Date: June 04th – June 13th 2023

Maximum number of travelers: 8

Exclusive, spellbinding, fun and cultural trip! Let’s take PRIDE on who we are! Join us in this celebratory voyage through Tuscan hills and Roman liveliness, with culinary delights and culture abound, all ending with the PRIDE parade in Rome!

This wonderful trip will give you the opportunity to see Tuscany as never before! Led by our super top guide, genre studies Phd graduate Francesco, you will experience Florence and Tuscany through the lens of its LGBTQ+ history that since the Renaissance has being intertwined with the art, architecture, literature and culture of this place.

Surrounded by the spectacular beauty of the rolling hills of Tuscany, our guide will make sure you do not miss any detail while visiting Siena, Lucca, Pisa, Monteriggione and San Gimignano. Guide transfers and happiness are included!

– 10 days; 9 nights
– 4* (Florence) , 5* (Siena) & 5* (Rome) superior hotels
(hotels are handpicked within the categories based on the availability)
– Breakfast included
– Winery visit and lunch
– Guided visits, tickets and transfers (specified in the itinerary section)
– Certified guides
– Maximum number of participants: 8

• 4* Hotel in Florence
• 5* Hotel in Siena
• 5* Hotel in Rome
• Welcome tour – Florence – Thematic ‘Welcome & Orientantion’ with our super guide Francesco
• Florence full day tour – This tour includes: Uffizi, Galleria dell’Accademia, Ponte Vecchio, Duomo & Piazza della Repubblica.
• Winery visit & lunch – Be like a sommelier at world-renowned winery just a short drive away from Florence. Have lunch their excellent restaurant while enjoying the view of the Tuscan hills.
• Visit to Pisa & Lucca – Travel in total comfort in a van with a/c to the little towns of Lucca and Pisa. Our guide will make sure you do not miss any detail on this remarkable itinerary.
• Medieval Towns visit -Through the rolling hills of Tuscany you will reach the towns of San Gimignano and Monteriggioni. Transfer, guide and happiness included!
• Sistine Chapel and Vatican museum guided visit
• Siena tour – Fantastic walking tour of Siena with tickets to the Duomo and Piccolomini Library included. Marvel at one of the most beautiful cathedrals in the world

Half day winery tour

After breakfast you will visit a winery outside Florence, in the Chianti area with vineyards covered hills. Lunch will be at this very special place while enjoying the incredible landscape that has been celebrated in art for many centuries.
After lunch our driver will take you back to the hotel.

You can then chill by the pool or visit the many places this unique city has to offer. Alternatively you may head to The Mall, a luxury outlet mall located outside Florence for a shopping spree.

Morning guided* tour (4 hours). You will visit the Uffizi Gallery, one of the most important art museums in the world where you can marvel at masterpieces by Giotto, Cimabue, Masaccio, Michelangelo, Botticelli, Titian, Leonardo da Vinci, Caravaggio, Raphael. After the Uffizi, within a short walk through the beautiful streets of Florence, you will arrive at Galleria dell’Accademia home of the famous David by Michelangelo as well as other magnificent works of art.


After a lunch break we will proceed to Ponte Vecchio, il Duomo, Piazza della Repubblica.
Enjoy the rest of your afternoon exploring delightful Florence on your own.

*Get to know your guide: Today’s guide is FRANCESCO. Francesco’s academic background led him to study in Italy, France, the United Kingdom and the U.S. He is specialized in visual and liberal arts and published his research findings on several reviews and articles. In 2015,  he became a licensed tour guide and absolutely loves his job!
He has always been very inquisitive and one of his priorities is to always be up-to-date. His tours focus on LGBTQ+ travel experiences.

Full day tour to Lucca and Pisa.

Today you will visit the charming town of Lucca, birthplace of Italian composer Giacomo Puccini. You explore the city with your guide*.

Before heading to Pisa, may have lunch in one our favorite restaurants **(not included).


In Pisa you will see the world-known leaning tower, the baptistery in which stands the famous marble pulpit by Nicola Pisano as well as other beautiful sites.
Arrival in Florence is expected around 7 pm.

