Adventures Abroad: Florence and Enchanting Tuscany

Concluding the trip report from our wonderful visit to Italy, this final chapter is all about what may have been the most enchanting part of our trip – Florence and Tuscany – where we spent several wonderful days before making our way back to Rome at the end of our tour. (If you’ve missed the two previous chapters, you can read about our time in Rome here, and our experiences in Venice here.) Read more

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Adventures Abroad: On Our Way to Venice, the Floating City

Beautiful Burano – one of the most colorful places I’ve ever visited!

Continuing on our Globus tour of Italy’s Great Cities, after leaving Rome, we headed north towards Venice. As it’s a long drive though, we made a few stops along the way. First was an overnight stay in Umbria at Posta Donini, a 17th century villa in the town of San Martino in Campo. This lovely villa has been completely renovated into a luxurious resort and spa – with a wonderful restaurant to go with it. I confess that, while looking forward to Venice and the rest of our tour, it was definitely tempting to want to stay here longer! Read more

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Adventures Abroad: Rome, the Eternal City

Yes – we threw our coins in the Trevi Fountain so that we will return one day!

To say that we had a wonderful time on our Italy vacation would be an understatement! Globus Tours did a fabulous job of planning the tour of “Italy’s Great Cities” and while it would be impossible to see and do everything in Italy in 9 days, we did a LOT during our time there, and lifetime memories were absolutely made!

I shared a number of photos and quick reviews on our Facebook page while we were traveling but wanted to take the next few weeks to chat in more detail about the places we visited. We will start with the city where our journey began and ended – Rome. Read more

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