Tour Itinerary

Day.	Date.	Location.	Activities.
1	Thu 14 April	Auckland	Meet at airport by 2.30 pm Depart Auckland to Athens via Dubai 5-6 pm
2	Fri 15 April	Athens	Arrive Athens at 2 pm; take airport bus to hotel Harmonia Square & central Athens National Archaeology Museum Orthodox Basilica Evening walk up Mount Lykevittos
3	Sat 16 April	Athens	Day trip to Delphi 8 am to 6.30 pm
4	Sun 17 April	Athens	Acropolis & Acropolis Museum Greek Agora, Temple of Hephaestos National Archaeology Museum Tour of Roman Agora, Temple of Zeus, etc. Syntagma Square & environs
5	Mon 18 April	Athens	Day trip to Corinth Canal, Corinth and Mycenae Depart from Patras for Ancona by overnight ferry
6	Tues 19 April	[transit] Rome	Arrive at Ancona at 15.30; take train to Rome Night tour of Trevi Fountain & Spanish Steps, Imperial Fora & Colosseum
7	Wed 20 April	Rome	Orientation walk (Via Cavour, Via dei Fori Imperiali, Trajan’s Column, Vittorio Emmanuele Monument, Capitol Museum, Theatre of Marcellus, Ponte Fabricio, Isola Tiberina, Ponte Cestio, Temple of Vesta, Temple of Fortuna Virilis, Lungo Tevere, Santa Maria in Cosmedin, Circus Maximus Afternoon excursion to Tivoli: Hadrian’s Villa
8	Thu 21 April	Rome	Tour of Santa Maria Maggiore, Santa Prassede, San Pietro in Vincoli, Forum Romanum, Imperial Fora, Trajan’s Column, Palatine Hill, Arch of Titus, Colosseum, Arch of Constantine. Walk down Via Nazionale to Il Gesù, S. Maria Sopra Minerva, San Luigi dei Francesi, Piazza Navona, Pantheon, Ara Pacis, Mausoleum of Augustus, Castel Sant’Angelo, Piazza del Popolo, S. Maria del Popolo Mid-afternoon tour: metro to St John Lateran and Holy Steps, via San Clemente Metro back to Piazza del Popolo and evening walk up the Corso Free time: Borghese Gallery
9	Fri 22 April (Good Friday)	Rome	Vatican Museums & St Peter’s Basilica Free time: Castel Sant’Angelo
10	Sat 23 April	Rome	Day trip to Ostia St Paul’s Without the Walls Visit to baths and churches around hostel, Santa Maria degli Angeli, Santa Maria della Vittoria, Aula Ottagona Free time: Palazzo Barberini
11	Sun 24 April (Easter Day)	Rome	Day trip to Naples Museum & Pompeii
12	Mon 25 April	Rome Florence	Travel by train from Rome to Florence Excursion to Pisa: Leaning Tower of Pisa, Cathedral and Baptistery Return to Florence Night tour of Florence, including Santa Maria Novella, San Lorenzo, Baptistery, Il Duomo, Palazzio Vecchio, Uffizi, Ponte Vecchio
13	Tue 26 April	Florence	Uffizi Gallery Ponte Vecchio, Palazzo Pitti, Cappella Branccaci (Santa Maria della Carmine) Mercato Centrale Visit to Fiesole
14	Wed 27 April	Florence	Il Duomo, Baptistery, Or San Michele, Santa Croce Free time: markets Evening trip: night view of Florence
15	Thu 28 April	Florence Venice [transit]	Travel by train from Florence to Venice Deposit Luggage at Santa Lucia Station Tour of Rialto Bridge, San Marco & piazza, Grand Canal by vaporetto Travel by overnight train from Venice to Nice
16	Fri 29 April	[transit] Nice/ Avignon Beaucaire	Continue by TGV from Nice to Avignon Collect vans and drive to Beaucaire Tour of town & supermarket stop Excursion to Arles, theatre, amphitheatre, necropolis Tour of l’Église St. Paul, l’Hôtel de Ville, l’Église Notre Dame des Pommiers, l’Arènes, le Château
17	Sat 30 April	Beaucaire	Pont du Gard Nîmes (Maison Carrée & Amphithéatre) Roman Vineyard (Mas Gallo-Romain des Tourelles) Free time
18	Sun 1 May	Beaucaire	Châteaux des Baux-de-Provence, St. Remy de Provence, Tarascon Castle Free Time
19	Mon 2 May	Beaucaire	Avignon: Palais des Papes, Pont d’Avignon & town
20	Tue 3 May	Beaucaire	Excursion to Orange: Théâtre d’Auguste et l’Arche, l’Hémicycle Free time
21	Wed 4 May	Beaucaire Paris	Drive to Avignon and return vans TGV from Avignon to Paris (Gare de Lyon) Take metro to hotel; tour of environs Notre Dame, Hôtel de Ville, Les Halles (dinner) Night Tour: Place de la Concorde, walk up Champs Elysées to Arc de Triomphe
22	Thu 5 May	Paris	Les Invalides, Napoleon’s Tomb and the Military Museum Walk to Eiffel Tower via the Champs de Mars Panthéon, Rue Mouftard, Gay-Lussac district Afternoon visit to Catacombs Evening trip to La Défense (La Grande Arche)
23	Fri 6 May	Paris	Morning: Louvre Afternoon: St. Denis Evening: Sacré Coeur & Montmartre
24	Sat 7 May	Paris	Musée d’Orsay Excursion to Versailles
25	Sun 8 May	Paris	La Concorde, La Madeleine, Place Vendome, Opera House, Boulevard Haussmann Department stores: Printemps & Galeries LaFayette Afternoon excursion to Chartres Cathedral
26	Mon 9 May	Paris London	Travel by Eurostar from Paris (Gare du Nord) to London Metro to hostel Visit Big Ben, Houses of Parliament & Westminster Abbey; evensong at Westminster Abbey (5 pm) Return to Buckingham Palace, and walk to hostel via Kensington Gardens & Hyde Park Dinner & free time (evening show)
27	Tue 10 May	London	British Museum Trafalgar Square, St. Martin-in-the-Fields (Lunch) National Gallery Evensong at St. Paul’s Cathedral Dinner & free time (evening show)
28	Wed 11 May	London	Excursion to Bath/Oxford University Dinner & free time (evening show)
29	Thu 12 May	London	Excursion to Cambridge (Corpus Christi, Parker Library, lunch at Corpus, tour of colleges, Cast Museum) Evensong at King’s College Chapel
30	Fri 13 May	London [transit]	Tower of London, London Bridge, Globe Theatre Free time: Victoria & Albert Museum, Brampton Oratory, Natural History Museum, Sloane Collection, British Library, Wallace Collection, Madame Tussaud’s, Campton Markets, Harrods, etc. Evening: pack for Heathrow Train to Heathrow Airport Depart London to Auckland via Dubai
31	Sat 14 May	[transit]	In transit
32	Sun 15 May	[transit] Auckland	Arrive in Auckland about 1 pm