Across the Alps 2016

2015/05/19
Across the Alps
Cultural Enrichment Tour to Europe – 2016
15 Days
JUNE/JULY
Rome • Florence • Pisa • Maranello • Milan • Geneva • Paris
Duration
Flights
15 Days; 12 Nights
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Cities
JNB to Rome
Paris to JNB
• Rome • Florence • Pisa • Maranello • Milan • Geneva • Paris
Rome
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Colisseum
Ancient Rome City Tour
Roman Forum
Trevi Fountain
Spanish Steps
Pantheon
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St Peter’s Square
Half day Vatican Tour
Vatican Museums
St Peters Basilica
Pisa Day Tour
Leaning Tower of Pisa
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Museo Galileo
Arcetri Astrophysical Observatory
The Duomo
Giotto’s Bell Tower
The Baptistry
Piazza della Signoria
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University of Milan including private
lecture - Pending
The Mont Blanc Tunnel
Chamonix – Return cable car trip to
Aiguille du Midi Mountain
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ICT Discovery Centre
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Cite des Sciences et de l’Industrie
Zeiss Planetarium
Louvre Museum
Full day Disneyland Paris
Florence
Excursions
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Uffizi Art Gallery
Evening Walking Tour
Ponte Vecchio
Garden of Archimedes
Footsteps of Galileo
Church of Santa Croce
Milan
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Maranello Day Tour
Ferarri Museum and Guided Tour
National Museum of Science and
Technology: Leonardo da Vinci
Geneva
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CERN Institute
Paris
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Paris City Tour
Arc de Triomphe
Champs Elysees
Eiffel Tower
DAY 1
South Africa – Rome, Italy
Flight
Depart from Johannesburg on your overnight flight to Rome, Italy.
DAY 2
Arrive Rome, Italy
Activities
This morning, arrive in the heart of the Ancient Roman Empire, the centre of the Church - the Eternal
City – Rome.
Rome, the Eternal City has endured for over 2,800 years and has a history and an appeal like no other city in the
world. Rome is the capital of Italy, and its largest city. The mixture of the modern city and the plethora of
monuments, piazzas, villas, museums, churches, Egyptian obelisks, along with the Colosseum, the Forum and
Vatican City results in an epic, glorious ambience that will have you enthralled and mesmerised.
Arriving in this magnificent city, meet your guide at the airport before you transfer by coach to your
hotel and check in.
This afternoon you will have a guided half day tour of Ancient Rome that will include a visit and
entrance to the mighty Colosseum, and Roman Forum.
Built in 72 A.D, the Colosseum has remained the largest amphitheatre in the world and is considered to be Rome´s
most popular tourist attraction. Standing as the iconic symbol of Ancient Rome, this monument that once hosted
the inhuman ¨games¨ of man vs. beast, is considered a Modern day Wonder.
Conclude the day's sightseeing with an afternoon whistle-stop city tour including stops to see the
Spanish Steps, the Pantheon and the Trevi Fountain
Transport
Accommodation
Meals
Full-day touring coach
3* Hotel Porta Maggiore or similar
Inflight Breakfasts
DAY 3
Rome
Activities
Breakfast at leisure
This morning we will enjoy a guided tour of the
Vatican City and the Vatican Museums, being
among the greatest museums in the world. We
will then see the Sistine Chapel, which has been
frescoed by the greatest Renaissance artists
including especially Michelangelo, and the
Basilica of St. Peter’s, the most renowned work
of Renaissance architecture and heart of Christian
culture in the world.
The Creation of Adam is a fresco painting by Michelangelo,
forming part of the Sistine Chapel ceiling, painted circa 1511–
1512. It illustrates the Biblical creation narrative from the Book of
Genesis in which God breathes life into Adam, the first man. It is
the most well-known of the Sistine Chapel fresco panels, and its
fame as a piece of art is rivalled only by the Mona Lisa by
Leonardo da Vinci.
Rest of the day is at leisure. Keep exploring the city and its hidden
corners or visit typical local street markets or famous local
“Gelateria” Ice Cream shops.
