ITALY TRIP

DAY 1 16TH DECEMBER

 Check into hotel
o Radisson blue Hotel
o AXY Instyle Hotel

8am – wake up and breakfast

9am – Duomo Di Milano Rooftops (Need tickets for roof top – times available from 9am
every 30mins, $42 for both of us) & Palazzo Reale Di Milano
10am – Cathedral Square
1030am – La Rinascente
1200pm – Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II
1pm – Starbucks reserve roastery, We can get a coffee here!
130pm – Vai Dante (another shopping district)
2pm – Panini De Santis (Lunch – have highly rated sandwiches)
3pm – Parco Sempione
345pm – Santa Maria Delle Grazie – painting of the Last Supper by Da Vinci
430pm – Basilica Sant’Ambrogio
5pm – Naviglio Grande (canals with heaps of shops/cafes) – we can have dinner here and
have a boat ride (NEED TICKET – $70 for 2 of us times available 520pm, 630pm, 740pm)

DAY 2 17TH DECEMBER

 Check out of Hotel
9am – we could wonder and go back to duomo or Naviglio canals to wonder around and
grab coffee, breakfast, or lunch
1pm – soccer game
5pm – back to hotel to collect bags
6pm – train station to go to Florence
NOTE: IF TIME ALLOWS – we can go to crazy pizza restaurant for lunch or early dinner

DAY 3 18TH DECEMBER

 Check into hotel will be evening time approx. 830-9pm
o Messori Suites
 930pm grab late dinner Trattoria L’Oriuolo
 12am Home and shower

DAY 4 19TH DECEMBER

8am – wake up and breakfast/coffee
9am – Piazza della Libertà
930am - Central Markets then tiramisu at Pompi
11am – Cattedrale di Santa Maria Del Fiore and Piazza del Duomo
12pm – Piazza della Signoria & Fountain of Neptune
1pm – Lunch at All’ Antico Vinaio
130pm - Basilica di Santa Maria Novella
2pm – Officina Profumo-Farmaceutica di SMN
300pm – Ponto Vecchio
400pm – The Boboli Gardens
5pm – Piazzale Michelangelo
6pm – Lots of dinner options – either at Osteria Pastella or we can go Trattoria Zá Zá or La
Ménagère or Trattoria Dall-Oste which has Florentine steak
8pm – Christmas markets at Piazza di Santa Croce

DAY 5 20TH DECEMBER

 Check out of hotel
9am – Piazza del duomo
10am – Piazza della Repubblica (go on merry-go-round)
12pm – lunch at one of the places from above
130pm – ice cream at Gelateria Artigianale La Sorbettiera
2pm – back to hotel to collect bags and go to Rome

Arrive in Rome ? pm – check into The Hoxton

DAY 6 21ST DECEMBER

8am – wakeup and breakfast

9am – Spanish steps (Get gelato at venchi) and Trevi fountain
10am – L’Antico Forno for coffee and those famous pastry things
1130am – Chiesa del Gesù
12pm – Campidoglio
1230pm – Roman Forum and Palatine Hill
115pm – Trapizzino and markets for lunch
230pm – Colosseum (book tickets if you want to go inside)
330pm – Buco della Serratura dell’Ordine di Malta (Aventine Keyhole)
5pm – Castel Sant Angelo
530pm – Piazza Navona
6pm – Dinner at Osteria da Fortunata or Mariuccia
730pm – Dessert at Mr 100 or Two sizes

DAY 7 22ND DECEMBER

8am – wakeup and breakfast/coffee
9am – Villa Borghese
10am – Obelisk of St Peter’s Square
11am – Vatican City and Sistine chapel (BOOK TICKETS)
1pm – Janiculum Hill
130pm – Travestere for lunch – heaps of options e.g. Tonnarello or Otello or Zia or Somo or
Ombre Rosse
3pm – Basilica of Santa Maria in Travestere
330pm – Il Maritozzaro
6pm – Dinner – options Osteria Il Matto or just walk around and find something that appeals
– heaps to choose, and dessert Gelateria Giuffre

DAY 8 23RD DECEMBER

 Check out of hotel
If time to wonder around do so
Back to hotel to head to airport and go back home