*Get to know your guide: Today’s guide is FRANCESCO. Francesco’s academic background led him to study in Italy, France, the United Kingdom and the U.S. He is specialized in visual and liberal arts and published his research findings on several reviews and articles. In 2015,  he became a licensed tour guide and absolutely loves his job!
He has always been very inquisitive and one of his priorities is to always be up-to-date. His tours focus on LGBTQ+ travel experiences.

Transfer from Florence to Siena, visiting San Gimignano & Monteriggioni.

After breakfast you will depart on a private vehicle towards two small walled medieval towns on way to Siena.

The first stop is San Gimignano, famous for its well preserved tower houses as well as its medieval fortifications. Your guide* will unveil San Gimignano’s many surprises followed by lunch in one of its finest restaurants.

In the afternoon, you will head to Monteriggioni, where after a guided visit around town you will be able to relax and enjoy a pre-dinner ‘aperitivo’ (very typical Italian) before a short drive to Siena.

You will arrive in Siena, one of our very favorite places in Tuscany, around dusk! Its intrinsic beauty, charm and a historic center, a UNESCO world heritage site, are sure to astonish you. Your guide will assist you with your check-in.

*Get to know your guide: Today’s guide is FRANCESCO. Francesco’s academic background led him to study in Italy, France, the United Kingdom and the U.S. He is specialized in visual and liberal arts and published his research findings on several reviews and articles. In 2015,  he became a licensed tour guide and absolutely loves his job!
He has always been very inquisitive and one of his priorities is to always be up-to-date. His tours focus on LGBTQ+ travel experiences.
Accommodation 5* hotel (or similar if not available)
https://collezione.starhotels.com/en/our-hotels/grand-hotel-continental-siena/

Half day tour to San Domenico Basilica, Piazza del Campo, Duomo & Piccolomini Library.

Free morning to relax.

After lunch you will go on a walking tour with an expert* to San Domenico Basilica, meandering through medieval streets until Piazza del Campo which hosts a bi-annual horse race dating back to the middle ages. You will also visit Siena’s impressively beautiful Duomo and the Piccolomini library.

*Get to know your guide: Today’s guide is FRANCESCO. Francesco’s academic background led him to study in Italy, France, the United Kingdom and the U.S. He is specialized in visual and liberal arts and published his research findings on several reviews and articles. In 2015,  he became a licensed tour guide and absolutely loves his job!
He has always been very inquisitive and one of his priorities is to always be up-to-date. His tours focus on LGBTQ+ travel experiences.

After breakfast you will be transferred to Florence Santa Maria Novella Train Station and from there will take the direct high speed Freccia train from to Roma Termini.

According to legend, Rome was founded by Romulus and Remus in 753 B.C. In the beginning it was the capital of the Roman Republic and Empire until it became the center of the Christian world from the 4th century onwards. In Rome there are some of the main monuments of antiquity such as the forums, the mausoleums of Augustus and Hadrian, the columns of Traiano and Marcus Aurelius, in addition to the Pantheon and buildings of papal Rome.

Enjoy the rest of the day to discover the wonders of Rome on your own.

Accommodation 5* hotel (or similar if not available)
Hotel Locarno
https://www.hotellocarno.com/en

Free morning (or free afternoon).

Guided tour to the Vatican Museums with visit to the Sistine Chapel (skip the line tickets included). Expect jaw dropping anecdotes and history abound.
We suggest comfortable shoes (possible sneakers) since there will be quite a bit of walking.

*It is possible to organize upon availability a private tour to the Coliseum and Fori as well as a walking tour of Rome. Inquiry us if you wold like to add them to your itinerary.

Today is PRIDE’s week main event! Take pride in being you and celebrate it at Piazza della Madonna di Loreto, where is the main event!

On your last day in Rome you will have the day to enjoy the city on your own Diversely we can organize* a tour to continue to explore the infinite wonders of Rome.
We suggest a brief walking tour (about 2 hours). Please inquiry if you would like to add it to your morning.

*Please inquiry us for additional tour options and pricing.

Not an ‘addio ‘but an ‘arrivederci’, literally ’till we meet again!’

Your trip concludes today. We hope you have enjoyed your time in Italy and we wish  to see you again soon in one of our other tours.

Arrivederci!