Transport
Accommodation
Meals
Full-day touring coach
3* Hotel Porta Maggiore or similar
Breakfast
DAY 4
Rome - Pisa
Activities
After breakfast at the hotel, check out and begin your journey up the spectacular Western Italian
coastline, through the breathtakingly beautiful Tuscany region, bound for Pisa.
Arrive in Pisa, in the heart of Italian Tuscany. This
wondrously beautiful region will take your breath away.
Enjoy some true Italian cuisine and move on to the worldfamous Leaning Tower of Pisa.
The Leaning Tower of Pisa is the campanile, of the cathedral of
the Italian city of Pisa, known worldwide for its unintended tilt to
one side. The top of the tower is 55.86m from the ground on the
low side and 56.70m on the high side, with 294 steps. Prior to
restoration work performed between 1990 and 2001, the tower
leaned at an angle of 5.5 degrees, but the tower now leans at
about 3.99 degrees. This means that the top of the tower is
displaced horizontally 3.9m from where it would be if the
structure were perfectly vertical.
Coach Services
Accommodation
Meals
Full-day touring coach
3* B&B Hotel
Breakfast
DAY 5
Pisa - Florence
Activities
Depart Pisa this morning and head through Tuscany on to the City of Lillies – Florence.
Arriving in this iconic city, a real treat awaits – a tour of the world-famous and arguably most important
after the Louvre – Uffizi Gallery.
With possibly the most comprehensive collection of art in the Western
Hemisphere after the Louvre, the Uffizi Gallery is one of the oldest and
most famous art museums in the world. With pieces by Giotto,
Botticelli, Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Raphael, Titian and
Rembrandt, this special place is a must-see for any visitor to Florence.
After your tour of the Uffizi Gallery, transfer to the mathematically orientated Garden of Archimedes,
dedicated to this great mathematician.
The museum is divided into three sections or exhibitions, corresponding to three different ways of discovering
mathematics: Beyond compasses- the geometry of curves, Pythagoras and his theorem, centred on the essence of
play and a Bridge over the Mediterranean.
This evening, enjoy a twilight
walking tour of this historic city.
Veiw attractions including the
Duomo, the Baptistry, Giotto’s
Bell Tower, Piazza della Signoria
and Ponte Vecchio.
Coach Services
Accommodation
Meals
Full-day touring coach
Youth Hostel, B&B
Breakfast
DAY 6
Florence
Activities
After breakfast this morning, a busy day awaits with a tour aptly titled In the Footsteps of Galileo.
Begin with a visit to the Arcetri Astrophysical Observatory located just outside the centre of Florence,
on the same hill where Galileo Galilei spent, in forced exile, the last 11 years of his life making many of
his cosmological observations, namely the phases of Venus and the Galilean moons of Jupiter.
After exploring this early ‘House of Stars’, continue on to the Museo Galileo, a museum dedicated
exclusively to this famous astrophysicist and mathematician.
Among the more famous of its collections is the middle finger from the right hand of Galileo Galilei, which was
removed when Galileo's remains were transported to a new burial spot on April 12, 1737.
The museum features many artefacts from the 15th to 19th century, mostly pioneering scientific instruments
including world globes, stethoscopes, navigation instruments and telescopes with accompanying videos to the
exhibits.
Finally, end-off an enigmatic day of wonder and discovery with a visit to the stunningly beautiful
Church of Santa Croce the burial place of some of the most illustrious Italians, such as Michelangelo,
Galileo, Machiavelli, Foscolo, Gentile and Rossini, thus it is known also as the ‘Temple of the Italian
Glories’.
Coach Services
Accommodation
Meals
Full-day touring coach
Youth Hostel, B&B
Breakfast
DAY 7
Florence – Maranello - Milan
Activities
After an early rise and breakfast, check out of your accommodation and get back onto the road,
headed for Maranello – home of Ferrari! Here, enjoy a guided tour of the Ferrari Museum.
