cruise across the Adriatic Sea to Split, Croatia, before heading south to the Greek Islands of Santorini and Mykonos, enjoying the on-board facilities and a wide range of onshore activities in each destination. The cruise then heads back to the north via stunning Dubrovnik (one of the most prominent tourist destinations in the Mediterranean Sea), and Italy’s Ancona.

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• Athens

  • Dinner and Folk Show in Plaka District: We will depart on the bus with our guide to the lively Plaka district at the foot of the Acropolis. We will have a taste of the typical local cuisine in one of its famous taverns and watch a dance performance from different regions of this fascinating country.
    • PRICE: EUR50pp (approx. AUD78pp). Minimum participants: 15 persons. DURATION: 2h. INCLUDED: Transfers, guide, dinner and performance.

• Rome

  • Baroque Rome: Enjoy the great Rome of Bernini and Borromini, the great baroque Rome with its beautiful fountains, squares and obelisks. The Rome that the Popes created. We will make a complete tour taking in the Lungotevere, Ara Pacis, Porta Pinciana, Via Veneto, the Plaza de España with its wonderful fountain of the boat and its staircase Trinidad de los Montes, Trevi Fountain where you can fulfill the rite of throwing your coin, Piazza Colona, Pantheon (possibly the best preserved archaeological temple of ancient Rome), and finish in the extraordinary Piazza Navona. An important part of this excursion is done on foot.
    • PRICE: EUR35pp (approx. AUD55pp). Minimum participants: 15 persons. DURATION: 2h 30m. INCLUDED: Entrance included to the Pantheon Transfers by bus. Local guide. Individual headphones connected directly with your local guide.
  • Vatican Museums: ADMISSION TO THE VATICAN MUSEUMS IS LIMITED. PRIORITY WILL BE GIVEN TO TRAVELERS WHO HAVE MADE RESERVATIONS IN ADVANCE. FOR THIS REASON, WE RECOMMEND THAT YOU BUY THIS EXCURSION IN ADVANCE THROUGH MY TRIP BEFORE YOUR ARRIVAL IN EUROPE. We have organized a visit for the most interested passengers, accompanied by an expert guide. Visit the most important rooms of the Vatican Museums: gallery of tapestries, sculptures, paintings and other rooms in which we will have the opportunity to appreciate some of the most important works of art of the Classical and Renaissance periods. Our highlight will be the Sistine Chapel, dazzling after its brilliant restoration. Finally, we will visit the Basilica, where we can see Michelangelo´s Pieta, the Baldachin of San Pedro, and the Dome of Michelangelo
    • PRICE: EUR70pp (approx. AUD110pp). Minimum participants: 15 persons. DURATION: 3h. INCLUDED: Admission to Vatican Galleries, Sistine Chapel, and St. Peter’s Basilica. Specialized guide (max group per guide: 40 people). Right of entry to the Vatican included. Headset connected privately with your local guide.

• Florence

  • Tuscan Dinner: Discover the romance of Venice in perhaps the best way to be introduced to the city. Take a Gondola ride through the channels, with musicians who play beautiful Venetian ballads. Pass thruogh the beautiful canals until you reach the Grand Canal, where the most fantastic Venetian palaces are located.
    • PRICE: EUR35pp (approx. AUD55pp). DURATION: 35min. INCLUDED: Tour on private gondolas along the canals. Musicians (1 tenor and one accordionist) for the gondola group.

• Venice

  • Gondola Ride: Enjoy a magnificent dinner in a Tuscan atmosphere. A group of musicians will set the mood for this beautiful evening. Taste the typical products of the region. Do you fancy an extraordinary Fiorentina steak? During dinner we can also enjoy live music; a pianist singer from Fiorentino will perform local and international music.
    • PRICE: EUR55pp (approx. AUD86pp). DURATION: 3h. INCLUDED: Transport, guide, dinner, musical performance.

NOTES:

• These prices are given in Australian dollars at the rate of exchange on the date of publication. Actual Prices may vary at the time of purchase.
• The number of people who can visit the LOUVRE MUSEUM, VATICAN MUSEUMS, and the MOULIN ROUGE SHOW is limited. If not all tickets are available, priority will be given to travellers who have made reservations in advance. For this reason, we recommend that you purchase your tickets for these excurions in advance through MY TRIP before your arrival in Europe.
• Please use the above as a reference only, as prices are subject to change. Some excursions are subject to minimum numbers and local conditions. You can only book optionals/pay taxes whilst on tour with the tour manager, who will also collect payment in cash only (Euros).

Basic insurance cover is provided for our clients during the land component of this tour only. The policy comes into effect on arrival at the destination and commencement of the tour proper. Consequently, it does not include incidents during flights, cruises, or early arrivals or stay-behinds.

Guarantees:

• Medical expenses: €3,000*
• Dentistry expenses: €60
• Extended hospitalisation due to illness or accident: €80/day. Max. 10 Days
• Transfer of sick or wounded persons: Unlimited
• Transfer of mortal remains: Unlimited
• Return of accompanying insured persons: Unlimited
• Sending of medicines abroad: Included
• Travel of one person to accompany the hospitalised insured person: Unlimited
• Accommodation and allowances for the person accompanying the hospitalised insured person: €80/day. Max. 10 Days
• Return of the insured person in the event of the death of a realtive: Unlimited
• Search for and location of luggage: Included
• Sending of urgent messages (arising from guarantees): Included
• Loss, damage and theft of luggage: €30/item, Max. €300
• Delayed luggage attributable to land operator exceeding 12 hours: €100
• Accident insurance – death caused by an accident during trip: €2,500
• Accident insurance – disability caused by an accident during trip: €6,000

*Excess amount of €50/claim, payable by the insured person

This insurance has limited cover and does not include impolrtant elements such as electronic equipment, loss, theft, breakage or minor damage (handles/scratches/wheels) to luggage, cash, jewels or valuable goods, eve if they are in hotel rooms/ship cabins. If your luggage is worth more than the insurance cover, we suggest you declare it before starting the tour and take out extra insurance that provides additional cover.

Nexus Holidays declines all responsibility in cases in which the insurance company considers that the policy does not cover the expenses claimed by the passenger, regardless of the reasons.

Nexus Holidays advises all clients to take out additional insurance with additional cover to that stated above.

The hotels we use are carefully selected to provide you with a comfortable stay in a relaxing environment. All the hotel we use are three to four star, with continental breakfast included. A selection of our preferred hotels in our main destinations is listed below. As the hotels are generally not in the downtown area, we cannot guarantee that there is transportation to the city except for taxis. Please note that hotels will vary depending on group sizes and hence hotel information can only be ascertained within 5-7 days prior to departure.