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Italy Family Journey: Venice to Rome

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Trip Length

8 Days

Trip Starts

Venice

Trip Finishes

Rome

Countries Explored: Italy

Trip Operator

G Adventures

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Trip Style

Nat. Geo Family Journeys

Departures

Dec 2025 to Dec 2026

Budget

Affordable

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Pace

Leisurely

Guide Level

Fully Guided

Trip Code

EIVNF

Overview

Book online and enjoy exclusive savings on G Adventures 8 Day Italy Family Journey: Venice to Rome. Home to ancient ruins, artistic masterpieces, gelato, and pizza, Italy is an enchanting destination for all ages. Discover the country’s top highlights on a journey from Venice through the heart of Tuscany to Rome. Explore fresco-adorned churches and Renaissance palaces, climb medieval towers, and get immersed in Italian culture with art classes and cooking lessons.

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Welcome to Venice–your arrival transfer to the hotel is included. Check in and get excited to meet your fellow travelers during a welcome meeting this evening where all families can bond before the Journey ahead. Stay: Savoia & Jolanda Spa

Take a walking tour of Venice, discovering winding lanes, marble palaces, and cobblestoned squares aflutter with pigeons. Then visit a glass-blowing workshop to watch a master craftsman at work. We’ll learn about the ancient technique of glass production while watching the creation of a unique piece. Afterwards, opt to hop aboard the city’s preferred mode of transportation: the gondola. This afternoon, try your hand at the centuries-old art of Venetian mask making. Watch how the mask mold is constructed and wrapped with papier-mâché, then use the tools of the trade to create your very own masterpiece. Stay: Savoia & Jolanda Spa (B)

Catch a train to Florence—celebrated as the birthplace of the Renaissance. In Piazza della Repubblica—site of the city’s forum during ancient Roman times—take a spin on an antique wooden carousel, riding atop galloping horses and gilded carriages. Channel your inner inventor with a visit to the Leonardo da Vinci Museum, dedicated to the famed Italian artist and engineer. Explore da Vinci’s creativity and genius as you interact with an astonishing array of machines, brought to life from drawings the artist created hundreds of years ago. Cap off the day with a gelato treat! Stay: Grand Hotel Mediterraneo (B)

Begin the morning with a walking tour of Florence’s historic center, an enchanting warren of stone lanes bursting with treasures. Later, take part in a hands-on cooking class, where you’ll learn how to make fresh pasta—then enjoy it for dinner! Stay: Grand Hotel Mediterraneo (B/D)

Today is free to explore on your own or take part in optional activities. Choose to join an excursion by train to the city of Pisa and see just how far the tower leans. Those spending the day in Florence can visit the city’s enormous, red-tiled cathedral—known as the Duomo—which took more than 140 years to complete; or marvel at Michelangelo’s David in the Accademia Gallery; experience Medici court life at the Palazzo Vecchio; and more. Stay: Grand Hotel Mediterraneo (B)

Ride the rails to Rome, home to one of history’s greatest empires. Enjoy a CEO-led orientation walk of Piazza del Popolo—which features twin churches and a towering obelisk— Then head to a local gladiator school and learn how to become a Roman warrior! Delve into gladiatorial history and examine authentic artifacts including shields, swords, and armour. With the guidance of an instructor, venture into an arena to safely train and fight other new centurions—and feel the thrill of handling your own wooden sword and shield. Stay: Bettoja Atlantico Hotel (B)

Step inside the ancient Colosseum, where gladiatorial contests took place before cheering crowds and fierce animals were once set loose. Later, join an optional walk to St. Peter’s Square or choose to visit the Vatican or the Roman Forum. This evening, gather for a festive pizza dinner to celebrate our Italian adventure. Stay: Bettoja Atlantico Hotel (B/D)

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Trip Inclusions

Explore Venice’s mazelike canals.
Create your own Venetian mask.
Experience the genius of Leonardo da Vinci at a museum dedicated to his fantastic inventions.
Follow in the footsteps of gladiators at the Roman Colosseum.
Learn to make pasta from scratch at a cooking class in Florence.

Your Family Journeys Moment: Venetian Mask Making For Kids, Venice
Your Foodie Moment: Florence Pasta Cooking Class, Florence
Your Discover Moment: Florence
Your Family Journeys Moment: Gladiator School Lesson, Rome
Arrival transfer
Guided Venice city tour and glass blowing demonstration
Leonardo Da Vinci museum
Walking tour of Florence
Visit Spanish Steps and Piazza del Popolo
Entrance to Colosseum
All transport between destinations and to/from included activities

Hotels (7 Nights)
Rooming is based on double occupancy (2 passengers / 2 beds per room); all other room configurations are on request and cannot be guaranteed. We will try to accommodate triples/quad requests whenever possible and it's important to note that rooming configuration can change from city to city and 2 single beds are the standard configuration in a room.
Please remember that hotel/lodge standards can be different from what you are used to in your home country, which is part of the appeal of adventure travel.
It is important to note that accommodations in Europe tend to be quite different to other areas of the world you may have travelled in. Buildings and rooms are generally old and may not have been renovated or maintained to the highest standard. Downtown hotels in Europe were not built to be hotels but houses of the rich, which have been changed into hotels. Therefore unusual or samll room sizes are common as large rooms have been partitioned in the past, resulting in rather "thin" walls. Reception areas, rooms and bathrooms tend to be very small as they were often added into an existing room, and may have a hand nozzle rather than a conventional shower head.
On this trip you can expect to stay in hotels which will vary a little in standard and facilities: some may not have elevators, air-conditioning or English-speaking staff, but have traditional character, and are in central locations to give you maximum time for exploring the sights. You can expect to find clean, safe, simple accommodation in convenient locations. Staff can occasionally demonstrate less than perfect customer service, but a smile and a thank you can go a long way.

2 CEOs (Chief Experience Officers) throughout, local guides

7 breakfasts, 2 dinners

Train, boat, taxi, metro, walking

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Italy Family Journey: Venice to Rome

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Day 1: Venice

Day 2: Venice

Day 3: Venice to Florence

Day 4: Florence

Day 5: Florence

Day 6: Florence - Rome

Day 7: Rome

Day 8: Rome

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