Italy and Greece Day 5: Florence
Saturday, July 6, 2024
July 6, 2024 With iconic landmarks like the Duomo, the Uffizi Gallery, and Michelangelo’s David, Florence is a Renaissance gem distinguished for its art, architecture, and cultural heritage….
July 6, 2024 With iconic landmarks like the Duomo, the Uffizi Gallery, and Michelangelo’s David, Florence is a Renaissance gem distinguished for its art, architecture, and cultural heritage….
July 5, 2024 Breakfast is at the hotel. I’m not a breakfast person. At all. But I’m not complaining about starting the day with a fresh-baked croissant, a…
July 4, 2024 After a couple of days getting here, we begin our first full day of sightseeing. Breakfast is at the hotel at 7a, then we board…
July 3, 2024 On the bus from Milan to Venice … The Boston Logan departure of British Airways Flight 212 was delayed a couple of hours on Tuesday…
Disembarkation from the Louis Cristal is at 7 a.m., so the group gets an early start. Our first destination is Cape Sounion, the southernmost part of mainland Greece…
By morning we are anchored in the Santorini caldera. And at 8:30 a.m. we are hiking on Nea Kameni island in the center of the caldera. We take…
Today is about history. First stop – Patmos, to see the Holy Cave of the Apocalypse and Monastery. This is where John wrote the Book of Revelations. Then…
By now the group is settling into a comfortable rhythm. Wake up in a new part of the Aegean, tour an island or a city all day, find…