Grande Italia

Arrive at Milan Malpensa Airport. If your cruise/tour package includes a group arrival transfer or if you have purchased a private arrival transfer, you will be greeted by a Uniworld representative and transferred to the Rosa Grand hotel.

Featured Excursion: Leonardo da Vinci's "The Last Supper" (may be operated on Day 1 or Day 2)**

Milan is a mecca for Italian fashionistas, famous for its innovative design and stylish flair. Venture inside the city's hulking Gothic cathedral, as well as its cathedral to capitalism, Europe's oldest shopping arcade. Alternatively, you can join a Masterpiece Collection optional excursion to Lake Como and Bellagio. This experience is bookable upon arrival, so please inquire with your tour manager about pricing and availability after check-in on Day 1. (B)

Featured Excursion: Milan Highlights City Tour

En route to Venice, you'll stop in the literary hometown of Shakespeare's famously star-crossed teen lovers to see the sights. Later, enjoy lunch at a historic wine estate owned by descendants of Dante and learn about one of the most unique Italian wines, Amarone di Valpolicella. (B/L/D)

Featured Excursions: Choice of Verona, “City of Romeo and Juliet” OR Valpolicella Wine Estate Lunch

Note: This evening you'll arrive in Venice and embark. Unpack, relax and enjoy your first evening on the Venetian Lagoon. A compulsory safety drill and briefing, along with the welcome briefing, will be organized shortly before dinner, but this will be a quick and easy part of your journey.

With your early morning arrival at Doge's Palace, you'll be able to marvel at the estate in total peace. Wander through a Venetian neighborhood and experience daily life in an authentic Venetian residential quarter. Later in the evening, cap the day off with a private once-in-a-lifetime experience at an after-hours lighting ceremony inside St. Mark's Basilica without the crowds. (B/L/D)

Featured Excursions: Choice of A Walk in Venice with Doge's Palace Visit OR Nights Out: Private After-Hours Visit to Saint Mark's Basilica

Start your morning in one of two of the Veneto region's UNESCO World Heritage cities, Vicenza or Padua. In the afternoon, you'll reboard the ship for scenic sailing across the lagoon as we head towards Mazzorbo and Burano. (B/L/WD)

Featured Excursions: Choice of Evening Stroll in Burano OR Vicenza with Teatro Olimpico OR Padua Walking Tour

Note: A special Captain's Welcome Reception and Dinner will be prepared for you this evening.

Spend the day exploring the northern lagoon of Venice and its captivating islands. Start with a visit to Torcello's famous basilica with an art historian, then stroll through the agricultural island of Mazzorbo and the rainbow-hued island of Burano during your free time after lunch. Alternatively, you can take the afternoon to see the renowned glassblowing artisans of Murano at work. (B/L/D)

Featured Excursions: Choice of Torcello: Hidden Treasure of the Lagoon OR Murano Glass Blowing Demonstration

Today, you'll admire the greatest sites of charming and coastal Chioggia, including a stop at the local and lively market. (B/L/D)

Featured Excursions: Choice of Chioggia Market Visit OR Let's Go: Biking Chioggia OR Bragozzo Ride with Tastings at Ca' Zen OR A Noble Country Villa and Its Wines

Note:We are obliged to comply with Italian Maritime Authorities who require that only crew may be on the ship during the Adriatic Sea passage. Therefore, our guests must disembark the ship and partake in the featured excursions. We thank you for your cooperation. -->

This morning, join a sailing excursion where you'll explore the Po Delta where the Po River and the Adriatic Sea meet. Later, during lunch, we sail back to Venice. (B/D)

Featured Excursions: Choice of Po Delta Sailing OR Castello del Catajo Visit

As your water taxi glides past narrow side canals and the Canal Grande, you'll arrive in style at the Rialto Bridge. The iconic stone arch bridge sits at the narrowest point of the Canal Grande and holds numerous shops and restaurants. (B/L/FD)

Featured Excursions: Choice of Do as the Locals Do: Venice Walking Tour OR Venice Walk with Gondola Artisans Visit OR Ca' Macana Mask Atelier OR Rowing Venice

Note: A special Captain's Farewell Reception and Dinner will be prepared for you this evening.

After disembarking the ship this morning, we'll make our way by train to the capital city of Rome. Check into the Anantara Palazzo Naiadi Rome hotel (or similar) and, if you'd like, you can join an Orientation Walk of the neighborhood around the hotel with your Local Host. (B)

Featured Excursion: Orientation Walk

From the Roman Empire to the Renaissance, Rome has stood at the center of Western culture many times throughout history. While eras come and go, no period of this remarkable city's past has disappeared from its landscape. As you embark on your panoramic tour of Rome today, you'll discover some of the greatest marks on this timeline, including the 18th-century Trevi Fountain, the 2nd-century Pantheon, and the Roman Forum, whose roots stretch back to the 8th century BCE. (B/L/D)

Featured Excursion: Panoramic Tour

Today, you technically step out of Italy and into the smallest country in the world as you enter Vatican City, where you'll marvel at the extravagant frescoes of the Sistine Chapel and see St. Peter's Basilica, the largest church ever built. (B/D)

Featured Excursion: Vatican City

Check out of your hotel this morning. If your cruise/tour package includes a transfer, you'll be taken to the airport to return home. (B)