On arrival, you will be taken on an extensive tour of the
Ferrari factory. Here, you will be shown the home of Ferrari
since the 1940s. At more than 250,000m², the factory's 45
buildings house more than 3,000 workers. It is here that
passion; innovation and technology combine to create the
company’s GT and Formula 1 cars.
After exploring the world of high-octane precision engineering, enjoy a pleasant lunch (own account)
and then continue on to the city of Milan.
Coach Services
Accommodation
Meals
Full-day touring coach
3* Ibis Milano Centro or Similar
Breakfast
DAY 8
Milan
Activities
Awake to the beautiful city of Milano, Italy, famous for its exquisite architecture, passionate football
and a reputation as being one of the fashion capitals of the World.
After breakfast, transfer to the National Museum of Science and Technology: Leonardo da Vinci.
This, the largest museum of science and technology in Italy, is housed in an early 16th century Olivetan monastery
and named after Leonardo da Vinci. The museum has collected and exhibited objects, machinery and evidence
that retrace the key phases of Italy’s scientific and technological evolution, including some of Leonardo da Vinci’s
original inventions.
This afternoon, travel to the University of Milan. Here you will enjoy a guided tour of this, one of
Europe’s largest & most important Universities. After touring the campus, attend a private lecture.
*Subject to be specified by client and subject to availability
The University of Milan has 9 schools and offers 134 undergraduate and graduate courses, 21 Doctoral Schools
and 92 Specialization Schools. The University's research and teaching activities have developed over the years and
have received important international recognitions. The University is the only Italian member of the League of
European Research Universities (LERU), a group of twenty-two research-intensive European Universities. It is also
the best university in Italy in several rankings.
Coach Services
Accommodation
Meals
Full-day touring coach
3* Ibis Milano Centro or Similar
Breakfast
DAY 9
Milan – Chamonix - Geneva, Switzerland
Activities
After breakfast, check out and depart for
Geneva, Switzerland.
As the towering Alps mountain range looms
ever closer on your journey north, passage to
France seems impossible – until you arrive at
the foot of the highest mountain in the Alps:
Mont Blanc. There, as if by magic, another of
Man’s great achievements disappears into
the bedrock – The Mont Blanc Tunnel.
The Mont Blanc Tunnel is a road tunnel under the Mont Blanc mountain, linking France and Italy. It is one of the
major trans-Alpine transport routes reducing the route from France to Milan by 100 kilometres. At 11.6km long,
the tunnel is not horizontal, but in a slightly inverted "V". The tunnel consists of a single gallery with a two-lane
dual direction road.
Optional:
As soon as you passed through the tunnel you will stopover
in the small Alps town of Chamonix in France. Here you will
take a cable car ride up the Aiguille du Midi, a mountain in
the Mont Blanc massif in the French Alps for a spectacular
view of the Mont Blanc itself and the rest of France and
Switzerland.
Aiguille du Midi cable car :
Top Aiguille Midi (3777m): EUR 62 pp
Plan de l’Aiguille (2317m) : EUR 35 pp
Arrive in Geneva, Switzerland after passing through France and transfer to your accommodation in this
exquisite city overlooking her self-named magnificent lake, with an authentic cultural vibe, and spend
some time exploring this alpine heath.
Coach Services
Accommodation
Meals
Full-day touring coach
Youth Hostel, B&B
Breakfast
DAY 10
Geneva
Activities
After breakfast in this alpine resort-city, depart for the ICT Discovery Centre for a journey into the
world of modern day technology and communications. This United Nations initiative is aimed
specifically at informing aspiring young technology professionals of the career possibilities in this
booming industry.
Through interactive exhibitions and educational programmes, ICT Discovery takes you on a journey through the
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connected world - from Mankind’s early need to communicate, through the rapid pace of invention during the 19
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& 20 centuries, to our increasingly interconnected world of today and tomorrow - explaining how key
technologies work, alongside the role of ITU in connecting our world and facilitating the transformation of
people's lives globally.
This afternoon, round off an action-packed day with a visit to the famed CERN facility.
At CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, physicists and
engineers are probing the fundamental structure of the universe. They use the
world's largest and most complex scientific instruments to study the basic
constituents of matter – the fundamental particles. The particles are made to
collide together at close to the speed of light. The process gives the physicists
clues about how the particles interact, and provides insights into the
fundamental laws of nature.
Coach Services
Accommodation
Meals
Full-day touring coach
Youth Hostel, B&B
Breakfast
DAY 11
Geneva - Paris
Activities
Today, bid farewell to Geneva and transfer to Paris on your touring coach. 539km
Paris can be seen as the most interesting city of Europe and probably even as one of the most amazing city’s
worldwide. People from all over the world travel to Paris to discover and experience this fairy-like city. Paris is the
city of love, inspiration, art and fashion. The night scene, the Eiffel tower and the warm atmosphere will make you
feel directly at home.
Arriving in the city of love, check in to your hotel and enjoy some leisure time, resting tired legs.
Transfer this evening to the Eiffel Tower* to enjoy the glittering Global icon.
*Please note: We need to book the Eiffel Tower 3 months in advance and make the payment in order to avoid
long queues. Once purchased, this is non-refundable or exchangeable. If you have extra people once we have
purchased the tickets, we sadly cannot add them to the booking and those people would need to queue on the
day.
Transport
Accommodation
Meals
Full-day touring coach
3* Ibis La Villette Hotel or similar, B&B
Breakfast
DAY 12
Paris
Activities
After breakfast at your hotel, travel to visit the Cite des Sciences et de l’Industrie and take an epic
journey through the museum marvelling at the interstellar constellations at the 15-meter wide Zeiss
Planetarium.
The entrance garnered by a gargantuan stainless steel orb, Europe’s largest museum of science is designed to
thrill! A customised day package will be built, specific to your group’s request. Focused around the Cultural Centre
of Science, Technology and Industry (CCSTI), permanent exhibits include: Mathematics, Engineering, Physics,
Astronomy, Chemistry, Geology and Biology
Later, take a tour of the Louvre Art Museum, the World’s largest and home to the Mona Lisa.
A central landmark of Paris, France, it is located on the right bank of the River Seine and is the World’s most
visited museum with more than 8 million annually. Home to art’s holy grail, the Mona Lisa, it began as a fortress
built in the late 12th century under Philip II. Remnants of the fortress are still visible in the basement of the
museum.
Coach Services
Accommodation
Meals
Full-day touring coach
3* Ibis La Villette Hotel or similar, B&B
Breakfast
DAY 13
Paris
Activities
Following breakfast, transfer to a much-anticipated highlight of the tour for a full day of fun –
Disneyland Paris!
Enjoy a full- day trip to Disneyland Paris for an unforgettable day of fun. Rollercoaster your way past the different
“lands and their castles” in the park such as Fantasyland, Discoveryland, Adventureland and Frontierland. Meet
the enigmatic characters of the magical world of Walt Disney. This promises to be an unforgettable experience.
Coach Services
Accommodation
Meals
Full-day touring coach
3* Ibis La Villette Hotel or similar
Breakfast
DAY 14
Paris – South Africa
Activities
After breakfast, spend your final day wandering the streets of Paris whilst sampling some more of that
delicious French Cuisine and doing some last minute shopping.
Enjoy the day at your leisure perhaps some of the numerous
attractions on offer before heading to the airport to board your
overnight flight back to South Africa.
Coach Services
Accommodation
Meals
Airport Coach Transfers
Overnight Flight – En-route to South Africa
Breakfast, Dinner-(in-flight)
DAY 15
Arrive South Africa
Activities
This morning, touch down back home in South Africa after an incredible trip abroad, exhausted, though
utterly inspired.
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TOUR SUMMARY
R 31 840
Total Group Size
Exchange Rate
60
(Please note that the group will
consist of students from Abbotts
College PTA East, Abbotts College
JHB and the British Academy PTA)
Price is based on an exchange rate of
R13.30 to EURO and is Subject to Change
Total Costing Structure
60 People
Tour Price
R 31 840
Tax
R 4500*
Visa – Schengen
R 800*
Insurance
R 360
Grand Total
R 37 500*
*SUBJECT TO CHANGE
Recommended Payment Schedule
Deposit Deadline
28 August 2015
R 6 000
1st Payment
30 November 2015
R 10 000
2nd Payment
28 February 2016
R 10 000
Balance
30 April 2016
Outstanding
Amount
Banking Details:
Account Name : Freeworld Travel
Bank Name : ABSA
Bank Code : 632005
Account type : Cheque
Account number : 4070845967
Reference: Abbotts – Name and
Surname (e.g. Abbotts - John Doe)
Forward the proof of payment to
[email protected]
INCLUSIONS
Days
15 days / 12 nights
Destinations
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Rome
Pisa
Florence
Maranello
Flights
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JNB – Rome
Paris – JNB
Other Transport
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Luxury Private Coach based on two coaches.
Accommodation
City Tax
Meals
Tour Pack
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City
Nights
Rome
2
Pisa
1
Florence
2
Milan
2
Geneva
2
Paris
3
Milan
Chamonix
Geneva
Paris
Type
3* Hotel Standard – Twin & Triple Share
with breakfast. Single Supplement
available.
Hostel Accommodation in Florence and
Geneva with breakfast.
European City Tax has been included in the price.
Breakfast
Lunch
Dinner
12
Available on Request
Available on Request
Each travelling member will receive a complimentary Travel & Sport Tour
Backpack.
Excursions
Entrance
View only
Rome
Colisseum
Rome City Tour
Pantheon
Roman Forum
St Peter’s Square
Spanish Steps
Trevi Fountain
Vatican Museums
Sistine Chapel
St Peters Basilica
Pisa Day Tour
Leaning Tower of Pisa
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X
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X
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X
X
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X
Florence
Excursions
Uffizi Art Gallery
Evening Walking Tour
Ponte Vecchio
Garden of Archimedes
Footsteps of Galileo
Church of Santa Croce
Museo Galileo
Arcetri Astrophysical Observatory
The Duomo
Giotto’s Bell Tower
The Baptistry
Piazza della Signoria
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Milan
Maranello Day Tour
Ferarri Museum and Guided Tour
National Museum of Science and Technology:
Leonardo da Vinci
University of Milan private lecture
The Mont Blanc Tunnel
X
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X
Geneva
CERN Institute
ICT Discovery Centre
X
X
Paris
Paris City Tour
Arc de Triomphe
Champs Elysees
Eiffel Tower
Cite des Sciences et de l’Industrie
Zeiss Planetarium
Louvre Art Museum
Full day Disneyland Paris
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
PRICE EXCLUDES
Current Airport
Taxes
Insurance
Visas
Tipping
Optional
Airport taxes are subject to change (+/- R4500)
Group insurance of R360 per person (R24 per person per day)
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A Schengen Visa is required for all South African Citizens Travelling to
Schengen European States @ € 60.00*²
These have been included in this offer for the touring coach driver only.
Tips and gratuities are discretionary and only if you wish to reward good service
from our suppliers. If you wish to have these included in the tour cost, please
advise and we will amend the tour cost accordingly.
Aiguille du Midi cable car :
Top Aiguille Midi (3777m): EUR 62 pp
Plan de l’Aiguille (2317m) : EUR 35 pp
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Extras
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Any item not listed in the itinerary above, for example: other meals,
excursions, other transport or service not mentioned or mentioned as
optional
Personal expenses
Excess baggage
Drinks
NOTES
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Regarding price
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Prices are net per person, based on a sharing basis
All prices quoted are based on tariffs & fares currently available, as well as
prevailing rates of exchange & therefore these prices are subject to
change without prior notification
This is a quote only and no services have been secured
This quote is valid for 2 weeks after the date of the quote
Travel & Sport reserves the right to change the itinerary in the event of
circumstances beyond our control
*¹ - R24 per day
*² - International Visa Fees are subject to exchange rate changes